>I regularly read this website www.sniffpetrol.com - probably the funniest
>thing I've ever seen on the web (and someone from the Spitfire group first
>put me on to it I think!). However, many of the jokes are totally
>incomprehensible to those who do not work within the car industry - I have
>fo
>Listers,
>
>Well it is day three of British car week - I've taken my '59 Minor ragtop
>out each day now as the weather has been perfect around Venice and Santa
>Monica. The majority of British Cars that I've seen are late model Jags and
>Range/Land Rovers driven by people who barly know that thes
A guy in my car club had broken his gear shift in his TR3 a few years back,
so when mine broke a couple of months ago, he knew exactly what to do-
He made a jig to fit over the stump of the lever so that he could drill
straight down into the lever-mine is solid. Then, he made a little stud,
th
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>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 19:21:21 EDT
>
>I still dont know what model this is, all I know is its a Triumphanyone
>?
It looks lik
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Terry
>Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >Perhaps it's different in the UK. But Classic,
> >Vintage, Antique are pretty nebulous adjectives at
> >best. And often they are even used to describe the
> >same vehicle.
>
>One of these definitely has a fixed definiti
This is the car that I drive to work and in which I get
>the groceries. British Car Week is every week for me.
Same here! Funny thing though-British Car Week is usually the week Nigel
craps out entirely! It's like he thinks it's his week off!
Laura G.
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Yeah-what Jeff said!
I have a friend who's bought and sold several cars on the internet (and
eBay)-including his present 1964 Spitfire and 2 1957 Urals!
In fact, I know several people who have bought and sold various vehicles on
eBay over the past few years-I think only one of them was unhappy
>I have "entered" my car at the last 4 Britfests in NJ. I have
>no hope of winning anything. but I pay the $15 anyway just to
>participate. Actually, lots of other "daily driver" cars do the same
>thing.
>But perhaps that show is more informal than most...
>
>Doug Braun
>'72 Spit
Well $15 isn'
Yes, it bothers me-I have complained about it, I have written about it. And
nothing. Or, I get the classic response "But I drive my car!"-not 10k miles
a year or more! More like 500- 100 miles a year and the reast of the time
it's locked up, pampered and polished.
I judge at the Huntington Bea
>Must be the weekend for lucky Triumph owners. I got my leg caught in
>the rototiller, and get to keep it! Nurses wanted me to pick the
>numbers for lottery tickets, since I'd gotten so lucky. :)
Congratulations!
However, I wouldn't say it's been a lucky week for all Triumph owners-
I think I
>Pat,
>
>Only thing to add to what Kris said below is that in the US, you might
>just win in court regarding your example of the attendant putting too
>much air in your tires. The courts are allowing so much crap today. My
>favorite to quote is the one about the guy that broke into a school,
>il
>Kristi wrote: "I don't think you could sue if someone put air in your tires
>and then you
>had a blowout down the road, but then I wouldn't of thought you could sue
>Mickey D's for a hot coffee spill and I sure was wrong there"
>
>My comment- Recently(within the past few months) the British court
>I'm gotten really spoiled here in Florida.
>
>To pump gas at my Mobile station, I just wave a little
>transponder attached to my key ring at the Pegasus
>logo on the pump face. The pump 'enables' in about 1-2
>seconds, I then fill the tank.
>The gas is charged to my credit card account, so all I
>So feel free to go there (it really is a wonderful country
>apart from the fact they completely lost it yesterday: must be a
>virus... Austria, Italy, Denmark, and now France. Not to mention our
>friends from across the pond who have a lesser strain (but so much
>more potent)...
>No insult intend
> >I do draw the line at engines though. Swapping a tr3 engine to a
>different
> >tr3 would be acceptable. Swapping a (Place mfg name here) V6 into a
> >spitfire is not.
Hear hear!
>HEY, I resemble that remark...:-)
But we love you anyway, Barry!
;-P
Laura G.
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When I had my '77, I tried to only play British (with the exception of Billy
Joel) and of that era-which was hard because I was really into New Wave at
that time, and so much of that didn't come around untill *after* 77.
'78 is a good year-that would include not only PP&F, and Year of the Cat-b
> >Take a look here:
>
> >http://www.msrecycling.com/012363.html
>
I tried to look-but got a message that the server was too busy!
Laura G.
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>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nolan
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >Eat your hearts out all you who really shouldn't own a Spitfire! The
> >flawless car-o-scope claims the Spitfire is a perfect fit for me. :)
> >
> >So if you want to be happy with a Spitfire, just learn to be more like
> >me.
>How strange, I got an identical description to Mike, although my car
>recomendations were a little different:
And I got the same description as Mike-a risk taking,left side of the brain,
cheap, snob-and different cars suggested!
Laura G.
>1. Dodge Colt Vista - just had a look at one of these
Nigel and I are totally incompatible.
No, wait-we are compatible only in terms of taking risk and age!
Compared to other Spitfire owners, I'm more generous, lower educational
level, too much a snob, make less money, more objective and logical and care
a bit too much about my car!
A person qui
>I have finally talked Brad into converting our orange spitfire into an
>automatic transmission. We are thinking of putting the bonnet of an MG-T so
>that we won't have to cut a hole in the original. Also I would need a
>larger
>trunk so we are exploring the possibility of putting a mustang trunk
BARF! AUGH! YUCK!
Last year, I was at the L.A. Auto Show, and they had one of those "green"
cars on display-a very flimsy affair made entirely of plastic (Hold it-
isn't plastic a petroleum product? And how would that thing hold up against
backing it into, for example-a mailbox or bicycle?)
A
I checked the link-it really is a bill that's been bounced about, and will
be heard on 4/1/02-so even though it seems like a joke because of the date,
it's not a joke.
I'm wondering how a bill like that affects auto makers. Something that
affects a market as large as Californias must affect t
>Hi John,
>I think "Triumph hypochondria" should be a recognised condition. I have
>done a
>nut and bolt rebuild of Sophie, and still have this feeling that she isn't
>reliable. This is an illogical fear, as she has never left me on the side
>of the
>road, and yet the VW golf that we use "everyd
Hello Listers!
I'm back from the Great Race Texas-and I had a GREAT time! We DNFed the
first day-clutch went out on the 1942 Ford-but we rented a car and finished
the race, even though we were out of the competition. But, I learned A LOT!
And we did get the spirit award!
So, now back to the r
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