[Tigers] Story about my and my dad's Tiger

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Jay,
Those type events can surely get the Tiger's fluids warmed up  and flowing. 
 They can also get the driver's fluids flowing, sometimes  requiring a trip 
home to change clothes.
Mark
 
 
In a message dated 7/22/2012 9:26:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jay.laifman at gmail.com writes:

Ok, so I  guess I can admit this now.

About 5 years or so ago, dad wasn't driving  the TIger much.  He wanted me 
to
change the oil.  So, I offered  to leave my Alpine at his place and take the
Tiger for a couple weeks to  "get the car's fluids flowing."  Before this, I
really hadn't spent  much time in any Tiger.

So, I change the oil and start driving.  I  found how much I really loved 
the
car, and in the process, I surprisingly  found all sorts of little things 
that
needed some attention  ;-)   stretching those 2 weeks to 5 months before I
returned the car!

Near  my house there is a right hand corner that is wide open visually.   
When
it was clear, I would take it with full gusto in my Alpine (which is  no
slouch, with high flow Holbay head, Holbay cam and dual side draft DCOE  
Webers
- more hp/lb than a stock 260 Tiger (though who has a stock Tiger  
anymore?!)).
On this particular corner, I'd go wide, hit the apex, and  floor it.  Just a
wonderful time.  So, I'm driving dad's Tiger  for a while now.  Kind of 
"used
to it" with the same seat, same dash,  same overall view as my Alpine.  I
really wasn't thinking about  it.  I came up to my corner, and went into
automatic pilot.  Went  wide, hit the apex, and then floored it.
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Full  Tiger torque comes on, rear end goes sideways,
and not only are the Tiger's  fluids flowing!!!!  First thing that comes to
mind "oh sh*t, I'm going  to have to call my dad and tell him I wrapped his 
car
around a  tree!!!!"

Fortunately, I was able to bring it back under control and  nothing 
happened to
the Tiger - other than me liking it that much  more.

Thanks for the ride  dad!
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