Date:         Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:25:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: At least we don't drive Trimuphs.
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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As a teenager and young man, I fooled almost exclusively with british
convertibles. I bought VWs because they were cheap reliable and easy
to fix and resell at a modest profit to buy parts for the unreliable
but fun Triumphs and MGs I attempted to drive.

It took about fifteen years for me to get out of denial that the
german stuff was soooo much better in engineering and quality. I had
a relapse in the early 90s when I did a ground up $$$ restoration on
an  MGA. It was still a piece of crap, and my 90 Vanagon was faster.

Jim

On Aug 26, 2006, at 10:59 AM, John Bange wrote:

> On 8/25/06, Pensioner <al_knoll@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> Is a Trimuph kinda like a Spagthorpe Whippet?
>>
>> "The finely crafted motoring accessories falling off this state of
>> the art
>> British conveyance are of the highest quality manufacture..."
>
> My '76 Spitfire sure was. I suppose the fact that it came wearing a
> bumper sticker that said essentially the same as the above should have
> been a clue. I sold it to a friend (who still to this day has not
> forgiven me) who eventually gave up and traded it for a nice, reliable
> Porsche 914 2.0
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>