Zeppo wrote:
>
> "Andy" > wrote in message ...
> > Mark Thorson said...
> >
> >> I had a Fiat 850 Spyder convertible sports car for a few years.
> >> It was the most fun car I ever had, despite having such a tiny
> >> engine (just under 50 cu in, so it qualified for treatment as
> >> a motorcycle under some smog law somewhere). Fun to drive
> >> on the freeway in the rain with the top down, because the
> >> windshield kept the interior dry. As long as I didn't stop,
> >> I didn't get wet (except for the top of my head).
> >>
> >> Nowadays, I care more about safety and wouldn't be likely to own
> >> a convertible again. Especially a lightweight car like that
> >> which would go into a skid at the least provocation on a wet
> >> street.
> >
> > But weren't the Spider's micro sports cars?
> >
> > I can't picture Chrysler going that route. They're the American Gas Hog
> > car
> > company.
>
> The Crossfire isn't all that big. Nice handling car, too. I rented one for
> the weekend when visiting my cousin in Kentucky last year.

When I had the Spyder, it had great handling at a time
when all American cars had terrible handling. My previous
car was a 1968 Ford Mustang convertible, and I compared
its handling to a railroad boxcar with a steering wheel.
It was horrible.

Shortly thereafter, you could get that good handling in
most Japanese cars, but Detroit cars were still crap.
Today, all cars handle like sports cars, compared to
30 years ago when only sports cars handled like sports
cars, and everything else was like driving a schoolbus.