Never heard a truer statement Rob
I could point to all the faster, more exotic, more sophisticated cars I've owned but the one I still smile about when I think of how it felt to drive was the Saxo VTS. Sadly the joy was only matched by the pain of it's shocking build quality and it's
"Police magnet* at any legal speed" qualities.
Not really that fast, front wheel drive and built of cornflake packets, but BOY could that car change directions fast. It never failed to amuse me or my passengers on EVERY SINGLE journey!! Think of it as a poor man's Elise
Imagine putting seats and an engine on a large roller-skate.
To Rob's point, I recall our "Grahamjc" swapping his monster quick GTR (still trying to re-attach my retinas!) for an MX5 for the exact same reasons.
*The irony wasn't lost on me: being a non-drinker in my 9 months ownership I was stopped and breathalysed no less that 14 times but never warned about speeding or anything worthy of police time.
Just very poor excuses to get me out of the car and to blow into the tube; like "having glazed eyes", or "I know you weren't speeding but slow down young man!! Have you been drinking"?
The best was "do you realise you went through a yellow light"?
Me: "Yes officer. I know I shouldn't have under normal circumstances and especially not with a police car on toe".
Policeman: "So why did you do it then, is it because you have a nice car!"!?
Me: "Well officer the honest truth is that you appeared to be in a hurry and awfully close to my tail. (Which he was!) Being wet, I felt it was safer to press on than to brake hard and potentially cause an accident".
Policeman: "Have you been drinking?" Followed by "Blow into this" and "don't do it again"!