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top506
He HAD a Triumph GT 6 but abandoned Anglo-Saxon purity of purpose for Teutonic creature comforts. So what if the Porsche starts every day even if it's damp......
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(who misses the absolutely infuriating frustration mingled with very occasional joy of owning a classic English sports car).
Ah yes, the joy of getting nauseous from leaning under a dashboard on a hot summer day, the smell of gasoline in one's nostrils from trying in vain to sync a pair of SU carbs, the thrilling shove in the back from an engine capable of going form 0 to 60 in 5 seconds if you give it an additional 5 seconds.
Sharon used to insist that noise-canceling headphones on my way to work in R.I. Then I got stopped by a state troop who "reminded" me that driving with headphones was illegal here. I handed him the phones and told him there was no music going through them. Ht looked at them for a moment, handed them back and said the law said no headphones but didn't say anything about ear muffs. I can still hear the roar of that engine. And after driving for an hour just barely hear anything else!
Vintage bikes are so much quieter.