DOoes any one need a LeCAR with Thirty thousand miles on it for a drive
it when you can car???????
T.R.
Beth & Ken wrote:
>
> John;
>
> Why in the world did you apologize? The rest of your response went on to
> show that you still don't understand that nobody was called
> stupid...certainly not you (humorless, but very literate IMHO), and that my
> post was meant as a joke. My primary transportation is a Suzuki
> Samurai..talk about "stupid"...a freakin' death trap. It's about the most
> "stupid" car a person can drive, and I'm a certified genius!
>
> ken shapiro
> baltimore
> 1970 GT6+ KC81872L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John A. Simmons <jsimmons@intrepid.net>
> To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Primary Car
>
> >
> > Apparently the several people who failed to appreciate Ken's sense of
> humor
> > have upset him. I am one of those people, so Ken I apologize. However, I
> > will offer the following; A person who uses their TR as primary
> > transportion - stupid? Perhaps to some, but not to the person does it.
> For
> > a number of years a TR6 was not only my primary source of transportion, it
> > was my only source of transportion. British Leyland failed to mention to
> me
> > that it wasn't meant to be used that way. In a previous thread when a
> > person paid more for a TR6 than Ken thought was reasonable ( I think it
> was
> > $21,600 ), he referred to it as "taking it to a new level of stupidity".
> > Perhaps, but not to the person who paid the money. In fact, I believe
> there
> > are actually at least two or three of us that are not (as you put it)
> "beer
> > swilling, knucklebusting, mechanically inclined gents". I am one,
> although
> > I love beer and have busted many knuckles and other bones during a 25 year
> > career as a police officer in D.C., but when it comes to fixing a car I am
> > out of my area of expertise. Does that mean I shouldn't own a Triumph?
> No
> > I don't think so, I love them and I love to drive them fast, but when it
> > needs work I pay the money and take it to someone that knows what they are
> > doing, because I don't. Further when I bought my current TR6 I was
> willing
> > to spend more to get a car that was done right up front by someone who
> knew
> > how to do it. I didn't spend $21,000, but frankly that doesn't mean that
> I
> > wouldn't. I've seen many restored triumphs that easily have more money
> than
> > that in them. Some jokes are not all that funny to person that is on the
> > receiving end. Am I uptight, no I don't think so. Do I like jokes in
> poor
> > taste, not really. Do I have anything against you, No, but I do wish you
> > could find a another word to use when talking about people with values
> > different than your own.
> >
> > John, '71 TR6
> > Berkeley Springs, WV
> >
> >
> >
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