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As we have reached retirement age, my wife and I are both driving Mercedes as "fun cars". she an E53, and me a GT63.

I'd not go back...

a guy down the road bought a new Corvette. I just assumed it was a Ferrari until I saw the front badging. It seems like a pretty big departure from Corvettes we're used to.

That's alot of car for $60K

My first car was a six year old 71 Toyota Celica. Inline four 8R-C, 113 CID, 9.1/1 compression, 109 hp at 5500, redline at 6300, four speed manual, it weighed almost 2100 lb with me in the driver's seat.

And yes, I took her right to red line with almost every shift. The Michelin XZX 195 R-13 tires kept her in my lane around the corners when I really should have been off in a ditch somewhere.

Yes that was the most fun of any vehicle I have ever driven. The handling characteristics were very forgiving, and probably why I am still alive today. I had her turned and sliding straight sideways down the hiway many times at around 40-45 mph and never felt uneasy. Could grab The E brake and reverse directions at 40 and never leave your lane. Gosh, I loved that car.

At 100 mph, I still had 1000 rpm left on the tachometer, and a bit of throttle available. But I never had enough balls to run her faster.

If I could find another like it for under $10K, I would buy it in a heartbeat. But the closest thing out there today is the Mazda MX-5.

1970 Jensen interceptor complete with factory mopar 440.

I ride a BMW K1300S so few cars could catch that

However, a fellow I worked for had me drive his Bentley Continental GT with W12 engine. Man that was quick. 0-100kmh in four seconds. Had polished dash and racing pedals. Nice car.

Yama jama YZ250 . No cars have been this much fun.

. Cars lean the wrong direction in a turn.

10 minutes after the picture was taken the silly thing rolled over my head.

Buddy had a Triumph Spitfire, don't remember the year, fun to drive until the carbs got stuck open! I had a 69 Cougar, best I could do.

I spent 2 days in January at a Porsche driving school in Birmingham. Drove literally everything they had to offer. No holds barred. It was awesome.

Slow, (by today's standards) handled like a very light go kart, 1973 Lotus Europa. I guess if you could keep one running, it would be fun.

Hah!
Top speed for me was on a late 70's TZ750. Got it back to the shop in one piece and never straddled it again.

When I was stationed at NAS Pensacola I did some autocrossing of my 16V Scirroco but there was a retired Naval Aviator and his wife who autocrossed a 15 year old Lotus Formula 3 car. He loved to get us Ensigns in it so got to do some laps.

Holy crap, completely different than anything else I'd ever been in and it was de-tuned to reduce the maint costs. Only about 110 horsepower @8000 rpm Cosworth but geared low for autocross and it weighed less than 1000lbs with me in it. Truly amazing.

My 76 Spider on the PCH on my way from NAS Whidbey to Naval Postgrad school in Monterey CA. Three days in Sept doing the drive. Pretty perfect. That car was not fast in virtually any way. Any Miata ever built would kick it's ass but it was so well balanced and fun it was perfect. Bought it for $1500, put new rocker panels in, new interior, some minor engine work (new radiator, remote oil filter and gaskets). Put harnesses and a roll bar and sold it for $3500 after 10 years of fun track days and weekends in the mountains.

Lamborghini Diablo 5.7 was the most outrageous.

Fastest in a straight line was no doubt a Tesla P100D.

I had a 68 Chevelle SS 396, M22, 4.56 gears as a daily driver for a bunch of years
Owned new a 1988 911 Carrera convertible....Sold it it 2001 with 14,700 miles on the OD
Drove a Porsche 930, Ferrari 308, M6 and drive my Son's 2003 M3 Manuel.

I bought my '64 Spit in 1974, when I was a junior in high school, for $500. Bought it from a neighbor who had just purchased a brand-new Gremlin!!!
Only problem, my girlfriend's parents would not allow their daughter to ride in that "death trap!"

62 vet, red convertible and a 67 442 Hurst edition were my favorites.

This would HAVE to be my dad's '49 Ford F100. The things we did with that thing in high school....

1985 Jeep CJ 7, Ford 5.0, 4 speed T-18. Complete frame off done by me. As close to a sports car as I'm likely to get