How Tiny is the X1/9 in todays World?

[ricar]

A friend of mine told me he was driving a landscaping truck (can't remember which it was) and almost rear ended a miata. All he saw wat the popped up headlights over his hood and couldn't figure out what they were till the light turned green and he paused for an extra second.

 

[myronx19]

My X1/9 looks kinda small next to my "small" Chrysler... (yes, the Chrysler Cordoba was marketed as "The Small Chrysler" - which at the time, it was!)

1982 X1/9 vs 1976 Chrysler Cordoba

 

[bjwhite]

I always wondered about your signature! haha...now I have to ask, why?!?!? That thing has to drive horribly?

 

[tvmaster]

My X1/9 looks kinda small next to my "small" Chrysler... (yes, the Chrysler Cordoba was marketed as "The Small Chrysler" - which at the time, it was!)

1982 X1/9 vs 1976 Chrysler Cordoba

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ohhhhhh, Cordoba. So hot. Corinthian too? So this is now - out for the first drive?

 

[myronx19]

That thing has to drive horribly?

It's like driving a sofa!! You're 100% disconnected from the road. 360c.i. engine, barely 170HP - 8-track radio. It's a very, very different experience compared to the X1/9! But I absolutely love it.

The "why"? We had one as a family car way back. It was the first car I ever drove. It's a hit at car meets - and yes... it has Corinthian Leather!! - our family car didn't, no AC either! (many Canadian cars didn't have AC back in the day). Classic cars are getting stupidly expensive, and this thing was cheap! It's in great shape.. I sold my Abarth 500 and bought it

That's me in the trunk, haha.

 

[tvmaster]

It's like driving a sofa!! You're 100% disconnected from the road. 360c.i. engine, barely 170HP - 8-track radio. It's a very, very different experience compared to the X1/9! But I absolutely love it.

The "why"? We had one as a family car way back. It was the first car I ever drove. It's a hit at car meets - and yes... it has Corinthian Leather!! - our family car didn't, no AC either! (many Canadian cars didn't have AC back in the day). Classic cars are getting stupidly expensive, and this thing was cheap! It's in great shape.. I sold my Abarth 500 and bought it

That's me in the trunk, haha.

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What?!? Sold the Abarth? No......
But as we’ve seen with Edd China, a driveable sofa is a thing of beauty

 

[Dan Sarandrea (Phila)]

It's like driving a sofa!! You're 100% disconnected from the road. 360c.i. engine, barely 170HP - 8-track radio. It's a very, very different experience compared to the X1/9! But I absolutely love it.

The "why"? We had one as a family car way back. It was the first car I ever drove. It's a hit at car meets - and yes... it has Corinthian Leather!! - our family car didn't, no AC either! (many Canadian cars didn't have AC back in the day). Classic cars are getting stupidly expensive, and this thing was cheap! It's in great shape.. I sold my Abarth 500 and bought it

That's me in the trunk, haha.

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[tvmaster]

While not a direct side-by-side, I think you can feel my nervousness if he decided to reverse. A truck so tall, he had to get out to get his drive-thru prescription. Didn’t picture him as a socks and Birkenstock’s kind of guy though...

 

[Michael Oxman]

My X1/9 looks kinda small next to my "small" Chrysler... (yes, the Chrysler Cordoba was marketed as "The Small Chrysler" - which at the time, it was!)

1982 X1/9 vs 1976 Chrysler Cordoba

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Epic license plate. My only question is which Malaise era car had "Carpathian Elm Burl?" I remember commercials but only found reference to an old grand prix which definitely ain't it.