In the late '80s I had a '71 Porsche 914 that was in good enough shape that I got it for about $1700. A little rusty, and had been bent a couple of times. I don't know how safe it would have been if I had actually tried to take it up to speed, but a local junior college had a perimeter drive around the campus that I don't think had a straight section, and had about a 15 or 20 mph limit, and that 914 was a lot of fun going around between classes at about 35! My current toy is a '70 VW Karmann Ghia convertible, which still has its original 57 hp 1600 single port engine. (And also its original convertible top, which is not much more weather proof up than down, but I hope to get that fixed this winter.) Up until a few months ago the VW was backup to a "02 F150 with 344,000 miles on its V6, and both vehicles were getting to the point where not running the mileage up was more important than getting there in a hurry, so when I needed to travel I usually set Google Maps to find the shortest route, which often meant the "scenic route" rather than the interstates. Since I retired this spring I suspect that when the world opens back up and I start to travel again I will probably go out of my way to take the scenic route. Even in my "new" F150, which is only 8 years old and only has 100,000 miles
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