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The Herald - A True British Triumph

Advantages: Ahead of its time
Disadvantages: Handled very poorly. Slow.

...~ When I was a teenager back in 1963, the first car my father ever bought was an old Ford Anglia in which I learned my basic driving skills. Three years later it was traded in, and a brand spanking new car arrived on the doorstep. A Triumph Herald 12/ ...

the_mad_cabbie 16.12.2003 · Read full review
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Heralding in A New Era With Old Parts

Advantages: Ease of maintenance. Running costs. Quite advanced in many ways
Disadvantages: Strange mixture of old and new ideas. 'Odd' cornering to say the least

I guess we all remember our first cars with a degree of affection, especially when the rose-coloured glasses of a thirty-three-year passage of time enhance that memory. SOB STORY I didn’t have anyone to treat me to driving lessons on my 17th birthda ...

BNibbles 11.05.2004 · Read full review
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Love at first sight, BUT WHAT HAVE I JUST DONE?

Advantages: Sporty but affordable little head turner.
Disadvantages: Rustbucket.

...1982 registered (X-reg) Triumph TR7 as an 18 year old lad who had just started his first job. Why? Well, I walked past a garage in Lowestoft, Suffolk one day and fell in love with her at once. Despite everyone telling me what a bad idea it ...

toffeeboy 31.03.2003 · Read full review
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Triumph TR7

Advantages: looks, 'feel' of the drive, summer sporting fun
Disadvantages: hard to get spares, body corrosion, availability

The TR7, how i loved driving that car. a two seater (like most other TR's) that lets you get the feel of driving a ferrari but without the immense amount of money needed to buy a ferrari, and a lot less engine power. You sit low to the road in a co ...

mixture 18.03.2003 · Read full review
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You either love it or you hate it.

Advantages: cheap, good looking, low fuel cost,space
Disadvantages: rusts, a bit old fashoined, brakes

I have had a TR7 for nearly fiteen years now and since the time the price has gone up at the same rate as i am spending money on it meaning that this fabulous car is effectively going to have payed for all its reurns for when the time comes to sell. With ...

richbitch91 17.02.2006 · Read full review
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