[TR] Hertz --- Rent a TR4A

[John Macartney]

Darrell Foyd wrote:
> The 18-city deal worked out okay for automatic two-seaters but  created
> a big problem for Triumph's warranty department in the gearbox  area.   Not
> too many Hertz customers were familiar with four  speeds."

Darrell, casting my mind back to my Export Sales days in London, I can confirm Mike Cook's 
statement. I'd go one step further in saying the majority of aspiring owners from your side of the 
pond weren't much good in the gearbox area either. I still wonder how long the box in our 1968 US 
spec demo car lasted after we sold it. Mostly, the gears were changed without the clutch and I still 
recall wincing when a lady wanting to buy that very car asked me, "what the hell's that extra pedal 
on the left for and why is this goddamned shifter making such a racket?" She did buy it - and two 
days later as I waved her off, she yelled, "you sure I'll get used to this stick shift?"

Jonmac