My weekend experience

[crash_2365]

Now, I know it's been a while since I've posted,

In all honesty, until last week, the SVX had been all but forgotten to make space for a 97 Z28 that came into my life. I had become numb to what real quality, and handling, and poise mean to a car. Being at a tech school, all I wanted to do was go fast, so I traded my Dakota for a Camaro, did some work in class, and made 373hp. It was a real kick in the pants compared to that dog of a Subaru, with it's six speed and it's snarling V8, how could you go wrong?

Back to present day, and I have a Camaro with a failing Optispark, slipping clutch, a rear diff that makes some interesting noises, and massive amounts of blowby. Sound about right? I bit the bullet and decided to get the SVX back on the road. A gently used transmission and two struts later, I was in heaven. There is a feeling of solidity that would be difficult to find in your average 90's domestic, or any 90's car for that matter.

I turned 21 this weekend (actually yesterday ), and getting back into this car makes me realize how much I've actually matured. Sure I drink, but I could do that before. Before however, I would have bought my SVX because I thought it was fast. Now, I drive it because I enjoy it. The constant looks from the confused, the poise on almost any surface, the smoothness of that flat six...

Now, don't get me wrong, I love my muscle cars. My dream car is a C3 Vette, and I would kill for about any old Mopar. The SVX however, is in a class all of it's own, somewhere near all the other automotive oddities. More than anything though, the SVX is a car that you can always be happy to see... and even more so to be seen in.