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

[Marc James Small]

At 09:24 PM 7/22/2012, you wrote:
 >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!

Having driven Tigers and Alpines, I would take an
Alpine I over a Tiger II any day of the
week.  The Tiger handles magnificently so long as
the road is straight and long.   Given turns, the
Alpine will chew the Tiger into bits and
pieces.  I like a car that handles well.  YMMV.

Marc


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