what the best car you've ever owned or driven
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In terms of using the full rev range, roadholding, road craft & usability in speed restricted U.K.?
Easy, L’escargot, the Citroen 2cv - no contest!
Rev’d like a good ‘un - max it all day long. Went round corners brilliantly, with the added advantage of been able to inspect the road surface through the driver’s side window on every righthand bend, due to the tilt.
Great push me-pull you three speed gearbox: rifle bolt precision & super light in action.
A honours degree in road craft was needed to maintain speed, though, & overtaking could be fun... or not. Getting stuck behind a bus at 45mph & trying to overtake required skill, judgment, & a knowledge of the prevailing winds: get it wrong, move out into a headwind & you were sent back three cars in the queue to overtake!!
Air-cooled, light weight (& tin-worm made it lighter by the month), seats easily removable for track work & rallying (or picnics).
What’s not to like?
Easy, L’escargot, the Citroen 2cv - no contest!
Rev’d like a good ‘un - max it all day long. Went round corners brilliantly, with the added advantage of been able to inspect the road surface through the driver’s side window on every righthand bend, due to the tilt.
Great push me-pull you three speed gearbox: rifle bolt precision & super light in action.
A honours degree in road craft was needed to maintain speed, though, & overtaking could be fun... or not. Getting stuck behind a bus at 45mph & trying to overtake required skill, judgment, & a knowledge of the prevailing winds: get it wrong, move out into a headwind & you were sent back three cars in the queue to overtake!!
Air-cooled, light weight (& tin-worm made it lighter by the month), seats easily removable for track work & rallying (or picnics).
What’s not to like?
Robograd said:
In terms of using the full rev range, roadholding, road craft & usability in speed restricted U.K.?
Easy, L’escargot, the Citroen 2cv - no contest!
Rev’d like a good ‘un - max it all day long. Went round corners brilliantly, with the added advantage of been able to inspect the road surface through the driver’s side window on every righthand bend, due to the tilt.
Great push me-pull you three speed gearbox: rifle bolt precision & super light in action.
A honours degree in road craft was needed to maintain speed, though, & overtaking could be fun... or not. Getting stuck behind a bus at 45mph & trying to overtake required skill, judgment, & a knowledge of the prevailing winds: get it wrong, move out into a headwind & you were sent back three cars in the queue to overtake!!
Air-cooled, light weight (& tin-worm made it lighter by the month), seats easily removable for track work & rallying (or picnics).
What’s not to like?
Sounds hilariousEasy, L’escargot, the Citroen 2cv - no contest!
Rev’d like a good ‘un - max it all day long. Went round corners brilliantly, with the added advantage of been able to inspect the road surface through the driver’s side window on every righthand bend, due to the tilt.
Great push me-pull you three speed gearbox: rifle bolt precision & super light in action.
A honours degree in road craft was needed to maintain speed, though, & overtaking could be fun... or not. Getting stuck behind a bus at 45mph & trying to overtake required skill, judgment, & a knowledge of the prevailing winds: get it wrong, move out into a headwind & you were sent back three cars in the queue to overtake!!
Air-cooled, light weight (& tin-worm made it lighter by the month), seats easily removable for track work & rallying (or picnics).
What’s not to like?
Headwind sentence made me laugh
Maybe i should get a Käfer / beetle - my parents had one when I was young - I believe there was a rusty hole in the floor
fiat 127 , 1050 cc . most fun i have ever had whilst driving. it was bought by my sister to learn to drive in. the only car i have been chased by the police in , long story .
people used to get very upset when being overtaken by it. had to be driven flat out everywhere , not fast at all. and made me use , my very limited , driving ability .like most on here i have owned and have been a passenger in all sorts of cars. this thread has made me remember that little fiat.
there is another ph'er who was with me on a few occasions when i drove it, he might confirm how much fun it was
people used to get very upset when being overtaken by it. had to be driven flat out everywhere , not fast at all. and made me use , my very limited , driving ability .like most on here i have owned and have been a passenger in all sorts of cars. this thread has made me remember that little fiat.
there is another ph'er who was with me on a few occasions when i drove it, he might confirm how much fun it was
My 2002 Boxster 2.7l 5-speed. Over 315K miles and counting. About double what I put on any other car I've owned.
In fact now that I think about it my 2003 996 Turbo has just 160K miles, so it has more miles than any other car I've owned other than the Boxster.
But the Boxster is the all round better car. Even with double the miles the Boxster has had a lot less go wrong than the Turbo.
In fact now that I think about it my 2003 996 Turbo has just 160K miles, so it has more miles than any other car I've owned other than the Boxster.
But the Boxster is the all round better car. Even with double the miles the Boxster has had a lot less go wrong than the Turbo.
