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Well this conversation turned up something neat.  I asked my friend why they got rid of that 64 1/2 Mustang, and I found out they didn't, it just got retired for a few decades.  First picture is as I remember it, on the last day he drove it.  Evidently it stayed at his parents house for about 22 years and now he's brought it to his place where he's begun the process of tearing it down to the bones to rebuild (2nd photo).  I'll be interested to see it again when he's done with it. 

Driving that thing felt like trying to tame a lion that's starting to get hungry. 

The Mustang was mostly of unibody construction.  The exception was forward of the firewall, where you can see the stub frame rails.

There was a "Ferrari Testarossa" aftermarket body kit that could be appled to the Fiero.



I believe that the top one is the genuine article.

My mother had a 1st-gen VW Scirocco.  Quick and handled well.

The GTI, for us, is a near perfect vehicle.  I get close to 40 mpg highway cruising at 80.  It has plenty of torque in 6th gear to climb hills and accelerate on freeways without downshifting.  There is room in the back for Costco, and the rear seat is adequate.  And it handles well, they dialed out the understeer for the most part.  The only issue I've had is replacing two tires from road damage.  The Caddy was a bit large for the city.

And it really had no more usable room.

you seem to have more tire issues than normal

don't know why anyone would want run flats - especially for the price

It will be nice in the far future when electric lines are all buried and we can let trees grow to their full dimensions along streets and roads.

If there is a far future.

Anything new built here has to bury the lines.  There is some exception if you build something very small apparently.  The good news is the pace of new construction is incredible, to me.  It gives us reason to walk through town instead of the parks every few days anyway just to watch the buildings going up.

I am amazed at it all, the level of coordination needed to build something and haul all that tonnage onto the site in the right order, more or less.  The skyline is dotted with cranes.  This one should be nice when finished in a year or so, that gap is to be a ped walkthrough with retail on each side (restaurants and bars).  The traffic impact will get interesting as the city is shrinking a lot of the roads from four lanes to three to put in bike paths.



The interesting thing to me also is the number of buildings oriented to students here, pretty luxurious midrise and highrise buildings.

High-rise roundup: Tower projects advance in Midtown, downtown | Urbanize Atlanta

Ha, I remember those Testarossa panels for the Fiero!  I thought they were brilliant at the time.  I was also around 14 at the time, so...


Another car I loved in the 80s, was this one: