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Worst Triumph insults?

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Around here (and in most of Europe) Triumph is a woman's underwear brand. I've gotten some pretty strange looks when I say I own a triumph :blush:
 
Since the old Marlboro race track in Maryland has been mentioned, I was at the -2009 Jefferson 500- which included a reunion of the old Marlboro track racers including Ray Stone, Joe Hauser and Randy Canfield. Stone ran his Bugeye in my race......he's still fast.

My 1500 Spridget has a Spitfire engine, so it's a true MG/Triumph "hybrid".
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A newspaper ad talking about the special Triumph event last year at the SVRA Watkins Glen Vintage showed a picture of a "Triumph" (but it was an MGA)......I'm trying to get a copy of it,
 
For a TR8 guy is "Oh those TR7s were complete junk new, still are and not even a real Triumph!". Then proceeds to talk about how nice mine has been kept and sees the engine and wonders how I did the swap to a Ford or Chevy V8. Finally I inform them of what it, a TR8 is and how rare plus no V8 conversion was needed! Not even a comparision to an MG just went straight for the heart!
 
A garage attendant didn't know much about foreign sports cars but wanted to sound knowledgeable, he was told that most of them have the name on the wire wheel spinners. So next time one pulled into his garage, on the pretext of checking the air in the tires, he looked at the spinner. Then he casually asked the driver "Sooo, what year Undo is this?".

I had one person ask me if my GT6 was a early Datsun 240Z. When I told him it was Triumph he said "Triumph? What's that a kit car?". But I also had people ask me if the GT6 was a Jag E-Type also.

About waving at other Brit cars, I usually wave, but right after I got the TR3A I was out and stopped at 4 way intersection. on the right side of the intersection a gut in a rubber bumper MGB pulled up. So I smiled and waved at the guy. Maybe he was just having a bad day but he didn't wave back and from the dirty look and scowl he gave me I would guess he wasn't a Triumph fan.

This is kind of funny a reverse of the what MG is that? Check the pic they have on the Museum of Transport for the MG Rover day meet:
Larz Anderson MG Rover Day
 
martx-5 said:
<span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">MG!!!</span></span> <span style="font-size: 20pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">MG!!!</span></span>

Tell them I'd rather <span style="font-weight: bold">push a TR</span> then drive an <span style="font-weight: bold">MG!!</span>

As far as the "you should restore it" comment, I know your car Gavin, and it's a gem. That guy probably saw some dirt spaltered on your<span style="font-weight: bold"> daily driver.</span> Pay it no mind.

I get waves from Corvette and Harley riders. There are some in the know, and then there are the lame-brains that <span style="font-weight: bold">think </span>they know. Just humor them and drive off knowing you're having alot more fun then they are.
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Hi Folks,

I was just passing thru & when I had my TR4A; I bought a Tee Shirt that reads "I`d rather push a Triumph than drive an MG" from Triple S. I then went to a local "MG" club meeting with my car & Tee Shirt on. As you can imagine, I sure made a "BIG" hit with the "MG" folks there!! They actually got a good laugh.

I get the same comment with my `59 Bugeye; "What is that; an MG"?

Regards, Russ
 
Number_6 said:
A garage attendant didn't know much about foreign sports cars but wanted to sound knowledgeable, he was told that most of them have the name on the wire wheel spinners. So next time one pulled into his garage, on the pretext of checking the air in the tires, he looked at the spinner. Then he casually asked the driver "Sooo, what year Undo is this?".
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:lol:

You win! That is great!
 
I think the funniest stuff is when some Muscle car guy looks at my engine and tells me I should put a V8 in it. I usually tell them that would ruin the car.

The best one was at this last car show. Some fat slob stuffing hotdogs in his face said it was so tiny it cant possibly be fast, then his wife (nearly slapping the hotdog out of his mouth) said "just cuz its small don't mean it ain't fast... and I'm darn sure it would beat <span style="font-style: italic">YOUR</span> Cuda". Then my wife, who had just arrived said "and do it without spending 40 bucks in gas"

An 8 year who was out walking his dog said the MG comment. I told him no, its a Triumph. I'm just happy that someone that young would even know it was British.

