I remember when the Miata first came out, One reviewer was complaining
that
it did not have more than 2 seats and you could not fit a lot of packages in
it. He just did not get the "sports car" thing. But then again Porsche does
and they are making an SUV that goes 160mph. So go figure.
Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Randall Young
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:43 AM
To: triumphs list server
Subject: RE: Classic Motorsports rematch
> The Datsun was completely original and it likely suffered as a result. The
> trans would grind into 2nd and the brakes were non-existent. It
> lacked power
> and drifted all over the road.
>
> LBC's are not fairly ranked using a new car scorecard.
Seems to me there must've been other factors as well. I had a friend with a
stock 124 Spyder, my relatively stock (then) TR3A just walked all over it in
every performance category : acceleration, cornering, braking, even fuel
mileage. I suspect it's not just "old car vs new car", but evaluating
sports cars on the basis of creature comforts and whether the cup holders
work well.
As someone already said, this is exactly the sort of mistake that Consumer
Reports makes. Last time I looked at CR, they had ranked a quiet dishwasher
that didn't clean dishes very well above a competing model that cleaned
better, but made more noise. If I wanted peace and quiet, I'd wash them by
hand !
Randall
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