- 1. [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: William Brewer <bbrewer@tvwireless.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:32:50 -0800
- Strange as it seems, I have been contemplating getting a modern car. Now, before the flamers cry blasphemy, I wish to point out that I have a new job that is unbelievably cool and the car hobby has t
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- 2. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:53:37 -0800
- Congratulations! If thats probably one of the coolest places to be in the aircraft/spacecraft industry. Well, every once and a while I find myself thinking about a TR250 or a Morris Traveler with a V
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- 3. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: Cameron Rooke <beaker211@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:53:54 -0800 (PST)
- All the time, Bill. All the time. However, I know that I will never buy a Chevrolet Cobalt, that's for sure. When I hop in a new car and can listen to the music while driving, I think this would be g
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- 4. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@notwires.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:55:40 -0600
- Bill: I, too, got the bug after reading a Peter Egan "Side Glances" column in R&T about a year and a half ago. He pointed out that for $25k, the price range for many decent LBCs, you could buy an XK
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- 5. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:42:43 -0500 (EST)
- Me!!! Maybe if I just wait a few hundred years. -- Jim Muller, waiting but I'll pass on the 230SLK and the Boxter and all the BMW Z's == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register ==
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- 6. RE: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:10:36 -0500
- What a cool place to work...... and talk about a place with creative minds and bleeding edge technology. However there is a certain irony in your car contemplations :-) I watched every minute of Bla
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- 7. RE: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: "R. Ashford Little II" <70TR6@mindspring.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:55:42 -0500
- I've got a minivan you can have. R. Ashford Little II '70 TR6, 73.5 911 Strange as it seems, I have been contemplating getting a modern car. Now, before the flamers cry blasphemy, I wish to point out
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- 8. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: "THOMAS FANSHER" <tfansher@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:27:31 -0500
- I REALLY like my Honda S2000. The prices of used ones are coming down. I saw one in the paper the other day for less that $15,000. They, as well as the ones you listed, are usually low mileage and at
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- 9. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:29:15 EST
- How cool is that? I sure hope you find the generosity to talk to use plebes once in a while. Enjoy the once in a life time opportunity. Dave == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Regi
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- 10. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:35:17 EST
- Yeah. Even cooler than working for the Myth Busters. Dave == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
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- 11. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: William McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:44:20 -0700
- == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
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- 12. RE: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Oliver" <JerrysJaguar@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:34:45 -0800
- I'm one that thinks it's a great idea. Even when I had 11 old cars, I had a modern car. About 2 years ago I bought a used 2002 Mercedes SLK32 AMG. Like the SLK 230, with the metal folding roof, but
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- 13. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: "tom white" <tswhitez123@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:22:49 +0000
- Congratulations on the job. That is way cool. Maybe you can get a disount ticket on the first tourist flight to outer space. I am fond of the Porche Cayman or the Mercedes CL550. Best regards, Tom __
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- 14. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: Bill & AnnaBelle <anabil007@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:23:32 -0800
- Well my pick would be the Mazda Miata MX5 ... after all this is the car that was copied (more or less) from the original LBC concept. My daughter has a 1994 , and it is a true pleasure to drive, the
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- 15. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: McGaheyRx@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:06:39 EST
- My daughter has a 1994 , and it is a true pleasure to drive, the shifting is true "snick, snick", the handling is superb, in my opinion it would out autocross any Triumph Having competed in regional
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- 16. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: ZinkZ10C@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:05:49 EST
- First a question then what I'd pick. What do the other guys/gals drive? Is it all high dollar new machinery ( just go out and buy it) or is the lot filled with interesting updated old stuff ( design
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- 17. RE: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:52:21 -0500
- You're thinking of these guys http://www.eaglegb.com/ Too bad Triumph and AH3000 doesn't have the equivalent company.....or do they?? Bob Danielson 1975 TR6 CF38503U Converting to Throttle Body Injec
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- 18. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:37:58 +0000
- Oh, yeah. I have a Miata and a TR4 and I'm keeping them both. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier
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- 19. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: jar@aldermanroad.net
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:55:42 -0500
- Interesting comment. Of which BLC concept is the Miata a copy? Many of the Japanese cars are copies of British cars. If you look at the original Datsen 240,Z there were a lot of elements from the Jag
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- 20. Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car (score: 1)
- Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@razzolink.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:09:15 -0800
- Rumor has the the Southern California design team had a '60's Lotus Elan to play with. Rather think Triumph GT6. It is really easy to misidentify an old Nissan Patrol for a Series Land Rover 88 at fi
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