Owned: Dead flat tie between the current Miata and the previous Spec V. Different cars in just about every way possible, but liked them both equally for different reasons.
Driven: Probably an S2000. Simply the best manual transmission/engine combo I've ever put my hand to and the rest of the car seemingly built around it. Loved it. May own one some day.
amg_rx7
SuperDork
5/19/15 3:34 p.m.
Fun street driving - my FD
Racing - Spec Miata
Go Mazda! Zoomity zoom zoom zoom!
GPS: Lexus LS400 takes that award, her 5'10 well endowed blonde. Bonus points that it was her dad's car, which he had owned for less then 2 weeks.
Not the Miata, too fragile and terrible on the interstate.
Not the Allroad, not quite enough gearing and should have been a manual.
My favorite all time fun car was my 1988 Turbocoupe with beat suspension. 5 speed, RWD, big turbo power and durable as a tank.
Cotton
UberDork
5/19/15 4:24 p.m.
This is an odd combo, but I think out of the current fleet it would be my 96 993 and my 78 T/A. Both are just a blast but go about it totally different. I really enjoy going back and forth between cars like that for the contrast in experience.
Either my 97 neon acr, or the original drivabeater for insanely different experience and dynamics, but same end result: mad scientistlaughs eevery drive.
I had the most fun driving my first car, a 1980 Trans Am.
The most fun car to drive I've owned was my 1982 BMW 320is.
The funnest car I've driven was a 1999 Chevrolet Corvette.
Tough question.
Owned: '74 X/9 and 944 Turbo are probably tied.
Driven: Hoelscher's old championship winning DSP X1/9 or a friend's ITS 240Z.
My old Z-cars were the most fun to drive, but kind of caveating it; with urethane bushings at a minimum in the compression rods, quite fun; with urethane throughout, the absolute best.
My 320i is the second most, even though they're really slow until you do a few mods to wake them up (then they're just slow...).
The Answer is third up, although the ability to throw down the roof almost kicks it up to second.
Ones I've driven/riden in that were fun were a C6 Z06 (wow, rocket ship), an 88 Vette we rented on our honeymoon, and a friend's dad's 80's 911. I'd probably still rank them behind the three above, but the rocket ship would have ample potential to top the list if I could spend more time in it.
My first car, a 1971 Datsun 510, or my current Miata.
Most fun car I've owned isn't a car at all. 1980 Honda TwinStar CM200T. A motorcycle. Archaic, but I've ridden its 12C.I. 14hp ass 500mi in a day to the Mississippi River. I've drag raced it against a blown fuel alterd
(and lost ) I've crashed it, fixed it back up. I can never, ever sell it.
Most fun car I've driven isn't a car. I flew a 1944 T-6 Texan. Loops, rolls. Completely ruined strait and level flying forever.
My favorite car is my 79 RX-7 GS. I think about selling it sometimes, but then I drive it, and remember how much I love it. A close second is my 74 REPU. I have owned the truck longer, and it is a member of the family now.
Rupert wrote:
In reply to BlueInGreen44:I think you and GPS may have something in common with a lot of us. In that category the back seat of my '66 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 was a fun ride.
Nah, that would be the Taurus wagon I had in high school. The foxbody Lincoln didn't have much of a backseat.
Oh come on....Bonus points for the most fun in the car and driving the car were in a miata. Surprising room with the top down.
Don49
HalfDork
5/19/15 7:48 p.m.
Toss up between my 68 Alfa GTV and my S2000. But, you would be surprised what you can do in a Honda S600, even with the top up!
NGTD
UltraDork
5/19/15 7:52 p.m.
The 02 WRX I used to own.
Owned: My current 328i
Driven: On the autocross course, a Z3 on all-season tires.
Opti
Reader
5/19/15 8:06 p.m.
Driven: Track time in a Balboni Gallardo
Owned: LT1 Z28, actually started trying to track it down.
Owned: My E36 328is
Driven: Toss up between a Dodge Viper, modified B13 SE-R, and a lightly modded Evo IX MR
Owned and driven:
My 1988 Fiero with a caddy v-8.
My first proper hot rod. She was stolen shortly after I finished her. Never saw it again.
Hal
SuperDork
5/19/15 9:16 p.m.
<--- 223 supercharged WHP and a complete SVT suspension on a 2600Lb car makes for a lot of fun.
fujioko
HalfDork
5/19/15 10:05 p.m.
I really like my current Miata, but it's not a fun car.
In my senior year I got a 1973 Brown Maverick 4 dr six cylinder/auto. The car was FREE and throughout its short life zero berkeleys were given. The car went off road/ on road and parking lot demolition derby.
I drove the car to school and work for about two months. In the end, it had no windows and the trunk was pushed into the back seat. I enjoyed the berkeley out of that car more than anything I have ever owned.
18 years old in the back of my '87 Integra 3 door with the rear seats folded flat and a limber young blonde.
Owned: the Z51 in my signature and avatar
Driven: E60 M5 with that wicked V10
Honorable mention: an '89 Ford Escort that I bought for $100 and flogged mercilessly.
Owned: toss up between my old ZX2 with SR suspension bits. I beat the hell out of that thing. More fun that it had any right to be and my 91 Foxbody GT- at 16 i had tons of fun in that car.
Driven: sad as it may seem, a '14 focus ST. I've not driven many 'fun' cars, but i test drive an ST a few times and it's a perfect combo of torque and tossability. At least for a guy that DDs an automatic 4cyl sedan.