Unfulfilled wishes of the first decade between gas
Over the last ten years, and of course the decades before that, we have had the opportunity to drive some of the most extraordinary and spectacular cars ever built. And we were also able to drive the cars that once raced in their hundreds of thousands and even millions, but are now almost forgotten. After almost 1000 cars that we were able to sit behind the wheel of, you would think that there could hardly be anything left to be desired. But that's not the case after all. Although the list is getting smaller, new candidates are constantly being added.
For example, we have never had the opportunity to learn the special driving technique required for the Ford Model T. We were never allowed to drive the pre-war super sports car, the Bugatti 35, or its competitor, the Alta Sports. We were also never allowed to drive the Ferrari 212, and our wish for a test ride in the FMR Tiger 500 could not yet be fulfilled. We have only seen the Lotus Elite from the late fifties from the outside and the Meyers Manx Buggy only in pictures. We would also like to climb into a BMW M1 one day and we haven't even seen a Lamborghini Silhouette (pictured above) for decades. And then we wouldn't resist a test drive in the Peugeot 205 T16 or the McLaren F1. And the Pagani Zonda is another car we would like to experience in person. And, of course, we would immediately drop everything if we were offered a Jaguar C-Type or D-Type.
Of course, we could name many more cars, the list could even go on for pages if we were to differentiate between engines, transmissions or body variants. But there are also other wishes.
Over the last ten years, we have had the opportunity to drive special classics over longer distances several times, i.e. not just a test drive over a few kilometers (with a photo session). One example of this was the month we enjoyed with an Apal Buggy. This month is one of my favorite memories of the first ten years of Zwischengas. And it led to a driving report whose photos were taken at no less than 20 different locations.
You can only do something like that if you've had a car for a long time. But of course you also get to know a car better if you drive it for a longer period of time, which is one reason why we always like to do reports on classic cars that we own or have owned ourselves. Unfortunately, we can't buy every car that we like or that interests us ...
The nice thing about our topic is that we never run out of material. After all, tens of thousands of car models have already been produced and we are always coming up with new angles from which to view special, but also once commonplace cars. How about reliving a vacation trip in a cabin scooter? Or crossing mountain passes in a pre-war automobile? In the past, we often simply didn't have enough time to tackle something like this. But everything will be better in the new year, and there's nothing like good intentions ...
