I just wonder why, if Spitfires are 'effeminate', so many 6 foot plus, 250
pound guys are driving them??
Liv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
To: <Spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:46 AM
Subject: TR6 on Top Gear
> Anyone watch Top Gear (by far the leading car-based TV-show in the UK, for
> the benefit of those outside of our island) last night?
>
> Great feature, where they were discussing how all convertibles were girly
> cars, particularly the latest ones like the Ford StreetKa and some funny
> Daihatsu that had on the show this week. I was muttering to my wife "Not
the
> Triumph TR6 - that's a man's car!". Sure enough, James May headed off on a
> mini-tirade against the girliness of his co-presenters, stated that there
> was a real bloke's convertible, and promptly got into... a shiny red TR6!!
>
>
> OK, he did mention that Triumph's previous sports cars (i.e. Spitfires)
were
> a bit "effeminate", having been designed by an Italian, so the piece
wasn't
> all good, but he gave the TR6 such a great revue that I even forgave him
for
> that. Particulary as he was driving it in the traditional British
fashion -
> in a torrential downpour with nothing but a tonneau cover for protection!
>
>
> Expect to see a sharp, but probably brief, rise in TR6 prices in the UK
over
> the next couple of weeks...
>
>
> Richard & Daffy
>
>
>
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