Postby Hasbeen » 13 Dec 2009 09:28
That glove thing really works for me Beans. I think it's a factor of
a good car, rather than size. I feel the same way with the 7, but
surprisingly I felt the same thing in the Holden Monaro, I drove at
Bathurst. I have always liked cars that you got into, then sort of
mentally zipped up around you.
The Monaro was a big car, by any standard. I did some testing, &
development work on them, before they went into production.
When I first got into one, my first thought was, "how on earth are
we going to race this block of flats, around Bathurst". But their
development blokes had done a mighty job, before we started.
After about 10 laps of the GM test track, the thing had shrunk to
the size of Fiat 124, & another 10 laps it was down to the size of
my Morgan +4.
They were so kind, & forgiving, & sort of "all together", that you
felt as if you had slipped it on, rather than got into it, just
like the 7 does. Those great lumpy looking Monaros must be my
second favourite car of all time, after my 7.
Hasbeen
