Driving fast in a slow car.

[Bob Culver]

In the 60s I drove 60 miles in my RP home most weekends. The main road then included many corners comfortable at 40-45 mph and a few much less. The RP would wind out to a genuine 50 and a bit more with wind and grade. It was often at the very limit of its and my roadholding ability. (With hindsight very foolish, despite seat belt) I have never driven anything so challenging since. Although now supplemented with an inherited “modern” I have always run grossly outdated cars. Keeping reasonably up with the moderns was a challenge, especially as converted late to radials. Older cars with good ground clearance, rwd, and narrow tracks superior on the backroads.
Kept me alert and awake and able but made long trips tiring.
There is much to be said for the comfort of larger cars but, with our enforced 100 kph limit, I cannot understand why anyone seeks high performance vehicles, esp as most are hard riding.
A local media identity drives through the city in a Ferrari or somesuch. An RP would be easier to get into.I cannot imagine anything more irrational. I suspect my 1964 car attracts more attention.