For people into cars.........
Ok, I'm a big car fan. Love all types of cars, but I'm a big Dodge fan. If you had $100,000 :yelgreedy , what car would you buy and why?
I myself would by a Dodge Viper or an Aston Martin DB9. But, there's tons of others I like. Just curious on what you would buy!
Bah, Chevy rules, mopar drools and the Ford won't even start. :p
Uh, sorry....flashback, man.
$100k, eh? Well you wouldn't be a serious contender for top dog, but you could certainly scare the shit out of the neighbors....and yourself.
Being not normal, with an extra 100k I'd probably add a '34 Ford coupe, ala California Kid style.
If I had 100k I'd buy Chitty chitty bang bang.
If I had 100k I'd upgrade my barn and buy a few more horses to enjoy.
I already have my dream car:
Nice Vette Hoof! Have you done any work to it?
I'm a fan of Chevy as well, but I grew up around Dodges. Can't stand Ford whatsoever. I'd take a new Mustang though! And actually, I'd save up a lillte more, and buy a Hennessey Viper. 1000+ HP should do the trick!
If I had $100,000, I'd buy a Mazda 5, and spend the leftover $80k on an addition onto our house.
If I had $100,000, I'd buy a Mazda 5, and spend the leftover $80k on an addition onto our house.
Word.
It's amazing....they can win the race and then creep along, carrying the "Race Queen", in the victory parade through town..... and for relatively cheap. :thumbsup:
Is this mofo for sale yet? Not in the price range anyway I guess....
I suppose I could make due with a
Commander with a little
R36 on the side...
Is this mofo for sale yet? Not in the price range anyway I guess....
That is an ass magnet if I've ever seen one.
Mackeral
I'm not gonna argue too much with ya Bruce.... but the srt8 (Grand Cherokee) gets to 60 in under 5. I don't need any more than, I'm a soccer mom. :D
Yeah, I've read that, just don't forget to slow way down for the corners.
Btw, that's the 6.1 L, not the 5.7, but for that $100,000 you could get two of them.
That begs the question, why don't you have one? I know you've got LJ wrapped around your little finger, (I think he's the one that told me) so just tell him. :D
I drove one a couple of weeks ago, and its exactly what I need... but I've got a perfectly good GC in the driveway that I just got all nice and broken in.
We're gonna let one depreciate a bit and get it off-lease when they start rolling back in.
For the record, it (the hemi Commander) didn't seem much faster than my 4.7L V8 Laredo... but I culd really use that extra row of seats.
emmmm..... not ure of the current exchange rate.... but for about 100K sterling the Bentley GT Continental is a bargain.
Failing that, the Mazda Rx8 at 20K sterling is a bargain...
oh....my....dog. I WILL have an R36. Oh, yes! It will be mine
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I'm barely restraining myself from buying a GTI right now. I don't think I can resist that lil blue devil.
you are weak-willed.... hold out for the mazda or bentley....
For the record, it (the hemi Commander) didn't seem much faster than my 4.7L V8 Laredo... but I culd really use that extra row of seats.
The Laredo is about 500 lbs lighter. :cool:
I'll have a vintage chassis off restoration. One of the late 60's - early 70's model muscle car. I miss hot rodding.
Yeah, the SRT Cherokee can out run a regular ol Vette 0-60 supposedly. There's tons of cars out there I like though. I really don't think I could narrow it down to one.
Nice Vette Hoof! Have you done any work to it?
Have we done any work to it? He-he-heh! Oh yeah!
We have had this 78 Silver Anniversary for 17 years. It has about 250,000 miles on it. We had the rear end (pumpkin gears, stock) rebuilt about 12 years ago. I replaced the original engine (catastrophic failure) with a 4-bolt main GM crate engine in 1997. Two years ago the timing chain had some slack and when I romped on it I sucked a valve and the valve dented the piston. We bought new heads and did the installation ourselves. Still had trouble getting it to run right and decided to do a complete tear down and discovered the cam had also been bent. Transmission (auto) is factory original with all 250k miles on it!
We sent the block and manifold to the machine shop and brought it home and did the rebuild ourselves in the garage. It was great fun doing it ourselves and especially for me, being able to actually see inside and how everything worked together. I even turned the torque wrench a time or two! We are very happy with our results. When we tore it down the second time we upgraded the cam. It isn't lope-y, but it did give me more low-end torque, which is what I like.
But...if we had to do it all over again...we'd spend the money on a GM crate engine with hp/torque and a warranty.
It also has dual chambered (no "mufflers") exhaust. Sounds niiiice!
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I used to love being hands on with engines, transmisions and all the mechanicals...... hell, we thought nothing of going down to the local scrappy, taking out an engine from a low mileage crash and replacing it in our own car..... a mere mornings work, and then to the pub for a liquid lunch. But, sometime in the 80's the auto'makers went all defensive and 'black boxed' everything. I looked under the bonnet(hood to some of you) of the current wife's 2004 Hyundai. Plastic covers evwerwhere..... could'nt even see the engine block. Oh well, time to hang up the spanners...
You're right, Jay. Do-it-yourself repairs, or just plain tinkering, is getting impossible with out special equipment that's usually more valuable than the car. Of course that complexity has given us cars making unprecedented power, clean exhaust and efficiency, from the same displacement.
I guess the best bet is a newer car for a daily driver and an old car for tinkering.... hobby car. That could take the form of a restoration, racer, show car, hot rod, custom or whatever blows your skirt up.
It's a lot more fun to tinker on Sunday afternoon without the pressure of having to drive it to work on Monday morning. :lol:
People don't like Fords? What about the
GT? That's a nice lookin' auto.
I would love to drive a Lamborghini, but for a car to buy I would buy a Honda Element and paint it pink...then get a vanity plate that says PNKLMNT. Awesome, eh?
I would also love a rough and tumble Jeep Wrangler.
Dang Hoof, sounds like alot of work in that car. I had a few project cars, but really never did anything major to them. Had a '93 Dodge Shadow once that my buddy and I swapped out the crappy 3 speed auto to a five speed manual. Installed Mopar performance struts up front, and good Monroe shocks in the back. Did a little engine work, cut off the cats and installed a straight through exhaust. Interior? Who needed it. Took most of it out! :D
The little sucker was like a go-cart. Civics had nothing and Mustangs couldn't keep up. Well, around turns anyway! haha After that, was into the turboed Dodges, but never really did much to them.
The 2007 Audi S8 :driving:
maybe not this one, but some sort of Aero engined, junkyard special.....
...amd then the flying helmet and scarf!
...and then the flying helmet and scarf!
Do not forget the GOGGLES!
I'm envisioning Snoopy; leather helmet, goggles and flowing scarf over the shoulder...That looks a lot like a Bentley - not the six-gun, 'cos it appears to have 8 pots.
Snoopy et al were found racing here this last weekend .....
http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulton-park/news/article.asp?NewsID=1855