'65 bug, 60 horsepower, bias ply tires. I was 19 years old.

The old adage that it's fun to drive a slow car fast is absolutely true. This thing was a blast.

Never really scared myself, but had a great time trying....

In the same line of reasoning, a mid-2000s Peugeot 206 was loads of fun to drive in Costa Rica. Because of the car, laws and traffic you can't get up too fast in the mountains but you can still have a great time. Reminded me of the early '90s Honda CRX.

A hot rodded RS6 with a 6 speed , a 69 nova tunnel ram 454 4 spd 4.56 gear , a full house wide body 911 that would posi black track in 3rd gear, a 70 monte big block 4spd car (still own it) , F430 paddle shift , a Mondial, a 600sel.

In order of funness:

My '56 Speedster. When it was "just a car" it was an absolute hoot. Now that it's worth more than my house it scares me to death.

A 1275 Mini Cooper I had 40 years ago. It was a go-cart with a roof.

My 911

My '47 Dodge truck before I restored it. When it was still a POS I went through a drive-thru with a load on manure in the back, etc. A total hoot. Now that it is spotless and perfect I'm afraid to drive it. Lesson - don't restore a car you like.

Las Vegas Speedway had a press driving experience about 10 years ago. Three laps in one of their newby-grade formula cars was fun, fun, fun.

Cousins '94 TT Supra. First serious turbo car experience.

My E39 540/6 is truly a joy to drive everyday. It sounds like a an angry v8 (cat and reso deleted w Dinan can), it is a true luxury car and with the minor suspension updates ive done turns in like a 2700lb car...

Ive been passenger in some seriously fast straight line stuff 600-1200whp, but that doesnt count

'86 930
Boxster
89 Cab
A very old 5 speed
89 Taurus SHO

Easy-73 914-6 hillclimb car that was barely streetable. Had a 2.7 sorta RS motor...loud, smelly hoot.

Normal cars? My first drive in my E28 M5 opened my eyes WIDE as to what a real performance car was.

Lately it was all day in my buddy's '09 997.2 4S. Hard to hand the keys back.

I would have to say the 1958 Triumph TR3 was one of the most fun cars.
Next was an aircooled 911 which I test drove but did not buy.
99 Miata
2001 Boxster
and finally my new to me 2013 Miata:)

the ND miata?

im a fan of any small, light, sports cars. my mr2 spyder and miata are both great drives, the new ND has me tempted.

far more fun to drive actually than my 951.

My '74 Caterham Super 7; 1100lbs, 130HP. Much, much fun

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Of the Porsches that I have owned, the '55 356 Outlaw was crazy fun, about 1400 lbs with about 170 hp. I would go out and chase corvettes and catch them!

When I managed Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories back in the 80s-90s, my boss had 14 cars consisting of mostly old Ferraris including a 275GTB NART, a 61 SWB Cal Spider, a 330GT Spider, all a blast to drive. But I'd have to say the first AMG Hammer was the most fun and scariest thing I've ever driven.

Currently the most fun machine is my '32 Ford "Little Deuce Coupe!"
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My first car was a late 1960s AH Sprite...a blast to drive (lightweight, good handling).

My 911...250,000 miles on it now. That says something.

My GT40. So much better a car than I am a driver. My heart rate goes up just looking at it, and driving it....http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1458497307.jpg

I am sporting tremendous carbon fiber.

The two that I felt like were the most fun to drive, for the car itself:
911SC. Why? The handling.
Fiat 124 Spider. Why? Fun little convertible. Fairly nimble.


Others that I had a lot of fun with. They weren't particularly special vehicles, but they were special to me, or were "at the right place, at the right time" during my yout.

Jeep CJ8. Why? I had it when I went to college the first time. Did lots of offroading. Got to drive it in some reasonably good snow.

Plymouth Barracuda. Why? My second car that took me for a lot of firsts. Ya know?

several Dodge trucks. Why? Who can deny the fun of a good old beater truck??!

Pontiac GTO. Why? My first car.

