Ferrari Mailing List: Re: [Mgs] Best car I've driven (A.K.A. Old man rambling on Tuesday

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Great list Murry.  Instead of kicking Miatas (which only happened on the MG 
list, BTW ;-) this whole thread started with the most-fun-to-drive car comment. 
 For me, it was an '89 BMW 325iS.  The worst of them all was a Phymouth Arrow.  
Bought it new, broke a timing belt 3-weeks after taking delivery.  The car sat 
at the dealer for 3 months waiting for parts.  Never ran worth a flip after the 
dealer's repair.  Kept it only a year.  Sadly, I was a green kid and didn't 
know my rights with regard to defective products.  I ate the loss.

So there you have it.  From a guy with two Ferraris in the garage, the best car 
I've driven was a BMW and the worst a Plymouth (Mitsubishi).

rick
PS: I really loved my Series II XJ6 too.


--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Murray Arundell <arundell [at] ghs.com.au> wrote:

> From: Murray Arundell <arundell [at] ghs.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Best car I've driven (A.K.A. Old man rambling on Tuesday
> To: "Steve" <temporarilyoffline [at] gmail.com>
> Cc: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>, "MGS" <mgs [at] 
> autox.team.net>, "IPOG" <ponton [at] yahoogroups.com>, "ferrari" <ferrari 
> [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 4:03 PM
> Some standout non MG cars in my past, in no particular
> order:-
> 
> Fiat 125s c/w close ratio 5-speed, twin cam motor, Abrath
> Wheels.  My  
> first real car.  Loved it, thrashed it and eventually
> wrecked it.   
> Should really buy another while I still can.
> VW Gold GLi.  Lovely sweet cat, brilliant dynamics but I
> had warranty  
> issues with dealer which soured the owning experience.
> Alfa 33Ti.  Brilliant but flawed car.  When it all worked
> properly and  
> you were blasting through that mountain pass life was
> bliss.  However  
> these periods were interspersed with reliability and build
> quality  
> problems.  The day it was sold was a bitter sweet day. 
> Glad it was  
> out of my life, but there was that lingering feeling that I
> would miss  
> it and I did.
> Jaguar Sovereign Double Six Saloon.  Bought new and at the
> time "the  
> best Saloon in the World".
> Holden Commodore SLE 5.0. (A GM product) Another one bought
> new.   
> Fitted with a 308ci V8 and four speed gearbox.  In 78 these
> were the  
> bees knees in Australia.  Went like the clappers, actually
> went around  
> corners too.  Had air-con and all the power bits and
> pieces.  Flogged  
> it unmercifully and nothing ever broke.  It was a very
> satisfying  
> drive.  Sadly subsequent Commodores never quite cut it like
> this one  
> did.
> 1963 Holden Premier.  179 ci six cylinder.  My first car, I
> loved it  
> then, would love one now.
> 1977 VW Kombi Camper.  Slow, evil handling and you could
> not kill it a  
> stick.  Cant pass one on the road today without wishing I
> still had  
> it.....
> 
> Murray Arundell
> Brisbane Australia
> 
> 49 MG-TC
> 65 MGB-V8 (Historic Racer)
> 98 MG-F v.v.c
> 04 BMW RT1200 (only 2 wheels)
> 06 Peugeot 407 sv (Whife's Wheels)
> 08 Mercedes ML480
> 
> On 03/12/2008, at 12:07 AM, Steve wrote:
> 
> > I've got a '91 E30 AWD model... I'll trade
> ya.
> >
> > - Steve
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Rick Lindsay
> <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>  
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Friends,
> >>
> >>  As I drove in to work today in my '08
> Mercedes C300, I finished a  
> >> test.
> >> Over the past couple of days I have driven every
> car that I  
> >> presently own.
> >> There are six of them in the scuderia.  Okay,
> okay, the ponton isn't
> >> "drivable" but I did start it and warm
> it up last Sunday.  Anyway,  
> >> this test
> >> was the continuation of the 308GTB vs Mondial QV
> comparison that I  
> >> did over
> >> the weekend.
> >>
> >>  As STYX's "Too Much Time on my
> Hands" ended on the C300's sounds  
> >> system I
> >> realized that I have now owned over sixty cars in
> my tender 57 years,
> >> ranging from a 1930 Chevrolet Deluxe to a 2008
> Mercedes C300!  That  
> >> thought
> >> led be to consider which of the lot is my all-time
> favorite to drive.
> >> Here's the story and what I concluded.
> >>
> >>  The most exciting car-related moment I recall was
> the day I picked  
> >> up my
> >> 308GTB.  As I left Phil Tegtmeyer's quiet,
> supportive company I  
> >> thought to
> >> myself, "I'm driving Ferrari.  Oh my God,
> I'm driving MY  
> >> Ferrari!!!"  I
> >> guess the second most exciting moment was when I
> got my first  
> >> sports car at
> >> the age of eighteen.  It was a Fiat 850 Spyder. 
> Most beautiful car  
> >> I had
> >> ever seen!
> >>
> >>  Flash forward to today and I ask; Of all the cars
> I have owned,  
> >> which one
> >> was the overall most enjoyable to drive?  The
> answer surprised even  
> >> me. It
> >> was my little bright red '89 BMW 325iS
> coupe'.  The E30 cars feel  
> >> like
> >> go-karts, light as a feather and the 2.5 litre
> "little six" is a  
> >> great
> >> engine.  Hook that to a 5-speed manual gearbox and
> you get my all- 
> >> time
> >> favorite.  Yea, I was surprised too.  Wish I still
> owned it.
> >>
> >> Happy Tuesday,
> >>
> >> rick
> >> 2 x Ferrari
> >> 2 x Mercedes
> >> 1 x BMW
> >> 1 x Land Rover
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