Post a picture of your dream car!

If money was no object and the car would be in perfect working condition - what would be your dream car? Me - I've always loved the VW Karmann Ghia and would love one of the convertibles from circa mid-1970s (preferably in a dark shade of green).

that my Memere gave me when she bought her first "automatic". It had 300,000 miles on it when she gave me the keys and I put another 50k on it before the frame rotted out.


1972 Toyota Corona

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50 miles is about half of what I put on my car the first day I was able to go out and drive by myself

The new one look too cookie cutter. Plus going to college with a bunch of rich girls all driving 325 pretty much turned me off on the car

The last of the 7s available with a manual transmission, my '88 735i:



mikey_the_rat

Not terribly practical and it would probably help if I actually knew how to drive...



I wonder if it comes in hybrid?;)

:drool:

but they're hardly the most expensive, and I dare say if money were no object I could find something better.

The Lotus Elise is a very nice car, though.

The Bugatti Veyron. The largest engine ever in a street-legal car. Nothing that is legal to buy on the street beats this car. Nothing.

I mean, not like I can go any faster on I95 in Delaware than about 40MPH even on the best of days. It's like being married to the most amazing woman in the world and not being able to get it up for her (ok, I couldn't think of a better comparison but this works)

if the cops pulled me over -- and didn't just compliment my car and tell me to slow down, the way cops usually do when they pull over a super high-end car -- I'd just tell'em to fuck off, hire a lawyer to get me out of the points, pay the cost of the ticket, and then continue to do 200 mph.

When you have enough money for a Veyron, you have enough money to pay a few thousand speeding tickets without batting an eyelash

but you know what? I think the Elise is better looking than the Bugatti. Big cars are uglier.

I'm just sayin' if you wanna be king of the road, the Veyron's your baby.

But, yeah, the Elise is freakin' gorgeous. Most Lotuses (Loti?) are. :thumbsup:

Toyota engine, correct? It's very nice-looking, and if the engine is a Toyota, reliable.

*sigh*

Painted up like this. If noone has taken it, I'd go for the custom KAR 120C plate, too.

Have you seen any of the locost car projects?
http://locostusa.com/
http://www.mcsorley.net/locost/

There are several book out on how to build them
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859606369/qid=1019702244/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_7_1/102-4634490-2794569?n=283155

Through his work place.
We used in a film, here's a pic:


Here's the engine sound:
http://www.nitrogen.no/blogfiles/june2006/lotusrusing.wav

1970 GTO

or this



1968 Mustang Fastback

I do loves me some muscle cars. It's a shame they all burn fossil fuels...

Somewhere in this photo is a bike that I'm sure is much nicer than the one I own. Wouldn't it be great if all parking lots looked like this?

Tho the Karmann is nice...

but the car like they had in Jeeves and Wooster.

I want to drive wearing a scarf and goggles. :D

when you can fly?

he's kinda slipping at it

Not really suitable for hurricane watching. More for tornado chasin'.

Up close and personal...

That's a Big truck. :o

The dish on the Cat 797D mining truck...

http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=37840&x=7

Gross weight: 1,375,000 pounds.

And you KNOW there are people who overload it.

It's not the size of the truck, but how you use the dish. ;)

But none as locked in my heart as the 1961 Corvette Roadster. :loveya:

I actually saw one of these on Rodeo Drive...omg, they're pretty.

1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass S

Just love the lines on this car


Raw power

except the white dot on the fender :silly: ....neither mind....another dead pixel ;(

Lamborghini Miura

A Lamborghini Miura.

The new Miura concept car.

Believe it or not...I always wanted a car with Zebra stripes..

or this..without the track:


or this..with Zebra stripes...


or even this!! Zebra stripes optional...
Cloudu's Bike from Final Fantasy

You also want the sword racks too?

I like this one:



and this:

She painted it zebra when she first got it in HS and she still drives it.

As far as classy looks go, you can't beat Italian sports cars. I like this 1962 Maserati Sebring too:

I got a ride in one once when I was a just wee tot. Anybody know what it is?

I've got one of the 1/18 diecast in my collection

http://www.modelcars.com/modelcar178.php

marry Pamela Tiffin,Too!

Saw one at the Harrah's Museum in 1967.

Reasonable:



Outlandish:

the one in the top photo, that is. My current dream car (that is in my price range).

But if I can find one, I want it black, inside and out, with a manual and a bike mount for the racks.

Probably the greatest sports car of its era (the 1960s), outperforming even the Porsche 911 in mountain races on hairpin turns because of its exceptional handling and horsepower-to-weight ratio. I wish I could afford one but a decent one nowadays runs about $40K.