Very difficult to define.
The car I’ve loved the most was my Seicento Schumacher. Biggest motoring regret was selling it.
Lamborghini Gallardo 570/4 probably the best, especially as it was Italian Mountain roads.
For a sense of occasion, my old V6 Brera was right up there in the special stakes.
Yet to really “drive” my current Abarth 595 Competizione but early impressions are it’s a belting little motor. It oozes character.
The wife’s previous GT86 was sublime when you were in the mood too. Crap at the daily trudge though.
The car I’ve loved the most was my Seicento Schumacher. Biggest motoring regret was selling it.
Lamborghini Gallardo 570/4 probably the best, especially as it was Italian Mountain roads.
For a sense of occasion, my old V6 Brera was right up there in the special stakes.
Yet to really “drive” my current Abarth 595 Competizione but early impressions are it’s a belting little motor. It oozes character.
The wife’s previous GT86 was sublime when you were in the mood too. Crap at the daily trudge though.
G0ldfysh said:
First car.
Complete with all the dreams and new found freedom
Spot-on. Complete with all the dreams and new found freedom
I didn't buy my first car until 9 years after I'd passed my test. The year was 1995, the car was a Porsche 928 S4, in cassis metallic. My wife and I hadn't been married long. To be honest, we viewed the car on a bit of a whim. Ended up buying it that same day, for £12,000. Driving it back from Poole to Hertfordshire the following weekend is still, all these years later, the happiest motoring day of my life. Such fond memories of the two years I had that car. It was a mad purchase (unreliable and I couldn't really afford it) but it was also one of the best purchases of my life, so it probably qualifies as the best car I've ever owned or driven, despite the nice cars that followed. Happy days. Love how cars can do that.
Robograd said:
In terms of using the full rev range, roadholding, road craft & usability in speed restricted U.K.?
Easy, L’escargot, the Citroen 2cv - no contest!
Rev’d like a good ‘un - max it all day long. Went round corners brilliantly, with the added advantage of been able to inspect the road surface through the driver’s side window on every righthand bend, due to the tilt.
Great push me-pull you three speed gearbox: rifle bolt precision & super light in action.
A honours degree in road craft was needed to maintain speed, though, & overtaking could be fun... or not. Getting stuck behind a bus at 45mph & trying to overtake required skill, judgment, & a knowledge of the prevailing winds: get it wrong, move out into a headwind & you were sent back three cars in the queue to overtake!!
Air-cooled, light weight (& tin-worm made it lighter by the month), seats easily removable for track work & rallying (or picnics).
What’s not to like?
Must admit you got sdomething there My Citreon BX was only car i drove with some noticable understeer one day on my fav road, bloody tyre was flatEasy, L’escargot, the Citroen 2cv - no contest!
Rev’d like a good ‘un - max it all day long. Went round corners brilliantly, with the added advantage of been able to inspect the road surface through the driver’s side window on every righthand bend, due to the tilt.
Great push me-pull you three speed gearbox: rifle bolt precision & super light in action.
A honours degree in road craft was needed to maintain speed, though, & overtaking could be fun... or not. Getting stuck behind a bus at 45mph & trying to overtake required skill, judgment, & a knowledge of the prevailing winds: get it wrong, move out into a headwind & you were sent back three cars in the queue to overtake!!
Air-cooled, light weight (& tin-worm made it lighter by the month), seats easily removable for track work & rallying (or picnics).
What’s not to like?
Rockster said:
My 2002 Boxster 2.7l 5-speed. Over 315K miles and counting. About double what I put on any other car I've owned.
In fact now that I think about it my 2003 996 Turbo has just 160K miles, so it has more miles than any other car I've owned other than the Boxster.
But the Boxster is the all round better car. Even with double the miles the Boxster has had a lot less go wrong than the Turbo.
proper man with those miles good jobIn fact now that I think about it my 2003 996 Turbo has just 160K miles, so it has more miles than any other car I've owned other than the Boxster.
But the Boxster is the all round better car. Even with double the miles the Boxster has had a lot less go wrong than the Turbo.
Driven - Spice DFV Group C2. Beautifully balanced, brutally quick
Owned - 996 GT3RS with a sharp set up - still the best 911 that I’ve ever driven. Such a pity that most are destined for private collections rather than to be driven as intended.
Best fun per £. 2005 Clio trophy. For the money, Incredible go and buy one tomorrow if you can find a good one.
Owned - 996 GT3RS with a sharp set up - still the best 911 that I’ve ever driven. Such a pity that most are destined for private collections rather than to be driven as intended.
Best fun per £. 2005 Clio trophy. For the money, Incredible go and buy one tomorrow if you can find a good one.
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