Don't these guys know they won out over the "we deserve to know more"
faction?
You got it wrong, it's not the "we deserve to know more" faction.
It's the "put up or shut up" faction. If someone has info that can
help a potential buyer not get burned purchasing a car of questionable
pedigree, then why supress it? The internet and this list by
association, exists for the free exchange of information. Supression
of needed information and the resultant confusion helps no one in the
long run.
Jeff
Subject: Re: Tiger manual responses
Author: tiger technologies <tartanad@ix19.ix.netcom.com> at INTERNET
Date: 3/16/98 9:50 AM
Andy:
Thank you for your sense of reason. We agree with you that it just wasn't
worth the bitter back and forth diatribe to continue with this project. Gee,
I would have thought STOA would have been elated. But instead we got
bombarded with more crapola. Don't these guys know they won out over the "we
deserve to know more" faction?
And you're right. This IS the end of it.
Jeff/tt
At 12:56 AM 3/14/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Hey, guys:
>
>Why don't we just settle down a little here over this Tiger manual
>business? Being an outsider looking in, it is obvious there is some
>serious bad blood here between two distinct Tiger factions on the west
>coast. It is even spilling over to the UK! The facts here as I see them
>are that, one, the STOA did not want the "Tiger Identification Manual"
>project to get off the ground and , two, Tiger Technologies has stated that
>they are not going to do the manual. End of story.
>
>I would hope the majority of us on this mail list are here for the mutual
>sharing of info and knowledge about the Sunbeam Tiger. This list has, so
>far, been of great help to me in getting some questions answered that I
>have had. I do appreciate all the people who are considerate enough to
>help out a fellow Tiger owner in need of info. What I don't appreciate is
>the fact that the whole list has to see all this mud slinging between these
>two groups who apparently are not very fond of each other. The question
>that comes to mind is "Is this really worth getting this pissed off over?"
>
>I served on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Region of the Shelby
>American Automobile Club for over twelve years back in the 80's and early
>90's. I witnessed this type of behavior literally tear that club apart.
>There was so much pettiness and bad blood in the group that myself and
>several others felt compelled to leave the group. To sum it up, it just
>flat wasn't fun anymore. So come on, guys...lets keep our egos and our
>pride in check, lest we travel down that same path to destruction.
>
>You know, I always thought it would be nice to live on the west coast,
>closer to the hotbed of Tiger action. I'm not so sure anymore...
>
>Andy Walker
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