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steve  ·  1317 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 19, 2020

    I guess I have to spend the rest of the day listening to Roxette and dreaming of Ferrari Dinos.

that little Dino is.... cute? it makes me think of those Fiero Ferrari kit cars people assemble. It's awesome in all the right ways.

    unattainable cars

the shot of the jag's mechanical throttle made my heart race. What a beautiful car.





kleinbl00  ·  1317 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think without the Fiero the kit car industry would have died in '84. SO many different flavors of "almost" are based on that chassis.

To me a Dino is a mid-engined sports car that isn't trying too hard. It was supposed to be like the Ferrari Lite of the era; if you truly wanted to go fast, you bought a 365 like a real man. They're stratospherically expensive for what they are, too. 2.4L of Italian unreliability for a mere $250k? Sign me up please! But they're the curviest little creatures. If I could buy one for a tenth what they go for I'd sure think about it.

steve  ·  1316 days ago  ·  link  ·  

by the way

    horrifically-impractical parade float of unreliability

is a lovely and perfect phrase that I hope to retain and use liberally, thank you.