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I read his book the first time when I had my Alpine only. I felt like the
entire time the author was being really snooty and looking down his nose at
the car. I was left with the feeling that why did he bother to write this
book if he disliked the Alpine so much? I did later read the Tiger
sections after I got my dad's Tiger. Those sections were definitely not as
bad. Not great. But not bad.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:01 AM, snakebit289 via Tigers <
tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
> Only my opinion, but folks using wikipedia. org should use it like they
> would Cliff Notes, strictly as a guide to research their references in
> order to get the whole picture on a subject. I write a column, and if the
> only source of information I have at my disposal is wiki, I need to change
> subjects. I've found that the powers that be who manage wiki aren't
> responsive to people questioning individual entries. I wasn't part of the
> team of actual owners and other Tiger historians who contacted wiki on this
> subject, but I was told wiki did not care for criticism from the team.
>
> Likewise, we thought we had an opportunity to question Graham Robson about
> information contained in his book Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger, when he was one
> of two invited Sunbeam celebrities to appear at SUNI VI in Colorado Springs
> in the summer of 2014. I was told that he would have nothing of the sort.
> He basked in his preferred role as bon vivant and master of ceremonies at
> the event, and would not make himself available for any Q and A, private or
> public. I suggest that if people want to quote passages from his book, they
> read as many books related to Tigers as possible, and if basing information
> they post from the Robson book, that they attribute it to him, as they
> would for any information they did not learn firsthand.
>
> Rande Bellman
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I read his book the first time when I had my Alpine only.=
=C2=A0 I felt like the entire time the author was being really snooty and l=
ooking down his nose at the car.=C2=A0 I was left with the feeling that why=
did he bother to write this book if he disliked the Alpine so much?=C2=A0 =
I did later read the Tiger sections after I got my dad's Tiger.=C2=A0 T=
hose sections were definitely not as bad.=C2=A0 Not great.=C2=A0 But not ba=
d.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, J=
un 13, 2016 at 10:01 AM, snakebit289 via Tigers <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">tigers@autox.team.net=
</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D=
"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:bookman old style,new york,ti=
mes,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr">Only my opinion, but folks using=
wikipedia. org should use it like they would Cliff Notes, strictly as a gu=
ide to research their references in order to get the whole picture on a sub=
ject. I write a column, and if the only source of information I have at my =
disposal is wiki, I need to change subjects. I've found that the powers=
that be who manage wiki aren't responsive to people questioning indivi=
dual entries. I wasn't part of the team of actual owners and other Tige=
r historians who contacted wiki on this subject, but I was told wiki did no=
t care for criticism from the team.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Likewise, we thought we had an opportunity to question Graham Rob=
son about information contained in his book Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger, when =
he was one of two invited Sunbeam celebrities to appear at SUNI VI in Color=
ado Springs in the summer of 2014. I was told that he would have nothing of=
the sort. He basked in his preferred role as bon vivant and master of cere=
monies at the event, and would not make himself available for any Q and A, =
private or public. I suggest that if people want to quote passages from his=
book, they read as many books related to Tigers as possible, and if basing=
information they post from the Robson book, that they attribute it to him,=
as they would for any information they did not learn firsthand.</div><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Rande Bellman<br></div></div></div><=
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