My dream garage
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You've won the Euromillions and are super-rich! Yay!

Now, you can have nine cars in your garage.
What nine are you going to choose?
Little fiat 500s in eight different colours and a Fiat Multipla. Not the really ugly one, the old one:
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They have butterfly doors.
For company:
Herbie
KITT
KARR
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (gay but he can fly)

For looks:
Datsun 240z (yes really)
AC cobra
Ferrari 250 GT Drogo (for when I'm a super hero, got a changing room in the back)
Mercedes-Benz 300SL

For the ladies:
Honda Concerto 1.5i
For me:

- Ferrari F430 Spider (in the dark grey colour they come in, with black leather seats and yellow brake callipers. Yes, I've given this thought before).

- Lamborghini Gallardo

- Jaguar XF

- Lotus Evora

- Lotus Elise SC

- Honda Civic Type-R FN2

- KTM X-Bow

- [I'd have a chat with Grim... about what's a good Land Rover for off-road hi-jinks]

- Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Possibly I'd swap the XF for an actually sensible everyday family car.
Yeah, I'd get mine all converted to offroad electric versions, obv.
Hmmm... this will change on a daily basis, but...

(assume all cars pristine and perfect and reliable :D)

Monteverdi Hai 450 SS
TVR Cerbera
Mk1 Golf GTi
Ferrari 458 Italia (not a Ferrari fan usually, but this is just beautiful)
Lamborghini Muira
Caterham 7 kit for me to build myself
I'll need a big cruiser, the Phaeton W12 maybe, but the new XJ is nice, maybe a Maybach or Phantom, one of those anyway.
Bowler Wildcat
Abarth 500 <cough> :D
The A-Team van.
A Baja Beetle in Yellow
Aston Martin Covertable DB9
Atom V8
Mitsubishi 'Animal' Twin Cab
Astra Mk 1 in Pastal Blue - My first car
Batmobile from the 60's TV
Bowler 4x4
Jaguar XF for everyday use
I would have:
Supercharged V8 2011 Range Rover
1969 Dodge Charger (painted like the General, natch)
Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v Evoluzione II
Nissan GT-R
Maserati 250F
Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 roadster
Ferrari 458 Italia
1961 Ferrari 250 GT California
McLaren F1

Yes. That would be a nice garage.

I might - might be convinced to swap the Audi S4 Avant TFSI Quattro for a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California. Actually, yeah I would, because I can shunt stuff in the Range Rover if I need to.

[edit]I've chopped out the 1970 Range Rover Classic for a McLaren F1.
KovacsC wrote:
A Baja Beetle in Yellow


A friend of mine has a Baja Beetle. Slow as fuck, but the attention it brings is unreal, i've had some show-off cars in the past, but the Baja tops them all easily.

KovacsC wrote:
Jaguar XF for everyday use


My dad just chopped in his XF for a new Freelander. The XF was a lovely car, great interior and by all accounts extremely nice to drive.
Miura
DB5
250 GT Spyder
205 XS in White with red writing down the side
306 Estate
Fiat Multipla
Peugeot 1007
Koenisegg thingy
T34 Tank.

I'd park the Koenisegg, the Miura, the DB5 and the 250 outside somewhere or other and wait for a crowd of people to hang about and take photos and stuff, then, I'd run the cars over in my T34, put the bits back into the 306 and Multipla and then post bits of them to the presidents of the owner's club from time to time to remind them that it's only metal at the end of the day. I'd also stick the clip on youtube.
Trooper wrote:
KovacsC wrote:
A Baja Beetle in Yellow

A friend of mine has a Baja Beetle. Slow as fuck, but the attention it brings is unreal, i've had some show-off cars in the past, but the Baja tops them all easily.


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That's Bob, who belongs to a mate of mine. I've pushed it as far as I've ridden in it, but it's still ace :)
MaliA wrote:
T34 Tank.

Ooh are we allowed tracked vehicles?
MaliA wrote:
to remind them that it's only metal at the end of the day

Would you cut up and post, say, The Persistance of Memory, because it's only canvas and paint?
Grim... wrote:
Trooper wrote:
KovacsC wrote:
A Baja Beetle in Yellow

A friend of mine has a Baja Beetle. Slow as fuck, but the attention it brings is unreal, i've had some show-off cars in the past, but the Baja tops them all easily.


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That's Bob, who belongs to a mate of mine. I've pushed it as far as I've ridden in it, but it's still ace :)


Bloke in the Chavpub with the fit daughter (who is getting married soon) has one of them that he part owns with his son.
Grim... wrote:
Trooper wrote:
KovacsC wrote:
A Baja Beetle in Yellow

A friend of mine has a Baja Beetle. Slow as fuck, but the attention it brings is unreal, i've had some show-off cars in the past, but the Baja tops them all easily.


