ooooh, Bitchy!!
The only Carrera I drove (Heavyweight I'm afraid) is
my Dad's blood red example (no decals), currently
with a 3.8 litre twin plug motor. Feels like a go kart
compared to any BMW I've owned.
Best handling BMW ever was the E30 M3. I had a
concours black Sport Evo 111 which I sold last year,
taking the orange CSL in p/x. Great handling but LHD
and too buzzy.
Modern M3's are nice though.
I too had an Integrale 16v, standard 1991 car. Nice,
found one day in a field, burned and missing wheels
and front end panels. :-(
Audi UR Quattro Turbo. I used one as a daily driver
for six months and loved it. I would probably buy
another one and it was only the early 10 valve type.
I never had an Aston Martin. I fancied a DB7 but was
told on good authority that they were garbage and
bought an 840Ci Sport instead. Likeable but not very
exciting and I ever only used it for overseas trips
where you could really use it. The only AM I'd like
would be an early four headlamp DBS V8, just
stunning to look at. Probably totally inept compared
to moderns but who cares?
3.0Si never had an LSD - only the early 2800
saloons with the Nivomat self levelling had a slipper.
Even so, for a boxy saloon to be that fast was
something else and a CSL would never get away
from it. Mine was a Tundra green metallic '72 K plate
and I replaced all the dampers with (standard) new
ones which transformed it. It was just great fun to
drive hard and really tail endy.
I liked my CSL. Just taking the car cover off it in the
barn and looking at it - it was one of those cars
although Inca or Golf are the best colours. Fjord blue
is my least favourite. A bit of a sheep in wolf's
clothing and an E30 M3 would hand it's *rse to it on a
silver platter - but I liked driving it nonetheless.
For the 635CSi, it must be the early one. With the
Bilsteins they used to ride a bit on the hard side but
they were just great and with the dogleg box they
went so hard. The E12 M535i was just as good
whereas the later stuff was all softened up.
E Type: I had to drive a 1969 FHC once and didn't
like it at all. I had a Mark 2 3.4 mod (a '60) which I
quite liked. It had a £30k resto in the early nineties
plus it had Konis and Wilwood calipers so the thing
would stop. I have somewhere a photo of it with the
3.0Si - weird because the last Mark 2 was built in
67/68 and the first E3 the same year.
Never owned an Italian supercar - I hate pushing.
Rolls Royce - I'm neither a Gypo or an entertainer.
Only a very early Shadow 1 Mulliner Park Ward or
James Young 2 door (Corniche) Coupe would do the
trick. I hate the later stuff with venom, mainly
because all the scrap dealers I know drive them!
3.0CSL on e-Bay
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