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Cavalier attitude
As I began to read Richard Meaden’s review of the Ferrari Roma and its rivals (evo 290), his thoughts about immense European road trips brought back fond memories of my own one-hit journey to the south of France in the late ’80s.
Of course, it wasn’t in a vastly expensive GT car but in a Cavalier SRi 130 with Mrs Stacey, two young kids, a full-size race windsurfer on the roof rack and enough luggage for two weeks.
A Cavalier in this spec was vastly underrated, and thanks to its 8-valve motor and accompanying torque-rich delivery, even as loaded it could cover ground at speeds considered rather rapid in the day.
We drove off the ferry early in the morning and after a run down the A26 at a steady indicated 85mph picked up the Route Napoléon, one of my dream driving roads. It did not disappoint (as it has done somewhat since as traffic has increased) and we drove as quickly as I knew how so we could arrive at Rive de
