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Originally posted by biggbn:
whats the best car you have ever owned...and give reasons why...it doesnt have to be the fastest, best looking, most expensive...just the best car you have had the pleasure of living with...?....as i have posted several times, i'v owned a lot of cars...some pretty fance jags, mercs etc...amongst em, but all secondhand....best car iv owned and the one i miss most....tie between '74 saab 95 v4 estate car and '72 beetle 1200.....but i think the beetle just edges it....i KNOW its dynamics are pretty dire compared too moderns, but it ALWAYS started, even when it looked like a wee igloo under a foot of snow...it cost me one exhaust (36 quid or so...) in almost 2 years and 24k miles of driving....i always KNEW id fet to my destination..its reliability was unimpeachable...it would climb any hil, even in deep snow, embarrasing some moderns..(i remember passing my mate in his mr2 as he sat, wheels spinning, stuck on the roadside on a steep hill in 6 inches of snow and ice, doing a three point turn in front of him, going back to the bottom of the hill, handbrake turning the bug, and repassing him...he was dead chuffed, i can tell ya...!!)...it only had 34hp, i sat at 55-65 everywhere and can honestly say in all the time i had the wee car, i never wished for any more power..and this from a dedicated twisty road nutcase...it was just a different pace pf motoring, relax, watch the world go by, smile.....nostalgia trip over...what was your best, and why......