Another Saturday ****post. I made a thread about horsepower and speed are now cheap as chips.
So to follow up, which car you LOVE, but couldnt bring yourself to buy because of its underpowered engine / unreliabiity / unavailiable etc.
If they made a 1000hp f*ck you electric version, would you pop down the money immediately?
For me its probably a Honda Prelude, which THEY JUST MADE A NEW ONE! OMG. . Too bad all reports point to it being a hybrid.
Civic Type R.
Jimny!
This. There is absolutely no reason why I would need one, and it probably wouldn't even be viable for me. Yet for some unknown reason, I am drawn to it.
If you drive one you might change your mind. They are woeful.
If you are into 4x4 driving and live inner city they are actually fantastic and so fun.
Super capable offroad and can squeeze into any car space!
As long as you don’t need to do regular highway driving and don’t need to haul people around regularly.. here they are woeful.
Love it. In fact i'm about to order one as a second car for the family! Just shopping around for prices. 3 door GLX. Went for a test drive and drove like donkey kart, pulls like one and was wobbling about all over on the highway. I'm a fast driver so this felt like my life is in constant danger with my driving style. But i love the ridiculousness of the whole package. It's not cheap for a small car but the resale seems to holding up pretty dam good and the crazy mods i can do with it!
I saw a lot of my recent trip to Japan and notice quite a lot of the owners are women. Lots of interesting, cool, kawaii mods.
Toyota 86 GTS
I was so close to buying one when I turned 30 and was still single. Had a test drive at my local Toyota dealership, took the brochure home to suss out which options and colour I was going to order. Then I met my girlfriend (now wife), and that idea got shelved. However, I managed to rent an 86 when we went away for a romantic weekend to the SA wine regions. It was an amazing car to drive, but completely impractical as a daily driver.
Close second would be the BMW Mini Cooper S. Love the looks and the nod to the original Mini while introducing new elements. I've rented a couple of those as well and they're fun to drive, but like the 86, too impractical to own.
Why would the 86/BRZ be completely impractical as a daily driver?
The current GR 86/BRZ even has torque these days.
I daily drive a BRZ. It’s not impractical at all. Ive packed furniture in there and trees from the nursery. Easy car to live with.
I love cars and I would love a Porsche 928, specifically a GTS. I'm also a tight ass and cars are money pits so I can't bring myself to get anything that's not practical to my needs. But I'll never buy a Camry or Corrolla, the most beige of cars.
I'm old, retired, and don't own a car since selling my old Honda about 18 months ago as I don't need it living inner city where I find it more healthy to walk everywhere, and more relaxing to take public transport trams and trains without the stress of Sydney traffic or looking for parking. I also make more money from renting out my inner city carspace ($50pw) than it was worth for me to have a car.
That said, a few years ago I test drove I think a used 2006 Lexus ES300 - which apart from being a bit of boat on corners and noisy suspension (I read V.Expensive to replace) inside it was so quiet I thought I'd died and gone to heaven - asking was I think $6K
another car I kinda regretted not grabbing was a special offer from a new parent needing a bigger vehicle - a Honda Accord that drove like a dream and didn't corner like a boat - also asking about $6K (I was later told was worth about $10K) - I hesitated and missed it as someone grabbed it the next day.
as for performance cars I remember seeing a green Lamborghini - stopped in peak hour traffic and being written a ticket by a cop - the driver standing on the road like 'huh !? you're supposed to be IMPRESSED by my fancy car - how come you're stopping me - how did this happen - I don't understand … !'
that was a lolcats from me …
as I sometimes say about loud exhausts (I've read are often now emulated by speaker systems inside BMWs) - you paid $X00,000 for that ? - my old cheap car used to sound like that when it had a hole in the muffler …
whatever floats your boat …
Every now and then an old Rolls Royce pops up for sale, usually under $50K, and they're beautiful and I kind of want one, but they cost so much to maintain, you'd end up paying twofold.
