Again... over thataway is a discussion about what is the worst car you could drive. I was answering it and I got to thinking... despite some popular conceptions, some of the cars I've owned I thought were pretty cool.
So here, the question is... what are the coolest cars you've ever driven. Obviously, we're all pretty G-Body-centric here... so the question excludes the G-Bodies and instead focuses on those other, often forgotten cars from our pasts that were just cool and, no matter what, the coolness has stayed with you.
My answers:
1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
This was my second car ever, and was the first time I became acquainted with going fast. A monster of the road with a 350 V8 coupled with a four speed transmission, this car could easily break 125 and could do it without you ever noticing that you were going faster than 60. This is the car in which I got my first and (until recently) only speeding ticket for doing 163 in a 55 zone. Plus... when the little sports cars pulled up next to you at the stop light... nobody ever expected that you'd go from 0-60 in a brain-smashing six seconds. And yet, she did.
1985 Cadillac Cimarron
When I got this car, she was on her second engine -- a 2.8 liter V6 straight out of a Z24 Chevy Cavalier. Upon first inspection, I was not enamored of the spartan look of the Cavalier-clone, but once I got in it I realized that the exterior looks were where the similarity ended. The interior was all leather, digital everything, and felt like what a Cadillac is supposed to feel like. The car even handled like a four-ton leviathan, and that little V6 put out enough power to almost make me not miss my Caprice. I had a lot of fun in that car, including a two-hour race with a BMW Z3 that spanned half the length of the Garden State Parkway. Alas, it was not mean to be, as the bearings went bad only a few months after I got the car.
1986 Buick Skylark
I got this car purely because of the name "Skylark". My first car was a 1978 Skylark, and I felt that some nostalgia was in order. The car was little, was powered by the mighty 2.5L Tech-4 engine. What made the car cool was the resemblance to a baby Grand National, plus the fact that, though the little tech-4 put out only 100 or so horsepower, the car was actually able to move pretty quick. And what it lacked in off-the-line power, it made up for in handling. The car was just, for some crazy reason, fun to drive.
So... what about you's guys?
So here, the question is... what are the coolest cars you've ever driven. Obviously, we're all pretty G-Body-centric here... so the question excludes the G-Bodies and instead focuses on those other, often forgotten cars from our pasts that were just cool and, no matter what, the coolness has stayed with you.
My answers:
1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
This was my second car ever, and was the first time I became acquainted with going fast. A monster of the road with a 350 V8 coupled with a four speed transmission, this car could easily break 125 and could do it without you ever noticing that you were going faster than 60. This is the car in which I got my first and (until recently) only speeding ticket for doing 163 in a 55 zone. Plus... when the little sports cars pulled up next to you at the stop light... nobody ever expected that you'd go from 0-60 in a brain-smashing six seconds. And yet, she did.
1985 Cadillac Cimarron
When I got this car, she was on her second engine -- a 2.8 liter V6 straight out of a Z24 Chevy Cavalier. Upon first inspection, I was not enamored of the spartan look of the Cavalier-clone, but once I got in it I realized that the exterior looks were where the similarity ended. The interior was all leather, digital everything, and felt like what a Cadillac is supposed to feel like. The car even handled like a four-ton leviathan, and that little V6 put out enough power to almost make me not miss my Caprice. I had a lot of fun in that car, including a two-hour race with a BMW Z3 that spanned half the length of the Garden State Parkway. Alas, it was not mean to be, as the bearings went bad only a few months after I got the car.
1986 Buick Skylark
I got this car purely because of the name "Skylark". My first car was a 1978 Skylark, and I felt that some nostalgia was in order. The car was little, was powered by the mighty 2.5L Tech-4 engine. What made the car cool was the resemblance to a baby Grand National, plus the fact that, though the little tech-4 put out only 100 or so horsepower, the car was actually able to move pretty quick. And what it lacked in off-the-line power, it made up for in handling. The car was just, for some crazy reason, fun to drive.
So... what about you's guys?
