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

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

I guess the car I am most fond of was actual what most people on this
list would call a POS, a 1986 Toyota Camry LE (don't laugh, Tom Yang of 330
America fame also had one).  I put something like 150k miles on that car
while I had it as a daily driver in HS and through my sophmore year in
college.  Underpowered and crappy understeering front wheel drive, yes.  But
it was the first thing with wheels and a motor that I claimed as "mine".


On 9/16/06, Ken Rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com> wrote:
> 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-
>
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