I know you guys don't know me on here because I just lurk and learn. But I love this thread. It started out dealing with someone stuck in an era and now it's about people stuck in a situation (cars too nice to drive, or cars never being nice enough). I'm seeing parallels.
My car's a mopar.... it is lowered, stiff suspension and has 205/70R14's ... yup they make tires in that size. I just haven't pulled the trigger on a modern combination. I don't drive it much because I've only had it about a year and it needs a lot of love...and seat belts.
My friend that got me into this stuff has a 68 Camaro that is barely street legal (he just got his car teched for SCCA (?)). He used to drive it 150miles to the race track (Button Willow, Willow Springs, etc) until he blew his engine racing and had to have AAA help him back. Now he trailer's it there. He still probably drives it a minimum of 3 days a week just around town and upgrades/works on it constantly.
My room mate has a 69 C10 show truck on air bags. He's got a full kit of crap to polish his car with, which takes him 3 or 4 hours to get it ready for a show. The only power tools he has at our house are for his wheel polisher!
I'm slowly understanding and accepting all faces of this hobby. Everyone gets enjoyment from their cars in different ways. Either you love the G's your body feels accelerating or pulling through a turn, passing someone on a race track (on or offroad), the challenge of rock crawling or mud bogging, the thumbs up you get when your driving down the street, the sound of car alarms going off as you idle by, the compliments at a show or the satisfaction of having a certain car in your garage, even if you don't drive it. However you roll is fine with me.
Cheers!
-Dave
|