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In Reply to: Your most fun or cherished car? posted by albee33 on June 13, 2004 at 11:53:47:
Albee,Oddly enough, I also had a midget and an X1/9.
Very fond memories of the MG...this little guy could almsot turn in its own radius! Best handling car I've ever owned...conversely, the Fiat (Fix it again, Tony) was one of the worst...but I did like the "T" top versus a convertable...the thing looked like a flying doorstop.
I bought a used Mazda Miata a few years ago, hoping to rekindle that magic of the midget...sadly, to many years had past, and I had grown to large and to used to the creature comforts of large cars. The Miata, however, was faster than either of these other two, and was a better all round car... but I only kept it about a year.
Now, on occasion, the new Mini Coopers look good to me, and the newish T-Bird is drop dead gorgous...maybe a previously owned model some day.
Thanks for the memories.
Gary
Follow Ups:
Car and Driver said it was the fastest ratio bar none on the street. It was. I remember driving off the lot and weaving all over the road for at least a week. In the Midget I flipped the wheel back and forth to keep the vehicle on center--not so on the X!I got brave one day and wound it out to 104 mph and was trembling trying to make sure I didn't need to move the wheel. (Yeah, 104 is all I ever got and only tried it once.)
My interior went first, then I went through a wave of thermostats but outside of that the car held up to my insane college-boy behavior. Once my car overheated until the engine froze up! I left it parked on a side street and went back 12 hours later. I cranked right up and was angry enough to blow it up. Took it out to my favorite windy road and shifted at 8K rpms for quite a while. Nothing happened. It stayed together and seemed to like it. I somehow never managed to damage the clutch, tranny, or engine. Miracle.
Engine still likes to be abused. It is a 1500 engine and I put a much smaller steering wheel on it to help with the twitchy steering. It corners fast and still puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. By comparison the Mazda Miata feels very bland and a but vague. the Mazda accelerates a bit quicker to 60 (by about 1 second) but the X1/9 is better through the corners, much better. I think the problem with the Mazda is the weight. It is much heavier and therefore more nervous in the corners. The X1/9 you just turn the wheel and it goes.
Oh, my world. It is ok
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