I don't think he was talking about spits specifically, I thought it was more 'before the TR6, sports cars were curvy' but yeah, I'm slightly concerned about this rule that a Real Man (tm) can't appreciate grace or delicacy. Real Men like women don't they? And what could be more feminine?
To me, the reason many modern sports-cars are effeminate is that technology has made driving so much safer, the controls lighter, the handling more predictable. No longer do you need the Guy's tendency to understand the limits of a vehicle just to get the bugger from A to B. Most of the females I know would think twice about getting in my spit if they only knew how hard I have to press the brake pedal to make it stop! Anyway. That's how I differentiate 'hairdresser' cars from 'sports' cars. A sports car has hidden traps, you need to learn its idiosyncracies. A hairdresser car has been properly tamed. Just my 3 euro-cents' worth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Livia Haasper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gosling, Richard B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 12:32 PM Subject: Re: TR6 on Top Gear > I just wonder why, if Spitfires are 'effeminate', so many 6 foot plus, 250 > pound guys are driving them?? > Liv > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gosling, Richard B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:46 AM > Subject: TR6 on Top Gear > > > > Anyone watch Top Gear (by far the leading car-based TV-show in the UK, for > > the benefit of those outside of our island) last night? > > > > Great feature, where they were discussing how all convertibles were girly > > cars, particularly the latest ones like the Ford StreetKa and some funny > > Daihatsu that had on the show this week. I was muttering to my wife "Not > the > > Triumph TR6 - that's a man's car!". Sure enough, James May headed off on a > > mini-tirade against the girliness of his co-presenters, stated that there > > was a real bloke's convertible, and promptly got into... a shiny red TR6!! > > > > > > OK, he did mention that Triumph's previous sports cars (i.e. Spitfires) > were > > a bit "effeminate", having been designed by an Italian, so the piece > wasn't > > all good, but he gave the TR6 such a great revue that I even forgave him > for > > that. Particulary as he was driving it in the traditional British > fashion - > > in a torrential downpour with nothing but a tonneau cover for protection! > > > > > > Expect to see a sharp, but probably brief, rise in TR6 prices in the UK > over > > the next couple of weeks... > > > > > > Richard & Daffy /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
