You can fight back, every time you walk by an SUV you can ask the owner "what is it?" since they all look the same.
Love that TR8! Would really like to hot-rod one. Seems like a reasonable project seeing as it came with a V8. Been threatening to do one for years.I have all three, the X is the best looking and suprisingly small next to the MR2 and TR8. All three need paint and restoration, but the TR8 will be the first to get painted followed by the X1/9 and MR2
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You are the king of wedgies. Maybe add a first generation RX7 to further complete the collection.
We should count our lucky stars that 'F9 - The Fast Saga' took the piss out of the Fiero this time, and NOT the X1/9. Maybe next timeWhen I was autocrossing the car in the late 80s and early 90s, it was thought to be an MR2 or Fiero.
Gonna be a "one-up" DB here, Mike...If you want attention try driving a Scorpion.
I often get asked "What kind of car is that?" - "It's a Lancia." - "Oh, who makes it?" - "Lancia." - "You mean Fiat?" - "No, it's related, but it's a Lancia." - "Oh, Italian?" - "Yes" - "Cool car." - "Thanks."
I had the X in the driveway tonight & 2 people in 20 minutes asked if it was a TR7..... Never really happened before I posted this, LOLPeople who see my 86 either have a story about an X1/9, or ask "what is that?"
Have you EVER heard anyone talk about a DeLorean from a sports car perspective---handling, power, ride, braking, transition, high speed feel, low speed feel, etc etc?Gonna be a "one-up" DB here, Mike...
Want attention? Drive a Delorean ANYWHERE. I never, ever put gas in her without being approached. Guys my age loved it and it was a 40-something ass-magnet. For some reason all foreigners within sight range wanted to take their pic with it, and children had some freakish need to put flat palms all over it. The only good part about the ladder was the fact they stood a 50/50 chance of burning their grubby little mitts if it were a hot, sunny day.
And BTW, Seeing F9 was the dumbest thing I have ever done with $8. Made Sharknato II look like a serious PBS documentary.
My favorite TR-7 commercial:Why, when they see an X1/9, do so many Americans (in my experience anyway) confuse it with the Triumph TR7? I can barely recall seeing any TR7s when they were new. Wikipedia says more Fiats were built than the Triumph. I can understand our cars being mistaken for MR-2s or Fieros or Porsche 914s, but why the TR7? This is a very important question, the future of civilization depends on the answer.
So true Dan. DeLorean, NOT a sports car. But not really marketed as one. John DeLorean admitted targeting Corvette buyers. GT? Maybe. Tons of stuff to improve right off the showroom floor, (build quality a joke) but also like an X, it had character to spare. That's what these cars are about.Have you EVER heard anyone talk about a DeLorean from a sports car perspective---handling, power, ride, braking, transition, high speed feel, low speed feel, etc etc?
Me-nope. They just talk about the movies.
What were some other "wedge" cars in the 70's-80's era? We've touched on the X, the TR7, the RX7, the MR2, the DeLorean (although I'm not completely convinced that is really a wedge design), and maybe others that I'm forgetting? I'm sure there were more...what were they?