I’m Addicted to High Performance Vehicles
What was the first car you ever rode in? You know, the car that brought you home from the hospital after you were born? In my case, it was a 1970 Boss 302 Mustang that looked exactly like this one.
1970 Boss 302 Mustang = Awesome
This ruined me for life.
There wasn’t too much I could do about this while I was growing up. I couldn’t afford my own car (or motorcycle) even after I was old enough to drive. So mostly I would just ride my 20″ Redline around, in full aero tuck down big hills until that time I lost my balance, crashed, and broke my fall with my face.
Now as an grown-up, or at least an adult, silencing this addiction is much harder. I’ve been to supercross races, motocross races, NASCAR races, ALMS races, World Superbike races, and AMA Superbike races before the Daytona Motorsports Group ruined it. I watch every Formula One, World Superbike, and MotoGP race that gets televised. This helps but doesn’t fully address the problem.
So about ten years ago, I bought myself a used 1988 Honda CRX Si with my annual bonus from IBM. This car was not pretty at all. But it was fun to drive, and pretty fast. This really helped my addiction problem. Then the CRX died. That was a sad, sad day.
I bought my 1998 Kawasaki KX-250 to feed the addiction. And boy, it works. My adrenaline rushes every time I throw my leg over and kick it started. I shift into first, crack the throttle about 1/4 open, and release the clutch and that thing will climb through the gears just about as fast as I can shift. What can compare to motorcycle acceleration? Nothing. Well, a Ferrari, I guess, or a Corvette. But I can’t afford a Ferrari – not yet, anyway. So yeah, my motorcycle will address this problem, except I never get to ride it. It’s too hard to get enough free time all together to go ride.
So my addiction is not getting fed again. Which is why I test drove this.
2003 Nissan 350Z Track Model = Awesome
Boy, am I in trouble. My only hope is that someone buys it before I break down and get it myself.
