It might seem reasonable to consider if you will that most reasonably modern saloon cars have performance well in excess of that which they will ever be expected to deliver on the road, and as for GT versions of hum drum saloons, M series BM`s or AMG Mercs to feel in any way "involved" in the driving process you are getting into dangerous territory.. Then we arrive at sports cars, well now it seems that if you do not have in excess of 400HP you are nowhere, call it evolution if you will..?
Me I got out of that game a long time ago and enjoyed my 911 with a mere 208HP with it`s tricky handling that needed some degree of skill to pilot it well, not that I claim to have done that without fault..(-: Think my +8 might only have 150HP though some of the horses may have wandered of and be grazing elsewhere. For me the reason to buy a Morgan was all about increasing INVOLVEMENT with the machine, though in truth I too was a sucker for ALL the hype as are just about all petrol heads..? Hype consisting of the buzz words to sell us the idea of this that or the other. Heritage, craftsmanship, phrases to capture our imagination on every aspect of the machine being marketed to the extent when describing our machine of choice we repeat them like some sort of religious chant.. NLP at it`s best..(-: Would it be wise to expect anything other than that having spent so much of my adult life consuming the output of the classic press...?
So there we sit in our marque of choice surrounded by the aura of it all, meeting up with like minded people and perhaps feeling somewhat superior in our choices... I am not a bowler but here in Scotland they have lawn bowlers gatherings under the name of Wappenshaw, which is an evolution of the gathering together of men at arms to show of their weaponry.....Weapon show I guess...? (-: Not a lot different to lifting your bonnets and flashing your alloy rocker covers perhaps..(-: Yeah, there is so much wrapped up in the choices we care to make, Each to their own, seems a reasonable outlook and I derive great interest and pleasure when folk take the time to share their knowledge and affection of their chosen marque(s).
I much prefer variety in life and row after row of the same marque does not excite the way a group of different marques does at a gathering of classics, but then I ever admit to being a bit of a CARsonova..
