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Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car

To: Bill & AnnaBelle <anabil007@comcast.net>, "tom white"
Subject: Re: [TR] Thinking of Getting a Modern Car
From: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:37:58 +0000
> 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  shifting  is  true  "snick,  snick",  the handling is 
> superb, in my opinion it  would out autocross any Triumph, and  you 
> can put up  the top (that fits) with one hand.
>       The  after market options are legion,  up to and including 
> supercharging,  and  one  more  thing  ... "its  purty"...  8-)
> -- 
> Bill  Pugh

Oh, yeah.  I have a Miata and a TR4 and I'm keeping them both.

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Phil Ethier  West Side  Saint Paul Minnesota  USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
1994 Miata C package
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