DriveTribeBen Dykstra | DriveTribe
Living with a 70’s Muscle car as your daily...
Since I was a child I’ve always hankered after a ‘bullnose’ Firebird since first seeing one in a computer game, It’s taken me a few years of saving up and searching but I finally own a genuine Formula 400 model. Living with it as a daily car isn’t as bad as people would think, I’ve not really worked out the fuel consumption but that’s really the worst part of any old muscle car. The noise it makes is phenomenal from the twin rear exit exhausts (as to be expected) and as a daily it starts nicely, has decent space inside and doesn’t feel too big for the roads where I live. I have had plenty of LHD cars before but this certainly feels at home in English country lanes... it gets plenty of attention from people at fuel stations and Tesco car park but I’m pretty used to the barrage of questions from people wanting to know what it is. It’s got a few nice features, warm heater, decent stereo, power steering, plenty of gauges to keep up to date on engine temp, oil pressure, vacuum economy and revs. Overall I feel it’s a nice usable car... if you don’t mind spending roughly £1/mile on fuel...