Most fun slow cars to drive fast: BRZ made the list! - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

CraigVM · 04-24-2018, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

My old two liter '73 Mercury Capri was a lot of fun to drive fast. In the mid to late 70's I used mine to teach my wife and some friends skid control/drifting. It was a blast on a dirt or gravel road (neither of which I'd willing take the BRZ down today).

My looking at and buying the FRS is due to the mid 70's Capri. I remember watching the TV show CHIPS where they were dealing with a group of "Hill Racers" and one of their cars was a Capri. It planted the seed in the back of my mind of how fun it would be to have a car that was not really fast but did not need to slow down much around corners due to extensive suspension / tire upgrades. For many years every time I saw one I saw it as a hill racer in the making.

Capt Spaulding · 04-25-2018, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

We used to call my friends Capri a mercury "debris"

LOL. Mine was really very good to me. I used to love drifting it around corners in the rain. One day an idiot in a Ford Galaxy tried to stay with me, lost control and shoved me into a light pole. At that point it did, in fact, become Mercury debris.

bcj · 04-25-2018, 09:29 PM

Crappy

Though the Cosworth Escorts had about the same cache.

86 South Africa · 05-03-2018, 01:48 AM

We had a racer here who really threw around his Capri. Became quite a ‘cult’ car in motoring circles because of him.
I wonder if YouTube has any videos... Sarel van der Merwe was his name.

Clipdat · 05-03-2018, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 86 South Africa

We had a racer here who really threw around his Capri. Became quite a ‘cult’ car in motoring circles because of him.
I wonder if YouTube has any videos... Sarel van der Merwe was his name.

Tcoat · 05-03-2018, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Clipdat

No relation to Wikus.

Isn't that the guy from Different Strokes?

86 South Africa · 05-06-2018, 02:18 PM

Qwimby1 · 05-07-2018, 05:16 PM

I bet I'm the only guy on this board who ever owned a Simca Bertone. Hell, probably the only guy on the entire internet. I also had a DKW which no one could get within a half block behind because of the opaque blue cloud from the two-stroke oil. I had a lot of fun with that thing. Then there was a Morris Minor, 1600 MKII MGA coupe with ROLL-UP WINDOWS already, and a Triumph 650 motorcycle with the shift and brake levers reversed.

venturaII · 05-08-2018, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwimby1

I bet I'm the only guy on this board who ever owned a Simca Bertone. Hell, probably the only guy on the entire internet. I also had a DKW which no one could get within a half block behind because of the opaque blue cloud from the two-stroke oil. I had a lot of fun with that thing. Then there was a Morris Minor, 1600 MKII MGA coupe with ROLL-UP WINDOWS already, and a Triumph 650 motorcycle with the shift and brake levers reversed.

My Fiat 128 sedan and wagon were downright commonplace compared to that list...lol. Still, some of the best bang for the buck cars I've ever had.

GalloVecchio · 05-10-2018, 01:48 PM

I had a FIAT 500 Abarth with coilovers and an intake. Slow by today's standards, but an absolute riot to drive, and sounded the business. However, the Mexican-assembled vehicle had much to be desired with respect to QC. Fun car, though!

Tcoat · 05-10-2018, 03:08 PM

Geo Metro convertible with a body kit, all blacked out lights, lowered, header, and tuned to a massive 90HP!
Was fun as hell and nobody could figure out what it was.
Like below but painted in British Racing green.

TorontoNat · 05-10-2018, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GalloVecchio

I had a FIAT 500 Abarth with coilovers and an intake. Slow by today's standards, but an absolute riot to drive, and sounded the business. However, the Mexican-assembled vehicle had much to be desired with respect to QC. Fun car, though!

I agree those are some of the best sounding cars hands down.

05-10-2018, 03:08 PM	#39
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,845 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,283 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2495 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	Geo Metro convertible with a body kit, all blacked out lights, lowered, header, and tuned to a massive 90HP! Was fun as hell and nobody could figure out what it was. Like below but painted in British Racing green. __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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