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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,770
    edited July 2012
    Joe08867 wrote: »
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    I have always had a soft spot for the Talbot Lago:

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    Or a nice Delahaye :-)

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    http://www.petersen.org/images/Exhibitimages/delahaye_duo.jpg
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  • Syndil
    Syndil Posts: 1,582
    edited July 2012
    heiney9 wrote: »
    My Dad a 1971 Opel GT when I was in high school. Unique is right, not near as fast or nimble as the shape would have you believe. Not ultra reliable either. Heavy rust prone steel body, outdated suspension, boat anchor engine (IIRC it cast iron block and head) anemic output, vague 4 sp tranny.

    The shape and interior were very cool as were the manual lever controlled "roll-over" pop up style head lights. Being seen in it was cool as hell too, but as far a drivers car or a sports car it fell pretty short of being sporty, quick and nimble. It had potential if they didn't kill it before it was fully realized.

    Eh, it wasn't that bad. Easy to work on, good gas mileage, looked terrific. All things I still value in a daily driver, much more than how fast it goes.

    Fairly reliable, too. Drove mine up until 1996.

    I have a different car for when I want to do more than get from point A to point B:

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    Not the fastest thing on four wheels, but hard to beat when you want to experience driving purity. Lightweight, RWD, perfect weight distribution, smooth, high-revving rotary engine, no power steering, traction control or other nonsense... Utterly flingable, but fling it too hard and it will 180 faster than you can blink. And I love it.

    RT-12, CS350-LS, PSW-300, Infinity Overture 1, Monoprice RC-65i
    Adcom GFA-545II, GFA-6000, Outlaw Audio 990, Netgear NeoTV
    Denon DCM-460, DMD-1000, Sony BDP-360, Bravia KDL-40Z4100/S
    Monster AVL-300, HTS-2500 MKII
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited July 2012
    ^^^^When they first came out, they beat up on alot of "supposedly fast cars" around these parts.
    You can put some SERIOUS mileage on those rotary engines also.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited July 2012
    I have too many favorites, but this would be in the top 10.

    '66 SS 396:cheesygrin:

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited July 2012
    I believe the 2000GT was hand built in a Yamaha factory.
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