Trailing a pack of $50 bills on a string behind you works pretty good and
you don't have to change the oil or learn another language.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: <Group44TR7@aol.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: For Immediate Release : Reports of GT6s Getting Greater Respe
ct
> Actually my theory of increasing transparency after age 45 has a
specific
> exception for piloting expensive or apparently expensive cars. My wife
calls
> them "Ferrari B$%#%es", by which she means the exotic creatures who step
off
> the curb and wave at me. The problem is that eventually one must get out
of
> the car, at which point there is a muffled thump of inrushing air as the
> geezer suddenly once again disappears. This explains the large number of
> wealthy fossils in Palm Springs and L.A. who wear more Ferrari attire
than
> Michael Schumacher's race team, usually topped off with a yellow gold
Rolex
> the size of bedside alarm clock. Trying to keep new bait on an old hook.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
Behalf
> Of Group44TR7@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 9:32 AM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: For Immediate Release : Reports of GT6s Getting Greater Respect
>
> FOTers
>
> For those of you who feel that Triumph GT6s do not get their fair
share
> of respect...
>
> 1. I emerged from a luncheon last week to find my GT6 was valet
parked
> in the front row amongst the BMWs, Ferraris and Mercedes.
> 2. A routine stop at the service station was enhanced by two very
> attractive young women who wanted to know about the cute little blue
car.
> (So much for Bill Babcock's wife's theory that grey haired men over 50
are
> invisible, even in a Ferrari or sportscar. )
> 3. A young Corvette convertible driver actually thought the car
sporting
> enough to want to drag race it from the stop light. (Triumph was
probably
> out of business before this young man was born)
> 4. But the best reinforcement of all is how much my children love
riding
> in it. They are still innocent enough to ask to ride in the "blue car"
over
> the "red car". (It will be interesting to observe if and when that
changes
> over the years.)
>
> Regards to all, back to work...
>
> Cary
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