poor mans garage

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

so, everyone has their dream garage, full of lotuses (loti?) ferrari's, an air-cooled 911, etc.

what about us poor guys?
fiat? a spider abarth clone? or, ... a forced induction x1/9!?!?!?!?
what's the poor mans italian car?

I had a few X1/9's until lower back surgery made it difficult to fit inside, my first experience with mid engine cars :-)

Then I jumped to the transaxle Alfa Romeos which are awesome BTW

PS: Still have one 3.0 Alfa Romeo Verde and one Alfetta GT (wifey does not know about it ..)

And inside my garage about (6) Alfa transaxles, one 3.0 V6 engine and one Fiat Uno Turbo engine (for an X1/9 that never did..)

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[steved0x]

Originally Posted by Gilles

I had a few X1/9's until lower back surgery made it difficult to fit inside, my first experience with mid engine cars :-)

I had one in the mid 80's, was a red one with the little black stripe down the door and I think it was a Bertone edition, if that was a thing. It had no factory seat belts and I think it was a 77. I got it for $500 and a friend of mine helped me fix it up (he and hus dad had one, and also a parts car).

Then had a Toyota Corolla hatchback AE86, that I gave away to a friend of mine when I moved to NC in 1996, I kind of wish I had kept that one...

Right now in the garage, just the 2000 Boxster S as a fun car. Soon be adding a 2009 base Cayman 6 speed.

[Gilles]

PS: a nice example in WVA,(not related)

https://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/1987-bertone-fiat-x-1-9-for-sale.35396/

Please PM for the password to see larger pictures if you wish :-)
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[The Radium King]

Originally Posted by steved0x

Then had a Toyota Corolla hatchback AE86, that I gave away to a friend of mine when I moved to NC in 1996, I kind of wish I had kept that one...

Right now in the garage, just the 2000 Boxster S as a fun car. Soon be adding a 2009 base Cayman 6 speed.

we had a notchback ae86 when i was 16. mistake - rolled it within a month. insurance bought us a hatchback version to replace it. excellent automobile and i learned car handling the hard way in it (light rwd with some power. in the snow).

how goes the cayman quest?