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Cars of the Now
Another silly pick your favourite cars thread, but in this case much more free form. I cannot sleep.
What cars do you want RIGHT NAO?!
W211 E63
F355 w/gated shifter, tan interior, rosso corsa (goes unsaid)
Lancia 037
Facelifted W212 W550 4Matic (I am drinking the coolaid and we have 15 cm on the way)
1993 Plymouth Voyager
C7
Mustang S550 ('15 Mustang codename)
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choice is limited, hydraulic suspension becoming rarer and rarer these days.
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[quote=henk4;1002195]choice is limited, hydraulic suspension becoming rarer and rarer these days.[/quote]
It need not be currently built, henk. You could roll in a Goddess should you wish.
I must admit that I am coming around more to your practical side. We have no roads on which to go fast, I have no money and even if I did... Man when you are rolling in an E class, that chassis is, as the Brits would say, sorted. I'd love to spin in a Citroen with hydropneu. The seats and leather are divine in a swanky new Benz. It is a pleasure every time I get to take a spin in a new car at the dealership. The R becomes so boring.
I ain't sold on diesel, and I drive one every. Single. Day. For between 100- 450 kms.
My primary aim now is something comfortable and fun.
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Pieter, here is your dream ... start competing - never too late :) :)
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-D-Super-5-Rally-1973-left-hand-drive-/291003401237?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item43c1278415"]Citroen D Super 5 Rally 1973 left hand drive | eBay[/url]
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While bored at work, I've made a spreadsheet with the cars and bikes I want (that I can think of) that currently has about 150 entries. I am in the process of finding the vital stats of all of those vehicles including: price, how much I want one, and want-adjusted price.
Can you tell I'm an engineer?
I'm currently trying to limit myself to cars and bikes with prices below ~$100,000 otherwise the list would turn into something stupid akin to: "All prewar Delagez, Delahayz, abd Buggatiz, BmW R7, Mklarn F1, 2,300x 1991 Buick Regals lol!!eleven1"
On the non-bike side, the vehicles I've most consistently lusted after are:
Step-nose Alfa Giulia
'65 Buick Riviera (with the four speed that poster-emeritus nota claimed could be had as a special factory install)
Citroen DS (Safari)
Lotus Elan
Etceterini/H-mod
Crosely Wagon (to tow the Etceterini/H-mod)
Second-gen. turbocharged Corvair
Honda CRX
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If I had the money to rent/buy an small warehouse and have a little collection of 80's cars. Including:
- Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 America
- Peugeot 205 GTI
- Rover SD1 Vitesse
- Lancia Thema 8.32
- BMW 325i
- Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 Cosworth
- Ford Capri 2.8i
- Opel Omega 3000 GSI 24v
- Volkswagen Golf GTI 16v
And probably many others I cannot recall now. It is quite feasible (all the cars above combined would be around 50.000 €) except for the warehouse part...
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I want Alfa 4C.
And Maserati Ghibli.
And BMW i8.
That ought to cover 2013 vintage.
In the mean time I am perfectly happy with 1984 Saab 900 with a disintegrated gearbox.:)
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[quote=Kitdy;1002196]I must admit that I am coming around more to your practical side. We have no roads on which to go fast, I have no money and even if I did... Man when you are rolling in an E class, that chassis is, as the Brits would say, sorted. I'd love to spin in a Citroen with hydropneu. The seats and leather are divine in a swanky new Benz. It is a pleasure every time I get to take a spin in a new car at the dealership. The R becomes so boring.
I ain't sold on diesel, and I drive one every. Single. Day. For between 100- 450 kms.
My primary aim now is something comfortable and fun.[/quote]
Well the thing is, not always a stiff suspensions means good handling, or a soft suspension means the car will hand like a boat.
There are cars which ride comfortably [U]and[/U] handle well. The key to strike a good balance between handling and ride, and it is not mandatory to sacrifice to one of them to have the other.
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I want a 164. Whenever I see one I wanna buy it.
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2000 Integra Type-R: The automotive equivalent of a Pikachu.
1997 NSX Zanardi: The best NSX you can buy in the USA
M3 Sedan: supercar performance + sedan body? YES PLEASE!
Subaru Legacy RS Type-RA: All the benefits of WRX ownership without the reputation. I would probably bankrupt myself several times over on the running costs.
Tesla Model S: The future is now. Or 50% of it thirty minutes from now.
BMW 2002 Turbo: because obrut in your mirror means GTFO.
EDIT: Forgot 964 911.
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I've been lusting after either a VW Rabbit Diesel or a Volvo 240D. I like (old) diesel cars all of a sudden. I just think they would have character. And getting 80 MPG, running on waste oil/veggy oil sounds really appealing when you've been doing roughly 300 miles every week.. I could pick a rabbit diesel for the sub 1000 dollar range, but I am a student working a part time, minimum wage job. Not gonna happen anytime soon.
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[quote=kingofthering;1002280]2000 Integra Type-R: The automotive equivalent of a Pikachu.
1997 NSX Zanardi: The best NSX you can buy in the USA
M3 Sedan: supercar performance + sedan body? YES PLEASE!
Subaru Legacy RS Type-RA: All the benefits of WRX ownership without the reputation. I would probably bankrupt myself several times over on the running costs.
Tesla Model S: The future is now. Or 50% of it thirty minutes from now.
BMW 2002 Turbo: because obrut in your mirror means GTFO.
EDIT: Forgot 964 911.[/quote]
What M3? I'd rock a Model S fo' sho'.
[quote=Magnum9987;1002281]I've been lusting after either a VW Rabbit Diesel or a Volvo 240D. I like (old) diesel cars all of a sudden. I just think they would have character. And getting 80 MPG, running on waste oil/veggy oil sounds really appealing when you've been doing roughly 300 miles every week.. I could pick a rabbit diesel for the sub 1000 dollar range, but I am a student working a part time, minimum wage job. Not gonna happen anytime soon.[/quote]
Problem: pedal position, rpm, and speed are all essentially independent of each other if you have an old diesel.
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Tough choice. Mine at the moment would be something like..
- Alfa 1750 GTV
- 964 911 C2 - maybe a targa.
- W113 280SL
- Triumph Thruxton (need to include bikes..)
- Current M5 Touring
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[quote=Kitdy;1002284]I'd rock a Model S fo' sho'.[/quote]
Model S looks superb, but it is more a bedroom wall poster than the Countach ever was. In the Tesla you can't go very far or very fast for where you currently are...