Which One Do You Want?
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Personally of those shown, I'd take the James Bond car from Thunderball and Goldfinger. Always did like those 007 cars though with most of these cars fetching 6 or 7 figures, I think I'll pass for now. The photo (along with others) are from the RM Auctions of Classic Cars.
I'm one of those people that enjoys cars. I see them as more than just transportation and so in my 22 years of driving, I've had 22 cars to drive, including my wife's cars. I used to trade to a new car almost every year and despite slowing down, it seems every could years now either my wife or I will trade and get a new car. We've been in Colorado for 7 years and arrived with 2 cars and have gotten rid of those and gone through 7 others.
My current fun car is a 1976 Porsche 914. Not too fast, but fun to drive and I love not having a top on my car. But I've had it nearly 3 years and I think it might be time to start thinking about trading it in. I've always wanted a Jeep CJ7 and that might be the next fun one.
What I'd really love is a 1929 Mercedes, shown here. But not an original. They're going for more money than I have in my house and besides, they didn't run that great. Instead I'd enjoy the look and feel and prefer a modern engine, transmission, starter, etc.
In other words a kit car. Anyone else got a favorite?
Steve Jones
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All very nice but what about the Jaguar XK series, reasonable prices too at auction
http://www.motorbase.com/vehicle/by-id/910/
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Now if you want a fast car, look no further than the Bugatti Veyron.
Featured recently on BBC's Top Gear, it is now the fastest road car over and above the McLaren F1 and has the following stats:
0-60MPH in 2.8s
Top speed 252MPH
1001 BHP
If you set the Veyron and McLaren F1 off from a standing start on a race to 200MPH, the Veyron can sit still until the McLaren is doing 120MPH before setting off, and still beat it to 200MPH.
The Veyron can brake from 250MPH to a complete stop in 10 seconds in the length of 5 football (soccer) pitches.
It has a 100 litre (approx 26.5 US gallons) fuel tank. At full pace, the tank will be empty in 12 minutes. But you'll have covered 50 miles.
Being sold at a loss by Volkswagen, and made not for profit but purely as a technical exercise, this car costs into 7 figures and only 300 are being made, so is unfortunately a car I'll never own.
But I want one!
(More info here.)
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My favourite vehicle? A VW camper van!
I've had them for the past 19 years, since following a wet holiday in Ireland and the birth of our first child we bought one of the old air cooled type 2's.
Brilliant for days out, beach, fishing etc with children - changing, food and bed all with you.
Currently I run the modern T4 type - mine is nearly 15 years old and I still have trouble remembering I'm towing a boat when I'm doing 85mph down the motorway!
The image of campers is all wrong - it's the drivers that are slow not the vehicle. After all it's the same van as driven by "white van man" who is noted for speeding everywhere!
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Unfortunately the Bugatti and McLaren are supercars requiring super bank balances.
In the UK we get lots of small specialist sports car manufacturers. We still have the Westfield and Caterham battle raging every year to see which of them can get to 60 in under 3 secs first!! We have manufacturers like Ginetta making the classic sportscars and TVR producing 450bhp raw handfuls.
For the classic driver you can now buy an XJS with all the modern features the car really needed.
My personal favourite is the TVR Griffith 500...what a noise!!!
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Gotta agree with Roger, TVR's are brilliant, but a little out of my range at the moment although you can get good second hand ones for the price of a new family car.
I much prefer the Pocket rockets you get these days, things like the Lotus Elise/Exige, the vauxhall VX220, Honda Type-R's and my much loved Renault Clio Renaultsport all are around 2000cc and pushing 200bhp in what are very small cars, lots of fun to drive and also easily capable of being put on a track, and keeping pace with much more expensive cars.
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If were talking matchbox or hotwheels...
matchbox ...hands down..
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low-cost fun car (great for shadetree mechanics and racers)
Mazda MX-5 Miata
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If we are talking fantasy cars, I want a flying car. It is the 21st century, I was promised we would have one by then. So where is it!
For the cars I have actual owned, I liked the 350 LeMans, full front seat, fast and comfortable.
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A favorite car? It's difficult to choose only one. There are so many types and styles and best of all engineering has reached the point were the majority of cars are very safe and dependable. This is the golden age of automobiles and I suggest we all enjoy it.
Presently here in the US we are seeing the return of many models that were populer in the early 70's. The sales success of the new Ford Mustang is fuelling that retro push. That leads to my favorite, as yet unavailable car, the Dodge Challenger. http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=9&article_id=3104 I used to covet one when I was a teenager and now they are teasing me with a "prototype" at the major car shows. I just wonder if they'll offer a option for 8-track stereo tapes.
-Peter
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The cars I would love to own:
The New M6. I think it is dues out this summer. I am not sure if it will be avaliable as a convertible or not but if it is I would go with that.
The Land Rover Defender. It is like a Jeep but only better and more rugged. Say all you want about the reliability factor but the Defender is one of the better built Land Rovers.
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The Auburn "boat tail" Speedster is a top choice.
At the Auburn Museum in Indiana, they have the modern replica and the original side by side. The matchup is incredible (one can see the shock absorbers behind the authentic bumpers, and the modern brakes at the wheels, but not much else)
http://www.speedstermotorcar.com/default.php?section=speedster
Infortunately the Aston Martin in your photo has machine gun barrels that don't actually fire. What a waste.
If readers go to that site, there is also the photo of the GM Futurliner. There is a second one in process of restoration, detailed photos and info is available here:
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1969 Yenko Camaro is the car of choice for me.
Good old American muscle, or should I say American Pony car. The only good thing I have to say about the Mustang ("Junkstang") is that it forced Chevrolet to build these fine machines that they call Camaro's.
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Easy answer: 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible, red with black interior, sitting on a gas-sucking 427 big block.
Tim Mitchell
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As long as we're dreaming... The 427 Shelby Ford Cobra... (also comes as a replica for those that don't have $400k in their pockets)
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