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03-07-2007, 03:36 AM
I had an '84 Alpha sometime back and although a great car in which I enjoyed some great track time you had to do, what one of my friends called, a "rain dance" around the car to get it started. It had a mind of its own.
Growing up in the UK the first car was only 800cc, a 1949 Ford Anglia, black what else, had the profile of a brick and 0 to 60mph was impossible. Eventually sold but not before being stopped by the Edinburgh constabulary (cops) for advertising the price in big white numbers across the bodywork. This apparently was street trading for which I needed a license! Moved on to a '61 Triumph Herald held together by rust. Around Edinburgh you did not need much horsepower to experiencing drifting on those wet slick road cobbles, they were like glass on a wet day. Only did a couple of 360 degrees in centre city that I recall.
Growing up in the UK the first car was only 800cc, a 1949 Ford Anglia, black what else, had the profile of a brick and 0 to 60mph was impossible. Eventually sold but not before being stopped by the Edinburgh constabulary (cops) for advertising the price in big white numbers across the bodywork. This apparently was street trading for which I needed a license! Moved on to a '61 Triumph Herald held together by rust. Around Edinburgh you did not need much horsepower to experiencing drifting on those wet slick road cobbles, they were like glass on a wet day. Only did a couple of 360 degrees in centre city that I recall.
John Bond
993 1995
993 1995