The Most common comment I hear about my car is that its a Porsche. Obviously I take that and an awesome comment!
 
toysrrus said:
Hi Folks,

I was just passing thru & when I had my TR4A; I bought a Tee Shirt that reads "I`d rather push a Triumph than drive an MG" from Triple S. I then went to a local "MG" club meeting with my car & Tee Shirt on. As you can imagine, I sure made a "BIG" hit with the "MG" folks there!! They actually got a good laugh.

I get the same comment with my `59 Bugeye; "What is that; an MG"?

Regards, Russ
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Sounds like as much fun as I had wearing a Ford T-shirt on a Ferrari Factory Tour. :wink: :devilgrin:
 
70herald said:
Around here (and in most of Europe) Triumph is a woman's underwear brand. I've gotten some pretty strange looks when I say I own a triumph :blush:
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Especially when you tell them you love your Triumph because of how well it hugs the curves and that it does pretty well when it's time to put gas in it! Just don't ever tell anyone you had an accident in your Triumph!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]This is kind of funny a reverse of the what MG is that? Check the pic they have on the Museum of Transport for the MG Rover day meet:
Larz Anderson MG Rover Day[/QUOTE]

Well, it does say "England's finest machines" so it IS accurate.
 
AngliaGT said:
....Triumph made motorcycles?Next thing you know -
- BMW will start making them.

- Doug
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Preposterous. Why would an aircraft engine company make anything for the road?


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Not a Triumph insult but still pretty good. This happened in the early 1990's, or late 1980's, at the Palo Alto Car Show, the first year for the Mazda Miata. I was standing by a mint Lotus Elan talking with the owner when some guy walked up to his car, looked it up and down, and then asked him if it was one of those new Mazdas? Before the owner could recover his jaw from the ground the guy says, "gotcha." You have to have a sense of humor with these cars, and CPR training doesn't hurt.
 
I thought the Acclaim was a distinct improvement on the 1300 and Dolomite (Sprint Excepted). Its main problem was that it was built by BL, an unsavoury problem shared by the TR7.
 
Actually, the Miata-Elan comparison is a valid comparison. Although the Miata was built from the ground up, using a computer, the Lotus Elan was the look that they were looking for. They also wanted an excellent convertible top, so they copied the best convertible top in the world, at the time, according to Mazda, the Alfa Romeo.

I must admit, my first-generation Miata is one of the very few cars I have seen that look as good with the top up, as down.

I bought my 1992 Miata new, in Northern Virginia, and got a "NO LUCAS" license plate. It was a huge success at the gigantic "British Car Day" in Bowie, Md. every year. The first year, I drove inside the gate to get a better parking space, and the young kid at the gate thought that I was an entrant, and motioned me right up front.

I will try to attach a photo of the Miata sitting next to my TR. I call it "Huge Miata." At British Auto Day one year, I happened to pull up beside a Lotus Elite. My god, I felt like I was sitting in a Cadillac!!
 
Dan, that is kind of a tacky way to introduce a new member to a club, especially when he repeats it over and over. Trying to be politically correct, I will quote the Old Testament here. He is an a$$hole.
 
To get back at many years of sitting at a traffic light and someone yells "hay nice MG". It is now my standard practice if I see a MG to yell over "hay nice Triumph". I love the bewildered look on there faces.
 
tr8todd said:
The only one that ticks me off is when other Triumph owners proclaim that the last real car Triumph built was a TR6. Usually uttered by somebody with a tweed beret and jacket with suede elbow pads.
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I agree; this actually makes me laugh because both my Spitfire and TR7 outsold all of the "real" TRs. Although, I'd trade both for a TR4 or TR250.

pjsmetana said:
An 8 year who was out walking his dog said the MG comment. I told him no, its a Triumph. I'm just happy that someone that young would even know it was British.
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I spent the night in Berkeley Springs, WV, on my way home to Nova Scotia. I parked my Spitfire in front of the Inn and was heading away from the car when two young boys walked by. One asked the other "what type of car is this?" and the other replyed "an MG". I was really impressed that the young fella actually knew the name MG. I turned and told them that it was actually a Triumph and thought it was a pretty cool car.
 
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