The Most Embarrassing Car You’ve Always Wanted to Drive?

[SprintV]

Already driven - Toyota Crown, Nissan Serena

Want to drive - A EG8 Honda Civic sedan riced up with flame stickers on the sides : ))

[Falcon500]

YouTube - Peugeot 206 (INDIA) <<turning one embarresing car into a completly diffrent embarrseing car

[henk4]

Mine has to be the Daihatsu Copen. I hate to admit it, but I’m fascinated by that stupid little thing.

Last year at the Geneva Motor Show I spotted a Copen and I waited until no one was around and sat in it. It felt like a toy. And even though I know I’d hate it, I’m still really curious to see what it drives like.

I did the same this year....and it fitted very well...

[Kitdy]

DMC-12 for me. Back to the Future did it for me as a lad.

[NicFromLA]

I did the same this year....and it fitted very well...

The seat and the driving position were actually nice. But if my friends saw me driving that car, even for a quick test drive, I'd NEVER live it down.

[henk4]

The seat and the driving position were actually nice. But if my friends saw me driving that car, even for a quick test drive, I'd NEVER live it down.

change friends???

[Matra et Alpine]

change friends???

PLenty of "hairdressers" in LA

[nota]

To many candidates to choose just one but I'll nominate these few for now ..

Trojan two-stroke
My mate Gordon has one (I've not seen it as its at his Dad's farm out in the sticks) but it's reputedly slower than you could ever imagine. Solid tyres and chain drive. When coupled with the hellish engine noise he reckons @ 60 km/h it sounds deafening - just like the banshee wail of one of those WWII Stukka dive-bombers on max attack!

Heinkel bubble car
Too cute not to love, and vague memories of test-riding in one which made lots of wonderful whirring noises. (Dad bought a Goggomobile instead which I got to sort-of drive when a kid)

SIMCA-VEDETTE-V8-BEAULIEU-1959
Slow, befinned and feminine, with spats and a poofy model name. It's got the raging 63kW V8, but so ultra-rare it hurts, and probably sounds good too with the twin pipes and manual gearbox.

In fact I've been half tempted to give this guy a ring about the Beaulieu as it also seems to be a perhaps-bargain to me - although you'd probably never make money on it or get rid of it again, so it'd end up as a permanent 'lurker'

Any idea what the "dual lever floor shift" is?

[Falcon500]

In fact I've been half tempted to give this guy a ring about the Beaulieu as it also seems to be a perhaps-bargain to me - although you'd probably never make money on it or get rid of it again, so it'd end up as a permanent 'lurker'

Any idea what the "dual lever floor shift" is?

I once met a guy who put one of them in a catipllaer tracked John deer tractor and with open pipes it was suprisingly quite it had the burble but even with open pipe it was not what you expected.

And thats a splitter in the gearbox chrysler loved hi and low range gears like mitsu in the 80s.

[nota]

I once met a guy who put one of them in a catipllaer tracked John deer tractor and with open pipes it was suprisingly quite it had the burble but even with open pipe it was not what you expected.

And thats a splitter in the gearbox chrysler loved hi and low range gears like mitsu in the 80s.

Ford Flatheads produce a great engine note imo even the baby V8 60

It's confusing because afaik that Simca should be bench seating with column shift, even if they had an O/D option (?)

Thanks for your response

[Waugh-terfall]

Nah, the 80's are better.

<3 both

[theroadneverend]

Mercedes CL 65 AMG

[PRC777]

Any SSC Aero, especially the Ultimate.

[f6fhellcat13]

<3 the 70s

Nah, the 80's are better.

1980s Colombian-fueled excess has nothing on '70s Owsley Stanley-fueled excess.

[Ferrer]

My friend, you were on the wrong country to enjoy the 80's, automotively speaking.