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what car would you buy ?

Postby rossburns » Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:14 pm

was just wondering, if money was no object what cars would you own
I'm not a lambo sort of person ,but if money was no object I think my top ten would be
1. aston martin V12
2. Austin healy 3 litre
3. ford capri RS 3100
4. Ferrari California
5.1969 302 boss mustang
6. XA GT 2 door
7. porshe gt3
8. v12 E type
9. E 49 Charger
10. last but not least my 1991 NA MX5

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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby hks_kansei » Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:39 pm

Legally make the MX5 have decent power
'76 F100 Short bed with an angry 351
pre '96 Lada Niva
Rolls Royce Silver Cloud
'32 Deuce with a flathead
AU Falcon ex-taxi
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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby sailaholic » Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:48 pm

Haha, Plohl and I used to keep a running list. 1, a big bad lambo, big wings
2, 911 gt2 or gt3
3, e46 m3 (CSL if the came in manual- seen conflicting info)
4, spirit R type A FD rx7
5, HQ ute with a supercharged LSx
6, 94 na8 with a honda K24 and a carbon fast back hardtop (removable)
7. 67 fastback mustang
8. Evo 6.5 or r32 GTR
9. Import TE Gemini coupe with the twin can G200w and factory LSD
10. Torn between a gt cruiser, a kitted out 4wd and a hk 327 monaro


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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby Danny » Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:22 pm

Can't think of ten but Lotus Exige S (the supercharged v6 one) would definitely be on my list.

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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby Vat » Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:41 pm

Mmmm...in no particular order, and just off the top of my head...

Porsche 959
Ferrari F40
McLaren F1
Porsche Carrera GT
Maserati Quattroporte (the just superseded one, with the corner tail lights)
Mercedes AMG C63 Estate (the daily)
Honda NSX-R (in white)
Mazda MX-5 SP
Mercedes 230SL
HSV Coupe 4
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what car would you buy ?

Postby sailaholic » Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:13 am

Damn the f40 knew I had forgotten and euro. I thought Bout the GT and the Maclaren also.


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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby fastfreddygassit » Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:05 am

1. Bandit's Trigger (1977 T-top Pontiac Trans Am)
2. Eleanor (1967 Shelby Mustang fastback)
3. Bond's Aston Martin DB5
4. VW MKV GTi W12 Concept
but more than anything
5. a Singer 911
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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby taminga16 » Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:42 am

A Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadster.
A Cunningham C-1.
A Jowett Jupiter. (Just to look at)
An Alvis TD-21.
A Bristol 402. (There are only four of them in Aus)

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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby gslender » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:06 am

Audi R8 LMS ultra
MX5 91 NA6 LE completely stock and loving it!
MX5 92 NA8/ITBs Silver "aka Track Beeotch"

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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby speed » Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:41 am

V10 Audi r8
Vw r32 turboed
69 dodge challenger 426 hemi 4 speed.
69 hemi cuda convertible 426 w shaker and 4 speed
Current gtr
97 lotus Elise
Fd rx7 with 20b
Early E-type roadster
Nd mx5 with mods
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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby Odd » Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:52 am

Ariel Atom.....its the only car I lust over
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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby deviant » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:17 am

Money no object and I would be buying some significant bits of motorsport history...Couple of F1 cars, group C sports cars, mid 90's GT1 etc.

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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby Odd » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:39 am

You can't demand respect....you have to earn it
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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby 16bit » Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:02 pm

1. 250 GTO
2. 275 GTB 4
3. 288 GTO
4. F40
5. F50
6. Enzo
7. La Ferrari
8. Veyron SS
9. Zonda Cinque Roadster
10. Carrera GT

Soooo many more. Having never dríven any of them though its hard to tell though.
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Re: what car would you buy ?

Postby davekmoore » Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:18 pm

That's so good a selection that it'd be worth more than the sum of the individual cars.
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