---- Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cramped, noisy, slow (998cc) and ...interesting... handling. Perfect for > > British roads. I gave up on mine (registered YOB ***) when I realised > > that it was rusting faster than I could weld. > > Don't know when you had your Bugeye, but given that I drove mine in the > early 60's I had no issue with the size (I was 6'3" then), speed or handling > (better than most vehicles on the road then). Sure in this day it would be > considered primitive but it was a sports car.
Mid 70's. I'm about the same size as you and found that the doors were much narrower than my subsequent Triumph Spitfire. Caused real problems getting in and out. Top speed of ~80mph - and didn't like being there. Oxcart rear axle with 1/4 leaf springs - mine detached themselves from the chassis - so you could hit a pebble in a corner and start sliding. You really did know what was going on, though. > You can't get most new cars without power windows, power steering, radio > delete, auto trans. When I ordered my Boxster S I was amazed at how most of > the option were cosmetic, not functional. > > I suspect most drivers today wouldn't appreciate the Bugeye Sprite. Agreed. For all its faults, I liked it immensely. Called a Frogeye here, btw. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
