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

joel-garry_at_home.com (Joel Garry) wrote in message news:<91884734.0306061612.79214209_at_posting.google.com>...
> 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

I had my 'midlife crisis' almost two years ago, with the birth of our only daughter (and I was 43 at the time). So, my 'sports car' ended up being a 1999 Dodge Stratus with a carseat. :) It still outperforms my first car, though: a 1970 Plymouth Duster in that God-awful shade of green. I guess that's the closest I've ever been to owning anything 'sporty', which is a sad state of affairs for a 45-year-old man. Of course, by the time I can afford to own something sporty I'll be looking for caskets ...

David Fitzjarrell Received on Fri Jun 06 2003 - 23:42:46 CDT