Who else is into cars? What do you drive?

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Have a 2010 r8 v10 manual. Love this thing. Sadly its sitting in the garage on a charger. 20" Huracan Gianos, H&R coilovers and a Kline inconel exhaust are pretty much the only mods. Just had it wrapped in 3m stealth satin PPF.

 
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My wife's last car. 2020 GTR. Sadly she gave it up to free up cash for a home build we are doing rn.
 
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Is the 240Z a current car? Must be fun as heck on the track.
I sold it 🙁. Had a 2.8 in it with the hi compression e31 head.

great car.
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Are you adopting?If I had one car in my stable that is pretty much it.

I believe I’ll be surrendering my drivers license before letting this one go.
 
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My Esprit GT3.... I bought this new in 1998, and it now has 54,000 miles on it. Hard to believe but I used this as a daily for the first 4-5 years, and drove it into central London Monday-Friday. Does about 1000 miles a year now!

They only made 196 of these, so good ones are getting hard to find.

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OK, I'm unoriginal and obvious, but this is the only car I really want right now (and am far from likely to get one before petrol cars are banned!)



Manual gearbox of course - long live the Cayman 718!
 
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Actually, I tell a lie - I also want one of these vintage Merecedes - a real dad car lol:

Mercedes C123 Coupe:

 
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Haven’t owned a car for the last seven years due to the total impracticability here but this is my sordid past. Not necessarily in chronological order.
 
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Actually, I tell a lie - I also want one of these vintage Merecedes - a real dad car lol:

Mercedes C123 Coupe:


major props for both choices, IMHO. But that bronze c123 really rocks….
 
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Haven’t owned a car for the last seven years due to the total impracticability here but this is my sordid past. Not necessarily in chronological order.
Man! What a collage of automotive goodness!
 
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Here’s my list: * = still in the stable.

1968 Pontiac Catalina 400CI, I hot rodded with Tri-Power etc. etc. in high school ~1975.
1968 Cadillac DeVille convertible. 472CI, gold with white top, Georgia Tech school colors
1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. 472CI, maroon. Leather interior smelled wonderful even at 120k miles. Like driving a well appointed living room. Gift from my mom and dad.
1980 Chevrolet Citation, 2.8 with OD 4 speed.
1980 Buick station wagon.First kid hauler.
1965 Pontiac GTO hardtop, 4 sp, Tri-Power, 3.73 posi
1986 Pontiac Parisienne station wagon
1986 Saab 900 Turbo, 2 Dr hatch 5 speed- a brilliant road car! Ran it for 175k miles
1990 Toyota Previa, “The Bean”
1969 Olds 442, 400CI, CR 4 speed with 3.90 posi.
1985 BMW M635 CSi. My 3 Sons and I drove this for 20 years. Lovely car.
*1965 Mustang Race Car, 4 year restoration, now held by middle son.
1996 Chevy Suburban, kid hauler, tow vehicle.
2000 Audi S4
2004 Audi S4
1992 Porsche 911 RS America, regrettably sold.table.
*1973 Porsche 911 E/RSR hotrod, 20 odd year development time.
*1973 BMW 3.0 CS, hotrod track/street car, 5 year build.
2004 Ford Excursion diesel, tow vehicle, wonderful seats for long journeys.
2004 Subaru WRX STI, what a riot! Winter driver, and 36 track days in 2 years. Traded for
2006 Mitsubishi Evo 9 MR, another winter driver and a bunch of track days. Wonderful steering feel.
*2012 AMG C63 with development package. One of the best stock exhaust notes.
*2013 Mercedes GL 450
*2007 Porsche 997.1 Turbo 6mt. “All weather interceptor”
*2014 Cadillac CTS-V wagon, 6MT. I’ve driven a Caddy every year since getting my license.
*1972 Plymouth ‘Cuda, 496 stroker, 4 speed, 4.11 sure grip. Must keep this one going straight…
 
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Haven’t owned a car for the last seven years due to the total impracticability here but this is my sordid past. Not necessarily in chronological order.

An Elan S1 -- that's pretty brave 😎

I had an S2 SE but the chassis went as they do.



Oh no, not that, that's an S3. More like this:

 
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My Esprit GT3.... I bought this new in 1998, and it now has 54,000 miles on it. Hard to believe but I used this as a daily for the first 4-5 years, and drove it into central London Monday-Friday. Does about 1000 miles a year now!

They only made 196 of these, so good ones are getting hard to find.


