What Moments Behind the Wheel Do You Wish You Could Get Back

[95SVTCobra]

Fast forward ~3 years. The Porsche was long gone thanks to the Epic Garage Fire of 2007, and dad just had his motorcycle, truck and work van. I had just gotten the M3 and he wanted to take it for a spin, so I let him drive it to Home Depot or something. He putters along the backroads in his Dad way, but he just can't resist seeing what it'll do when we get to the highway. He turns out and pegs redline in first, knocks it into 2nd and winds it all the way out again, goes for third, only gets halfway in the gate so the shifter spits back into neutral when he drops the clutch and the car slams against fuel cut. He gives me the most sheepish look a father can give a son, and to this day still has not driven the car again. :lol:

You should see my dad and/or mom when I get on the car just a little bit. My dad reaches for something to hold on to :lol:. And then I get the lecture about how I can't mod the car anymore, it is too fast. When I ride in my car with my dad, he gets on it a bit, and sometimes will even shake his head. When we ride in his (which is rare, I came home this last weekend to it covered in dust :?) he is smooth and never breaks 3k rpm haha.

I often ask him while we were cleaning out the garage, and looking out at the cobras...

So still can't drive it till 35 huh? :lol:

It seriously is cool though to have the same car I grew up riding in, and seeing him work on and keep clean, and I now have my own connection to both cars, and to him. Probably one of the biggest reasons I have no plans to ever sell it.