Your ultimate realistic dream car

[chriswt]

Does anyone else suffer from that terrible condition where you feel compelled to torture yourself by looking on Ebay/Pistonheads/Autotrader to see if your ultimate ‘dream car’ is up for sale.

When I say dream car I mean the realistic one that you've always hankered after and is may be only 5 or 10 years of saving or 2/3 promotions away, the one that features in your long term plans for the future, the one you’d never sell.

Its the one that gets you in the gut whenever you see it, or gets you thinking in great detail about ways of buying it, storing it and even cleaning it!!!

Having hired a 4.2 E-type roadster in 2006 for the weekend that I proposed to the missus I’m now desperate to one day own one and when things like this pop up on Ebay I imagine that I could buy it and slowly restore it:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1969-JAGUAR-E...hash=item280240827551&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

This of course begs the question; does anyone own their long term dream car already?

 

[fyonn]

ha! there's one car I've hankered after ever since I first saw it in the early 90's. It looked great then, it looks great now and I'd love to buy one as a car for the weekend, or whenever I'm feeling like it.

BMW 8 series.

thing is, I could go out and buy one this afternoon if I really wanted but I'm just a bit too sensible. I've got nowhere to keep it, and it would be likely to be a bit of a money pit. Also, I'd likely have little chance of ever selling it

dave

PS. I'd still like to get one though and slowly have it improved. get some good satnav nicely installed, bluetooth. maybe see if the engine power can be brought up a bit (I always thought that the engine from an e39 M5 would probably be a drop-in replacement) etcetc.

oh no, I'm gonna look at 8's on autotrader tonight again now!

 

[verytalldave]

A nice Cobra replica. Nothing too fancy engine-wise, just a real head turner.

This would do me nicely............

 

[prprandall51]

An Exige.

I had a 130 Elise and always regretted selling it. I yearn to see what an Exige could do.

 

[chriswt]

Great start to the thread. :bannana:

Replica Cobra - like it - probably better ownership proposition than the real thing and an engine noise to die for.

Exige - another excellent choice and definately a future classic.

BMW 840 - http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/392890.htm - before I went for the CLK I was nearly there myself but common sense got the better of me. Glad I didn't but still really like ‘em!!

 

[moakesr]

Bristol Blenheim 3 http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/Blenheim3.htm

Yes, it's an old man's car, but by the time I can afford it, I will be old

 

[janner]

Bristol Blenheim 3 http://www.bristolcars.co.uk/Blenheim3.htm

Yes, it's an old man's car, but by the time I can afford it, I will be old

A hundred and fifty grand for a Ford Capri

I'd find space in my garage for one of these

 

[chriswt]

A hundred and fifty grand for a Ford Capri

Ok, there is a bit of a Ford Capri look to it, but it is still very cool, hand built and Birtish.

 

[verytalldave]

If anyone thinks a Bristol Blenheim looks like a Ford Capri then a Hyundai coupe looks like a Ferrari F430.

 

[Colin_b]

1. Ford GT 40, not a replica. Had a ride in one when I was 10 Hooked.
Have to be the real thing, though. It is good to dream!

2.AC Cobra, the smaller 289 V8, not the big one (see a pattern emerging)? Probably a replica would do. Rather more practical and affordable. Possibly a retirement toy.

3.Mercedes convertable. OK, its a modern one, and not a V8, but I'm delighted with it and its ability to act as an everyday supercar.

 

[st4]

SL Merc, R230. They are getting cheaper now.

 

[jaymanek]

 

[Frank O' Phile]

A Citroen DS.
Preferably with no rot.
Preferably LHD.
Preferably a convertible.
And preferably parked outside a little house in France.

Then I promise to stop looking \ wanting \ dreaming \ drooling.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Ether this:

Or this

 

[kikkthecat]

This is a "maybe one day" type of car

And this will never happen but I'd sell bodyparts for one.

 

[Ade B]

Ether this:

This is the only car in the current line up I like, reckon I'll replace the CE with one in about 10 years....

I can't ever imagine having a Sunday car, or even a garage for the foreseeable future..

Ade

 

[moakesr]

A Citroen DS.
Preferably with no rot.
Preferably LHD.
Preferably a convertible.
And preferably parked outside a little house in France.

Then I promise to stop looking \ wanting \ dreaming \ drooling.

A man with taste, Citroen DS Decapotable, oh yes, very classy, very French

 

[Gucci]

£40k

That'll do it then....

 

[SimonsMerc]

A 911. Ever since I was little. 993 was always my favourite, although I'll probably end up with a 997 when I finally do get together enough spare cash to buy one (probably about 5-6 years away).

Until then, I'm hoping to get a boxter in the next couple of years.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

A few off the top of my head:

Real world:
C63 AMG
ML63 AMG
Porsche 997 C2S
BMW 135i MSport

Affordable exotica:
Ferrari 456
Aston Martin DB7 V12
Aston Martin Lagonda
Mercedes 190SL

Oddball:
BMW M5 E28
Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9
Vauxhall Chevette HS
Vauxhall Firenza Droopsnoot