Stunner. Love the Esprit in all guises. Kudos for daily driving this in the past!
 
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Stunner. Love the Esprit in all guises. Kudos for daily driving this in the past!

Thanks... younger spines are better suited to fixed, one piece, bucket seats 😲.
 
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Here’s my list: * = still in the stable.

1968 Pontiac Catalina 400CI, I hot rodded with Tri-Power etc. etc. in high school ~1975.
1968 Cadillac DeVille convertible. 472CI, gold with white top, Georgia Tech school colors
1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. 472CI, maroon. Leather interior smelled wonderful even at 120k miles. Like driving a well appointed living room. Gift from my mom and dad.
1980 Chevrolet Citation, 2.8 with OD 4 speed.
1980 Buick station wagon.First kid hauler.
1965 Pontiac GTO hardtop, 4 sp, Tri-Power, 3.73 posi
1986 Pontiac Parisienne station wagon
1986 Saab 900 Turbo, 2 Dr hatch 5 speed- a brilliant road car! Ran it for 175k miles
1990 Toyota Previa, “The Bean”
1969 Olds 442, 400CI, CR 4 speed with 3.90 posi.
1985 BMW M635 CSi. My 3 Sons and I drove this for 20 years. Lovely car.
*1965 Mustang Race Car, 4 year restoration, now held by middle son.
1996 Chevy Suburban, kid hauler, tow vehicle.
2000 Audi S4
2004 Audi S4
1992 Porsche 911 RS America, regrettably sold.table.
*1973 Porsche 911 E/RSR hotrod, 20 odd year development time.
*1973 BMW 3.0 CS, hotrod track/street car, 5 year build.
2004 Ford Excursion diesel, tow vehicle, wonderful seats for long journeys.
2004 Subaru WRX STI, what a riot! Winter driver, and 36 track days in 2 years. Traded for
2006 Mitsubishi Evo 9 MR, another winter driver and a bunch of track days. Wonderful steering feel.
*2012 AMG C63 with development package. One of the best stock exhaust notes.
*2013 Mercedes GL 450
*2007 Porsche 997.1 Turbo 6mt. “All weather interceptor”
*2014 Cadillac CTS-V wagon, 6MT. I’ve driven a Caddy every year since getting my license.
*1972 Plymouth ‘Cuda, 496 stroker, 4 speed, 4.11 sure grip. Must keep this one going straight…

What were your top 3 and why?
 
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An Elan S1 -- that's pretty brave 😎

I had an S2 SE but the chassis went as they do.



Oh no, not that, that's an S3. More like this:

The exuberance of youth😀 1984, I was 24 and had a chance meeting with a guy with a fat S2 at a historic race meeting when I had my MGC. A couple of months later I stumbled across this old Elan languishing on a trailer totally in pieces and cardboard boxes as it had just been retrieved from lying in a backyard by the beach for seven years.
Purchase made, interesting story in itself. Four years and three months later a pristine S1 Elan emerged. Chassis number 155 which presented numerous parts issues as the very early cars had a lot of parts not to the same spec as the later ones.

Full custom stainless exhaust exact to factory, stainless tank, machined stainless brake pistons and assembled with stainless bolts. I built to keep forever and absolutely loved it.

Alas family and life took over and sold in 2002🙁
 
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@Barking mad :

Love the Jags in your lineup, was that a 420 or Mark X / 420G? And a series 1 XJ ... plus an absolute favorite, the XJ coupe from series 2. "Sordid past", indeed, with lovely leanings towards interesting British metal ...
 
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@Barking mad :

Love the Jags in your lineup, was that a 420 or Mark X / 420G? And a series 1 XJ ... plus an absolute favorite, the XJ coupe from series 2. "Sordid past", indeed, with lovely leanings towards interesting British metal ...
Mark 10, the series 1 XJ was a manual with triple SU carbs ala E Type.
 
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I dig and drive old Fords…pictured below is my old 2001 Ford Mustang Bullitt GT which is my recreational driver, and my old 2007 Ford Police Interceptor which is my daily driver. I purchased both Fords new in 2001 and 2007 respectively.


You call these old Fords??!!

How about a Custom 1929 Model "A" Truck??!! She's all steel, all Ford, and all Custom!

I can't believe there are so few Hot Rods/Muscle Cars listed!!





 
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My current drive , 2021 X3 xdrive30e M sport . Another in a very long line of company cars & will be my last fossil fuelled car as the company has gone all electric car only .