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High Price (Tiger) Spreads
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I was tempted to depart from my usual newstand "skim read-only" of C&S when I
saw the current issue had a neat-o calendar included---but $7.95? Can the $
really be that weak against the pound?
I wrote a newspaper "car column" for eight years, and I always was amazed at
Egan's work. My hero.
Al J.
"Wright, Larry" wrote:
> Al J. wrote:
> >I hate derivative Japanese cars as much as the next guy,
> >but it hasn't escaped me that the illustrious columnist
> >Peter Egan of R & T fame loves his Miata & raves about
> >it at every opportunity.
>
> And I think it was in the November issue (?) that he's already sold
> it. (Al, maybe you hadn't seen that yet; when I get R&T, I drop everything,
> even going to the bathroom, to read 'Side Glances')
>
> I plan to keep the Miata I just bought for, eh, 6-8 years, which is
> my average for daily-drivers. I'll keep the GQ _forever_.
>
> The little Mazda is a fun little car, and it has _potential_. But
> it's no Sunbeam.
>
> Lawrence R. Wright
> "I can't get no-- Satis-Traction"
>
> I see in the latest Classic and Sportscar that next month's issue
> will feature Shelby cars, including Tigers. Pictured in the "Teaser" is a
> MkII in that pale green (Orchid?) that I don't particularly care for, ymmv.
Mail From: (email redacted)
I was tempted to depart from my usual newstand "skim read-only" of C&S when I
saw the current issue had a neat-o calendar included---but $7.95? Can the $
really be that weak against the pound?
I wrote a newspaper "car column" for eight years, and I always was amazed at
Egan's work. My hero.
Al J.
"Wright, Larry" wrote:
> Al J. wrote:
> >I hate derivative Japanese cars as much as the next guy,
> >but it hasn't escaped me that the illustrious columnist
> >Peter Egan of R & T fame loves his Miata & raves about
> >it at every opportunity.
>
> And I think it was in the November issue (?) that he's already sold
> it. (Al, maybe you hadn't seen that yet; when I get R&T, I drop everything,
> even going to the bathroom, to read 'Side Glances')
>
> I plan to keep the Miata I just bought for, eh, 6-8 years, which is
> my average for daily-drivers. I'll keep the GQ _forever_.
>
> The little Mazda is a fun little car, and it has _potential_. But
> it's no Sunbeam.
>
> Lawrence R. Wright
> "I can't get no-- Satis-Traction"
>
> I see in the latest Classic and Sportscar that next month's issue
> will feature Shelby cars, including Tigers. Pictured in the "Teaser" is a
> MkII in that pale green (Orchid?) that I don't particularly care for, ymmv.
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In a message dated 12/21/00 8:25:42 AM, (email redacted) writes:
> I see in the latest Classic and Sportscar that next month's issue
>> will feature Shelby cars, including Tigers. Pictured in the "Teaser"
>is a
>> MkII in that pale green (Orchid?) that I don't particularly care for,
>ymmv.
>
I believe that light green Tiger is a Mark II and the last one ever made. +
Rob
Mail From: (email redacted)
In a message dated 12/21/00 8:25:42 AM, (email redacted) writes:
> I see in the latest Classic and Sportscar that next month's issue
>> will feature Shelby cars, including Tigers. Pictured in the "Teaser"
>is a
>> MkII in that pale green (Orchid?) that I don't particularly care for,
>ymmv.
>
I believe that light green Tiger is a Mark II and the last one ever made. +

Rob
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