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<font color="green">Another example of the bias of the press even if it is only a provincial Scottish newspaper [;)]

http://www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/l ... -22786464/

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<font color="green">Gordon
GRD 1980 Brooklands Green 2l FHC
OVC 1980 Platinum Silver 3.9l V8 FHC
Bedford, UK.
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I agree with the comment on the styling and to follow on that more than a few people have stopped me to ask what kind of car I was driving (1980 TR8) and where could they buy one!

Talk about being ahead of it's time.

The Perthshire Advertiser must have been very short of copy, another example of recycled/copied material and photo.
1/10 for the attempt - try harder!

Cheers
Ian

Ian Freeman
1979 TR8 DHC California car that never crossed the pond, started life as KDU 315V.
1962 Triumph Courier

<i>1/10 for the attempt - try harder!</i>

On the other hand, after thirty years any publicity for the Wedge can only be good publicity. Don't forget we know how good it can be - there are thousands out there who don't!

Maxwell [8D]

I think i'm going to become a motoring journalist. You just copy what has been written before and get paid for it. Not a bad job?

1975 FHC
KDU483N

Andrew, Happy birthday by the way!

John picked up on the point that this short copy seems to pop up everywhere, it's not original.
Shame the paper could not find someone to really find out how good our cars are.

Cheers
Ian

Ian Freeman
1979 TR8 DHC California car that never crossed the pond, started life as KDU 315V.
1962 Triumph Courier

My letter to the online reporters. I am not saying that you have to write one, but, Hey, why not!

[url="kgordon@s-un.co.uk"]Katy Gordon - Online Reporters[/url]

"Hum?

I must inquire as to Ian Johnson's article on Triumph TR7s. Has Mr. Johnson, indeed, ever driven or perhaps ridden in a Triumph TR7?

From his comments it would seem that he has been reading some 30 year old newspapers and is just rehashing their contents. Not very good investigative reporting, eh? History has pointed out that most of the perceived problems with the TR7 were caused by bad BL decisions and the poor work ethic of the British Auto Unions.

Yes, there are many enthusiasts who have taken the cars down to bare and rust proofed them properly, then lovingly put them back together. BL was on the brink of moving forward to producing really modern automobiles of which the TR7 was the first, but they fumbled the ball. Tradition is fine if you want to maintain the status quo, but it takes some real intestinal fortitude to design and produce something really outstanding!

jclay
<i>A TR7 enthusiast</i>"

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And of course...no mention of the TR8. I still, from time to time, hear the usual "..dont they all have electrical problems?". Truth be told, all the wedges Ive owned did have problems, but were owner-related. i.e; shabby repairs. Once sorted out, non of them ever let me down/stranded.

Thats why I chose to buy another wedge for a daily driver, instead of a Miata or something newer.

Johnny

<i>Johnny, shooooooooooooooooosha! We're not suppose to mention the TR8s!</i>

I stopped reading foriegn newspapers years ago.They rarely get things right.

www.triumphtr.co.uk
TR8 FHC
TR7 Sprint
TR7V8 rally car

When I pulled into a tyre service chain for an alignment on my way up to the A1GP race last weekend the manager (young, spotty & keen) asked if I had a data sheet for the car because they didn't have any info for a Ferrari! Must have been the red colour that confused him.

Coincidently while I was at the race which Ferrari are heavily involved in, there was a Ferrari display in the paddock. I spoke to the owner of an '82 308 & asked him if it was a fun car to own. He said it was reasonably reliable but needed constant tinkering just like any old car. That sounds very familiar doesn't it. Obviously being a ferrari does not exempt a car from the usual gremlins that beset a 25 year old car.

So if people think my car looks like it could be a Ferrari & the experience of owning one is much the same as owning a Ferrari then why is it better to own a Ferrari? Answer: perception is 9/10s of the truth. Well, I'm a 10/10s kind of a person.

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<i>Andrew, Happy birthday by the way!</i>

Thanks for that, Ian.

Birthday Treat? Going round Brooklands in a 6.3l Mercedes AMG!
I'm afraid I got into trouble for saying it was too 'Sanitized'!
Braking from c150mph in the wet and keeping arrow-straight isn't the TR7 way!

Maxwell [}:)]

John, you can't just decide to be a motoring journalist, you have to
practice incopentence first. I doubt that many who contribute here
could ever achieve such a low level.

You have to be able to drive into a corner at 5 tenths, [thinking
you are at 9 tenths], floor the throttle, then describe the
resultant rear end breakaway as oversteer, before you can even apply
for membership of the guild of motoring writers. What's more, you
have to actually believe the cr4p you write, to gain full membership.

In Oz we had the saying, "if you can't do it, write about it, but if
that deosn't work, you can always teach". I am sure the teachers
here will have met some of these people trying to enter their profession.

There are exceptions. The UKs Dennis Jenkinson had forgotten more
about motoring, by the time he was co-driving with Mossy, than most
of us will ever learn.

In Oz we had my old boss, David Mckay, who in his 50s, was only a
second or so slower than me, for a couple of laps, in his F1
Brabham. Of course he used his motoring editors position, to keep
his racing team sponsors happy, so that was all right.

Hasbeen