Great post. I agree. It doesn't take much to own, at least for awhile, a new car of any kind. S2000, Porsche, Viper, BMW Etc. It's just a car. As a community, it would be great if we gave a smile and thumbs up to fellow top down drivers, regardless of their choice.
I saw this guy the other day in Capitola. Driving a torch red Viper. He gets out and he's all black leather and zippers. Black boots to black leather jacket. Must of had 30 zippers. Long hair slicked back and black sunglasses. His pants were so stiff he couldn't walk. Walked around the village with an equally plastic babe. Actually, she wasn't bad!!!!!!! Now that I think of it, the guy sort of looked like a young Elvis. Hey! Elvis sighting in Capitola!!!!!!!!!!!!

Extremely wise words!!!
We have a casual outdoor car show in my area every Wednesday. Upstate has gotten together there as a group of S2000s many times this summer. The last time I was there, so was this car.

1972 Ferrari 365 GT, one of 500 units made
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I sort of caught up to this guy on the way home. We were in a 45mph-speed zone on a 4-lane highway. I pulled up next to him, downshifted, gave him a VTEC, got in front of him, pulled over into his lane. He then moves out to pass me, gets up to my door, and tromps on the wonderful V12. As he goes past me, he slows down and drops into the lane in front of me. We must have repeated this about 6 times, never really going more than maybe 5 mph over the speed limit. When we both pulled up to the inevitable red light we were both laughing and smiling and giving each other compliments. The guy must have been in his late 60s, it was a great night. A the light turned green we both gently pulled away from the light and went in separate directions.

Although Dex9 ran into an ass, there are lots of great Ferrari drives out there...

I love playing around with anyone who wants to play. I'm not talking about racing or anything of the sort, but like what HHH did with that 365 GT. I play with the young Whipper Snappers with Civics and the like. Just a bit of fun on the drive.

What's up with the Fram filters on that GT :confused:. I use them all the time. It seems most here, dislike them. hummm, Fram filters on a rare '72 Ferrari. That

I once read a test of OEM and aftermarket oil filters and Fram was rated the best of the bunch. Although I've gotten into the habit of buying Honda (and Toyota for the other car) filters in bulk via mail order, I've never had qualms about using Fram filters.

Thanks. People look at my antique sports car projects and usually conclude that I should be committed. It sounds better when you say it.

Hey, Legal Bill, don't get too excited, commitment and committed are only a few letters off... :stick:

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Well put man, well put. Clearly there was no Fast N Furious BS taking place, but we were both enjoying the sounds and sights of the other car. :bigsmile: You should have seen the grin on that guy's face. I know I made his week!

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What's up with the Fram filters on that GT :confused:. I use them all the time. It seems most here, dislike them. hummm, Fram filters on a rare '72 Ferrari. That

Right in my own neighborhood, I daily see two automotive projects-in-waiting.

There's an orange '69 Porsche 912 that needs a valve job and looks to have run some hard miles; the guy wants $2,000 but his friend says at this point, he'll take whatever he can get. Meanwhile, a few streets over there's a Triumph Spitfire with four flat tires parked in somebody's driveway. It hasn't moved for years.

They both should go to good homes. It's sad to see them there, wasting away.

Bill,

Before I bought the S2000 I spent some time researching ebay, etc. looking for an XK-E (dream car of my youth) or a 356 Cabriolet(I used to be pretty good at working on the air-cooled VW's and figured a lot of the skills would transfer), but I didn't have the guts to take the risk. There was just too much chance of a novice making a $25-30,000 mistake. So I bought the S2000 and am happy as can be with it. However, whenever I see an old classic on the road, I wonder about the "road not taken"...

Ah! the road not taken! I think about it too, every time I happen onto some wonderful old marvel like an XKE or AH3000. But hardly knowing one end of a wrench (spanner?) from another, it'd be like owning a landmine, I'm afraid.

Helios-- Car & Driver had an article on just this sort of thing a few months back, written by a mailman about the dead cars he sees on his route, waiting to be brought back to life.