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| *photo from wallpaperup.com |
It was in 1974. Manong Pete was flying back & forth between Taipei and Manila for work, and he would leave his silver grey Opel Manta A parked with us when he would leave for Taipei. It was a sporty German car, one of the first compact cars that boasted of speed and handling, and was ready to take on the more established American V6 guzzlers. I had no driver's license then, and I wanted very much to be able to drive the car.
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| *photo from autodata1.com |
Fast forward eight years later, 1982. I still can't forget that summer, when I had a beige Opel Manta B, exactly like the one pictured immediately below. Stock 2 liter engine, 4 speed M/T. 180 kph was easy, and I would drive down EDSA from Makati at midnight with full confidence. Of course I was fast, but then again, there were other cars that could overtake me (to my chagrin, a red Ferrari beat me to Ortigas Avenue).
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| *photo from pinthiscars.com |
Still, no qualms, no regrets. I loved that car. Lots of new cars come and go, and some might even become my new flame or flavor of the month. But it is true--the Opels have a special reserved place in my heart. Oh, the passion of youth!
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| *photo from motorpia.com |
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