Very desirable, rare car. actually, quite reliable.  

Hard to believe I saw my first TVR way back in the late 60's when someone brought it into Towson Ford for some work on the 289 that TVR had shoveled in there. They called it a Tuscan, but it was the same car that was then being marketed as the Griffith. The next day, the owner took it to Marlboro Speedway for an SCCA…

Apparently they have been paying attention to the various FB groups and others who have pretty much condemned what “teaser” photos they have seen. It’s pretty much unanimous across the board that current owners Hate the proposed new model, and people are doing what they can to get a 2020 before they go away.

It’s a freaking AUTOMATIC!  Which automatically (HAHA) makes it a CP. 

A couple of years ago I attended a Grassroots Autocross where someone had mounted a similar engine into the bed of a PU truck. That thing would scat, but had a hell of a time in the turns. 

Chiming in a day late, here, because I just missed this yesterday. I notice that the margin is narrowing a bit since Rob wrote today’s column.

Well, thanks for this. I have been blaming the sudden loss of internet access on Spectrum. Guess it’s not their fault. Gonna do this tomorrow.

Back in the Stone Age when I was student teaching, I was shocked when one of the Black teachers in a Baltimore City School took a kid into the “Coat Room” (remember them?) with a ping pong paddle and proceeded to spank the kid. Yes, it really happened. Very well behaved classroom, and a lot of learning got done there.

Got my license in a ‘63 LeSabre with special HD rear suspension. That thing would get up and go, and I didn’t tend to slow down much around curves because it really handled them well. For a kid back in ‘66, it was a nice ride and a great “parking” car, if you get my “drift”.

Not to be contrarian, but filling a gasoline car with diesel won’t hurt the engine. Yes, you will probably have to pump it back out of the tank, and it’s gonna smoke a bit until it gets cleaned out, but it won’t “brick” it.

I have just ordered a windshield cover for my Jeep Grand Cherokee, and am thinking about one of those solar powered vents for one of the side doors. Fortunately, I can start my car from the house, so the AC has already cooled it down a bit when I get in it. 

Not even close to being on my bucket list (too old for the aggravation), but NP anyway.

I could forsee that this was gonna be a CP vote, but I voted NP simply because the major stuff (clutch, timing belt) have already been taken care of. I expect that either on of these items can be expensive to have done in a shop.

Please, let me explain to you how to drive a manual without a working clutch.

I love a drop to, own a couple of them. This being from a dealer, I expect there is a lot of “wiggle room” in the price. Drop about 20 grand, and I would have voted NP, just for the drop top. And then I would have taken to a local guy who converts these things into Baracuda’s. Talk about exclusivity.

You, my friend, have fallen into the “lets fix up this old bike/car/whatever” syndrome. Ask David Tracy how that worked out for him.

Um, no, the correct quote is “In the end, there can be only one.” There were bunches of immortals running around getting their heads chopped off on Highlander.

Things never change, I guess. Back in my day, it was old cars and car parts. Same problem.

This reminded me of the time when my company car was a Plymouth Volarie station wagon. My daughter and a friend of hers were rollicking around in the back when we hit a stretch of bumpy, curvy roads. Next thing I know, my daughter’s friend had cracked a tooth. Could have been way worse.

Well, we’ll never know because I totaled the thing back in October. Not be outdone as far as gas mileage was concerned, I replaced it with a Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi. God help me when this Covid 19 thing goes away and I get back to my usual driving habits.