I was thinking the same thing. I mercilessly thrashed an 1st gen Exige for about 4 years and aside from one of the syncros becoming noisy (it was tracked weekly after all) it was reliable AF. Regular servicing at the same intervals as our Corolla which only cost about 1.5x what the Corolla servicing cost and it never…

A lot of FR Porsches have a rear mounted trans too. And I think a few old Alfas.

Didn’t the FF have twin transmissions? One at each end of the block?

And the Nissan GTR which has front-mid motor, rear-mid transmission that drives the front wheels via shaft from rear to front axle. 

Definitely. It was speculated that he was expecting the car to get stolen so he could get a payout rather than go to the difficulty of having to sell a car he didn’t like.

HA! That’s crazy! I know of one claim here in WA that was refused because the person had left the keys in the car with the window down and the garage door open. The CCTV from the apartment building showed the person regularly did this and it was a bad area so the insurance company successfully argued that the car…

I am OCD enough to do the “touch each dial individually” technique. And also repeatedly check the front door is still locked even though I just locked it and put the keys in my pocket.

In Western Australia it’s not so much a crime but your insurance company can (depending on circumstances) refuse a claim or void a policy for not taking sufficient measures to ensure the security of the vehicle. Maybe they have similar attitudes in the USA?

A Suzuki GN250 would have been better for you. I used to have a beater one of those and people who had never ridden more than a bicycle could get on and go without any trouble.

There are a couple of repros available. The originals (when they come up for sale) are about the same price ~$350usd.

Nope. There were around 20,000 produced in the first half of the 90's. As the King of Australia you should have noticed them by the tens being driven around here in the second half of the 90s.

There was an optional ski rack which mounted to the tops of the doors.

E series motor. Much less powerful than the A series.

It was also fitted with a dreadful 5E motor which made glaciers seem fast by comparison.

I thought the same thing at first. I just assumed the car at the top was waiting for the tram.

Ok dude, cool story.

Yep, exactly that. Apparently they figure because trams will be travelling the same direction as the traffic it’s a bad idea to stop on tram lines if you want to turn. On paper it sounds reasonable, in practice it’s terrifying.

Surely is. If a lottery win happened today I’d have a hard time not owning one of these for canyon carving.

Me too. Apparently was an actual Lola F1 car which then had the motor and transmission swapped for a Cosworth YB and a Porsche 5 speed, both reliable and are capable of a lot of fun. The chassis/body/suspension/brakes and interior are still F1 spec set up to be more road friendly. Sold for $140k AUD which is Ariel…

You would love Hook Turns in Melbourne, Australia. Remember they drive on the left here. If you want to turn right you pull over to the left, wait for everyone to pass who is going in your direction and the opposite direction, then you cut across everyone like a madman. If a car doesn’t hit you a tram probably will.