{"id":459465,"date":"2001-04-01T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2001-04-01T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=118290"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:30:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:30:58","slug":"awful-cars-stirling-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/awful-cars-stirling-moss\/","title":{"rendered":"Stirling Speaks &#8211; Awful Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Stirling Moss On Truly Horrible Cars<\/h2>\n<p>Like any racing driver who has competed seriously, I am often asked what were my favorite cars, or the quickest, or the easiest to drive. That\u2019s always a difficult question to answer because cars are so different from each other. Certain cars suit certain circuits, the others don\u2019t, and some feel better to one driver than to another. It is always an interesting question and the discussion can easily go on for hours, or years in my case!<\/p>\n<p>The question I am not asked so often is which cars I didn\u2019t like, and I can answer that pretty quickly. At the top of the list, by a very long way, is the BRM 16-cylinder car, which was by far the most appalling car I ever drove. For different reasons, the Maserati 4.5 coupe is well up the list, and also for different reasons is the Eldorado Maserati. The 3.5-liter Maserati sports car wasn\u2019t a nice car, so it seems I\u2019m being tough on Maserati, but I\u2019m not really, as the 250F Grand Prix car was certainly one of the best cars I ever drove.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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