Re: OT: was What kind of a DBA are you? - what's your poison?

Glen A Stromquist <glen_stromquist_at_no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<gBKDa.8170$QF2.2314177_at_news2.telusplanet.net>...
> Joel Garry wrote:
> > Glen A Stromquist <glen_stromquist_at_no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<pxoDa.11304$MM4.1740902_at_news0.telusplanet.net>...
> >
> >>Nuno Souto wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>They held their price like nothing else.
> >>>I still regret selling my old model MR2, but they are
> >>>totally incompatible with kids and dogs...
> >>>There is something about mid-engine cars that makes
> >>>them a cut above the rest to drive.
> >
> >
> > There's a number of them around socal with Buick V6's crammed in,
> > Yee-Haw!
> >
> > I was a long time (25 years, until 5 years ago) Corvette owner and
> > autocrosser. Some stuff on web page, eventually I'll post the whole
> > history and some interesting video.
> >
> > Although I remember the 914-6's in the Vasek Polak window. Next to
> > the 917's... someone has a 904 around here they campaign on the
> > vintage racing circuit. I'd love to have a late model Targa. A
> > friend of mine restored a 356 with a 930 engine...
> >
> > But now work and family and commuting takes up all time.
> >
> >
> >>I agree, mid engine is still the optimal IMO, although when I bought my
> >>73 I also took a 73 911s for a short ride and was absolutely salivating
> >>over the acceleration, the salesman was not much older than me and told
> >>me to "see what its got" driving on marine drive in Vancouver so I hit
> >>100(mph) and had 2 gears to go yet, then glanced over and the poor sap
> >>was as white as a sheet so I backed off. Besides, 12K was to much money
> >>back in '78 so I took the 914 for $5800 C$
> >>
> >>The girls loved it, especially the targa top. But it did make getting
> >>past 2nd or 3rd base a little difficult if the opportunity "arose", but
> >>with a little imagination, the passenger door open and the roof off the
> >>task at hand could be accomplished! ;-)
> >>
> >>cheers
> >
> >
> >
> > jg
> > --
> > @home.com is bogus.
> > Can't believe I have two Chrysler products.
>
> One day I'll get down to Southern Cal and check out all the nice cars, I
> heard a decent 914 can still be picked up for a decent price. Never seen
> a 917 up close, somewhere I probably still have my old Mark D / 917
> poster, maybe a collectors item now!
> At one of the vancouver indys they had a display in the big stadium
> where I got close to a 904 and 908 - verrrry nice...
>
> Like you said though, families etc.. have severly curtailed the sports
> car scene for me, one day though... still aways off as my 5 kids are
> spread enough in ages that I will always have a teenager in the house
> for the next 17 years without a break :-O
>
> cheers

Yah, my youngest just turned 2, sometimes I think I should just have another midlife crisis anyways. There are some pretty decent kit cars around cheap, the one that almost got me a few years ago was a GT40 replica built with a reversed and upgraded Corvair transaxle, with a 350 Chevy... fortunately, I just didn't have enough time to check it out, dang high-maintenance Oracle... :-)

Going through some of the auto-trader type mags, sometimes I think the better stuff may be _away_ from socal. FL and the deep south in particular... but it's probably all rotted and smells of cigarette butts.

jg

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@home.com is bogus.
After a ZR1, they all seem slow.