I'll admit I'm enjoying Emp's car epic. It's also got me thinking.
Which of the cars in your past do you miss?
I'll kick off. I passed my test and spent several years driving a Citroen AX GT. It wasn't fast (a 320 TDi would absolutely bury it in a straight line) but I've never driven anything since that comes close to the feeling of connection it had on a familiar twisty road.
I've thought many times that it must be rose tinted specs, but was gratified to discover that Chris Harris has one (or at least did). So there are at least two of us who think the same
The car doesn't have to have been yours. The aforementioned AX wasn't mine.
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It was written off in the 2007 Sheffield flood. Never mind the small matter of what they’re worth these days, it was a lovely car that was a bit of a dream to actually get to own. Not super fast by today’s standards at all but there was definitely something special about the way it drove and it looked fantastic.
I do miss my BX 1.9TRS estate a bit - which also weighed very little and was ludicrously fast for a family car... the only car I've ever come across where the 0-60 time and maximum speed were actually better than the manufacturer's claim. (And yes the speedo did read correctly.)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
To be fair it was the Clio drivers who were worse...!
My BX had the twin-carb version of the same engine, and it was plenty in a car that weighed at least 50% more...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I had a 40th Anniversary Mini that I really loved (not the one in the pics but exactly like it).
Drove like a go kart, and made any drive enjoyable.
Crashed it, was repaired, but it was a Mini so went rusty.
Lovely car.
Next got an Audi A3 1.8 turbo. Completely different but a lot of fun to drive still.
Cam belt went in that. Had the engine rebuilt but was never the same. Shame as again it was a lovely car.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to