Its a personal choice thing :-).

One of my favourite driving experiences (apart from motorcycles) was a friends souped up mini. He was a decent mechanic and worked in the motor trade, it was extremely powerful, light and I can only describe the driving experience as raw.



>Manual, yes. Power steering, doors, locks, etc., though, are something I have enjoyed for a long time. (Do you think I should get a manually operated AM radio as well?) I am not going for an authentic James Bond retro experience.
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>>Then get something classic (manual gearbox . No power steering. No power anything actually and most importantly no roof)
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>>These where very good in their day
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Vitesse
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>>>I think I am entitled to one relatively inextravagant indulgence.
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>>>I love motorcycles, even had a BMW R90S in my youth, but that urge has passed. I don't want to be one of those fat guys cruising around on Harleys on Sundays. Every summer Sunday around here, they're everywhere. A NY Times article about the aging biker generation said some of the old ladies really are old ladies.
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>>>>To quote you "I do not intend to run around blowing the inheritance extravagantly" nuff said. Whats the point of a car like that. Its a big toy.
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>>>>Anyway if you want bang for your buck buy a motorcycle. Just two wheels,tank of fuel and an engine.
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>>>>>I have great appreciation of the collected wisdom here and have upon occasion asked for advice. This is one of those times.
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>>>>>As some of you may recall, my father died last May. He was a successful man and I am due to inherit some money next month.
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>>>>>I do not intend to run around blowing the inheritance extravagantly. Most of it will be spent on my daughters' college educations and left for them to inherit. It will not be spent wildly. Having lost about half my net worth during the recession, my investments will be extremely conservative. But I do have one indulgence in mind. Bear in mind that I have not indulged myself in years. I have not been on vacation in years. My car is over 10 years old and has 120,000 miles on it.
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>>>>>So I am thinking of running a little amok --
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>>>>>http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=newcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=104744155&listingRecNum=31&criteria=sf1Dir%3DASC%26mkId%3D20053%26stkTyp%3DN%26mdId%3D20770%26rd%3D30%26crSrtFlds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-mdId%26zc%3D60073%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-1-0%26stkTypId%3D28880%26sf2Dir%3DASC%26sf1Nm%3Dprice%26sf2Nm%3Dlocation%26isDealerGrouping%3Dfalse%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3D28705&aff=national&listType=1
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>>>>>It's not a very expensive car. The Camaro has a high percentage of the Corvette's performance at a much lower percentage of the cost. 22-23K for a beast like this, wow. Great reviews. If I go ahead it will be hard to decide between yellow and orange.
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>>>>>Allie told me last night she thinks I'm nuts. Opinions?