StratAlchemist
Senior Stratmaster
6 degrees of Clapton. There is a Clapton relation to every conversation.
Would you rather have a vintage Strat or a Ferrari?
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In London I average about 8 mph during the day, at a push (so many traffic jams). Most of it is a 20 mph limit, with speed cameras on every street.
You could lose your licence very quickly...
Hmmm, vintage strat or Ferrari?
I guess if I were a rich man it wouldn't be a question of which one so much as which colours I might buy both in. How rich is rich? How much is enough?
As it is I'm a poor man but already have the poor man's equivalents so I think I'm well positioned to say I'm not very convinced the real vintage instruments nor the Ferrari would actually satisfy me any more.
'Fake' vintage instruments from Mexico and Japan.
'Poor man's Ferrari'
I love 'em all!
I guess if I were a rich man it wouldn't be a question of which one so much as which colours I might buy both in. How rich is rich? How much is enough?
As it is I'm a poor man but already have the poor man's equivalents so I think I'm well positioned to say I'm not very convinced the real vintage instruments nor the Ferrari would actually satisfy me any more.
'Fake' vintage instruments from Mexico and Japan.
'Poor man's Ferrari'
I love 'em all!
Which model Lotus? I had a 1972 Europa Special for a while.
StratAlchemist
Senior Stratmaster
I see you are in the UK. You may not be aware of the greatest US homage to the Fierrari….the Pontiac Fiero!
There is not really a federal speed limit. Individual states can set the speed limit at whatever they choose. For example in California it's 50, in Texas it's 75. For a time the were areas in Montana that had no speed limit.
However, the federal government "recommends" 70 MPH, and can chose to withold federal funding for highway maintenance if a state exceeds that.
dspellman
Strat-O-Master
In my time, I've owned/driven a Triumph TR3A (my very first car), an MG-TD, a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, a Jaguar XK120 drophead, a Jaguar XK140MC SE coupe, a Lotus Europa Twincam, and more. Right now, in the garage, is a '67 Lamborghini 400GT that I've had since 1983. At one point, Rumble Seat Music wanted to swap me an original '59 burst and a Travis Bean I had my eye on for that Lambo, and I agonized over it for a couple of weeks before deciding to keep the car. Car's now worth nearly three times what that burst is.
I had the XK140 in college, parked it in one of the lots there. Came out one day to find a blond draped over the fender -- she was waiting to see who owned it. "I love the sound of these..." Fired up the car and dated the blond for two years.
I haven't deprived myself in the guitar arena, however, but an original vintage Strat doesn't even come close to lighting my synapses. Your mileage may vary.
dspellman
Strat-O-Master
Mine was actually dead nuts reliable, thanks to regular maintenance by a specific Lotus dealer in Manhattan Beach. Tiny fiberglass chip of a car that I probably couldn't get into today. I put a turbocharger kit on it and it put out a whole 180 bhp, but it was stinky fast up to about 120. I found out that you can have sex in a Europa Twincam (it was *maybe* 42" high), but I sacrificed my windshield mirror to do it. She kicked it off at a particularly high point in the activity. Probably some kind of world record.
dspellman
Strat-O-Master
'Scuse me, I may have thrown up in my mouth a little. Hall and Groats not withstanding, I have to admit that the 308 was maybe better looking (and had Thomas Magnum driving one in Hawaii) but had barely more horsepower than the Fiero. Both cars were ruined by the Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers grafted onto each end. The Fiero has been used as support for a lot of fiberglass body kits simulating the Ferraris of the time.
dspellman
Strat-O-Master
Technically not a Ferrari. The Dino was, of course, produced by Ferrari, but branded a Dino and not acknowledged as a Ferrari until 1976. The problem was the V6 engine, and Ferrari wanted to be identified ONLY by V 12 engines at the time.
dspellman
Strat-O-Master
Sturm und Drang. I drove a 440 Road Runner on the race track for a couple who liked to street race for grocery money back in the day. Pretty much stock except for the gearing (4.51 sound right?). It would beat a Hemi all day long in a quarter, though the Hemi would run right past it shortly after the quarter. Thing is, you couldn't run either at high speed for more than a few seconds before things would start falling off. As I recall, stock times in those days were in the high 13's. A stock Honda Civic Type R will run 13.2, which would have beaten those cars all day long, ground-shaking or not.I'd take the Ferrari...drive it a while bc I could, then sell it off for a '60s Hemi-car. I'm more of a ground-shaking, hit it with a hammer type.
A current stock Ferrari Lusso GTC4 (four passengers, luggage, all that) will run an 11.4 and will be doing over 100 mph in 750 feet. Not bad for what amounts to a fancy sedan.
dspellman
Strat-O-Master
I'm looking at an Audi RS6. 11.5 quarter, 4WD station wagon. "Uncle Fester, where's the 'launch' button?"
myredstrat
Senior Stratmaster
any one of these, then sell it buy a Dino (technically not a Ferrari) and multiple vintage strats!
SalvorHardin
Senior Stratmaster
I don't drive, I play. Vintage strat with maple neck for me.
StratChat
Strat-Talker
I’d go back to a pawn shop guitar for a 250GTO…….
That makes sense, they don't have blanket laws that cover the whole of America.
Hanaywhat
Strat-Talker
I used to buy fast cars until I almost killed myself and some other people. Now just drive an old pickup truck. Maybe when I'm retired I'll get a sports car, I do like them. For now I would go with a pre-cbs strat.
Hanaywhat
Strat-Talker
I used to have a sidekick, the thing went anywhere. Great memories off-roading and adventuring through backroads.
