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1. Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:01:50 -0600; My old TR-250 handled much worse than either of my Spridgets, and I sold it soon after I installed the new engine. I got it as a gift from my then fiance, later wife, it had a blown engine. I had ho; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00791.html (9,642 bytes)
2. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:43:44 EST; I can't make a fair comparison just yet. I know both my Spitfires handled great. They were the best handling cars I ever drivin. I have not drivin my Sprite yet so maybe it handles better, I just don; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00797.html (8,271 bytes)
3. RE: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:49:01 -0600; My '63 Kharman Ghia was a lot of fun, first car I had and a great car to learn on. Due to a military father, I went to high school in North Dakota, and that Ghia on studded snow tires was absolutely; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00803.html (10,912 bytes)
4. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:35:24 -0800 (PST); My 1980 Spitfire was fun to drive, but not as much to my taste as the Sprite. Many on the list will snub a Spit completely, but I like them, especially the interior, and wouldn't mind another someday; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00814.html (9,220 bytes)
5. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:08:01 -0500; Wait'll Frank gets home from work. Are you gonna get it ;-) Larry PS Mr. Coastie Bob, is the first person I ever heard say a B handled better than a Spridget. What is wrong with your suspension???? A; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00819.html (9,666 bytes)
6. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:28:29 -0500; I had a 73 Spit which I bought brand new after driving a 67 Sprite. I went back to Sprites in 1976. The spit handled fairly well, it was a blast to drive but, like one of the period magazines wrote,; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00834.html (9,518 bytes)
7. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:42:55 -0800; Hi Robert, I Drive a MGB everyday, I save the Bug-i for the real fun trips, It is fine for a comfortable car. Very modern, even has roll up wind'rs. Mine doesn't out handle either my GT6 or Sprite. T; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00851.html (10,170 bytes)
8. RE: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:00:56 -0600; Gee, didn't mean to get everybody all excited, my main point was that the TR-250 handled like a dog and I was bitterly disappointed at the time after all the work I had put into it. I love my Midget,; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00872.html (11,186 bytes)
9. RE: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:23:22 -0500; I tend to agree with this, in another way. I had a big healey for many years (still do) I thought it was a great car, until I drove my sprite, now the big healey feels like my breadtruck compared to; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00873.html (9,678 bytes)
10. Fw: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:31:41 -0500; When I first bought a Sprite a good friend had an MGB. He couldn't corner as quickly. We devised a rule of thumb for cornering in the two kinds of cars. When you saw a yellow warning sign (snake sign; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00874.html (9,337 bytes)
11. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:08:30 -0500; So on those 5 MPH curves you both could go the same speed? <dnw> 1972 Midget 1998 Safari 1999 9-3 1964 (Me) as cars. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// htt; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00877.html (9,463 bytes)
12. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:35:45 -0600; I'm seconding this opinion strongly. I've owned my big Healey since 1974 (was I a cool high school senior or what?). When I got my first Sprite (the Bishop) it was an amazing difference. I'v had many; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00878.html (12,007 bytes)
13. RE: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:49:17 -0600; I had a 356 coming out of the Academy, loved that car with a passion, nothing better, laughed at my classmate with the TR-3 that always needed fixing, couldn't understand the whole British thing. The; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00880.html (12,993 bytes)
14. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:36:33 -0500; I have owned a TR3 since I was 18 and have autocrossed it. The first time I brought it out I felt like I was driving a tractor, "plowing" through the turns. I am upgrading it this winter and we'll se; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00882.html (9,323 bytes)
15. RE: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:43:26 -0800; I've not owned many, but pretty much rank mine the same for handling and - '65 Sprite: still have it; I got it somewhere around 1978; I'm in the process of making it road worthy again; had so much fu; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00883.html (9,499 bytes)
16. RE: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:29:01 -0800 (PST); My Lotus Esprit was actually a very wide car (42" high at its highest point though!), and it took a lot of experience to really toss it around. Once I was comfortable in the car, it was beyond anythi; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00890.html (9,650 bytes)
17. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:32:33 -0600; I have never driven a RB Midget, but they sit so high, is it fair to compare their handling characteristics with the CB cars??? Brad /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.ne; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00893.html (10,130 bytes)
18. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:55:59 EST; I gotta second all this discussion. The Bugeye (with Vega GT Wheels) feels like a street-legal go-kart. It is more than happy to be tossed, twisted and generally abused through a corner -- it's very; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00894.html (9,385 bytes)
19. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:34:19 -0800; If anyone has a copy of "MG MIDGET, GOLD PORTFOLIO 1961-1979", there are reprints of several new model reports and road tests, several of which compare the Spitfire to the Midget. Seems every compari; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00896.html (10,927 bytes)
20. Re: Handling, TR vs. Spridgets (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:08:30 -0500; So on those 5 MPH curves you both could go the same speed? <dnw> 1972 Midget 1998 Safari 1999 9-3 1964 (Me) as cars. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// htt; /html/spridgets/2002-01/msg00916.html (9,216 bytes)

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