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That's Bob, who belongs to a mate of mine. I've pushed it as far as I've ridden in it, but it's still ace :)


My friend built one of those it is awesome.


My brother used to have a baja it was awesome, and made taking the engine off a doddle..
Grim... wrote:
MaliA wrote:
to remind them that it's only metal at the end of the day

Would you cut up and post, say, The Persistance of Memory, because it's only canvas and paint?


No, because there is only one of it. So I'd wrap it up in paper and things and keep it in a temperature controlled vault in a mountain in Switzerland.

Driving a tank over old cars would be my final act of spaceship piracy, so then I could retire. And I'd have a tank.
Grim... wrote:
MaliA wrote:
to remind them that it's only metal at the end of the day

Would you cut up and post, say, The Persistance of Memory, because it's only canvas and paint?

Mass produced products = Art debate ahoy!
Y'know, even if I was mega rich, I'd probably still only have 2 cars. One for dicking about in and a family thing with seats.

I suppose the missus would want a dicking about car too.

So, something light and quick (RWD, natch) and a Chelsea Tractor to store the kids in.

/vague
Ferrari Daytona coupe
Porsche GT3 R (track use only)
Ferrari F40
Ferrari FXX (track use only)
Ferrari 458 Italia
Ferrari Dino (V6 natch)
Porsche GT3 RS (997 Gen 2)
Jag XJ (latest version - nice)
Porsche Gen 2 Cayenne and trailer

Then there's the bikes and quads... :D
DavPaz wrote:
Y'know, even if I was mega rich, I'd probably still only have 2 cars. One for dicking about in and a family thing with seats.

I suppose the missus would want a dicking about car too.

So, something light and quick (RWD, natch) and a Chelsea Tractor to store the kids in.

/vague


That's fine. You'll buy me 7 of my list in that case then?
The 458 is getting a good showing.
Grim... wrote:
The 458 is getting a good showing.


My bro' has seen one in the metal; in his words 'he had to take a trip to the nearest toilet afterwards'. ;)

No manual option, but I could live with it. :D
I've always fancied an AC Cobra. I think they look awesome, but as I'm currently pretty dangerous in an old Fiesta, I think I'd probably kill myself in about 20 seconds in one of them.
This is a perennial one isn't it 

Hmmm, decisions decisions.

Something big and wafty, I like the idea of being in splendid isolation, so it would have to be a
1 RR Phantom saloon

Something big and comfy for taking the dogs out or going MTB'ing
2. Range Rover 4.4TDV8, diesel for me simply as I don't think there is much in it performance wise and as I've said before, if I wanted a silly 4x4 I'd get a Cayenne Turbo. Also, I'd like to do more than 250 miles on a tank of fuel.

I like proper big coupes that can carry four people, not two adults and two amputees, and I have a serious soft spot for this one.
3. Bentley Brooklands Coupe

Silly supercar?
4. Pagani Zonda F

Supercar?
5. Ferrari 458, or if it reviews as well as I hope and doesn't have a 3 year waiting list...
5.1 McLaren MP4 12C

Supercar for shits and giggles
6. Audi R8 V10

Car for when I need to cart family and dogs and want to be anonymous
7. BMW 530D touring

Classic for those rare occasions the string backed gloves beckon?
Aston Martin DB5

And small city runaround...
Fiat 500 Twin Air

Chance of me changing my mind after posting this are very high
Here goes, in order of desirability:

Lamborghini Gallardo Roadster
Ferrari F430 Spider
Porsche 911 GT3RS
Aston Martin DB6
Lancia Stratos (a proper one, not a replica)
Ariel Atom
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 (does this one count?)
Toyota Supra RZ (err... think it's the RZ, the twin-turbo one)
Toyota MR2 AW11
Captain Caveman wrote:
Grim... wrote:
The 458 is getting a good showing.


My bro' has seen one in the metal; in his words 'he had to take a trip to the nearest toilet afterwards'. ;)

I hustled my way into the passenger seat of this one:
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at Goodwood.

They are entirely spank-worthy.

[edit]Just to sit in, not to ride about it, by the way.
FILTH!!!!


Ooooooooooooh. /splash.

I think NSFW tag is now required. :D
Why are people choosing the Gallardo over the Murciélago?
Have I got them mixed up?

[edit]Oh fucking Hell, I forgot about the McLaren F1!
Grim... wrote:
I hustled my way into the passenger seat of this one:

You look so different.
Grim... wrote:
Why are people choosing the Gallardo over the Murciélago?
Have I got them mixed up?

