Little Sports Car Book at Union Station Book Store

Was walking through Union Station in Toronto, sipping my first Tim Hortons coffee of the day, and saw that a little bookstore had a display in the great hall. I saw a little book on sports cars through the ages (tried to find the Sports Cars book on Amazon but I couldn't see it) and I flipped through it.

I liked the book - it was mostly pictures, and it was a small book, so it was easy to flip through. Thing that pissed me off was the fact that the Viper was so poorly photographed. I mean, the Gen I (first generation Viper) was shot from the hood, so you couldn't see any of the side scoops which give the Viper its most aggressive stance. And same with the Gen III and generation 4 Viper - hood shots that really didn't give you the true look and feel of the car.

The other thing that pissed me off was the fact that it showed a BMW Z8 and Z3 on the same page. Nothing wrong with photographing them together, but the Z3 had the canvas roof up. I mean, why would you photograph a convertible roadster WITH THE ROOF UP! I mean, the Z3 does look a little like a breadbox when it is fully enclosed.

I did see the Ford Pantera. Apparently, only 4000 Ford Pantera's were ever actually built. The reason it's so interesting is that it was the car that Tim Horton was driving when he crashed into the underpass on the 403/QEW, driving from Toronto back to Buffalo after his Sabres played the Maple Leafs. Apparently, while the car did have air conditioning, it wasn't well built. Perhaps air bags and slightly better construction might have saved Tim Hortons' life. Of course, probably not driving drunk, while also under the influence of pain killers, would have been equally beneficial.

Well, it's off to the JavaRanch and Hibernate forums to do some postings!