Memory lane for motorists

[cranioscopical]

I wonder how many of us have owned how many of these.

[Originally, I managed to post a bad link. My apologies, it's been corrected.    Nobody actually called me the name that first occurred, which is another measure of the rampant civility on DC.]

[mouser]

you wonder how many of us have owned a bad url?

[IainB]

@mouser drives the point home...hur, hur hur.
I think the correct URL should probably be just up to the end of the string "history": http://www.carophile.com/cars-that-changed-history/http://
(How did it get the "wrong" suffix?)

Looks like some fine cars on those pages, starting with one of my fav drool cars - the AC Cobra.   

[x16wda]

Interesting collection. I've only owned 4 of these (Integra, Cherokee, Corolla, Beetle) but I've ridden in another dozen or so. :-)

[40hz]

Hey Chris? You need to fix your link above...

It's showing as http://www.carophile.com/cars-that-changed-history/http://

[cranioscopical]

I'm new at thsi abacus computer sutff.

Thanks for pointing out the bad link. It's corrected in the first post and here it is again.
Follow that one if you dare!

[cranioscopical]

Looks like some fine cars on those pages, starting with one of my fav drool cars - the AC Cobra.

That's a lovely car.

(How did it get the "wrong" suffix?)

You have only to stop for a moment and think about who posted it 
The URL field comes up helpfully, with "http://" already present. I must have inserted my link before that rather than overwriting it <sigh>

[xtabber]

I hate sites that provide only slide shows rather than letting you see a list of the items, and life is too short to step one-by-one through 100 slides.

For several years, I drove a 1974 Fiat 124 Sport Spider.  Lots of fun to drive, not so much to tune the dual points carburetor.

[40hz]

I hate sites that provide only slide shows rather than letting you see a list of the items, and life is too short to step one-by-one through 100 slides.

Agree. But  that's how it works when you get ad revenue for each page visited.

I went through 10 or so out of curiosity before I quit. These were all well outside my self-imposed price range.

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[cranioscopical]

The Fiat 500 wasn't that expensive    (mouser would have liked it)

They were flogging the Austin Mini for £600 when it first appeared. Of course, one had to fit a rubber glove over the HT leads and distributor cap as the distributor was placed right behind the front grille, and it's been known to rain now and then in England. 

[mouser]

ps. The codymobile is a Suzuki SX4, same basic car as the Fiat Sedici, and i LOVE it.

[tomos]

The Fiat 500 wasn't that expensive 

I quite like the new one (North American version) too, will set you back a bit more though
(not a fan of the Beetle or Mini remakes FWIW)

[Stoic Joker]

(not a fan of the Beetle or Mini remakes FWIW)

My wife had a fully restored 1972 Super Beatle a 'few' years back. That was a seriously fun car to drive Surprisingly quick, and everybody loved it.

[tomos]

^coincidentally post #5555

[Vurbal]

(not a fan of the Beetle or Mini remakes FWIW)

My wife had a fully restored 1972 Super Beatle a 'few' years back. That was a seriously fun car to drive Surprisingly quick, and everybody loved it.

I learned to drive a stick in a '72 Super Beetle Sun Bug. The great thing about that is it forces you to get a good feel for clutching and shifting from day 1. I've driven several manual transmission vehicles since then where the owner told me it was touchy or tricky and never had a problem.

The most fun part was driving it on snow and ice. Since I was working an evening shift, the roads were basically empty when I drove home. The (lack of) weight, and weight distribution lets you get away with some stupid driving in it.

The sunroof was an odd bonus. I once hauled some cheap assembly-required furniture home by sticking the box through the top. It stuck out almost 2 feet. Now I wish someone had taken a picture of me standing on the roof pulling it back out.