I fear you're right, Nick.   From the US, there used to be the Triumph Spitfire & GT6 Forum - it seems to be a website now, with a Facebook branch: Spitfire & GT6 Models and Options – Triumph Spitfire & GT6 Information Warehouse The "Six Pack" has also gone over to the Face side: Who are we? – 6-Pack Car Club Teglerizer had a board at one time,. I think, but no longer: The Teglerizer Home Page via Joust John

I had a 1.3 injection Mini Cooper in the middle 1990s. Bloody brilliant little car. Exactly like a go-cart. Great around town. Handbrake turns everywhere. Wore out a set of tyres in 9 months due to those sort of antics. Had to go when no.1 child came along.

That’s an interesting progression. It does end up looking remarkably like an MX5 or perhaps more the Italian variant of it. Somewhere between pics 3 & 4 for me……  There’s a pic of a a real Spit out there it’s painted a pale green metallic and has 15” Minilite style (Panasport?) wheels and somehow looks much more modern without any other overt mods

I can see this one from both sides.  The exclusion of “politics” from the TE has always been there in the rules and is certainly not unique to TE. It seems more common in US based forums. Probably as a consequence of the tribal, high polarised nature of US politics and the abundance of “Bubba” types always spoiling for a fight. It makes sense on a special interests forum to exclude this divisive, disruptive subject. It makes it easier to keep it orderly and avoid strife. As it’s in the published rules, I don’t really feel that deleting political content can be considered suppression of free speech.  Of course the problem comes when deciding when it gets political and dealing with it reasonably and even-handedly.  My approach, where a single post has derailed an otherwise useful thread would be to delete that post and warn the poster, not to delete the whole thread. I’ve never been a regular on TE. It doesn’t quite do it for me, though there are some very good people on there who don’t often show up elsewhere.  Not sure if there are any other US based Triumph forums left these days? I know Jeff McNeals TTN (first forum I ever participated in) is long gone. Pity - it was a good one. He didn’t allow politics either. Maybe it’s time there was another US Triumph forums these days to give TE some competition?  

I thought I'd share a tit for tat that has transpired on TR-EXP between myself and the oblivious Nott. Transcript: From NOTT: Sent: 2026-01-29 07:20 PM Triumph Experience is a car forum for discussion of cars, not politics. Please stop posting political. Nobody has to tell me to take down political posts, it's literally been against the forum rules for many years. It's not a conspiracy. https://www.triumphexp.com/policy/forum-rules Skye Nott Webmaster ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To NOTT To: Skye Skye Nott Sent: 2026-01-29 09:43 PM Skye, I realize you created this site, but I never said anything in my post politically motivated. If you have a problem with reality, that's your problem and not the problem of the rest of the world. Yes, I will stand up for Freedom of Speech, as a Canadian, you should recognize this and be proud of it. Freedom of speech in Canada is a fundamental right protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Section 2(b)), guaranteeing expression, thought, and press, but it's not absolute; it allows for "reasonable limits" justified in a free society, meaning hate speech, defamation, obscenity, and other harmful content can be legally restricted. I will NEVER disrespect your Canadian Charter of Rights and don't believe any one should. In truth, I think as a Proud Canadian, you would salute me for standing up for YOUR RIGHTS. I will never make political statements on the Triumph Experience family of sites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Skye Skye Nott  Sent: 2026-01-30 07:04 PM Freedom of speech means you can start your own website, it does not mean you can post whatever you want on the website that I own, in violation of the forum rules. You're not standing up for anything except your own narrow interests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To: Skye Nott Sent: 2026-01-30 07:16 PM I could say the very same of you Sir, having a very narrow frame of interest. In your case, it may not only be political, but clearly financial. In the mean while, you are choosing to ignore the fact that I never did post any thing political ..... It was "members" like Zester and Gofaster who did that. I'm not going to get in to a nonsensical squabble with you. You should realize that private entities in Canada have been successfully sued for infringing on the Freedom of Speech. I'm not challenging you here ..... I'll state again I NEVER POSTED POLITICAL THREADS ON ANY OF THE AUTOSHRINE SITES AND NEVER WILL. It's been a small group, and you know all to well know who they are, who have twisted threads to get them removed. However, I will ask you to grow up and open YOUR EYES - Censorship should not be tolerated under any conditions, anywhere.

Not sure if you tried, but if you asking to create an image of Donald Trump doing something stupid, it responds that it's not allowed to create images of politicians, celebrities, or generally any other well known features.  You can however ask it to create an image of a man riding a Donkey, unable to control the animal and screaming. And put this face on it. (Upload the image of the face you want.) Or.... you can take a picture like this one.... Then upload images of 3 different faces, and tell it where you want each one. Note a common flaw with AI imaging. Curly only has 3 fingers on his right hand.

Nick ... In truth, Nott is Autoshrine v6.3 © 2026 Corvus Digital .... sole proprietor and collects all the "donations" made to avoid advertising. In his own words on Linkdin:   Skye Nott - Founder at Corvus Digital Corp   LinkedIn · Skye Nott Owner, webmaster, editor, publisher, community manager, business development, graphic designer, and accountant for The AutoShrine Network, an automotive ...

That's usually a dead giveaway. Jumbled or gibberish text. I've been playing with it as well. Started asking for a 1978 Spitfire in white. Then I uploaded a pic of some really cool alloys and asked it to put them on the car. (They're designed for 5 stud applications so it's just fantasy.) Did a nice job actually. And it spelled TRIUMPH correctly on the bonnet which surprised me. THEN.... I started asking it to modernize the car. Unfortunately it gets to a point where it looks predominately like any other roadster out there today. Mazda. BMW. Mercedes, etc.  1st attempt. Pretty close on period correct. But no side marker at the back (UK) and one that's shaped wrong at the front (US/CAN) And the parking/signal light is wrong shape. (Not as noticeable at this resolution.) Added the alloys. Note it added gibberish text on the door below the crease.  Removed the bonnet text, year on the plate holder and door text. First retro-mod.  Retro-mod 2. A little different. I believe that's the Triumph Motorcycles logo on the bonnet though. Retro-mod three. I asked it to get rid of the 7" Round glass headlights (which are too retro) and do something in an assembly, under clear lexan, with projector lights. Note it spelled Triumph correctly on all but the one with a badge instead of text. Possible rear end treatment.  Yes, it could get addictive. 

Please understand, I'm not defending Skye's actions.  It's just that he appears to be a "One man show" as far as the site is concerned, with a few (likely) unpaid Moderators.  If you look at the "big picture" with Autoshrine, he's running 23 separate Automotive forums.  He used to have a "Who's Online" display at the bottom of the home page and you could see the handles of everyone currently online. I've seen  it in the past with well over 100 online at the same time. So no telling how big the membership is. And that is multiplied 23 times in a sense with all the other sites. Although I doubt the Trabant Forums are teaming with activity. So, to me this is irresponsible on his part. He can't maintain all that himself so I think he's sticking his head in the sand and just killing threads/posts when someone reports them. Sometimes.  Yes, we do have a right to freedom of speech in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But there are always limits to rights. The whole "You can't yell 'FIRE' in a crowded theatre, when there is no fire." There are limitations, both in the US and Canada.  Fortunately, I don't have to worry about the RCMP showing up at my door if I post derogatory comments about Carney on Facebook or X.  I'm starting to think that may not be the case any more in the US. "Rules for thee, but not for me." Are you in NY? You mentioned Long Island in a post.