Best car you've Never had

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Fri 6 May 2005 05:31
Best car you've Never had - THe Growler
Dodge Viper. V-10 and 500 bhp.
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Fri 6 May 2005 08:40
Best car you've Never had - Tomo
Jaguar XKSS (road equipped D-type).
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Fri 6 May 2005 09:54
Best car you've Never had - Altea Ego
Citroen Light 15 (traction avant) - in Black
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Fri 6 May 2005 09:54
Best car you've Never had - Altea Ego
Renault Avantime
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Fri 6 May 2005 10:02
Best car you've Never had - rp
Audi quattro sport
(always promised myself an Audi quattro, but an A6 quattro isn't quite the same!!)
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Fri 6 May 2005 10:55
Best car you've Never had - VTiredeyes
bmw m3.
am after a poor mans version.... bmw 330ci coupe.
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Fri 6 May 2005 11:10
Best car you've Never had - AngryJonny
1975 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Mmmm.
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Fri 6 May 2005 13:40
Best car you've Never had - Happy Blue!
Check my name
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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Fri 6 May 2005 14:59
Best car you've Never had - Big Bad Dave
Peugeot 505 2.8 V6
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Fri 6 May 2005 15:03
Best car you've Never had - Glaikit Wee Scunner {P}
Triumph TR6. Drove friends on a balmy evening after graduating from uni. Fastest thing I'd ever driven and the way the power affected the steering was 'interesting'. Still, seemed a very desirable vehicle.
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I wasna fu but just had plenty.
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Fri 6 May 2005 15:25
Best car you've Never had - mark999
94 Toyota Supra drove beatifully but I just couldn't part with 8K for a 10 yr old car
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Fri 6 May 2005 16:13
Best car you've Never had - Dwight Van Driver
I *heart* Landrover Series 1.

DVD
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Fri 6 May 2005 16:32
Best car you've Never had - Buster Cambelt
Frog eyed Sprite
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Fri 6 May 2005 17:15
Best car you've Never had - somebody
What about the Jaguar XJ220

Anybody on this board ever seen one on the road, know somebody with one, or even has one?
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Fri 6 May 2005 18:26
Best car you've Never had - Chad.R
I've only once ever seen one actually being driven on the road, though several years ago now. Seen a few at various shows etc. a truly drop-dead gorgeous car.

IIRC, Sir Elton John had one from new for quite a few years but fairly recently sold it.
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Fri 6 May 2005 19:52
Best car you've Never had - NowWheels
Citroen 2CV. Horribly polluting, terribly antiquated, but a brilliant piece of lateral-thinking engineering. And it would have allowed me to spend my life driving eggs around ploughed fields ...
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Fri 6 May 2005 22:45
Best car you've Never had - madux
Citroen 2CV. Horribly polluting, terribly antiquated, but a brilliant piece of
lateral-thinking engineering. And it would have allowed me to spend my
life driving eggs around ploughed fields ...


Wearing a top hat, don't forget!
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Mon 9 May 2005 10:53
Best car you've Never had - Chas{P}
>>Anybody on this board ever seen one on the road, know somebody with one, or even has one?

Saw one last weekend overtaking me at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground. I was kroozin' in an aircraft towing tug pulling a 4 wheel dustbin round to a hangar at the time.
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Fri 6 May 2005 21:13
Best car you've Never had - J Bonington Jagworth
Porsche 928 S4 GT (manual transmission) or a Ferrari 365 GTB. Mind you, I'd settle for a Shelby Cobra or even a Mustang Boss 302...
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Fri 6 May 2005 23:35
Best car you've Never had - keo-the-dog
sierra cosworth hatch, have drove a few but never owned one, always wanted one though, or a lotus carlton . a truly awesome Q car...cheers...keo.
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Sat 7 May 2005 04:03
Best car you've Never had - codefarm
or a lotus carlton . a truly awesome Q car...cheers...keo.<<


There are still a few of those around, for not too serious money. There's a really good site at www.lotus-carlton.co.uk for more info.
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Sat 7 May 2005 11:34
Best car you've Never had - Adam {P}
3.6 Twin Turbo?

