I like that definition! And yeah... the Stingray definitely meets those standards. It takes a confident man to admit an affection for the Fiero. :-) This is where my Fiero died two hours after I bought it. The girl I bought it from was in the passenger's seat when I spun out and went off the road and down the cliff. The car rolled twice and wound up in the top of a tree. We had to climb out the sunroof, climb down the tree, and walk back up the hill to the road. For some reason she never wanted to go on a second date with me... A coupe that hugs mountain roads can rate just as high as a rocket IMO as long as it knows what it's all about.
I have a soft spot for the Fiero.
Holy crap. o_O What were the weather conditions? Were you doing the 35 MPH? ;P I had a pal that had one here in MI. He used to put cinder blocks in the trunk I think to try to get some traction. It was a disaster in the snow. Three of us as teenagers used to drive across town with me sitting on the floor and my other buddy indian-style on the passenger seat. Thank god we never crashed.
It's California, so it was a sunny and 72, of course. I was throwing the thing around on my favorite mountain road (probably 50+ MPH), but when the front wheels broke loose in the middle of the corner there was no correcting it. We did a wide, lazy, sliding spin, 180-degrees, and went over the edge of the cliff on her side of the car. We had lots of time to consider our imminent demise. And then we were in top of the one tree on the whole hill. (Otherwise we would have rolled 50-100 times to the bottom.) Adding weight to the