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

[philville dejazzd.com (philville]

   Fellow old mans club member............memories are incredible, and,
   at the rate we are going, they may be all that we have left.

   Last time I checked there were at least 15 domestic auto manuf. that
   have gone out of bus. since WW II...........

   Will we be adding a couple more in the near future.......

   We used to say tings like "man my old mans Hudson had a back seat so
   wide that I could" you fill in the blank, ........what will our grand
   kids be saying 25 years from now some thing like " I keep hearing
   about how great my grandads Impala SS was, but I've never seen one."

   Oh well.

   Phil
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: red5hilser [at] aol.com
   Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 7:39 pm
   Subject: [Ferrari] Best car I've driven (A.K.A. Old man rambling on
   Tuesday)
   To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
   Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
   > OK, I'll have to admit that the most fun and best car that I've
   > ever owned and driven was my '53 Jaguar XK120MC that I bought in
   > late 1957, just?two years out of high school for $1995.00. In
   > American racing colours, white with blue racing stripes, with
   > grey blue leather bucket seats. Oh, yea, it had the Rudge knock-
   > off wheels too. Sharp!
   >
   > I'd seen Kirk Douglas in 'The Racers' a few months earlier, and
   > that film gave me the bug. I was working at a paper in Newport
   > Beach, making $2.25 an hour and saving for college. I'm not
   > saying that things were cheap back then, But I had a 1 bedroom
   > apt. on 45th St, a block from the ocean that cost me $70 a month.
   >
   > Things were way different back then and I used to do my weekly
   > grocery shopping at Richards Lido Market for less than $20 a
   > week. Another thing that was different was that occasionally I'd
   > be in the checkout line with John Wayne, just like some ordinary
   > Joe Blow! He lived a few blocks away on Lido Isle. Hell, the
   > ocean was so close that I'd go surf fishing before work!
   >
   > The Duke (Marion Morrison from Glendale in real life) played
   > football with my uncle, Jesse T. Hill at USC back in the late
   > 1920's before he became a star in Hollywood, along with Ward
   > Bond. Interesting story about the Duke at USC, seems like one
   > year the Trojans were National Champions, but the coach, Gloomy
   > Gus Henderson, I think, wouldn't let the team play in the Rose
   > Bowl. Seems like the Duke and some of the rest of the team were
   > arrested at?Clara Bow's estate during some orgy one night. As
   > they say in 2008, MY BAD!
   >
   > Uncle Jesse later played MLB for both the old NY Yankees and
   > Washington Senators before becoming the head Football Coach and
   > AD at USC. He hired John McKay as head football coach in one of
   > his wiser moves..
   >
   > Anyway, in 1958, any foreign car, even in L.A.?was as scarce as
   > pork chops at a Jewish wedding. I counted 14 foreign cars on a
   > Sunday trip from Newport Beach to Pasedena, where my grandmother
   > lived. And that included VWs, All Japanese, French, English and
   > Italian too.
   >
   > The L.A.-Hollywood, Orange County Sports Car racing community
   > was so small at that time, that there was a little Racing Bar
   > called The Checkered Flag, out in the Valley that showed amateur
   > racing films every Tuesday night. All the local racers showed up
   > and it wouldn't be unusual to see Dennis Hooper, Lance
   > Reventlow, Ronnie Burns (George & Gracie's son), George Follmer,
   > Bruce Kessler, Richie Ginther?and the rest of them at a nearby
   > table. drinking beer and enjoying the 16mm films.
   >
   > Ach, the memories, yer pal Bubba
   >
   >
   > -----Original Message-----
   > From: pokiebaron
   > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] [Mgs] Best car I've driven (A.K.A. Old
   > man rambling on Tuesday
   >
   >
   >
   > Most fun car I ever drove was an English spec '79 911
   > Targa.  No car I've
   > drive has rewarded me so quickly for doing something right, or
   > punished me
   > equally as fast for doing something wrong. lol.  Having the
   > wheel on the
   > other side and the pedals more offset than in a left hand drive
   > car just
   > added to the fun, and challenge.  I liked it so much, I'm
   > buying it.
   >
   > Worst, was a tie between a friends Range Rover, or Honda
   > Civic.  Range Rover
   > always felt like the body was going in one direction, and
   > everything under
   > it, in another.  The Civic, is the only car I've ever
   > scared myself in!
   >
   > Current cars,
   >
   > '88 300E
   > '80 911SC
   > '94 Sunbird... I have to store my tools somewhere. hee hee
   >
   > Ed
   >
   > 2008/12/2 Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
   >
   > > 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 t
   > oday 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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