2long Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 Always surprises me at the diminutive size of the TR compared to modern super cars: Cheers Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianc Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 Paradoxically, most modern houses are constructed with a 'garage' not even big enough to house a TR. Of course, it's not just increased length, vehicle width has grown even more and not many car parks have taken account of this. Ian Cornish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 Even the titchy MX5 is bigger than a TR6 Optical confusion. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Larnder Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 Ian The garages are big enough if you take out the junk stored in there. It always strikes me funny that the second most expensive item you own, is usually parked outside in the rain while the old washing machine is high and dry in the grudge. Try the public car park in Cirencester for tight parking, even a Fiat 500 would battle. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rogerguzzi Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 (edited) Hello All I was coming back from Classic Spa and a trip to WW1 sites (Tyne Cot,Vimy Ridge,Irish Peace tower,Menin Gate etc) and we got stuck in traffic on the road to and from HELL(M25) I commented to my mate the wheel on the truck next to us(Range Rover or some other TRUCK like that) was as tall as the top of the door on Spitty and the noise they make was drowning out my wheel barrow handle exhaust! And they call it progress(most had only one person in them!) and they seemed to like showing me how fast their Trucks could go as traffic cleared(Pathetic) I was doing 70+ and averaged 41mpg over the 1100 miles( with EFI and 4 TB,s etc) it seemed nearer 45MPG coming up the M40/45 at a steady 70/80MPH and the mapping is still a bit rich in places? Roger Edited May 28, 2017 by rogerguzzi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irrational Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 Please excuse the slightly off-topic. But the image reminded me of a photo I took many years ago in Italy while with a friend (Yes, the Ferrari was our car -1967 275 GTB/4) It shows the same concept. A 3.3L V12 supercar and some hatchbacks. Dirk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Freer Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 This is Geoffrey and Ben's Wife's work depot. I always get nervous passing lorries when their wheels are at my head height and hope that their tyres don't choose that particular moment to have a blow out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Hi Ben, I had just that. I was in my cavalier in the 90's and a great big dump truck (moving slowly) passed me on my outside - I was turning left and he was going straight on. One of his tyres exploded and the noise was very er er noisy indeed. Thankfully the tyre was just forward of me and no shrapnel came my way. Imagine it on a motorway. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 (edited) This is Geoffrey and Ben's Wife's work depot. I always get nervous passing lorries when their wheels are at my head height and hope that their tyres don't choose that particular moment to have a blow out! S0120353.jpg That big dump truck in combination with the 'NSU' plate reminds me of a situation many years ago. During the Summer holidays, I went on Monday trips with my dad. He had to visit all sorts of sites all over the Port of Rotterdam and I (14 yrs old) was allowed to take the car keys and have a go on my own; only paved roads and no buildings yet on the western part of the Port. You can imagine that I liked that sort of trips! One Monday it was raining cats and dogs - a Summer's thunderstorm. My dad reduced speed. On a crossroad, a dump truck had pulled out of a smaller road. The car in front of us, an... NSU shoved itself under the dump truck. My dad pulled over and got out of the car, telling me - and there was no room for argue, I can tell you- that I should stay in the car. So he ran over in the pouring rain, helping the people in the NSU. Amazingly, not one of them was hurt! Some cuts and bruises. That was all. The NSU wasn't the safest car on the road... engine in the back, tailhappy etc. How they survived is a mystery to me. Menno Edited May 29, 2017 by Menno van Rij 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR NIALL Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Well here's me yesterday Dwarfed by a Bubble Car and a Micro Car with the Mates 6 Dwarfed by the BMW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben's wife Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Hi Ben, I had just that. I was in my cavalier in the 90's and a great big dump truck (moving slowly) passed me on my outside - I was turning left and he was going straight on. One of his tyres exploded and the noise was very er er noisy indeed. Thankfully the tyre was just forward of me and no shrapnel came my way. Imagine it on a motorway. Roger It has actually happened to me on a motorway, although I wasn't the one in the car! Back in the late 90's, I was trucking along in the granny lane on the M62 when a car and trailer swerved over onto the hard shoulder and stopped just ahead of me. The chap got out of his car just as I was driving past and there was the most almighty bang. I was looking in the n/s mirror at the time and saw something flying through the air. There was a lot of smoke and debris and it really shook the truck, which was fully loaded with fertiliser. I pulled over onto the hard shoulder immediately, and before I could even get out of the cab, the car driver had got back into his car and driven off. My first reaction was of utter relief, as I honestly thought I had killed him. The rear tyre on the semi-trailer had exploded and left debris over all 3 lanes of the carriageway. It took the rear lights with it and bent the body of the bulker quite badly. With cars now swerving all over the place to avoid bits of lorry and a mangled super single tyre, I rang 999 for police assistance. They were soon on the scene with their blue lights to clear up and when they finished, they came over to me and said "You could have picked that up yourself". They weren't even joking.....I was gobsmacked! I can only just lift a super single and there is no way I am playing chicken with 3 lanes of fast moving traffic whilst trying to run with one. They drove off and left me to change my underpants and wait for a tyre fitter to come out before I could move to a safe area. Thinking about what could have happened still makes me go cold, even now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RUBY131 Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 I must admit I feel safer in the TR3a than I did in my Marlin Roadster, that was a tiny car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hamish Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 A tyre blow out can really ruin your holiday esp if it's an RV https://youtu.be/9LkLeljt4t0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianc Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 When I was at Brunel in the early 1960s, Barry, a friend in my Electrical Engineering year group owned a Messerschmidt bubble car, and offered me a lift. In this device, one entered by lifting the bubble sideways and then stepped in, with the passenger behind the driver and the tiny 2-stroke motor at the rear. We were stationary at the Chiswick roundabout (Brunel was at the top end of Acton High Street in those days) when a #65 bus drew up on our righthand side, its front wheel alongside us and standing well above the cockpit of the Messerschmidt. We were very glad that the bus was not taking the first exit from the roundabout! Barry graduated to a 1930s Austin 7, which was a somewhat safer and more comfortable machine capable of carrying 4 (and it did), although standard Austin 7 brakes were pathetic, so anticipation was very definitely the name of the game! Ian Cornish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fireman049 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Ben's Wife ~ You probably made the Cops having to leave their Masonic Lodge meeting! Tom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deggers Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Met this behemoth on a road trip last year . . . Good job the bonnet wasn't open, could've driven up and parked inside. Cheers, Deggers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irrational Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 @Tr Niall. Wow. That's a Goggomobil I think? I did not realise a 2002 BMW was so huge! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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