My favorite car to drive was my '70's Fiat 124 Spider convertable. What's yours?

[old mark]

If you owned it, borrowed it , rented it or stole it, if you enjoyed driving it, please tell!!!

That Fiat was a real sports car - great control and feel, and I did have it going a bit over 130 with the top down, with more pedal to go, but no more nerve....Had the 2 overhead cams, 4 cyl and Weber 2bbl carb, with a 5 speed...my ex-wife totalled it while she was drunk.x(


mark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_124_Sport_Spider

[hobbit709]

1. The most fun car I got to drive was a Dino Ferrari 246GT

At the time I owned a Triumph GT6. Drove the hell out of it all over Italy.

[HopeHoops]

2. '68 Galaxie fastback - 390. I still have her.

My grandfather bought her new and she's a damn sweet car.

[old mark]

3. I had a '68 T-bird - very much fun! nt

[azmouse]

4. My 2000 Camaro SS

I've had it for 10 years now and it still rocks!

[Richardo]

5. Had a 1983 BMW 533i for a time...

...bought it in 1992 with many many miles on it - it was some guy's company car so it was well-maintained.

It was a standard and man it was a blast to drive. Really got our money's worth out of it too.

Looked a lot like this one...

[foxfeet]

6. Stutz Bearcat

In my dreams.

[Jersey Devil]

7. Wife had one of those, felt like it was put together with rubber bands

We had to hold down the front hood (actually the trunk because the engine was in the back) with a belt and every time you hit a pothole the whole car felt like it was going airborn. Plus it would never start in damp weather. The only thing good about it was that it only cost about $2.00 to fill up and the gas lasted a week.

[hayu_lol]

8. 68 Triumph GT6, Mark I...

a really fun car to drive.

[flvegan]

9. I loved my 1987 Buick Grand National

Yeah, it was often mistaken for a Chevy Monte Carlo by the uninformed, but I didn't care. It wasn't about impressing others. It was as reliable as the day is long, and I could fit my best friend in the front and 3 in the back. Big trunk, comfy interior and a limited-build car, so you didn't see many. But, it was what was under the hood that really mattered. On paper, not much to brag about. Turbocharged 3.8 liter doesn't sound like much in such a big piece of Detroit iron. Buick laughably rated it at 245 horses and 360 lbs/ft of torque. It was a high 13-second car off the showroom floor. In a straight line, it would eat it's big brother the Corvette, as well as anything in production from Germany or Italy. Over the next year, I put some money into it and did some upgrades. She was a mid/low 12-second car when I was done, but still totally streetable and legal. Weekend nights hanging with my car club gearheads, then we'd all head down to the Gandy Bridge for the midnight drag races. I'd probably get 7-10 challenges each time, mostly by nonbelievers with 5.0 Mustangs. Lost a time or two, the most memorable being to a brand new 'Vette ZR-1.

Maybe it was because I was a somewhat reckless 19 year old, and I'm remembering the good times with the car. I mean, I've driven some pretty serious machinery (Countach, AMG Hammer, couple 911s, 328), but I loved that car.

[Brickbat]

10. Different cars for different reasons. The 1970 Chrysler Newport Custom comes to mind, however, for

the pure joy of cruising...and that sexy growl.



Swear to God that thing is 40 feet long.

[guitar man]

15. I hear ya

I had a 1969 Newport Custom...what a boat! It was a real fun cruiser though :)

[Brickbat]

27. Mr. Brickbat had a '69, which he preferred to the '70, but we had to get rid of one of our

"projects," and that one went. But the '70 is all original; the '69 had a lot of work it needed.

[guitar man]

35. Mine was fantastic

Except the transmission, I think I put 3 of them in during the time I owned it. Beautiful car though, had a 383 and it would just eat up the road :)

[Auggie]

11. A Nissan 300ZX

I borrowed it for one day. What a beast. Same goes for my Grandfather's AMC Javelin.

[TZ]

12. Outside of my current car (a 2002 Toyota Celica)

which I LOVE LOVE LOVE to drive, I would have to say once I got behind the wheel of a Cadillac. Don't remember what year or make. I think it was an early 90's one..but boy did it drive nice...

[Deep13]

13. '71 Dodge Dart.

While it was actually running anyway. I had mine in 1985 and it was pretty rusted.

Either that or Sweetie's '95ish Miata. It was too tiny for me, though.

[old mark]

21. An old lady friend had a Dart in PA about 1972. Next time I saw her driving it

was in Berkeley CA in 1975. She had driven it to Alaska from PA, stayed there several years and was driving it back to PA. It looked like hell, ran great. I have no idea how many hundreds of thousands of miles it had traveled when she finally got rid of it, but she got her money's worth!


mark

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. I had a 2003 Lincoln LS that was smooth as buttah.

