What boring cars did you really desire once upon a time?

[vrsmxtb]

Just thinking back to when I was a kid, for some strange reason I really, really wanted a 3 door Ford Maverick. I got the brochures from a Ford dealer, drew pictures of them, even worked out how many years it would take for me to save up and buy one(with pocket money??!)

Ironic really as I could probably pick one up for less than a grand now!

Any odd car desires you can remember from childhood or early motoring life that you laugh at now?!

(Naming genuinely great cars that you'd still have now doesn't count!)

[Raize]

I wanted a Vauxhall Senator.

[thinfourth2]

I want a Nissan leaf

[LaurasOtherHalf]

I still do really fancy a mini van!

[rumple]

Granada Scorpio.

[ConorE]

I used to really want a Clio, no idea why now?

[juice]

Raize said:

I wanted a Vauxhall Senator.

+1

[ajb85]

MG Midget. What an utterly w*nk car.

[Tiger Tim]

A Ford Orion Equipe... I thought it looked amazing when I was 8 or 9.

By 13 I was drawing pictures of 911's and sending them to Richard Lovett so I think my old man must have noticed and kicked it out of me..

Ten years later I was working for Richard Lovett (Lotus Cheltenham) and now I drive a Lotus.

Moral of the story, no idea.

[FreeLitres]

When I had my Nova 1.3L, I REALLY wanted a Nova GTE or Escort XR3i!

[Ki3r]

Ford Orion. There was a modified one near me when I was growing up, loved it and really wanted one. Glad I grew out of it!

[JayTee94]

I seem to remember I made it my goal in around 2008 (age 13) to get a 2008 Vauxhall Astra 1.9CDTi SRi 5dr (Mk5) in black as a first car. It also had to have the styling pack and part leather.

example:

http://www.davidlawrenceautomotive.com/listing/vau...

Yeah, I am strange.

[Mug]

Matra Rancho, looked really cool and offroad tough, but were in reality not that great. Still want a Citroen Mehari though....

[vrsmxtb]

Mug said:

Matra Rancho, looked really cool and offroad tough, but were in reality not that great. Still want a Citroen Mehari though....

Ahh yeah that used to be one of my favourite Matchbox cars!

[sparks_E39]

I thought my dads C reg Cavalier was the dogs bks. Turns out it was just bks.

[GuinnessMK]

I really wanted a Ford Escort Van. Can't remember why now.

[STW2010]

I used to want a Ford Probe when they came out. I was about 10 at the time

[Dave Hedgehog]

honda CTR breadvan

[andy-xr]

When I was young I really wanted a Maestro van, I thought they were amazing and I used to sit up at night in bed and pretend to drive one with a plate for a steering wheel. I was about 7 though.

I saw one in the flesh a few months ago and it reminded me about it. They dont look as tempting now

[vrsmxtb]

STW2010 said:

I used to want a Ford Probe when they came out. I was about 10 at the time

Looks-wise that's quite a "10 year old friendly" car.