Them & Us - Nothing Changes.

[REPLIC8]

Today I decided to go for a drive to the coast in the TR8, the weather forecast was wrong as usual & after 10 minutes it poured down. We pressed on with the roof down & as long as we stayed over 50mph we were nice and dry. Had an ice-cream and a walk at the beach & came home again. [8D]
Anyway, the point of this thread is that on the way there we passed a TR6, gave him a flash & a wave and got totally ignored! Then on the way home we passed a nice TR4a, again gave a flash & a wave and got totally ignored again! [:(]
It would seem that however much we think our cars are being accepted as classics by the older TR's they're not interested. I get more response from other makes of old car than from TR's.

Andy
1981 UK SPEC TR8
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[dycecooper]

I totally agree

[FI Spyder]

True to some degree but it's changing in our club with us going from zero TR7/8's to a dozen or so. Before a meeting last year just after we returned from California a member came up to me and said "I never liked the TR7 but the more I see of yours the more I like them". When our Treasurer finally gets his Sprint Stage II head from S&S with his headers and 2" SU's giving an estimated 160hp after all the work is done that respect will grow a little more no doubt.

- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[john]

Chairman*
Chris Cunnington of the Tr Register owns this "A Grinnall converted FHC" south west co-ordinator owns the Blue FHC.







so it can't be that bad

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry


John

[Terry B]

In the middle of Canada things are not so bad as the Triumph Drivers Club of Manitoba has a lot of members that only own, (do I dare say it) MGs. Also proof that we all can get along my wife drives an Austin Healey Sprite.

But I did have a TR6 pull up next to me at a light when I was driving my TR8 and said to me, "Why didn't you buy a real Triumph?"
I said,"I wanted a Triumph that I would spend more time driving then fixing."

No offence TR6 owners, I would own the TR models if I could.


Terry B

[saabfast]

I find the problem with flashing someone in a TR7 is that by the time the lamps have come up lit the other car is long gone! Did get a wave from someone in an ordinary box the other week but the lights were too slow to acknowlege it.

Alan
Saab 9000 Stg 1
Saab 9000 2.3 FPT Auto
Saab 2.3 LPT Auto
'81 TR7 DHC

[moestr7v8]

Hi Andy agree with you entirely, we have got to the point now where we only aknowledge if they wave or aknowledge us first, it's a pity
some of these drivers haven't driven a wedge then they would know how good they are.[}:)]
Cheers
Moe[:(]

[John Wood]

Went out for a run this afternoon and was aknowledged by a lovely woman in her 30s driving a yellow Spitfire.

1975 TR7
1977 TR7 Sprint

[john 215]

Hi

Went up to Retro Show up ' The Pod 'today and was on the The Register stand, what a great bunch of lads and lasses. On the way up there got a wave from a Stag driver and the way home got a wave of a Austin 7 driver and even more of a supprise a MGB [:0]




Had a gent turn up in a Triumph 2000, who belongs to Club Triumph and he was made more than welcome when he asked was there any chance of parking with us.


Cheers John


LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

[trickyx12000]

since returning to the fold ( just over 12 months) i only seen two other TR's boths 6's and both waved...

[dursleyman]

Got a cheery wave from a bloke in an MGB this week, and he saw me first, so that's a good sign.

Russ

1980 TR7 Sprint DHC
Dursley
UK

[Hasbeen]

I don't think we have the same problem in Oz, most sports car fans acknowledge each other with a wave. I even exchanged waves with an MG A when I was in my S2000 the other day, [:D] I guess we accept anyone else who goes topless as a kindred spirit.

I can understand how drivers of the earlier TRs may become a bit testy, after all they are probably a more than a little jealous of us, with our nice engines. [}:)] Having spent 2 years racing a Morgan +4, powered at that time by the TR3A wet sleeve boat anchor I can fully understand that. [;)]

So next time one of the push rod brigade won't give you a wave, just feel sorry for them, & understand their problem. [^]

Hasbeen

[andyf]

Although I usually moan about this sort of thing I got a flash and wave from a TR6 yesterday on the M5 going to Culmstock classic car show.


1980 Persian Aqua DHC

[PeterTR7V8]

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. If you like waving to people then keep waving. Maybe they were too busy looking at the temp guage to notice your salutation. [}:)]



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