Fast too.

[Old Troop]

16. 1964 Dodge Dart

with the push-button transmission.

[GalleryGod]

17. Had the same..British Racing Green..

I loved it!

[MrScorpio]

18. That would have been the 2003 Chrysler Sebring Convertible that I used to own

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

19. Not exactly on topic

but the worst car I EVER owned? Fiat 128 Sedan. Sold my VW bug to get the down payment.........regretting it some 35 years later, 'cause I like wallowing in it! :)

[mike_c]

20. I drove a Fiat 850 Sport Spider into the ground and loved it....

Back in the 1970s. Getting parts was HELL, but I had a great time in that car.



edited to replace an unexpectedly huge image with this one. Not my car, but one like it. As someone noted up thread about the OP's Fiat model, the build quality was probably not the best-- I mean, I had to slide my foot under the gas pedal and lift it to decelerate, engine torque broke one of the motor mounts, and I once spent six months waiting on a new distributor cap after the original cracked. Still, I had a blast with that car. Rolled it once, and the rag top held up. Me and a passerby rolled it back over, and after it sat for a little while it started back up and I drove it away.

[Tikki]

22. 1960 Valiant...

Stood alone without the Plymouth designation...In 1961 the Valiant became part of the Plymouth line.

1961 Plymouth Valiant


I would want the two door hardtop with a 6 cyl and three on the tree.


Tikki

[comrade snarky]

54. Love, Love, LOVE those cars

Funky weird and completely unique.

The 60 and 61 were the best, after that they declined slowly into a bland normal car without a fin to be found. I have nowhere to put it and not much to buy it with but god I'd love to have one.

Sad family story, my wife's grandmother had a green 1960 she bought new but it was sold it before I married into the family. Tragedy!

[MiddleFingerMom]

23. My 1971 Dodge Charger...

.
...for the sheer VROOOOOMMMMM of it. 118 MPH but was afraid of blowing it up, so I backed off.
.
Eventually fell asleep behind the wheel while working split shifts and totaled it. :cry:
.
.
.
Also my li'l 1979 1300cc Honda CVCC car -- underpowered but handled just like a Go-kart. FUN!!!
.
Commuted about 30-40 miles each way to work outside of Nashville and had a l-o-n-g fairly steep remote downhill
stretch on the way home -- would push it HARD every night, but the closest I came to cracking 100 MPH with it
was with a VERY strong tailwind -- got to 99 MPH and no damn further. :cry:
.
Probably the last brand-new car under $4000 in the U.S. EVER!!!
.

[pokerfan]

24. 1965 Sunbeam Alpine

Friend of mine had one and it was a joy to drive.

[Born_A_Truman]

25. The one I bought Saturday

...my Mother's Day present to me from me.





My 89 300E has 240,700 miles on her and she's getting tired.

[trof]

26. My '63 MGB.

Way cool.

[carlyhippy]

28. my boyfriend's car in high school

1970 Chevelle

[triguy46]

29. Two favorites:

our '03 Boxster

Spec Racer Ford, I'm driving #12

[Richard Steele]

30. I've driven lots of things, from Honda scooters to 18-wheelers. The most fun was....

...my '87 Subaru XT.

Yes, I've driven REAL 'Sports Cars',
and the XT was no real Sports Car.
I didn't love it for speed, I loved its FEEL.

The best I can explain it is this:
Did you ever go to a "GoCart Track"
spend your few minutes zipping about,
and think, "It would be awesome if I
could take this GoCart out on the real highway"?

That's what the Subaru XT felt like.
It was like taking a GoCart out onto the highway.
It made my Inner Child very happy.

Sadly, it didn't climb telephone poles worth a DAMN. ::(:

[Elmo39]

31. My 1st car 67 Dodge Charger

383 4bbl I took it to 138mph N damn near lost it...and almost soiled myself.

[Richard Steele]

33. And you are telling ME because..??? I suspect you don't know how this board works, Elmo.

No biggie- you'll get the hang of it soon enough.

Anyhow, WELCOME TO DU!!! :hi:

I'm old enough to remember the glory days of cheap gasoline,
when V8s roamed the earth.

That Mopar 383 was one hell of a good engine, wasn't it?

[MajorChode]

32. I've never been all that excited about cars

They have always just been something that gets me from point A to point B. I prefer to go with one that does this efficiently as possible while still allowing for a bit of utility. I generally prefer GM and Ford, as they tend to have the highest number of union jobs producing their products.