And then there was so much rolling stock that I just couldn't give two flying f**ks about. :rolleyes:

Most fun to drive for the driving experience:

- My 911.
- A family member's 356C (long time ago).

Also fun to drive for other reasons (had a lot of fun with these, not necessarily just driving):

- My old Audi Fox. My friend with his BMW 2002 and I had a never-ending battle to see which was fastest in a variety of situations. We never did decide...

- My old Dodge pickup - three on the tree, slant six, holes in the floor, sagging springs - an original "lead sled".

- 86 930. That was one fun car to drive and shooting flames had me lol'ing!
- 86 Grand National. Tuned/modded by Kenne Bell. That car could light up the tires at speed!
- 05 E55. Stupid crazy torque and sc whine. Haven't had that kind of fun since the GN. Made me giggle like a little girl when lighting up the tires.
- 08 Boxster. Puts a smile on my face everytime I drive her.
- 02 Cooper S. As a daily, that car was a blast to drive. Nimble and quick.
- 10 Cooper S. Great daily, blast to drive and built better than the 02.

I had a Fiat 124 coupe with Abarth suspension and some engine tweaks that was a ball to drive. It had 8"x13" wheels with low profile tires and would go around corners like crazy! Currently, my fav drive is my 1980 SC w/3.3SS engine!

997 GT2 RS.

Beast mode in the blink of an eye. Could give a man chronic dry mouth.

It amounts to the right horse for the right course.

I love my '90 Miata on a twisty road. It is not suited to the superslab.
The old E would eat up either, but when the temperature dropped, the fun factor dropped with the cabin temp.
The 924S did almost everything well. It could be fun, but felt asleep at legal speeds.
My '87 4000Q was a hoot in the snow. I was still a bit of a hooligan in those days. I passed a snowplow on the way home from the city one afternoon and before I got home heard on the radio another car had struck a plow while trying to overtake it in about the same place. Made me think.
I'm older and wiser these days. I hardly ever do stupid stuff like that, regardless of the vehicle I'm driving. ;)

Best
Les

First on the list...
1. 911 (my 81 just because its MINE and I don't mind flogging it)
2. My Fiat X1/9 that I had many years ago. A spectacular chassis in desperate search of an engine... So good to drive at full hilt that it was almost intuitive!
3. The spyder (550 replica - 911 engine w/914 transaxle and Quaiffe). It's a handful, but I absolutely guarantee that it is NEVER boring!

angela

I just remembered I've got photos:

Gogomobils:
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Isetta:


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My car and a Ferrari 458.

my 1965 Mini Cooper S....put it in gear, put it to the floor...

Most fun car I have driven
 

1968 Plymouth Police car, very fast, we never got beat

Back in the day my second car a 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk with 352 Packard,4bbl, 3sp with overdrive, after that a 1964 vette convertible, and now current and most favorite is the 944 turbo. Many other noticeable cars but these stand out for me.

997.2 gt3rs and 2004 vw golf r32

OK, I amend my earlier vote. Took the 930 out today for the first time in a couple weeks. It was a cool and misty SoCal morning. Turbos looooove cool air. :cool:

My fun cars have been in chronological order
'59 Berkeley B105 -50bhp, 732 lbs weight front wheel drive- fast for its time but terribly engineered-scuttle shake at its 105 mph top speed so bad that even the instruments could hardly be read;the driveshafts needed greasing every 100 miles because they had just hook joints, no CV joints,and one had to overcome that problem when pulling out of a parking space using the on-off motorcycle clutch and a first gear capable of 50mph and be careful not to pull the chain driven separate gearbox out of line in the process because the chain was stronger than the aluminium gearbox mountings ; great roadholding for its day, blew off a Cosworth 1340 Lotus 7 easily,and set university perimeter road lap record in it.
Triumph GT6 with triple Webered TR6 motor, pulled like a train but lift off oversteer was to be feared;
Reliant Scimitar GT with RS3100 170bhp motor, traction off the line was great with the superbly located rear axle, but the thing was a maintenance hog;
Sylva Leader with a 135bhp Kent engine cornered as if on rails-very solid feeling for a kitcar
Vindicator Vulcan V8,1540 pounds weight with 300bhp Rover engine, theoretical 180mph top speed but at 150mph the airpressure under the front clamshell was theateniing to either burat it or lift the front wheels off the ground so I never took it faster than that:wheelspin in third because no LSD
Renault Clio 172 Cup 172 bhp 2246 pound weight 150 inch long front wheel drive hatchback that is still one of the most chuckable road cars available because of its compactness and power to weight ratio.
and brilliant roadholding and braking. and motor that will rev happily to 7600rpm.

