What is your favourite car?

[Pstotto]

There's a bloke in Canterbury who has a metallic light blue Skyline, it looks amazing but when I asked him about it, he said the outside 'paint' was actually a sticker and not paint.

[Foshiznik]

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one; originally yellow was the favoured colour for Ferrari, the red came about because that was the Italian racing colour. The Brits had green, the French had blue (hence most old Bugattis are light blue), the Germans had silver (hence the silver arrows) and the Italians had red. Ferrari sports cars suit red and yellow best and the GTs suit darker colours.

Agreed, but a little bit of me dies whenever i see something like this.

[Sidney1st]

There's a bloke in Canterbury who has a metallic light blue Skyline, it looks amazing but when I asked him about it, he said the outside 'paint' was actually a sticker and not paint.

Its cheaper to 'wrap' cars nowadays.

There's a parts supplier around the UK, FPS, who do the same.
All their vans are wrapped in bright green

[Foshiznik]

You can get a car wrapped for about a quarter of the price of a full respray.

[ElectroClaret]

Are these wraps secure? Don't they peel off with the weather/washing?

Seen some good ones that I assume are wraps.

[Sutton-Claret]

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Always wanted a black Countach with gold wheels - I bet they're a right pig to drive

[Woodleyclaret]

The one that gets me from A to B for the least outlay.
My current Renault Clio complete with Burnley badge in rear window cost under £500 so that's my current favourite

[Foshiznik]

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Always wanted a black Countach with gold wheels - I bet they're a right pig to drive

I remember seeing one on the M62 in the mid 90's and being so excited by the noise as a 8/9 year old. Turned out to be Prince Naseem driving it.

[BennyD]

Agreed, but a little bit of me dies whenever i see something like this.

Absolutely. It has to be retail red or yellow on a 458. Even black looks sh!t on one of those, especially with a black interior.

[BennyD]

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Always wanted a black Countach with gold wheels - I bet they're a right pig to drive

They are and, these days, not that quick. Still they have the V12 which every Lambo should have.

[Sutton-Claret]

I remember seeing one on the M62 in the mid 90's and being so excited by the noise as a 8/9 year old. Turned out to be Prince Naseem driving it.

Prince Naseem......... you've just ruined my childhood dream

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar MK2
Austin Bugeyed Sprite
Lamborghini Miura
Austin Mini
Alfasud Sprint
The Original Alfa Romeo Giulia GT

I know it's more of a garage than just a favourite

My Grandad used to have a Triumph Dolomite Sprint (Royal Blue with a black vinyl roof). It was a damn quick car

[KateR]

like cars a lot, driving a Fiat 500 Abarth at the moment and it is so much fun, I am smiling every time I get out of it

Hubby had lot of nice cars but he loved the Porsche 365 speedster, like a Noddy car, he used to get so angry when I said that lol

[BennyD]

The 356 is a bit of a jelly mould but they seem to be very desirable at the moment. I never really liked Porsche; brilliant cars but maybe a bit German, a bit soulless.

[HatfieldClaret]

My mum's Austin Healy Sprite, that I crashed in the early 70's.

Thought I'd wash it and earn some brownie points. Drove it back into the garage after but didn't brake.......... First time I drove a car.

[Right_winger]

Toyota 2000GT stunning car and superbly engineered for its day.

[yorkyclaret]

The 356 is a bit of a jelly mould but they seem to be very desirable at the moment. I never really liked Porsche; brilliant cars but maybe a bit German, a bit soulless.

Even a Borgward Isabella Coupe, early one with the big rhombus?

[BennyD]

If only I knew what a rhombus was!

[RT88]

[BennyD]

A few years ago a particularly rich mate of mine was advised to buy 4 288GTOs (see above) and put them into storage and wait. The price at the time was about £200k, the last good I saw for sale was up for £1.75m. He bought an F40 and then a Pagani Zonda instead. C'est la vie!

[Jel]

Met a bloke on holiday recently who has one of these, the Eagle E type.
Stunningly beautiful
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[Saxoman]

Citreon saxo vts !

[ClaretEngineer]

Citreon saxo vts !

The ugly sister of the 106 GTi.

Either of them only being any good for donating their 16v engines to the 106 Rallye (I had a Series 1 Rallye with a valver when i was 19 - that was some car!)

[Right_winger]

The ugly sister of the 106 GTi.

Either of them only being any good for donating their 16v engines to the 106 Rallye (I had a Series 1 Rallye with a valver when i was 19 - that was some car!)

The GTI gearbox was more aggressively geared
Than the VTS'

Not really a fan of them tbh much preferred the 205 gti or a nova with a C20XE

[yorkyclaret]

If only I knew what a rhombus was!

The diamond shaped thingy in the grille. http://www.fahrzeugbilder.de/1200/borgw ... -97710.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ClaretEngineer]

The GTI gearbox was more aggressively geared
Than the VTS'

Not really a fan of them tbh much preferred the 205 gti or a nova with a C20XE

The 1.3 Rallye (20CB90) gearbox was even more savage (excepting maybe the 4 speed), especially when strapped to the 16v. 4000 rpm at 70 mph (indicated).

A 205 with an Mi16 engine is another dream car.

[BennyD]

Met a bloke on holiday recently who has one of these, the Eagle E type.
Stunningly beautiful
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/eagle/e-type" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That looks like an Eagle E-type lightweight which, IIRC, costs about £500K. My implausibly rich mate also has a standard Eagle E-type which he gave to his wife. The standard Eagle E-type looks like a beautifully restored standard car, but is upgraded all the way through. Expensive, but absolutely beautiful. He's a lucky guy; he has a sublime garage at the moment and I never get tired of visiting it.

[BennyD]

I've just 'won' an old Jensen Healy on Evil-bay. It's not a dream car as yet but I might just put a turbo from an Esprit on it. That might be fun, but it won't be when the Mrs finds out I've just bought yet another car. However, no d!ck no vote!