The Irony!

[dyna-ti]

A mate had one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odtvIQVergg
Sold it to another mate who i lost touch with. Lovely car. Bright orange with black trim and 2 huge rally spots on the front that would have put a lighthouse to shame.
I wonder what became of it :? Admittedly we had a sudden surprise pull out while topping a 100 and ended up backwards up an embankment in Eaglesham(just outside glasgow) with a damaged rear suspension but it wasnt anything bad and we limped home ok.

 

[mattr]

I lost all interest in fast cars in my late 20s, when I used to benchmark them.

Not much benchmarking you can do of a 500+ bhp supercar when you are sat in a traffic jam on the M5. Or driving a 2m wide, rear wheel drive car on the public highway, the seats are usually comfy, the trim is shiny and the driving position was ok. Other than that, it was just noisy. And thirsty. Either buy one and use it on the track, or use the money more sensibly.

Only silly car I'd seriously look at today is something like an XFR, can get bikes in the boot, 5 seats, and with some minor tweaking it'll hit 200. And 60 in under 5.
Handles really well too. (For a big car!)

 

[Chopper the ex Copper]

When I were younger I loved fast cars. Had my Inters, a 928 S2, V12 XJS, Pulsar GTiR, even used to hillclimb an Astra MKII, but now I'm old and wizened its of zero interest. I got my L200 pickup because It's practical, isn't grounded by bad weather, and it runs on veg. The Missus has her CRV, which is a painfully good all rounder.

As mattr rightfully points out, in a land of speed limits the fastest car is no quicker than the slowest. The only fast thing about them is the rate at which they drain your finances.

I think the only one that might interest me today is a Lancia Fulvia, but as a classic for toting to shows and quiet Sunday pub runs. My Grandad was the big boss for Lancia GB in the 70s and I've some great childhood memories of the Fulvia, such as the noise of going into the Blackwall Tunnel in a rally prepped model.

But fast cars for daily use? It's just Willy wagging and I've grown past that now.