Ferrari Mailing List: Re: what was your most bestest car?

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

Interesting how many listers have cherished memories of a small car,  
often a four cylinder car. Even Ferrari 3*8s, which are just too much  
fun to drive, are relatively light and low powered by today's  
standards. You have to wind them up to wring them out.

We all seem to graduate to big iron. Dennis is asking about twin- 
turbo CLs, SJ has an F40 with F50 brakes. It's all kinda like the song

Four car garage and we're still building on
Baby it's time we got back to the basics of life

 -  it could really be youth its ownself we miss, not the cars we  
had when we were so very young.

If I could drive my old Alfa again I would soon be asking where was  
the XM? Where was the A/C?. That Spider had a goofy lighter that you  
just dropped the cigarette in, tobacco end first, and then pushed  
down a black plastic ring surround. It lit the butt while you drove.  
This was back when you didn't get arrested for smoking and cigarettes  
were cool, not like now when the only ones still smoking are  
adolescent girls and Sean Penn.

I don't recall that car had any seat belts, there was a lot of metal  
inside and the nose was low and not pedestrian-friendly. This was at  
a time when people crossing streets were assumed to be responsible  
enough to avoid breaking their legs by walking into moving cars.

The Alfa was sort of like your old, bestest girlfriend:. you only  
realize how good things were once they are over.


-ken-