On 6/20/2024 at 8:22 AM, Bird said:

 

 

I had one similar.  A Plymouth Laser. It was my first car that I bought with my own money.  I got it used for around $10000. It had about 12000 miles when I got it. The guy that owned it before me was a tuning nut. He took out the stock engine and put in a JDM Twin Turbo V6 from a 3000GT. It also had a host of other upgrades. It would go 0-60 in under 4 seconds. I drove it like a regular car though.  I got a fuzz over 100,000 miles out of it before it died. It never really had any issues other a tune up and lots of tires and brakes. Fun car but it was totally unpractical for my needs then.

 

My favorite was a Jaguar S-type R. It was really a combination of the Beauty and the Beast. Comfortable, good looking and fast. 

Here is a pic of my 73 Chevy Nova.  The first car I ever owned.  My parents bought it during the 73 oil embargo because my mom's impala basically just up and died, It had a factory 350 in it, and my folks got a really good deal because of the standard transmission.  My mom hated driving a stick in city traffic so when I was old enough they signed it over to me. 

Wild thing was about three years after I got rid of it, I was driving home from work, and it passed me on the highway.