In a message dated 4/7/03 9:33:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cfchrist@earthlink.net writes:
> 29 years with the same bugeye and counting! gimmie personality any day of
> the week!
> yeah new stuff has incredible refinements to their "evrything". but you do
> not need to know how to handle a car that practically drives itself! on
> the
> other hand making a bugeye stand on it's ear flyind down a "twisty" is a
> whole other experience! and with a full competition suspension yet
> another
> exciting experience!
>
> chuck.
> gimmie personality any day!
> that's why my harley has wire wheels and drum brakes!
> that's why i have 2 '55 chevies!
> that's why i still own my bugeye!
> and the number one reason i vintage race!
OK, I have a confession to make. Atter buying a gently used BMW M Roadster
last month, I'm seriously considering selling the Bugeye.
I don't take this lightly. I've had at least one Spridget since I was 19
years old, and had a Triumph during that time, as well. I love the old
Brits! However, given only one good garage space and our harsh winters,
during which I won't drive either of them, and given the astonishing list of
astonishing things the M Roadster is capable of, I'm having a hard time
coming up with a good reason to keep it. I could store it, but I know I'd
rarely go to the trouble to get it out of storage and run it, and it would
just sit there for no good reason. I also know that it's good enough to be
absolutely treasured by someone, somewhere, and I hate to leave it sit,
unused.
As long as I've had LBCs, I've almost always also had a reliable daily and
winter driver, too. There is no way I was going to drive an old Brit through
the snow, and I feel the same way about the M -- just not built for the snow
or salt. So, for the first time since I was a teenager, I'm considering
being without an LBC. Part of me feels like a sellout to big power and
modern chassis design, and part of me feels like a grown up ready to stop
playing with those charming little toys and get serious.
When I sold my first Midget after 11 years, the first thing I did was walk
into the house and throw up. It won't be easy to see the Bugeye go, but the
time may have come. I figure I have another month to decide...
Chris Eck
59 Bugeye
99 M Roadster
85 Saab winter beater
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