[TR] Sad Triumph (owner) story

[John Linney]

I drive my TR4 at least once a week. It is also ‘nice looking’ and I like to keep it that way. However, to each his own. Who are we to judge a fellow owner who drives just once a year? To do that he must change the oil, grease the suspension, check the brakes, and look after the body work. He obviously loves the car. He is keeping this car away from the scrap yard. One of these days it will pass on to another owner. We are but custodians. 

> On Nov 4, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have had my car halfway restored for over 10 years I have never driven it. I like thinking that one day I will. But that might be was impossible since I have lost my drivers license Due to a head injury incurred almost 50 years ago [47 years of driving with only minor accidents , Go figure?]
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>  I like clinging to the idea that it is possible I will return to driving and similarly, I like clinging to the idea that will be able to fix the TR3 up. Both ideas are like looking back at snapshots of my glory days!
> Thanks, Paul Dorsey 60 TR3A
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>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 11:32 PM aribert neumann <aribertn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was getting out of my Spit bodied GT6 in a parking lot earlier this week and someone that was about to get into their car stepped over for a quick discussion.  He also had a Triumph.  He typically takes it out once a year for a cruise event.  He said his car is "nice looking" and he wants to keep it that way.  Now my car is in need of a repaint - I painted it about 28 yrs ago and the finish has faded to dull/matte.   But, I like to drive my car, just rolled 100,000 miles (I reset the odometer when I rebodied it in the early '90s, had 126K+ miles (broken speedo cable) when I bought it in '89).  Driving a car for one day per year seems like a waste of ownership.
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