Sports cars

Yes Anno. And you forget each time how low it is. And land on the seat with a bump.

Sel- I was hoping nobody would have noticed that.

and would have raised a few eyebrows if it was from the driver's side Anno

I had an MGBGT back in the '70s and loved it! Also shared with exDH a TR6 which was a lovely car as well, then the kids came along and the MG had to go when eldest DS had to fold in half to sit in the back on the battery housing - before the days of compulsory seat belts in the back ! However he seems to have inherited my love of cars as he has a little (very, very fast - sorry ...) Caterham which is quite scary!

My OH and I have considered an MX5 for quite a few years, no good when I had my greyhound. But now I'm dogless? Maybe, but for how long would we be able to physically get in and out

To get in and out of a low-slung sports car, you need to be physically fit. Getting in and out of a Porsche with my left arm in a big sling was not easy and certainly not elegant.

It could be because the engine is in the back. (why?) It makes it feel as if you are being shot forward from behind. Well, you are I suppose.

Yes but it seems so sudden with the porsche. And there's the roarie noise.

Mine can shoot forward too, it's called acceleration lol. My previous car was a Lotus Elise, that was a beautiful,car to drive but very different to the Mercedes.

Yes Ylil there is a surprising amount of carrying space (boot and in front where engine should be) with the porsche. It's not all bad.

Yes, but there's this thing it (the porsche that is) can do where it suddenly shoots forward. And it makes a roo-oar sound. Frightens the you-know-what out of me.

I can get the shopping in the boot of my SLK.

jingle my DH had a volvo a few years ago and that was some speed machine took me by surprise, lovely car to drive and very comfortable.

you always seem to be going faster than you actually are, its when you are low to the road.

Give me our super-comfy Volvo any day.

It's not lovely when he puts his foot down and I feel like my stomach has been left behind!

He assures me we are still within the speed limit. (humph!)

Ohh jingle lovely.

Nellie I could get a weeks shopping in my boot when it was just DH and I at home. Had a fair size boot, and a small boot in the bonnet as the engine was in the middle.

Son has recently acquired a Porsche (or a Porsha as he insists on calling it ). It is inclined to give me travel sickness.

How do you sports car types do your shopping and other stuff?

I need a car that will take a weeks shopping, or a boot full of plants from our excellent local garden centre and to take stuff to the local tip.

I also need one where I can see over the steering wheel and not through it.
Because of my wonky back anything but a firm seat and a sit up straight drivng position is out of the question. A sports car would be no good at all.

I am very happy with my Renault Clio hatchback.
It has enough ooomph to comfortably get over the Peak District to see DD on the other side. Any more power is not needed, given that most of the journey is limited 50 mph to stop so many motorcylists killing themselves every weekend on the moors above Buxton!

Thanks girls, actually I lied, I just had my hair cut! Haha

I drive an SLK and love the luxury of it.

I love my little Audi TT and I don't care if people think a nana like me should not be driving it, I always loved them and was determined to have one because as the saying goes "I am worth it".
Glass I love the MR2 I had a friend abroad who had one and I borrowed it once what a fab car to drive it's a pity you had to grow up so soon !!!

Ylil, you have my permission to drive an open top sports car - go for it! -grin]

Ooooh Ylil I looked on your profile and you're 62 - you may well be gorgeous but long flowing hair? You go girl

I am gorgeous with long flowing hair��

I'm afraid I always think that way too, Sel - open top sports cars should really only be driven by youngish, Italian-type men or gorgeous women with flowing hair...