Being a former MGB owner I'm always a little p***ed off when I pass one by
and I wave and get nothing in return. Most LBC owners will wave no matter
what LBC your driving. Just common courtesy. There aren't that many LBC's
out there and when I run across one it's always a pleasure to see it on the
road. What I find especially irritating is when a fellow Triumph owner
doesn't wave. Yes, it does happen. When you own a Wedge there are still
many Triumph owners who don't consider it a REAL Triumph. Well considering
the TR2-TR6 bodies were designed either by Michelotti or Karmann and the
humble Wedge was designed in house by Triumph who's car is more Triumph I
ask you? :-) Okay, Harris Mann may have had his roots in another B/L
division...
I can just feel the flames.
Mark Ascherl
1981 TR8 DHC FI
Raleigh, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Hill" <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>
To: "''Triumphs@Autox.team.net' '" <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 11:42 PM
Subject: RE: Participation
>
>
> Although I've never been a big MGB fan (a nice TC would be a different
> story, of course), I think you're being a bit hard on these chaps.
>
> For whatever reason, there are a number of MGB drivers who are NOT really
> "MG People". They are something quite different - they're people who just
> happen to "have an MG". The person you encountered probably didn't notice
> the wave or didn't have any idea what it was supposed to mean.
>
> On the other hand, I can't think of a single TR owner who wasn't a true
> "Triumph person" (loves his/her car, knows a lot about it, wants to know
> more, and bought it not because it was a "cute little car" but because it
> was a Triumph).
>
> Interesting that this subject should come up, as the Healey list has just
> gone through a lengthy and occasionally ornery debate about the current
> pecking order of who waves to whom! Is there a single TR driver out there
> who wouldn't automatically wave at another Triumph, no matter what, or who
> wouldn't return a wave - no matter what kind of car it came from?
>
> Jim Hill
> Madison WI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Brian Furgalus wrote:
>
> Just the other day, I passed a late rubber-bumpered MGB on the street and,
> since I was in the TR7, I felt obligated to wave. The guy totally ignored
> me, actually looked the other way! That is the first time that's ever
> happened to me. For some reason MGB people insist on believing that the
TR7
> was responsible for causing the collapse of the entire BL organization.
> That's assanine! It's that mentality that makes me dislike the majority
of
> MGB owners.
>
> Brian
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