1936 Bugatti:



1937 Delage:



1939 Delahaye:



1939 Citroen:



1950 Talbot Lago:



1953 Simca Sport Coupe:



1964 Facel Vega:



1966 Panhard 24CT:



1968 Matra D'Jet:



1969 Citroen:



1978 Renault Alpine A310

But close to that, I have my dream car, a 2004 Prius..

It was the first car I ever bought. I was barely 17. I worked all summer to buy it...for 500 clams. It was a rust bucket...but for my Senior year, the ladies loved it. Fun car.

This has been my dream car since that one got hauled away to the junkyard. Except I want one in black.



Ladies and Genitals...I give you the 1965 Lincoln Continental Convertable. The coupes aren't that expensive. But if you want a convertable...add about 10 grand.

Suicide doors (the back ones open the "wrong" way...open them into traffic and you'll discover why the nickname). A front end with a horizon. Rides like a great big comfy couch.

It's known as "Kennedy's Last Ride" by enthusiasts. Kind of morbid and in bad taste...but I didn't come up with that nickname.

There is one in the corridor of the storage facility where we store all the product for my other seasonal job. I have to look at it 3-4 times a week. It's undercover...but I'm so tempted to hotwire the sombitch...and elope with my lady to the Baja Pennisula.

Looking at it there...not moving...for several years now...when you'd need firearms to get me away from it...makes me wanna cry.


And I would NEVER customize it. Only restoration for that baby. Great big white walls. I used to do high end stereo systems...and I'd put one in...but I know how to make it look like it's all original. I'd never ruin her with silly mods.

.. but it sure would make heads turn:

.. I wonder if it would run on Biodiesel :D

My daily driver in fact looks a lot like this one, a Saab Model 96 v4. Same color too:

I am green ....

first one was a 61 sunroof-- various 3 and 4 cylinders, and a 67 monte carlo...my dad owned 3, and two of my friends owned at least 8. we bought every dam 96 for two hundred miles around..if you know anyone who wants a full circle 2 stroke crank and Halda speed pilot i`ve got them...also have some of the first issues of saab club news and other stuff,about 30 lbs of magazines, brochures,and glove box manuals.

i love those cars but since there isn`t any 93-96`s around here, i`ve switched to crx`s.

B-)

for stately crusing



for hauling ass

Gives me a "wide-on".....

Merc SLK convertible

I just love this car :D

....*dreams on...*

Yes, it's a production car. 0-60 mph in about four seconds - with an automatic transmission.

Of course, gas prices being what they are, I'd want my Vector with either a kickass hybrid engine or a hydrogen cell. I can be progressive and still have pipe dreams...

Powered by a GM engine, too, as I recall. Sort of like the Pantera, powered by Ford.

All the exotica, but the local garage could swap the alternator and the Jiffy Lube has your oil filter in stock. Try that with a Ferrari.

to go alongside my hybrid. :)

Along with my 1973 Saab Model 96 v4, it's my daily transportation. The Citroen DS was one of the most advanced mass production cars of its era, an engineering masterpiece. You don't even need a jack to change a tire, the car will run on three wheels, it features the smoothest ride of any car ever built (on a hydraulic, not spring suspension), the headlights move in the direction the car turns, you can change gears without a clutch and with just your pinkie finger touching the gear shifter up on the steering wheel, it's very spacious, reliable, fast, and fuel efficient and it looks like a floating spaceship.

I think they're the most beautiful beautiful looking cars, like none other. I didn't know they were so technically sophisticated. Do you maintain it yourself? I've heard they're a bitch to fix, and parts are really hard to come by. (I can't even change the oil in my car and don't like standard transmissions, so I doubt if I'll ever own one.)

i guess i'm some kind of hopeless dreamer of a fool....but for the moment it is this (it won't be out until 2008)

Nissan Skyline GT-R (R35)

Couldn't find a good picture of the old ones, and it should be green. I miss the belt.

Or maybe an Austin-Healy 3000. Also should be green.


--IMM

about for my next one in two years. I've got a Lexus ES330 now, but want something more economical and efficient next time. Unfortunately, it looks like the Mini requires premium gas.

I figure, it's gotta be exotic, fast and a 'vert.

The Pagani (AMG V12, 0-60 in around 3 seconds, pushes 1.4-ish g's):



Or maybe the Ferrari 360 Spider (who cares, it's a Ferrari):



Though, for half the money, and half the headaches, I could slice and dice them both with this beast, a brand new 2006 Corvette, brutally upgraded over at Lingenfelter Performance (twin turbo 427...800 horsepower, and all under warranty)