A which car thread...

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A which car thread...

Post by LoveCurryPies » Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:46 pm

Totally off topic and purely for fun....if you could have any car in the world for free, and practicalities like the cost of insurance, servicing, fuel consumption etc didn’t matter....what would you choose?

Would you go for a classic or the very latest car? Is there one car you have always dreamed of?

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Post by TVC15 » Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:48 pm

Aston Martin for me I think - any type would do...i’m not a greedy man !

Classic car wise love the E Type and also some of the earlier Ferraris.

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:57 pm

I saw your username TVC and thought you would be a TVR person. ;)

I’m probably with you in choosing an Aston.

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Re: A which car thread...

Post by Caballo » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:03 pm

Lancia 037 Stradale

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Post by TVC15 » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:07 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote:I saw your username TVC and thought you would be a TVR person. ;)

I’m probably with you in choosing an Aston.
TVC15 - big Bowie fan !

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Post by tim_noone » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:13 pm

Jensen interceptor ..the Dashboard of an aircraft you won't get any change from 70k now been increasing in price for years.beautiful car!

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Post by Wokingclaret » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:16 pm

I'm a sad b*st*rd, a new Peugeot every two years will do me


My folks started with the 04 series and now we're stuck in time with the 08 repeated series

3008 or the new 508

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:18 pm

tim_noone wrote:Jensen interceptor ..the Dashboard of an aircraft you won't get any change from 70k now been increasing in price for years.beautiful car!
Yes, if one car was going to challenge my choice of an Aston Martin, it would be the Jensen. As a kid, I loved that huge rear window. Can you imagine what that piece of glass cost?

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Re: A which car thread...

Post by 1fatclaret » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:19 pm

Think this has been done before....

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:20 pm

1fatclaret wrote:Think this has been done before....
Like most threads, it’s being done again. ;) You don’t have to take part.
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Post by tim_noone » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:21 pm

1fatclaret wrote:Think this has been done before....
If it has I picked the Jensen then :D

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:26 pm

There are some incredibly beautiful Alfa Romeos from the 40’s and 50’s. Worth googling.

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Post by Goobs » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:26 pm

Jaguar XJ220, Ferrari F40 or an Aston Martin Valkyrie

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Post by Caballo » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:33 pm

tim_noone wrote:Jensen interceptor ..the Dashboard of an aircraft you won't get any change from 70k now been increasing in price for years.beautiful car!
My dad used to have a metallic purple one with white leather and green tinted windows, 75 ish, it was bloody massive.
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Post by piston broke » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:35 pm

McLaren 720s

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Post by Dyched » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:47 pm

1970s stock Ford F100. Yes seriously a pick up truck. There not even overly expensive at all. One day!!

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Post by tim_noone » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:49 pm

Caballo wrote:My dad used to have a metallic purple one with white leather and green tinted windows, 75 ish, it was bloody massive.
First saw one 70/71 on coal clough lane of all places it definitely had the Wow! Factor.

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Post by Rick_Muller » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:03 am

Aston Martin Valkyrie - saw the prototype up close and personal and it is a marvel of engineering and innovation.
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Post by Wisswosswass » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:20 am

Might be a bit weird but I always wanted a Land Rover. Not one of your fancy new fangled ones. Practicality rules in this house so, approaching a mid-life crisis and just to wind the missus up. A TVR. Two seats. One for me and one for one of the dogs.
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Post by claretblue » Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:12 am

Hilman Imp! :D

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Post by Masham Ale » Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:37 am

Type 35 Bugatti

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Post by ClaretRoob » Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:22 am

Either a Ferrari 330 GTO or Ford RS200 Evo.

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Post by SalisburyClaret » Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:26 am

1964 Lotus Elan - in claret

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Post by Sutton-Claret » Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:00 pm

Ferrari 288 GTO

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Post by NRC » Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:25 pm

stayed in an airbnb in the Blue Ridge Mountains, about three weeks ago, and the owner had a Morgan. He took me for a spin in it. If this thread had been before that I would have said a Morgan, but sadly I was disappointed with it.

I launched a thread a couple of years ago (might have been the old board) about an exhibition passing by one of our museums, and it featured art deco cars - the best visiting exhibition I ever saw. I'd have any of those, possibly the 1937 DeLaHaye 135m Roadster, but with modern engineering under the hood and interior!

in other words, art deco design, combined with today's technology

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Post by karatekid » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:58 pm

Audi R8 Spyder in white. Not too OTT but enough to get noticed. ;)


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Re: A which car thread...

Post by 1fatclaret » Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:11 am

LoveCurryPies wrote:Like most threads, it’s being done again. ;) You don’t have to take part.
It was a joke, referencing my all time best ever thread on the old site (yup, even better than the 4K watch).

Basically, people told me what car they drove, and from that I gave them a very detailed character analysis.

Based on your reaction, I’m going for a Citroen c4 cactus. Ugly, unreliable and misses the point completely in the fact that it has 4 x 4 pretensions, but chooses to reinforce the doors.
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Post by superdimitri » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:31 am

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Post by Spaceman » Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:08 am

In real life I love my Peugeot 205 and my VW camper . Total original purchase price for both 1500 quid.
Spent plenty since on the bus mind. Can't be much of it left that's original .

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Post by dougcollins » Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:55 am

Ha ha 1fat, yes, I think I recall being a TR7 (sadly long gone now).

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Post by Burt » Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:43 am

Easy...Pagani Zonda Roadster

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Post by Lord Beamish » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:36 pm

I need a 4x4 where I live, and I like convertibles.
I know it’s a bit ‘handbag’ but the soft top Range Rover Evoque would do just fine.

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Re: A which car thread...

Post by Tribesmen » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:54 pm

Not big into cars really but the wife has always wanted a Audi TT , hey it would keep her happy for a couple of weeks .

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:54 pm

1fatclaret wrote:It was a joke, referencing my all time best ever thread on the old site (yup, even better than the 4K watch).

Basically, people told me what car they drove, and from that I gave them a very detailed character analysis.

Based on your reaction, I’m going for a Citroen c4 cactus. Ugly, unreliable and misses the point completely in the fact that it has 4 x 4 pretensions, but chooses to reinforce the doors.
There was no reference to your old thread on another forum. Strange you therefore this I should know it was a joke.

I do however agree with your hate of the Citroen Cactus. :lol:

But I don’t own one.

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