Originally posted by Kerrowdown I did and I also liked the idea of the Escort's rear wheel drive.
This Escort was the first car I drove with radial tires...Michelin X as I recall. We didn't get this generation of Ford Escort in Canada and even though the one I was driving was a low spec, basic Escort...I was impressed with it's prowess in the corners and of course there are a lot of corners in Scotland and England on the back roads I prefer driving.
However on this trip, there was a reminder to not overdo it while I was pretending to be Jackie Stewart.
Somewhere outside of Fort William we came across a large tow truck, winching out another tourist rental car out of a body of water, whose name escapes me. After that, I knew it was time to scale back on these unfamiliar roads and return to my Walter Mitty self.