RE: Mistaken for a Tiger

Christie, Scott E. (Scott.Christie(at)gecapital.com)
Wed, 1 Jul 1998 08:48:45 -0400

along the same lines we should have a contest for the best reply to "Is that an MG?" or "Is that a Triumph?" Although, I did get into an argument once with a guy who tried to instruct me that it was the Alpine, not the Tiger that had the V8. I eventually agreed with him and told him that I ripped out the V8 from my Alpine and transplanted a 4 cylinder from a donor Tiger. Some people are amazing! Scott Christie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rex Funk [SMTP:rexfunk(at)magick.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 6:57 PM
> To: Jay Laifman
> Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Mistaken for a Tiger
>
> Jay Laifman wrote:
>
> >I certainly left thinking/sensing the appeal of a
> >pointy fin car, just so that no one would mistake it for a Tiger.
>
> I sure wish that were true. The question I am most consistently asked
> about my S II is "Is that the one with the V-8?". Like P.T. Barnum said
> "No one ever went broke under-estimating the intelligence of the American
> Public." We ought to have a contest on the Alpine List for snappy answers
> to the above stupid question. I'll start with:
>
> No, this is the good one.
>
> No, this is the one that goes around corners and stays on the road.
>
> No, this is the one that was SCCA National Champion for two years in the
> '60s, and won the Index of Performance at LeMans.
>
> No, that one steers like a truck, overheats, and is the Axle-Hop Poster
> Child.
>
>