Just walk away...
Just walk away...
1954 Austin Healey 100. My dad owned one when I was 4 years old until I was about 14 or so. I can clearly remember many drives with my dad out to Fort Cronkhite in the Marin Headlands on those foggy summer days, top down, heater blasting and loving the sound and feel and smell of that car. I was hooked very early!
And you thought you didn't understand German? Your translation is spot on!
Having been a seasonal truck driver during the tomato harvest in the Sacramento Valley, I can attest to the asinine behavior of the majority of my fellow motorists. Even having had the experience of piloting one of these monstrosities on Highway 99 and I-5 for 12 hours at a time, I still find myself getting impatient…
Mama mia, that's a spicy crack pipe!
I owned the DX version of that year as well, and it was one of my favorite cars - ever. 40 MPG on long slogs up and down I-5 (I had an aftermarket cruise control installed that worked great), relatively comfortable, totally reliable and it had decent looks. If I hadn't been t-boned by a Southern Auto Supply Geo Metro…
COTD material!
Yeah, there used to be an F-8 Crusader (I seem to remember) at McCoppin Park!
Call it.