1961 VW Bus: 23 window deluxe, lowered, Fuchs, 1914cc engine, safari windshields, roof rack, et al. To this date, it is the only "car" that I miss...even more so than the 930. I drove it and my buddies all over FL and the East Coast in search of waves. Oh well, gone but never forgotten. I'd like to have another, but can't afford to restore one, and even decent drivers command bookoo. Maybe a 15 window, panel van, or a dual-cab would be cool!

I had a vw bus a 63 hated it slow and broke alot

now any of my post 65 corvairs were fun esp on the blueridge
once cheap corvairs became rare
I got into 60's BMW's 1800ti and 1602 then a 2002
the 4's were more fun rides then the 635 alpina I had

mussel cars, I had a 70 buick sportwagon GS motor in a vista body
only lost one street race to a built 350 malibu who had to use NOS to get me
the 68 goat with a swaped 455ho was about as fast but the buick was unexpected fast

my 70 euro 914 was fun but rusted away everywhere
the 944 was fun but slow [auto]

Assorted 911s, any E30 M3, a modified E36 LWT, a Ferrari 328GTb, an Lp400 when I wasn't worried about cops or gas mileage. Hard to say which was more fun, they all had their good points.

JR

Years ago,(about 40) I built an L-88 for a buddy. Got all the bits from Fielder Chevy in West Seattle...except for a few aftermarket widgets....total cost was under a thousand bucks.

I fired that thing up and the earth moved. It went into a 67 ElCamino.....probably the worst choice possible. I drove it twice & it scared the s**t out of me......twice.

That was one gnarly SOB of a motor.

Did you ever get it up on two wheels? I did in my brothers 58... scared the dooky out of me!

I should add my 1994 Miata, once I got the suspension tuned in you could throw it into a corner so hard it felt like your brains were going to squirt out your ear.

991 GT3RS in the canyons outside of LA, because Oh My God what a car!

My Cobra replica. Brute force acceleration, 47/53 rear weight balance lets it turn in like a mongoose and the sticky tires keeps it in the turn. There are some times it can get hairy with trail braking...

I have always liked smallish cars...bought a Fiat Abarth a couple of years ago...I really like it...back to fun times again.
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I'd have to say that my Renault R5-Turbo 2 was the cat's ass, however.
210 hp, 2,100 lbs. Quickest I'd ever experienced from 20 mph to 100+ mph. Almost alarmingly so.
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1973 Triumph TR-6
 

TR-6 with a slightly massaged Chevy 350 and a 5 speed out of a Camaro transplanted in it. That flexible body was never designed for that much torque. The torque was enough I could hold the steering wheel steady and change lanes on the freeway just by nailing the throttle. The stock brakes were definitely not adequate for the increased power and speed. Way too much fun to drive, but it really needed chassis bracing and increased brakes. Wish I still had it.

Saved up money while in Vietnam to return to the states (1969) and purchase this low mileage 1967 TR-4A IRS (exactly same as photo). At the time this British car ranked with the Austin Healy 3000, MGB, etc. Most fun I have had since getting into Porsche. British cars ruled back then!

Bob
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Another vote for the 944. Not just fun but practical in terms of cargo and passsenger space. I almost bought an '83 back in '87 and let my brother talk me out of it; I bought one about 20 years later. It still ticks me off, as the car would have been perfect for me back then.