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Subject: what did I do?
From: GuyotLeonF@aol.com
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 18:18:10 EST
Today, (at the London Classic car Show), was quite a day...we recruited about 
oh a dozen or so new members (for our club The TSSC) over the weekend, which 
is nice, but today, a man, in all seriousness, came and offered me a direct 
swap for my Vitesse, of his, and wait for it, his ROLLS ROYCE CORNICHE 
CONVERTIBLE, because his wife was getting too old to be able to drive it any 
longer, and he was looking for a 'characterful car' to drive around in its' 
stead...my fellow TSSC members on the stand heard this offer, and the ensuing 
conversation, during which I explained slowly and politely that in my 
considered opinion how I thought that my 175 bhp Vitesse was perhaps not 
really the most suitable car for his elderly wife to use as a run-about, and 
how she might be somewhat more appreciative of a nicely restored Herald 
Convertible with perhaps a Spitfire 1500 engine, twin SU's and a swing spring 
to the rear...er what was I thinking of??? did I do the right thing??? have I 
lost my senses??? am I completely mad??? oh god...

Mind you, I have put the last 16 years of my life into my Vitesse and I 
haven't finished with it yet...and I don't need such a big car, I couldn't 
even get it in my rented garage, and I would then have no club car, and and 
and...oh god, and I would have to park it in the street, and how long would 
it last at the hands of the vandals and other scum.
and would I regret it as much as I still regret the sale of my Herald in 
November 1998.
and I have sunk over 40,000 GBP into my Vitesse so far, and I could buy a 
very nice RR convertible for just 20,000 GBP...but but but, oh damn it all.

I then had a truely horrible drive home across London from North to SW, which 
took two dreadful hours on crowded, rough, and dirty roads which I did not 
enjoy...
wondering what such a journey would be like in a RR...damn...

but somehow, in my heart, I know I have made the right decision, I think...
I suppose I should have known when he asked me if the Vitesse had power 
steering!
I muttered something about suspension turrets being in the way.

I shall make up for it, by representing the TSSC as the officially invited 
representative at the dedication of the TR Registers' Triumph Monument at the 
Triumph factory site at Coventry on April 16th. After all, I love my Triumph. 
   
Regards

Léon F Guyot

Triumph Sports Six Club 
International Liaison Secretary
1963 Triumph Vitesse 2-Litre Convertible 
Wimbledon, London, England.

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