[WinkyDink]

34. The car I learned to drive on: our 1971 240Z. Great car!

[guitar man]

36. Had to think a while

I've had a lot of cars over the years but my mind always comes back to this one, my '72 Lincoln Mark IV. Loved this ride....my god, was I really ever that young?

[baldguy]

37. 1975 VW Rabbit.

2-door, 4 speed, power nothing, I bought from a guy who tweaked it to go very fast (the stock top speed was claimed to be 93 MPH - I regularly got it up to 110-115), drove it across the country twice, in blizzards, through the desert, in fog so thick I could barely see the front end of the hood. The front seats folded down so it was big enough to sleep in and the back seats folded up to carry enough beer for a party.



I was very sad when my Rabbit died.

[Melissa G]

38. My 1980 Vespa Grande. I also had a 74 Fiat Spider.

My first car I bought myself!

Mine was orange!


Mine looks like the one on the left

[old mark]

45. Mine was dark blue....nt

[Melissa G]

55. Dark Blue would have been my druthers, but orange was on the lot

and in my price range! I was only 17 and quite impatient...Ah, youth!

[Robeson]

39. My current one: 2003 Beetle Turbo. It's a blast....

...like driving a go-cart, but with all the perks.

[Kat45]

40. My '67 Mustang, which was my first car.

Such a cool car, all my friends wanted to drive it and the kids in the neighborhood kept trying to steal it.

[bluesbassman]

41. '70 Challenger 440 SixPack

The epitome of sit down, shut up, and hang the hell on!

[one_voice]

42. '67 Firebird and

'83 Corvette

[SeattleGirl]

43. My 1967 Cougar

Mine looked just like the one in the pic.

[JCMach1]

44. 1981 Gen. 1 Mazda RX7 and a 1968 Oldsmobile Delta 88

Can you feel the Wankel?

The Oldmobile was also fast... My dad owned that in the 1980's bought at auction and had literally be owned by the little old lady and had less than 10k on it. We got it for about 1k. It was powder blue and in factory condition. Even the AC still worked. More luxury land yacht than car, we drove it for nearly 10 yrs. when we passed it on to my aunt. It died for good some time in the 1990's.

[Mopar151]

46. I have several

My old Ford truck "Homer" - have owned him for 22 years!
My hillclimb car, when it's together and running, is an absolute blast! Lots of power, shifts/brakes/clutch/throttle smooth, extermely responsive. Steering same - Ford power rack with Howe "quickener" - 2 turns, lock to lock, smooth & precise. Love my Kirkey seat!

[Mopar151]

48. Pics!

Finally figured this out (I hope)




Why I'm currently down:

[old mark]

47. I may be shopping for a used car late this summer - Don't know what I want, but

it will have to be special!!!


mark

[Mopar151]

49. What do you need it to do?

How much groceries does it have to hold at once, how many/what size people?

[old mark]

50. Don't need it for that - We have an old Hyundai Santa Fe that we saw

while on the way to look at something else, bought it on the spot.

Just looking for a car for me - I have no idea which directio I want to go in, though....probably be a total impulse buy.

mark

[Mopar151]

51. If you're a classifieds browser

Look at marque club sites, i.e. PCA for Porsches. Best way to find an over-maintained, nicely accessorized "darling"

[Nevilledog]

52. Most fun is our new baby.....LOVE LOVE LOVE driving this car.

So far I've had it up to 120 when I had to pass 6 cars at once because you know it was self-defense...any one of those cars could have kicked up a rock or something...hehehe.

Car's name is Red Rocket...South Park fans will get the reference....the hook for the top is red and it pops in and out.. ala Red Rocket.

Edit to add it's a 2009 Saturn Sky Redline.

[applegrove]

53. I loved to drive my dad's toyota highlander. It was a fun ride. It is great to be up so high. But he

just sold it.

[comrade snarky]

56. I've gotta split this into 2 categories

Motorcycle: My 67 Triumph Bonneville

It ran one week out of three and leaked oil all over the garage but oh my god, how I loved that bike! Had a hell of a time getting used to a standard bike with a left foot shifter after I let it go.


(This isn't mine... it's in way better shape)

Car: My MINI Sport

It's like driving a high tech go-kart. Sturdy little beast too.

[Winston Wolf]

57. 1999 Infinity G20

Saved my life on more than one occasion with the level of control. Handles like Mighty Thor. It's truly a joy to drive.

[Taitertots]

58. 1968 Chevy Pickup truck

That I helped my friend shoe horn in a blown 502.

A Roush tuned GT500 with a blower was probably the most fun. I used to work at Roush and they let me drive one.

They had a 1000+ horsepower GT40 that they wouldn't let us drive, or touch. When I look back it would have been worth it to lose my job to get to drive it.