Comments on: Please forgive my thoughts of automotive adultery

By: craig

craig — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:48:00 +0000

Swade, don’t you know Italians are extremely temperamental, high maint too!

She’s a beauty but thats how they get you. I was looking a Peugeot GTi, since came to my senses.

By: triple

triple — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:56:23 +0000

got a “second” car– an 01 Nissan PAthfinder.
If money less of an object, I’d love to pick up a Land Cruiser to build for my ultimate Dog Utility Vehicle.

By: Andy Rupert

Andy Rupert — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:12:22 +0000

Danni,

I had forgotten about the VTEC Hondas. I worked at a Honda garage for the summer back in 93 and was able to test drive a couple of them. VTEC almost performed like a turbo.

By: eggsngrits

eggsngrits — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:56:57 +0000

Jeff: Ahh… my bad.

Alfa was pretty much under the radar for that last ten years or so, you are right. The only reason that I even knew that they were around in the late 1980′s was because my Saab dealer was also the Alfa dealer. They always had one red Spider Veloce and one of another color — sometimes silver, sometimes black and I think they had a couple of yellow ones in there, too. I don’t remember any 164′s on the lot.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:07:06 +0000

Eggs – It’s not that I thought Dan was wrong, I was just amazed that they were here that long.

You know, the 2CV is cool and all, but they’re like old Beetles…it would be neat to have sitting in the driveway, but I’d rather not have to drive a car that requires you to have an appointment to get on the highway.

By: pedrot16

pedrot16 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:12:43 +0000

A Lancia Delta Integrale

What a beauty….

By: PGAero

PGAero — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:16:36 +0000

Hey all,
Fun discussion going on here. I grew up sitting on my dad’s lap steering his GTVs (He’s had three.) Whenever I see one, I want it. I’d love to have a nice example of a ’71-’74 Alfa GTV. I’ll take one in Navy Blue, or that really cool teal they made. Wait, who am I kidding, I can’t go wrong with Red on an Italian car!

Other “fun” cars I’d consider:
An SPG
e30 BMW 325i or M3
BMW 2002
BMW 3.0CS

I guess those first two are kinda right between modern and classic these days. (I’d not hesitate to drive a C900 or e30 daily. I’d rather like it.)

As for my current “fun” transportation:
http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/Images/photos4145/2/6/27/69/4/7/704692706207_0_BG.jpg
What can I say, Saab doesn’t make anything like it!

By: MW

MW — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:10:35 +0000

My second car is a Citroën 2CV — it really is the ultimate, bare-bones opposite of my fully loaded 9000. I really like driving it, it just makes me want to smile all the time. And everybody else likes it too: my Saab is just likeable, but everybody absolutely falls in love with the 2CV when they see it!

By: wilfried

wilfried — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:48:09 +0000

Karmann is in serious trouble at the moment. They lost the merc clk, which MB will build themselves in Bremen.
Last interesting concept from Karmann was a convertible on vw polo basis.

By: chaaalie

chaaalie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:10:15 +0000

Another vote for the classic Karmann Ghia Cabrio … my family has had 5; two during my driving career, and those were some seriously fun cars to drive — even while being under-powered. (My neighbor’s old Porsche 356b was also a lot of fun …)

The Crossfire caught my eye a few years ago (yet another underpowered vehicle … and also built by Karmann Coachworks … which I didn’t learn until after I already had kinda a crush on it.)

My ultimate car would have to be a late 80s Porsche 911 turbo Cabriolet with the picnic-table whale tail, flared wheel wells with the black “patches” … and it should be in RED. (Need I mention that this car, too would be a Karmann-built?)

If I had to pick a 2008 … hmmm. After the TurboX SportCombior a Saffron Yellow Aero ‘vert, it would have to be … seriously … I’m really not sure. (What is Karmann building now?)