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Re: I Had a 1981 Spider (Until Shortly After 4th Child)

: I had a 164 when I was 21. Not exactly a boy racers car but it was
: the 3.0 Lusso and it could shift. Readers outside of the uk may
: not know about XR3's and XR2#s but my trusty Alfa could whip
: them all. Until the head gasket went...

Wrong driven wheels for a car like that though. And Pinifarina design sounds glamorous until you realise they just served up reheated and resized Peugeot 405...

Still, far from the worst car to have at 21! Thankfully we're not 21 now, I don't think I could stand to drive a lowered Citroën Saxo with plastic growths and impossibly large exhausts generating enough back pressure to neutralise whatever little power the engine had to start with....

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