I've put over 5,000 on my fully restored Herald since last August, when I
put her on the road for the first time in over a decade. I feel as confident
jumping into her and driving from Philadelphia Pa area to Washington DC as I
do doing such with my 1988 Jaguar XJ6. Basic premise is Sunny and Warm-
Triumph. Otherwise, Jag- unless I feel like I need to be more
"Modern"(Though the Triumph does have the cd player, and the Jag a
cassette...) Oh- and I do drive her in rain and snow, if I need/want to.
Reliability of any car is in direct proportion to the love and care it
receives.(Love = being driven, as well as other issues)
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: <TR250Driver@aol.com>
To: <stilton@protoprod.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: Reliability (Was: Originality)
> In a message dated 10/22/03 2:24:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> stilton@protoprod.com writes:
>
>
> > Looks like you are going to average somewhere around 750 miles per car
this
> > year.
> > I guess by "drive the wheels off of them" you mean you drive them very
hard,
> > which is different than driving one every day.
> >
> >
>
> Scott,
> I kind of favor a few cars each year and yes I only drive them on Triumph
> events.
>
> This year I put 2100 miles on my 71 TR6. The TR250 had a similar amount
put
> on her but not all by me. The rest had various insignificant amounts. I
> guese I define reliability as getting from point A to point B and back
again with
> no issues. Longest trip this year was to the 6-Pack Trials in Bowling
Green,
> KY about 500 miles with both the Six and 250. My experience tells me that
> the more you drive them the better it is for the car. I hardly drove the
TR8 at
> all this year so I am getting her out this fall and running a few tanks of
> gas thru to see if all is all right. I get scared when I haven't driven
one for
> a while since it seems that things go bad just sitting. The 76 TR7 VE sat
> for a while and the last time I took her out this fall she only stopped
running
> once. Now that blows my confidence in her a little and I would question
her
> reliability.
> Cheers,
> Darrell
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