[edit]Oh fucking Hell, I forgot about the McLaren F1!

Oh fuck, Veyron!
Veyron?

Nah, fuck that. Seriously.

Playboy wankers' car IMO - ironically enough, it's too fucking heavy, for one.
I've never been that big a fan of the Murcielago, it's almost too big, whereas the Gallardo is nice and compact.

Veyron - fucking horrible. Fantastic technical achievement, no doubt, but you can't say it's a pretty car.

McLaren F1 - never was too keen on it's looks, but you can't deny the "road head" advantages of having the driver's seat situated in the middle of two passenger seats :P
Grim... wrote:
Captain Caveman wrote:
Grim... wrote:
The 458 is getting a good showing.


My bro' has seen one in the metal; in his words 'he had to take a trip to the nearest toilet afterwards'. ;)

I hustled my way into the passenger seat of this one:
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at Goodwood.

They are entirely spank-worthy.

[edit]Just to sit in, not to ride about it, by the way.

They're absolutely gorgeous. Literally the only supercar in years that I've really noticed. I'll just have nine of those, I'll keep one to just look at and the rest can all be backups so that at least one will be working at any given time.
Captain Caveman wrote:
Veyron?

Nah, fuck that. Seriously.

Playboy wankers' car IMO - ironically enough, it's too fucking heavy, for one.

It's not too heavy for Santa Pod :)
Honda EP3 Civic Type-R
Mazda MX-5 "Miatabusa" conversion
HSV Maloo, supercharged
Mercedes Benz SL65 Black Series
1970 Boss 302 Mustang
Mazda RX-7 Type R
Porsche Boxster Spyder S
Lamborghini Gallardo Spider
Aston Martin V12 Vantage
markg wrote:
They're absolutely gorgeous. Literally the only supercar in years that I've really noticed

No arguments from me, but I do think the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione looks better (not much, mind).

[edit]Oh fuck, TR4A!
[edit][edit]E-TYPE! FUCK FUCK!
Actually, just for the wow factor, I'd have to put a Veyron in there.
Grim... wrote:
markg wrote:
They're absolutely gorgeous. Literally the only supercar in years that I've really noticed

No arguments from me, but I do think the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione looks better (not much, mind).

I'll swap Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and KARR for those two.
Grim... wrote:
markg wrote:
They're absolutely gorgeous. Literally the only supercar in years that I've really noticed

No arguments from me, but I do think the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione looks better (not much, mind).

A bit bug-eyed.
See, I too prefer the 'compactness' of the Gallardo over the Murcielago.

Also, and this is going to be the controversial bit, I'm not that taken with the 458. I still think the 430 is Ferrari's nicest looking car. I have actually driven past a black 458 one evening when I was working in Marlow - sadly it was wrapped around the crash barrier on one of the bridges over the A404.
Looks-wise, I'd take the F355 over the F430 every day of the week. You can't argue with the F430's juniority (is that even a word?) though, which would no doubt help to reduce costly maintenance bills.
Zio wrote:
Also, and this is going to be the controversial bit, I'm not that taken with the 458. I still think the 430 is Ferrari's nicest looking car. I have actually driven past a black 458 one evening when I was working in Marlow - sadly it was wrapped around the crash barrier on one of the bridges over the A404.

8) :'(
GazChap wrote:
costly maintenance bills.

EuroMillions!

I'm totally employing my dad to look after all my cars ;)

Much like he does already, come to think about it...
Zio wrote:
See, I too prefer the 'compactness' of the Gallardo over the Murcielago.

Also, and this is going to be the controversial bit, I'm not that taken with the 458. I still think the 430 is Ferrari's nicest looking car. I have actually driven past a black 458 one evening when I was working in Marlow - sadly it was wrapped around the crash barrier on one of the bridges over the A404.

Well then it's not really a very fair comparison. Try looking at one that isn't wrapped around a crash barrier before making your mind up.
Grim... wrote:
Why are people choosing the Gallardo over the Murciélago?
I think the Murcielago is butt ugly. The Gallardo Spider on the other hand is gorgeous.

GazChap wrote:
juniority (is that even a word?)
No. But I like it.
BikNorton wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Why are people choosing the Gallardo over the Murciélago?
I think the Murcielago is butt ugly. The Gallardo Spider on the other hand is gorgeous.

You'll only ever see the back of the Murky, of course ;)
mmm

Trabant
Alfa spyder
Mini Cooper
Spyker
Renault Espace like thingy
Some sort of African/Asia Dolmus
A VDL Citia to tour all of you around on my estate
Ferrari F430 or an outrun one
A Nuna 5
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