I think I'm in love.
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Sun 8 May 2005 02:13
Best car you've Never had - blue_haddock
they are just ever so slightly fragile though!
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Sun 8 May 2005 10:36
Best car you've Never had - Adam {P}
That's exactly what my Dad said when I ran into the kitchen to tell him!

There's something about the Lotus Carlton though. Anything nowadays with that kit on would look too boy racerish but that looks like it was built like that first, and then they decided to make a boring production car out of it.

I like having realisitic dreams and let's be honest, I'm never going to get one of them!
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Sun 8 May 2005 14:01
Best car you've Never had - blue_haddock
thing is for the £15k minimum you'll need to spend to get a good one there are so many other cars you could buy instead.
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Sun 8 May 2005 14:24
Best car you've Never had - keo-the-dog
thing is for the £15k minimum you'll need to spend to
get a good one there are so many other cars you
could buy instead.

and therein lies the problem , that and the running costs they aint cheap to repair...cheers...keo.
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Sun 8 May 2005 14:27
Best car you've Never had - blue_haddock
Particularly prone to HGF as soon as you start to "play" with the engine.
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Sun 8 May 2005 23:04
Best car you've Never had - Adam {P}
Exactly keo and bh. If I had 15 grand right now I'd probably go out and buy an RS Focus.

No work needed, pretty much new and after being a passenger in one, I think they're amazing.
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Sun 8 May 2005 13:35
Best car you've Never had - NowWheels
3.6 Twin Turbo?
I think I'm in love.


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Sun 8 May 2005 23:03
Best car you've Never had - Adam {P}
Why the long face NW? If ever I got one and gave you a lift, I'd never go fast enough to need either turbo ;-)
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Sun 8 May 2005 23:18
Best car you've Never had - NowWheels
Why the long face NW?


Couldn't remember the emoticon for jealousy :)
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Sun 8 May 2005 23:22
Best car you've Never had - Adam {P}
>>Couldn't remember the emoticon for jealousy :)<<


I believe it's something along the lines of

:S--@:@""£%"%%

You can see why it doesn't get used much.
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Sat 7 May 2005 11:53
Best car you've Never had - Bagpuss
The black 1987 Porsche 911 Turbo that I saw at a Porsche dealer about 7 years ago. Immaculate condition but I, of course, had to think about it. When I phoned back it had already been sold.
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Thu 12 May 2005 10:12
Best car you've Never had - patently
Immaculate condition but I, of
course, had to think about it. When I phoned back it
had already been sold.


::[sad tears of sympathy]::
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Sat 7 May 2005 12:09
Best car you've Never had - cjehuk
BMW 535d Touring
Range Rover Vogue
Jaguar XJ
Audi A4
BMW X5
Aston DB9
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Sat 7 May 2005 21:10
Best car you've Never had - Pezzer
AC Cobra ...........
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Mon 9 May 2005 09:58
Best car you've Never had - P 2501
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO.
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Thu 12 May 2005 10:15
Best car you've Never had - patently
M3 - suspect it would be too tiring to use every day

M5 - might still one day, fingers crossed

911 turbo - bye bye licence

911 GT3 RS - hello trackdays

Carrera GT ) Am hoping that they depreciate enough before I
DB9 ) retire
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Thu 12 May 2005 13:20
Best car you've Never had - Xileno {P}
Clio V6
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Fri 13 May 2005 23:23
Best car you've Never had - Avant
Missed this thread as we've been away for a week. Depends what you mean by best - I'll go for what I most often wish I'd had - a Triumph Vitesse 2-litre convertible.

It would have been great in the place we've just been - the well-named Eden Valley, between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Most grockles miss it and you can drive for miles in the most beautiful English countryside without seeing another car.

One day if I ever have a few thousand to spare (ha ha) that's what I'll get.
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