Is My Room Large Enough?

hi tom,

yer right-on in the audio world, but ya lose me when ya say: "...drive an Acura Integra Type-R. what a machine!!..." try an '81-'86 warmed-over alfa gtv6 - 220hp, rwd, handling acuras only dream about, music from that italian powerplant making a car-stereo unnecessary... now *that's* a mmachine! oh yeah, 1/3 to 1/4 the cost, too! ;~)

regards, doug

ps - if ya *gotta* drop the big money on a car, a pantera, at about the same price as an integra, ain't half-bad... :>)

Sorry, Doug, but I'm the laziest auto guy you'll ever meet. I like a "plug and play" sports car and the Type-R (which is out of production) is exactly that. I've always loved the idea that Alpha represents and in the late 1980s almost bought a Spyder (about the best looking affordable sports car ever made), but during two test drives a dashboard wiring harness kept falling onto my legs, the left front headlight came loose and rattled, the right electric door lift didn't work, and there was stain on the back of the driver's front seat that no one could explain. For the same reason I don't have an analog rig (too much maintenance, etc.) I didn't buy the Alfa. I will only buy or lease new cars and my 1999 Saab 93 SE, which has been back to the dealer three times for warranty work, is as maintenance "rich" as I can handle. Yet, every time I see a Spyder in a parking lot I stop and admire and regret my lack of auto guts. Same thing happens with turntables every time I see the 4-5 boxes of records I've got stored in the basement.

tom, i've put ~250k miles on 4 alfas in the past 9 years - as reliable as any yapanese & svedish (non-saab) cars i've prewiously owned - & much more reliable than my friends' german cars. never have owned a spider, tho - only sedans-n-coupes. so, hurry up & get a turntable, already, willya? alfas-n-winyl *rule*!!! ;~)

regards, doug