[MuseChaser]

55, and have owned the entire gamut except the Lincoln/Cadillac American Luxury boat line (no interest) and the close-to-six-figure european offerings. Sports cars? Well... two Fiat Spiders, a '92 Celica, and now the FR-S. All semi-sports cars, really (especially the FWD Sillycar, but we still enjoyed it), but a lot of fun. Favorites? In the family truckster category, our '92 Aerostar was unstoppable, comfortable, and RWD. Got 235k carefree miles out of it. Honorable mention to the Plymouth (Mitsubishi) Colt Vista in this category; the original mini-micro-van. In the "Man, this car is just AWESOME" category, a '93 Range Rover County LWB. Hands down the most bad-road/bad-weather-condition-capable vehicle I've ever been in (still shopping for my first Unimog), coolest thing to cruise in ever. Favorite Rover story.. I was parked at some seafood shack down in the Outer Banks, NC, years ago when two surfer dudes came out, saw my car, and one said to the other, "what the hell is that ugly thing?" and the other one said, and I quote, "That, my friend, is a Range Rover County... one of the most intense vehicles ever made." "Fun to drive" category? Fiat Spider, hands down. Handled much like our FR-S, felt even lighter, you could put the top down, and the sound of that double overhead cam engine was gorgeous.. when it ran. Sigh.

Best compromise car, i.e., best handling, most reliable, practical, sporty, efficient, and just an all around GREAT car? '93 BMW e36 325i.

Oh.. and... DINOSAUR!?!? Get real. I'm just getting started, peanut.

Love ya,

Barry