Something Fun to Drive

For the general population, "fun to drive" may not even be part of the process when shoping for a car. For the car enthusiast, it's a major consideration. There are hurds of boring transportation appliances cloging our streets and highways these days. Millions of cars, built for people who don't like cars. For some of us, a car is much more than that. We do our car shopping homework looking through car enthusiast publications, not Consumer Reports. We want something fun to drive.  My son Dan has a Dodge Charger SRT-8, one of their top-of-the-line performance models. It's the type of car a guy can take pride in owning, driving, and even show at the local car shows. We get a lot of enjoyment from owning our cars. From the conversations we have with people at car shows, and even at the grocery store parking lots, many people see these cars as something special. Everyone has a story of a car they used to have, or that a friend once had. But then, they get back into their plain white, front wheel drive, 4 cylinder, econo-box, and drive off with the rest of the hurd.

Dan's SRT-8 and my Mustang at the 4th of July car show.