What was the favorite car you ever owned?

[Ravenshire]

My stepdad had an old TR-6. Great car to drive, on the two days a week it felt like moving. Electrical issues out the wazoo.

I changed out the Lucas alternator with an aftermarket GM replacement and most of the electrical trouble went away. Of course, there are still dirty/corroded grounds to deal with occasionally and the odd WTF failure mode of some of the other Lucas components, but it's way better now.

An aside...
You know why the Brits like their beer warm? Lucas made their refrigerators.

Going back to my old Z, one thing I loved about it was that it had a touch of understeer built in to the geometry and CG, which when coupled with a torquey inline-six, meant that blasting through three-dimensional roadways was easy -- you could slide through a sharp turn and when the road straightened out, lift off the gas and the back end lines up as quick as you'd like, with no fuss.

My first car was a late 70's 280Z. '79, I think, but I can't remember for sure. That's the only car I've ever driven that came close to the fun generated by my Spitfire.

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My god you people are old and/or rich. This is the first car I ever bought myself (age 19 in the year 2005), a 99' Pontiac Sunfire. It had a racing clutch, and after I taught myself how to drive it (two weeks of horror), I was in heaven. This 4 cylinder baby outpaced brand new Mustangs (of course I checked! It was a Friday night past time for me). It even had jimmy rigged cruise control, did excellent off road in the desert, and had a nifty automatic sunroof with which to squish your friends into if they tried to climb out!

Not old or rich. My baby is just affordable fun.