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79SuperVert
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I'm going to drive a TR-6 from Connecticut to Northern NJ for a friend this weekend. He just bought it but he hasn't driven stick in a long time. I've never driven a TR-6. Anybody have any tips on driving one of these? The car looks something like this:
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fair amount of power and torque in a rear-wheel-drive package and considerably less weight in the rear end -- it's easy to break the tires loose if you aren't paying attention to it... the six cylinder sounded like a tractor engine to me, but it's a workhorse engine...
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my59
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Thing to keep in mind as you blast along the left interstate lane is that when the SUV driver looks over to pull into your lane chances are good they won't look down. I learned that driving an MG.
Where in CT are you going from? Merrit Parkway/Hutchinson is a fun drive, Rt 8 if you are by Waterbury is ok too-Google mao a route that keeps you off the interstate- it will take way longer but be way more enjoyable.
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TimGud
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:58 am Post subject: Re: Driving a TR-6 |
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| 79SuperVert wrote: |
I'm going to drive a TR-6 from Connecticut to Northern NJ for a friend this weekend. He just bought it but he hasn't driven stick in a long time. I've never driven a TR-6. Anybody have any tips on driving one of these? The car looks something like this:
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Just watch the temp gauge and remember to use the heater full blast if it starts running hot. Most forget they have a small radiator (heater core) under the dash. |
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79SuperVert
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| my59 wrote: |
Thing to keep in mind as you blast along the left interstate lane is that when the SUV driver looks over to pull into your lane chances are good they won't look down. I learned that driving an MG.
Where in CT are you going from? Merrit Parkway/Hutchinson is a fun drive, Rt 8 if you are by Waterbury is ok too-Google mao a route that keeps you off the interstate- it will take way longer but be way more enjoyable. |
I will definitely avoid the interstates and I plan to make my way over to the Bear Mountain Bridge and continue southwest from there. I actually don't know where the car is but my friends are driving me there and will follow me back.
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79SuperVert
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 11:35 am Post subject: Re: Driving a TR-6 |
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| Just watch the temp gauge and remember to use the heater full blast if it starts running hot. Most forget they have a small radiator (heater core) under the dash. |
It's been a real long time but I remember doing that on a hot summer day while stuck in traffic on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in my new 1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta sedan that had no air conditioning. 90 degrees outside and probably 100 degrees inside, windows open, fan blasting, heater on high, shoe soles melting, Ziebart rustproofing fumes all over me, all to try and keep the engine temps down. The only good thing about that whole experience was that I was in an Alfa. You gotta really love cars to do that.
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Russ Wolfe
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Used to do that with my MG Midget back in 1964.
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drscope
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Most of these things are really soft in the rear, so you need to be aware of that when you get on the whoop-de-doos!
Plenty of power in that package! So unless something fails (which is more prevelant then a 50 year old beetle) you should really enjoy the drive!
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 careful while gassing it up.. while working in a gas station in the 80s a guy came in top down, dressed in a shirt and tie, i put nozzle in filler, started pump, walked to pump another car, ring wth the cap came off wth nozzle proceeded to fill interior with gas. gas was shooting straight towards windshield over the drivers rht shoulder!!! never forget that!! station owner said he would pay drycleaning bill... |
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| Bring a cell phone and money...for you travel with Lucas,the prince of darkness... |
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79SuperVert
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Thanks for all the tips and advice. Now if only my friend was buying a Ferrari! 
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TimGud
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| Lucas,the prince of darkness... |
Now there's someone who's owned a British car. |
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Those are really cool, and a lot of fun to drive.
However, Triumphs and MGs of that vintage suffer from some poorly designed/poorly manufactured/unreliable parts: Lucas electrics and Girling hydraulic cylinders.
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Russ Wolfe
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If the Lucas electric fuel pump quits while driving, beat on the rear floor boards. That usually starts it again.
Had to drive one about 150 miles that way beating it with a hammer.
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johnnypan
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this comes courtesy of tram...
Q. Know why the British like their beer warm?
A. Cause Luca's is in the refrigerator business too.
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79SuperVert
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Now this may be a really stupid question, and I'm going to check on the interwebby thingy, but do TR6's use "English" nuts and bolts or metric? I'm going to take both sets of tools if I can't find the answer.
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79SuperVert
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OK, never mind, looks like "English" sizes. I mean, what else could it have been? But I never like to assume.
It's also harder to type after drinking a glass of wine...
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Definitely NOT metric. And, like my brother found out, if it has wire wheels then the one side has left-hand threads. There was an arrow and "UNDO". He called me and asked what "un-dough" ment, and after I stopped laughing I told him it was "un-doo", or to remove. That really happened, and he was summa cum laude...
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johnnypan
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| Now this may be a really stupid question, and I'm going to check on the interwebby thingy, but do TR6's use "English" nuts and bolts or metric? I'm going to take both sets of tools if I can't find the answer. |
http://www.britishfasteners.com/images/catalog.pdf
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