Re: A suggested upgrade in my choice of cars...

[Bernie Bennett <bennetts77833@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom:

Is yours an automatic? The standards, 5 speeds, have a smaller radius.

For those narrow streets, try a handbrake turn <g>!

Best wishes,
Bernie Bennett
Brenham, TX
2 164's Automatic & 1 Spider Veloce Automatic (now there's a tight 
turning radius, and light feel w/the stock wide tires and heavy 
15"wheels, makes the 164s feel like trucks (that's not a criticism just 
a fact)) bjb

Thomas Washburn wrote:


> "Jay T Hinton" <jhinton@domain.elided> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > We were trying to figure the turning radius of the new driveway,  and
> > he suggested I go to a larger radius,  as afterall,  I might want to
> > upgrade to a Cadillac or Mercerdes.....
> >
> > So I immediately led him into the garage and showed him my 91 164L, 
> > which is still in quite presentable appearance,  and told him I had no
> > intention of downgrading to either of the above mentioned cars.....
> >    
> He needn't worry -- if your 164L can make the turn, a Cadillac or
> Mercedes (or Freightliner, for that matter) should have no trouble.
>
> I've never owned a car with as huge a turning circle as the 164.
>
> On most of the streets around here (Northern California), there isn't 
> enough distance curbside-to-curbside to execute a U-turn in my 164 
> without reversing.  I have no idea how Italian 164 owners get by in 
> the narrow lanes of the centro storico.
>
> Regards
> -Tom
> thomasw@domain.elided
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