OK OK I give up. The thrill obviously is related to the challenge of driving the vehicle. I never had one of those early British sports cars. Closest I got was a Nissan 280Z which was a pretty refined car for its day. I still have it stored in my garage awaiting time and money to do a complete restoration. (It was the typical early Japanese rust bucket, although mechanically still very sound.)

Just to obliquely get back to the topic of this thread, I had a little American flag sticker on the back because I used to live right near a border crossing into the US that I used often and found that the New York State Troopers went easier on me for speeding when they saw the flag. It is now all faded and tattered, much like I expect the moon flags will be.