{"id":2768,"date":"2022-08-15T02:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T02:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intermarque.org\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2022-08-16T03:13:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T03:13:13","slug":"fool-me-once-shame-on-you-fool-me-twice-shame-on-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intermarque.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/15\/fool-me-once-shame-on-you-fool-me-twice-shame-on-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2013 By Andy Lindberg \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.\u201d Is there a similar aphorism for cars? \u201cWreck me once, shame on me. Wreck me twice, shame on you.\u201d Well I\u2019ve wrecked the Saab twice now. Is that enough for me to learn my lesson? Whatever, Pa Taket has left the building. Marty Adams of Meyer Saab picked her up on Saturday, August 6. He\u2019s going to rebuild her, and probably sell her. So what do I do now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m embarrassed to drive a new car to an old car event. Even if that Miata is ten years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why don\u2019t I like to drive it to a vintage event? Two things. First and least important, it\u2019s about looks. You could recognize the Saab 96 from a block away. The Miata looks like all those Miata wannabe drop tops. Honda S2000s, BMW Z4s and in the more obese class, Jaguars and whatnots. Well, at least you can see it\u2019s not an SUV barge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second and more important, is the sense of accomplishment I get driving an old car. At my first national Triumph convention in North Carolina, people would see my Minnesota plates and say, \u201cWow, did you drive that TR3 all the way here?\u201d This was different from the reaction than that received by the TR4s and TR6s with wind-up windows and other mod cons. The reaction I got in Dallas\/Fort Worth was even more pronounced. Of course that may have been due to my fluorescent sunburn from driving two days with the top down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the Miata is so easy to drive. It insulates you from all those annoying mechanical things that are happening. Yep, that engine is running, but it runs smoothly no matter how cold it is. Or how hot. Or which gear it\u2019s in. Of course it never overheats, not even in 100 degree weather in a traffic jam downtown with the A\/C on. The one thing from which you are not insulated in the Miata is the feel of the road. Thank goodness. Even with the power steering, I can feel the tires\u2019 contact with the road as well as I ever could in my TR3 or Saab 96. So what are my options?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One.<\/strong> Do nothing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two. <\/strong>Wait for Marty to finish the Saab 96 and see if I can buy it back from him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three.<\/strong> Buy a different old car. A Saab 99, 900, or even a 9-3 (although the latter\u2019s GM roots are off putting). Maybe a Citroen 2CV, Dyane, Ami, DS, or CX. At my age, I don\u2019t need anything too fast so turbos are out as are Maserati engines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four.<\/strong> Do nothing. Yeah I know I already mentioned this, but I\u2019m so good at it that it bears repeating. If I do it long enough, the 2012 will become vintage along with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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