Agree re E55 AMG though an estate for me.
Ferrari 612
MV Augusta F4 1000
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1. Aston Martin DB9 Convertible
2. Ultima GTR with supercharged 560hp engine option
3. BMW M5
Andy
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1. A (Silver/Grey) Ferrari 550M for the weekends
2. A (Black) E60 M5 for weekdays
3. A Landcruiser for family trips/holidays (the biggest, baddest one)
4. A Ultima or Noble "type" car for the odd track day.
5. And whatever SWMBO wants - she'd probably stick with her Yaris!
The list would probably change on a 6 month basis, as I get bored with a car, even a very good one, before too long.
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MG ZT 2.5 in silver/black - that'll do me
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Bentley Flying Spur (the new one)
Bentley Flying Spur (the old one)
a DUKW truck, just to irritate people near rivers and for the avoidance of roadworks. I drove/sailed/steered one on the river in Boston a few years ago, and it was very entertaining.
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Jaguar XJS V12 - comes with free personalised oil tanker.
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I'd like a spitfire.
Not Triumph, Supermarine.
Carwise*, Overfinch (partly cos that's such a cool name), 2 X 911 ragtop (one new one and one from the mid 80's), Jag XKSS, a Ducati 916 (specially lowered so I can touch the ground), and a KTM Duke (for wheelies). Oh, and an RS6 for the shopping.
Off to buy that ticket...
*inc bikes
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Dr Alex Mears
Seat Leon Cupra
If you are in a hole stop digging...unless
you are a miner.
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I've counted FIVE diesels amongst your "lottery dream car" nominations!! HELLO?? YOU'VE WON THE LOTTERY - YOU WON'T CARE ABOUT MPG!!
If it was me, I'd have a Mercedes SLR, an M5, a Range Rover Sport and a Honda S2000. But that's all hypothetical, as I don't play the Lottery...
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If I won the lottery, I'd want someone to make me something like the car which Terence Conran described in the Telegraph motoring section back in about 1997. Lots of very innovative ideas, including removable and re-arranageable soft furnishings inside, drainhole to allow gunk to be washed out, unpainted aluminum body panels which could be dented without corroding, etc. Looked very easy to live with, no attempt to be a status symbol, and should last for years (which is probably why the car mnaufacturers don't try to make one).
Otherwise probably buy a Honda Jazz CVT (as an easy-to-drive and fuel-efficient automatic), and enjoy not having to worry about dings in the gleaming paint.
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I've counted FIVE diesels amongst your "lottery dream car" nominations!! HELLO?? YOU'VE WON THE LOTTERY - YOU WON'T CARE ABOUT MPG!!
True but I actually like the way diesels drive, lots of low down torque. The economy is just a nice added bonus.
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This thread has been very interesting. Nice to get an insight into the kind of cars people REALLY hanker after, rather than just debating which car out of Seat/VW/Skoda (or whatever else) would be marginally cheaper/better/simpler than the others to run.
Fair comment Xileno, some people do like the way diesels drive. Not my cup of tea, but each to their own.
But No Wheels, this is a "lottery dream car" thread, and the assumption is that you've won millions, not a tenner! So if money was no object, and you could have any car you wanted, you'd have a Honda Jazz?? Are you saying there is no car in the world that you would enjoy more than a 1.4 automatic hatchback (admittedly a very good one)??
Next thing, you'll be saying that you'd buy a nearly new one to avoid the heavy initial depreciation. Eat my SLR-generated dust...
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But No Wheels, this is a "lottery dream car" thread, and the assumption is that you've won millions, not a tenner! So if money was no object, and you could have any car you wanted, you'd have a Honda Jazz??
That or something similar!
Are you saying there is no car in the world that you would enjoy more than a 1.4 automatic hatchback (admittedly a very good one)??
Yes. A Jazz-sized car goes as fast as anything else (pretty much every car will do 70-80 comfortably), fits all my stuff, and doesn't gobble scarce resources as greedily as anything bigger. OK, I'd prefer something electric, or maybe a lightweight economy-car (like the Insight-without-batteries which suggested), but none of those things seeme very practical. I'd also be tempted by an Africar if they still made them: I rather like the idea of a varnished car as antidote to the polished-metal stuff.
I can't get the car-as-status-symbol thing, and there's very little another car would do for me that the Jazz can't: anything bigger would be harder to park and few cars are as easy to drive, and to my mind that would make anything posher less appealing, not more. The only alternative I can see would be a Modus, but that's not a good automatic and I'd probly need a spare one for when it broke ;-)
Mind you, I'd probably like a Transit as well for shifting stuff. But it'd have to be old and battered, so it might be less hassle just to rent one when needed.
Next thing, you'll be saying that you'd buy a nearly new one to avoid the heavy initial depreciation.
Well, if there was one available, I probably would, and then give the cash saved to someone hard-up. I don't much like money, so most of the fun of winning the lottery would be giving away the cash.
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New VW Transporter Syncro with 2nd row of seats and largest diesel engine available so I could take all my mates skiing on a regular basis and not have to worry about snow chains.More fun than flying, unless using the altiport at Courcheval!
Find my old Mk1 golf GTI (AUM 880X) are you still out there?
