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SO I was in a major chain bookseller ( that shall not B& Named) this morning, and came across a book called "crap cars". Mildly interested, I picked it up and glanced through it.

Right there at around #37 (I don't remember the exact number) was the old Triumph TR7. <slight sense of smug satisfaction> They said that the TR7 had to be designed to meet stricter US safety standards, and the thinking was to make the roof so hideously ugly that if the car flipped over, the road would actually repel the roof from touching it because it was so ugly. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

Then I read further down the list, and got to #18 - you guessed it, the MGB. The author sighted the frame design that was so old it was mentioned 3 times in the bible. He finished by saying that the only thing more uncomfortable than riding in an MGB is having to listen to an MGB owner describe ad nauseum how he was able to strip down the driveshaft assembly using only his teeth. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif

So now we know how the uneducated feel about our ilk.
 
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roof so hideously ugly that if the car flipped over, the road would actually repel the roof from touching it because it was so ugly.

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JC
 
Ack, I saw that book. Small fat book, 4 or 5" or so? I almost bought it for dason, to go with another book just like it called 'Best Sports Cars" or something. I did buy the latter!
 
"...having to listen to an MGB owner describe ad nauseum how he was able to strip down the driveshaft assembly using only his teeth..."

And his point would be? ((bet the author drives a Taurus...))
 
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And his point would be? ((bet the author drives a Taurus...))

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Exactly my question! Teeth are both metric and US standard, and grease comes off them fairly easily. Why wouldn't you use them for driveshaft disassembly?!
 
The Author is Richard Porter and according to my intel on Amazon.com he is a screenwriter for the BBCs automotive show “Top Gear” and pins for the magazine EVO.

This mental midget also has a rather annoying automotive spoof new website: Sniff Petrol Issue 3

There’s a charming little article about MGBs at the bottom of the page. Scanning the website its’ apparent that he has nothing good to say about anything.

Sad part I’d actually purchased this book last week on Amazon. I feel dupped! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
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Perhaps read this all as tongue in cheek?

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That's what I tried to do at first, but the more I read, it seemed less tongue in cheek, and more head up ... well, you know. In my business, we'd say he's suffering from a cranial-rectal inversion. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
 
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Perhaps read this all as tongue in cheek?

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That's what I tried to do at first, but the more I read, it seemed less tongue in cheek, and more head up ... well, you know. In my business, we'd say he's suffering from a cranial-rectal inversion. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif

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Exactly... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

How dare he crap on a TR7 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif


Paul
 
Guy can't be all bad after all...
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Guy can't be all bad after all...
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PLLLLLTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!




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Guy can't be all bad after all...
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OK, JB - don't start nuthin' you can't finish!

Mickey
 
Crap is in the eye of the beholder. It all depends on what you are looking for in a car as to what the best and worst car ever built was.
Everyone always dumps on Edsels, when everyone I've ever met who had/ has one loves them.
Toyota Privia vans seem to enjoy the same status.
Go figure.
It's just poor when a "reputable" author writes with such a limited scope of vision.
 
And what about those Model T's? What a piece of crap! Talk about antiquated design. They don't even have air conditioners, anti-lock brakes or computer controlled fuel injection. The designers should be ashamed. A total failure.

Morris
 
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And what about those Model T's? What a piece of crap!

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Now you're getting my dander up. Absolutely the finest car of 1908 and the likes of you dump on it....

Trivia Question:

Ford is renowned for saying you could have the model T in any color you want so long as it was BLACK.

Prior to making that statement, How many colors were available from the factory on the Model T?
 
I know of one red Model S... so I'll say red was at least one available colour for the T.

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He wrote 2 'Crap Car' books one for the USA and one for UK - in the UK version MGB is listed at #10! It shouldn't even be on the list.!!!
 
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And what about those Model T's? What a piece of crap! Talk about antiquated design. They don't even have air conditioners, anti-lock brakes or computer controlled fuel injection. The designers should be ashamed. A total failure.

Morris

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Hmmm. No air conditioning or computer control. It sounds familiar. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
I once wrote a letter to one of the magazines, Car and Driver?, suggesting that since all their writers always find something wrong with every car, (sometiems as minor and useless as an ashtray should be one inch closer) to all get together and design the perfect vehicle- just for fun.

It would be interesting since one person does not like the instruments, another thinks the seats should be wider, window crank is awkward, airco controls funny and on and on.

Bruce
 
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