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Choosing A Classic For The Weekend

I had always been a car nut, as a kid myof the Ferrari motor company had called it
bedroom walls had been plastered with the'the  most  beautiful  car  ever  made'.
models of the day but mostly with pictures of
beautiful little open topped sports carsThe car today still does not look dated next
racing  through  the  British  countryside.to contemporary Ferraris and Porches, in many
ways it is superior. Being able to hire one
Now in adulthood I thought my chances ofof these outstanding cars would be a delight
re-enacting these scenes were slim to none.I  would  have  never  expected  to  have.
However for a birthday gift one year my wife
had contacted a classic car hire firm and notThey also had available a Mercedes Benz 280
knowing which model to get had simply boughtSL, this cute little car can still be seen as
me a voucher for a weekend in whatevercool today, with classic styling that will
particular  hire  car  I  would  like.never be surpassed. The fact the performance
and handling were clearly from a different
This idea was brilliant; to hire a classicgeneration was not important, it is not about
car for the weekend would be fantastic andgoing fast in a classic open top, it is about
twinned with a couple of nights in a hotelenjoying your surrounding and the company,
would make for a very enjoyable trip. I wentanyway going faster than fifty in a
to the hire company's website and laid myconvertible  just  ruins  your  hair.
eyes on possibly four of the greatest cars
ever made; this was going to be a difficultFinally there was the veteran of the pack,
choice.the Triumph TR3A, being made up until 1962 it
also had looks to die for, and its
Firstly they had a gorgeous little Austinperformance is also acceptable in the modern
Healey 3000 available for hire. As a 1965world. Being the first car with disc brakes
model in British racing green it had been theas standard at least you know it will be safe
car I had envisaged myself driving all thoseand with a 0-60 of twelve seconds its
years ago. After seeing this car in variousacceleration is not all that bad. But as I
races throughout the sixties, being able tosaid earlier, it is not all about
hire one of these glorious little motorsperformance.
would be a privilege, and one that would
surely  be memorable for the rest of my days.These cars were from a different era, despite
that they still have jaw dropping good looks
Before I capitulated to signing up for theand the ability to turn heads. The choice of
hire of this car I made a concerted effortwhich one to hire for my weekend away was a
too look at the other classics available forhard one, the Austin and Mercedes both had
hire. If I had thought that the first optionappeal, as did the little Triumph but there
had bowled me over the second car I viewedwas no question really. Who could turn down
gave me even more of a shock; a beautifulthe chance to hire a classic E-Type for the
example of the fabled Jaguar E-Type, soft topweekend?
of  course.
To drive around what has been hailed as the
This revolutionary car had transformed thebest looking classic car of all time, the
sports car market, its engine, the handling,most iconic car of my generation was too good
but above all its styling had placed thisa chance to pass up. I would hire the Jaguar
magnificent car well ahead of its time. Soand tour the English countryside in style, my
much so that even Enzo Ferrari, the creatoronly worry now was the weather.



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