'an old Rolls Royce pops up for sale, usually under $50K, and they're beautiful and I kind of want one, but they cost so much to maintain, you'd end up paying twofold.'
I remember in a fancy car workshop I saw a Rolls Royce and a top BMW in for service - when I asked the mechanic about servicing he scoffed at the Rolls as a 'plumbers nightmare' to work on under the hood - he showed me the BMW which looked neat as a pin by comparison
(I've also read that the top BMW can have some of the fastest depreciation of any cars - a rich friend overseas who has several has given me a ride in a different top model each time we visit, so guess he gets a new one frequently so no worries like that)
Oh yeah I was given a ride in a Bentley - maybe 10-15yo - it looked magnificent inside - wood and leather - went for a ride - over some small bumps - 'CLUNK! CLUNK!' - ooh ! uncomfortable … hmm - more impressive to sit in when it wasn't moving …
RX7 (or RX8).
Never had one myself but had a mate in uni who had an RX7. Amazingly fun to drive, sounded so good revving up to 10K however was an absolute nightmare to maintain. Constant oil leaks was only the tip of the iceberg in terms of problems and how sensitive that engine was.
Car is a tool to get you from A to B. Nothing more.
Food is a tool to nourish you. Nothing more.
House is a tool to keep the elements of you. Nothing more.
Shhhhh, let people enjoy things.
And for you there is the Camry.
Love looking at very nice looking used Merc and BMW convertibles on marketplace etc, but would never buy one for well documented reasons often discussed on here.
E60 M5 with that beautiful 5 litre V10
Also, an S15 200SX in Yellow with TE37 rims
Series 8 RX-7. Was close to buying one, but just can't fathom the idea of spending so much when a rebuild is required.
I had actually put a deposit down for one back when they were around $25K. The guy blew an apex seal 3 days before I was going to go pick it up. Thankfully returned the deposit to me, rebuilt the engine and actually kept it for another 3 years. Too bad they're $60K+ now. Still want one though.
yep, sold mine for 20k. I cry every day, but tbf I would probably pull every muscle trying to get in/out of one these days.
Just walked out of a physio appointment for bad back/hip problems. I hear ya!!
Holden Camira with working fuel injection.
Are there any actually left? You never see one on the road any more.
I actually did, felt like I caught a glimpse of a Tesla when only a few were in the country, much more interesting than a supercar.
How the hell is that museum piece still on the road?
The Batmobile.
I'm…NOT…Batman. Uggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…
Dodge Viper. Considered buying one while living in the US. It has major character but was wildly impractical, cutthroat over the limit, and would burn your leg as you got out of the car.
Ended up with a C6Z instead.
Any Tesla. I would love to own one, but giving Elon Musk money just turns me off completely.
literally any of the luxury high end cars. I would like one so much but even if I could afford one (I cant) i dont know if I could bring myself to put the price of 1/7th of a house payment on a car unless I was rich rich.
I drive a camry…
Toyota GR 86 :)…..
toyota corolla. love it
anything european.
Typically looks modern, stylish, drives fast or zippy
Especially the 90s BMW or MB.
Most cheap convertibles, now that early mx5s and s2000s are more expensive, was thinking I could still pick up an astra turbo convertible on the cheap, but of course these cars have some of the worst reputationis for reliability going around
Tank 300 😬
BMW F06-F13 M6, its pretty much my dream to own one of those but too broke to afford even pre 2015 models haha
2006+ Aston Martin Vantage or V12 DB9.
James Bond car for under 100k! (The ugly BMW's don't count)
Timeless beauty.
Japanese Kei Cars.
For myself, the Honda S660
for the family, Honda N Box
if I ever need a larger car for interstate road trips, i'll rent one and wont have to worry about damaging them.
Problem is… I'm 190cm (6'2) at 88kgs.
RX7 series 2-3.
Nearly bought one yonks ago. They're just absolute moneypits, and now they cost a fortune, but I still love them.
AMG GT
Iconic shape.
Maybe in the next two years.