----- "Brian Jones" <tr4zest@gmail.com> wrote:
> My wife hates driving in my TR4. It is something I have to enjoy
> 'alone'. Why does she hate it?
> "Its such an attention-grabbing car. I don't like people staring at
> me." she
> tells me.
>
> "Honey, they are looking at the car, not you. They even look at the
> car when
> I'm in it."
>
> She still wont get in it. Ah well.
>
> Brian
My problems are a bit different. Sue loves to ride in "her" TR4. Loves to
wave at all the gawkers. Won't drive it. Steering effort at low speed is all
it takes to keep her away. She has shoulder and arm problems from
fibromyalgia. Has no problem with the manual transmission. Hates automatics.
The Seven is the car she won't even ride in. The fibromyalgia makes it too
difficult to enter and especially exit this minimalist car.
The TR4 attracts a lot of attention, but the Seven positively stupifies people.
If they know these cars, it looks exactly like a mid-sixties Lotus. If they
don't know these cars, it's a fantastically-styled toy car in yellow. Either
way, they stop in their tracks and stare.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L 1979 Caterham 7
1993 Suburban 1994 Miata C-package 2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
http://www.triumphtransamerica.org.uk
http://forum.mnautox.com/forums http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier
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