Originally Posted by
Biker395
A 2002 tii was my dream car while I was cheating my way though college. BMWs used to be sorta like an exclusive club ... only people who really loved cars drove them. Not so much anymore.
I have a lust for carflesh too. It's not so much driving them (although driving them on twisty mountain roads surely is entertaining). It's the engineering behind them. Purpose-designed things are a thing of beauty.
I saw a guy and his wife at the beach today ... pulling up in his immaculate early 60s Bugeye Sprite. The thing is the size of a dining room table, but oy, what a beautiful car. I was in lust.
It's mine as well (with the round tail lights!). IMHO, that was back in the day when engineering mattered more than marketing. These days, they're sticking on "M" badges to models that aren't true M cars anymore.