yep...i agree...al three of my girls (11,6,2) love the spit...my smallest
one will
stand in the driveway and cry, stomp up and down, and throw fits, until i
let
her sit or ride in the "little red car"....keep it, if you can...
richard / colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tod Jones" <todjones@rica.net>
To: "Spitfire list" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 3:47 AM
Subject: Re:
>
> I have to agree, don't get rid of your Spit. All I have to do is ask my 2
> year old grandson " Do you want to go for a ride?" and his face lights up
> with a big smile and he runs to my Spit. The whole time he is in the car
he
> smiles and waves at every one he sees. If I pass by him while he isn't in
> the car he points at it and makes reving noises and waves. If we need to
go
> anywhere with the kids / grandkids we just take my wifes Subaru. I enjoy
the
> Spitfire even more when one of my grandkids is in the passenger seat.
Don't
> get rid of your Spitfire, even with a family it is a lot of fun.
>
> Tod Jones
> Harrisonburg, Va
> 67 Spitfire MkII
> http://home.rica.net/todjones/pictures.htm Has a picture of Justin in my
> Spitfire
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard B Gosling" <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
> To: "trunnell" <trunnell@earthlink.net>; "spitfires"
> <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 4:49 AM
>
>
> >
> > Glenn,
> >
> > I'm sorry to hear that impending Fatherhood is robbing you of your Spit.
> I
> > seem to have managed to combine parenthood and Spitfire ownership. My
> wife
> > has her own car - my thinking is that only one car needs to be capable
of
> > carrying the whole family, and hers does that fine, so mine doesn't
need
> to.
> > Daffy is my only car, not a weekends-only toy, and since I have to have
a
> car,
> > and there was no point replacing her with another car, Daffy stayed!
> >
> > BTW, child seats fit fine in the front of a Spit, and Flora (1 year-old
> > daughter) loves driving with the top down - or at least she did while
the
> > weather was still warm enough in the UK to do so! This time of year I
> have
> > the hard-top on, but Flora still rides with me the two mornings a week
> that I
> > drop her off at her nursery.
> >
> > In any case, congratulations on your approaching Fatherhood! The next 6
> months
> > may seem like the longest wait of your life!
> >
> > Richard and Daffy (child seat now a permanent fixture)
> >
>
>
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