M5 -I prefer the old shape, in a lovely deep metallic blue.
oh, and a Legacy Sport Tourer 2.5 manual(how predictable)
almost forgot, Alfa Junior for short trips (and AA membership)
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I admire your stance against the car-as-status symbol nonsense, and your devotion to conserving scarce resources.
But I still can't believe you wouldn't ENJOY driving an M5 or an SLR more than a Jazz. Leaving aside all the environmental arguments, would you not get at least some kind of pleasure from a fast and beautiful car, regardless of what badge it wore??
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But I still can't believe you wouldn't ENJOY driving an M5 or an SLR more than a Jazz.
I think that's the crux of it - some people simply don't enjoy driving. Period.
Most BRs are motoring enthusiasts and as such usually enjoy driving and all that's related. Therefore presented with a large amount of money, you may well expect them to spend a considerable portion of that on cars etc.
However, those people that don't particularly enjoy motoring may well think that that money is better spent elsewhere.
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I'm with no wheels on this one. If I won the lottery a flash car would be pretty far down my list.
No point getting a supercar, I could only use the performance on the track. Simpler to hire something for the day.
No point getting a Roller or something. I would be constantly worried about it getting nicked/vandalised/scratched/bumped.
In either case I would be worried about people thinking I was a flash git who is driving the flash car to compensate for some deficiency in another area.
The joy of winning the lottery for me would be no more money worries. It would be luxury enough for me to be able to afford to buy and run a decent and reliable motor, and change it when I got bored.
I think i would probably buy an old defender for fishing trips and the like, a big Audi or Merc diesel estate as a family car, and a 3 series diesel as my runabout. I would change them when I got bored.
There are far more sensible enjoyable things to spend the money on if I won the lottery. However, I would have to buy a ticket first!
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No point getting a supercar, I could only use the performance on the track. Simpler to hire something for the day.
If you simply want to drive a nice car round and round a track then fair enough. I'd rather have a car that I was immediately familiar with and therefore (hopefully) be able to improve my performances.
No point getting a Roller or something. I would be constantly worried about it getting nicked/vandalised/scratched/bumped.
You've won the lottery and it'll be insured! - If it gets nicked or vandalised, them simply trade in and buy another.
In either case I would be worried about people thinking I was a flash git who is driving the flash car to compensate for some deficiency in another area.
Now I've always found that idea rather sad - it's simply politics of envy. I'm sure there are things wrong with all of us somewhere but how on earth is that related to the cars we drive?
The joy of winning the lottery for me would be no more money worries. It would be luxury enough for me to be able to afford to buy and run a decent and reliable motor, and change it when I got bored.
Agree, totally.
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Some of this seems like crazy talk - if you had a few million then you would be totally outside the normal box.
firstly you wouldnt be working so dont have to deal with rush hour traffic = better driving.
secondly you'd live somewhere in the middle of nowhere with great,empty roads.
So for me it is as follows with no regards to fuel consumption:
Lamborghini Murcielago - black with creme leather and black piping.
Lamborghini Countach - as above.
Ferrari 360 Spyder - sooo desirable.
BMW M5 - E60 of course
Range Rover Vogue
Porsche 997 Cabrio for the wife
Membership of the P1 club as well to drive lots of other cars.
slightly footballer-ish but surely whats the point in doing the lottery if you cant enjoy some of the normally unobtainable benefits....
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Maserati Quattroporte.
I'm off to lie down now. Just thinking about it makes me go all wobbly.
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Leaving aside all the environmental arguments, would you not get at least some kind of pleasure from a fast and beautiful car, regardless of what badge it wore??
Good questionL I've thought about that, but I don't think so.
It's a long time since I have driven a car which couldn't cruise comfortably at 70, so acceleration's the only speed issue. And while my mum's Polo 1.0 is a bit slow for overtaking on an A-road, a 1.4 car is fine. Anything else frankly gets to be a bit of a nuisance: touch the pedal and you're going far too fast. And not as much fun: if I'm in a mood to enjoy finding where a car's handling limits are, I'd rather do it in something whose tail I can swing out at 20mph rather than 60.
As to beautiful, well some fancier cars can be beautiful. To my mind, a BMW or Merc is just bling not beautiful, though a 406 Coupe is beautiful. But all of them leave me cold as driving machines -- to my mind, they are all just expensive ways of pushing other folks out of the way, which I don't enjoy.
The one thing I do like from poshers cars is the silence, but smaller cars are pretty quiet these days.
So I'd rather than fast and beautiful, I'd prefer a high-performance car -- one which performs well at the tasks for which I actually want a car. Which means small, reliable, easy-to-drive, and non-threatening.
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Mercedes SLR for me, and a RS4 for more practical use...
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New 911 (997) Turbo, without question (albeit it isn't with us yet). Compact, practical for everyday use, excellent value and all the performance and engineering I'd ever need. Even lottery multi-millionaires need to be half-sensible...
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Ferrari 456 Estate (as made for the Sultan of Brunei). I could then fit the family in and maybe a pushchair as well.
But then I would hate to pay so much at the pumps even with a rollover.
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Lola T70.
Only because a Ferrari P4 would require more than one lottery win.
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A Delorean. With Flux Capacitor that actually works.
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I would take a sabbatical from work for as long as it took to build a GTM Libra kit car. It would have to be with the 2.5 kv6 engine.
Half the fun would be building it. The other half would be in supercar performance in something unique.
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