Jesus Gary,
have you been visiting the breweries again???????
I think I'm bursting a gut laughing. You are ABSOLUTELY right.
I can guarantee that it wasn't Andre driving that GT6.
To all the queens out there, trailer or no, hip hip,
hurrah, to the "do it yourselvers".
Liv
C C C
gary durham wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I'm with you on this point. When you mention that the trailer Queen
> owners look down their noses at you, just remember that, even 'tho they
> look down, they're still so far below you that they're really looking up
> your ass. I have met, and consistantly humiliated these (what I call)
> 'pseudo-triumph' owners. Most often (not always) I find them among the
> TR line. Of course, the TR line (nice!) is one of the major factors of
> what killed Triumph. The most successful vehicle that Triumph ever built
> was the Spitfire, and the Spitfire kept them in the 'green' and carries
> the loses of the TR line for a decade. Why some 'Queens' (Oops, should I
> say 'trailer queen' :) look down at Spits/GT6, even when near concourse,
> I'll never know. I've owned 'em all at one point or another. The TR6
> for example... it's neither better, nor worse, than a Spit... or a GT6...
> just different. I personally didn't like it, but that doesn't make it a
> bad car... just not my cup of tea. Why do I like the Spit better? Hell,
> I just do, so who cares why?
> The really good thing, is that there are many REAL Triumph owners (of
> every model) out there. When you next go to an event, look around, and
> observe. You'll find a bunch of queens over there, while over here
> you'll find a bunch of kids (newbies to Triumph). Look around for the
> solid center. You know... me... you... all the rest of us solid types.
> I'm the guy who always spends 30 to 90 seconds looking at queens, but 10
> to 30 minutes with the guy who has a 'way to go' on his Triumph...
> sharing tips, shops, parts locations, etc.
> An interesting story for you, just to illustrate my point. About
> (almost) a year ago when I was driving home on the interstate from work,
> a GT6+ crept up on me along my right hand (passenger) side. I was really
> out of it, I'm sure, as I never even saw him coming. When his front
> bumper was about four feet past mine, my peripheral vision literally
> RIPPED my eyes over to him, only to see him slowly pull away. Pinned in
> traffic, I could do nothing. I slowly endeavored to 'catch' him, with
> all manner of thoughts racing through my head, principly the thought that
> I'd not seen a GT6 actually on the road for normal daily driving (on the
> way to an event, yes, but not daily) since 1979 or 1980 (can't remember
> exactly). Anyway, this fool has Georgia plates (just in case he reads
> this) and I eventually 'catch him on the Interstate loop here in
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US of A. I honk like hell, finally get his
> attention and, when he 'casually rolls' his effett snob nose over to me,
> I give him a 'thumbs up'.
> This gent gives me a slight 'nod', as if he were driving a Silver Cloud
> or something, and looks away.
> The point of this story is that, is this idiot queen had had the sense to
> pull his head out of his ass, and wipe some excrement off his eyes... he
> would have noticed the same thing that I and HUNDREDS of other 'gawkers'
> on the interstate were noticing. There were other cars speeding up to
> catch the both of us, guys waving, screaming, gesturing, etc. It was a
> 'wild ride' as Liv would say.
> Why?
> Because for the first time (probably in at least two decades) there was
> the accidental and coincidental meeting of two mint Triumph GT6's, and
> the other GT6 owner/driver didn't even notice I was also in one, because
> his desire to appear so 'lofty'.
>
> Get the point? Why would you even WANT to know a pompous ass like these
> guys? Tell you what, we ever get together, and I'll tip a pint with 'ya.
> THEN we can go let some of these guys humiliate themselves just by
> letting them talk. Amazing how (generally speaking, not all) many of
> them know 'diddly-squat' about working/building/fixing their own car, but
> boy, were they ever able to write a good check for their vehicle.
>
> What I'm saying is, is that they are not in our 'circle', but rather,
> doomed perpetually to be outsiders.
> So here's a 'tip of the morning coffee cup' to you, and all the other
> hundreds of real Triumph owners on this list.
> Gotta remember that... unless they're up on stage singing We are the
> Champions, or Bohemian Rhapsody... got no use for queens.
>
> Sorry to bend everyone's ear so damned much!
>
> LWB,
>
> Gary
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