Cars where the heart says 'yes' but the head says 'hell no'

[Sway]

don4l said:

Thank you!

If you haven't watched this YouTube, I think that you will enjoy it. 1:40 is particularly good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inG28b-b82k

I don't regret going with the heart. My wife, although initially anti, now understands that we are very lucky, and she would be heartbroken if we had to sell either of them.

A few years ago I was walking around the paddocks at FoS, spotted the Le Mans winning 787B, and made a beeline for it.

Engine cover off, a couple of mechanics were having a conflab in Japanese, then motioned towards a driver I hadn't seen in the car. Standing less than 3' from the engine, it fired up.

I have never heard a sound so utterly raucous and batst mental. Beautiful.

I hear there's a firm that'll make a three or four rotor turbo lump for an rx7.

One day.

[Markbarry1977]

Always dream of owning a Ferrari 355. The fact it needs new headers as they crack every 4-5 years and cost £10k a time to replace (probably slight exaggeration) but could be replaced with aftermarket ones. Along with everything Ferrari being unreliable and mega expensive my head says no. But they look soooooo beautiful and sound soooo nice. Erm......I even drive past greypauls in Nottingham to drool every now and then when I drop the Cayman in for a service.

[V8RX7]

Liquid Tuna said:

I'd love one of these. Cheap enough to buy, but I hear they're not even slightly reliable.

My mechanic told me not to buy one - then he bought one for his wife.

It was always going wrong - mostly to do with the air suspension.

[Altrezia]

Every single race car ever.

(there are so many cars I want in this thread!!)

[InductionRoar]

Speed Six TVRs.

I was looking at Tamoras and Tuscans but ended up going with a Z4M for (perceived) reliability reasons.

Not sure that the S54 is the most reliable engine to be honest but it was sound reasoning at the time.

[clarki]

Any TVR. I'd love one, but way too scared!!

[wack]

It's only money, I've heard too many stories about people scared to buy what they want then something goes wrong with their health and the dream is over

I've always wanted a Maserati so 4 months ago I bought a 2002 4200 cambiocorsa

I love everything about it , it's got gutted rear exhaust boxes and a X pipe on and sounds glorious , looks great and goes like stink , if I could get it to do more than 15mpg it'd be the perfect car .

If you can afford it don't dream about it, do it

[InductionRoar]

wack said:

It's only money, I've heard too many stories about people scared to buy what they want then something goes wrong with their health and the dream is over

I've always wanted a Maserati so 4 months ago I bought a 2002 4200 cambiocorsa

I love everything about it , it's got gutted rear exhaust boxes and a X pipe on and sounds glorious , looks great and goes like stink , if I could get it to do more than 15mpg it'd be the perfect car .

If you can afford it don't dream about it, do it

Agreed, however there is a difference between being able to afford the car and it's maintenance and being able to fork out for engine rebuilds and the like.

I bet your Maserati sounds tremendous. How did the X-pipe alter the sound?

[Stridey]

It's only money, I've heard too many stories about people scared to buy what they want then something goes wrong with their health and the dream is over

Too right. I bought my Caterham the week I was diagnosed with Cancer. Best thing I did. Nearly pulled out buying. Driving it to hospital appointments, blasts round the lanes, bit of fresh air, sun on my face.

I can honestly say it's been a health boost, mentally and physically.

Now, where can I get a 'one life, live it' sticker?

(Joke)

Edited by Stridey on Friday 1st July 21:49

[Crafty_]

Stridey said:

Now, where can I get a 'one life, live it' sticker?

Edited by Stridey on Friday 1st July 21:49

Probably off the back of one of those broken down land rovers !

[tuffer]

Crafty_ said:

Fair enough. The buy and (get someone else to) re-do is probably your best route. Who did you tap up as a builder out of interest ?

Valley Gas in Andover.

[B.J.W]

Think about this.....

Years from now, when the DVLA has taken your licence off you because you are too old to drive, and you are sitting in a piss stained chair at the Twighlight Home for the Hopelessly Bewildered, take some time to think about the cars you have owned.

Are you seriously telling me that you are going to contemplate your purchases and say "you know what, I wish I never bought that TVR because it was a bag of ste?!

Of course not......

Tuscans, V8 Westfields, Classic cars that go wrong..... I've owned them all, loved them and probably hated them in equal measure. I've regretted selling a few, but I've never regretted buying a single car for the experience and memories that they have given me!

And should you think that I do not practice what I preach well here you are......



I've taken the Double Six away for a long weekend (along with my long suffering wife). On the 80 mile drive to the hotel I've stopped on the hard shoulder of the M6 because one of the windscreen wipers decided to fall off, gaffa taped said windscreen wiper back on, listened as a light whistling noise at the front end became increasingly loud as the journey progressed, and witnessed the fuel gauge visibly dropping before my eyes. I've also exchanged nods with a Bentley T2 driver, wafted along in a gorgeous car, and laughed my head off with my equally gorgeous wife. The hotel owner has also given me the best parking space because she loves classic jags! The perfectly reliable car parked on the drive at home wouldn't have missed a beat, but this is PH and surely 'the heart' is why a lot of us are on here. The drive today has been a pleasure, and a pain at the same time. The head would have never have bought this car. The heart said "fk it", because life is for enjoying some of the time and you never know what's round the corner...

That's me done - I'm off back to EBay to look at P38's

[KarlMac]

RX7. Even arranged to view one but had to cancel after reading a thread on here. Theres no way I'd be able to stop myself if I went to test drive one.

[phib]

Markbarry1977 said:

Always dream of owning a Ferrari 355. The fact it needs new headers as they crack every 4-5 years and cost £10k a time to replace (probably slight exaggeration) but could be replaced with aftermarket ones. Along with everything Ferrari being unreliable and mega expensive my head says no. But they look soooooo beautiful and sound soooo nice. Erm......I even drive past greypauls in Nottingham to drool every now and then when I drop the Cayman in for a service.

Had mine about 10 years now, about 6k in servicing over the last 10 years so £600 a year to run. Probably the cheapest and most reliable car I have owned !

Hasn't needed headers !!

Phib

[Easternlight]

Muzzer79 said:

Ste1987 said:

RX8 for me. Love how they look and how cheap they are, but the reliability issues? Awww hell nawww!

Good shout

If they'd built an RX8 with a remotely sensible engine, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

[Speed addicted]

golfer19 said:

mikefacel said:

Maserati 3200. I keep looking but always bottle it.

Same for me.
Great looking car.

And another one, I've watched prices fall into the completely affordable end of the spectrum but I know it would break expensively. I'm not someone that can live with niggles so I'd need to spend a fortune on upkeep.

[Sway]

KarlMac said:

RX7. Even arranged to view one but had to cancel after reading a thread on here. Theres no way I'd be able to stop myself if I went to test drive one.

Just do it fella! Yes, I know I've posted the exact same thing on this thread, but you really should...

Then I'll buy it off you if you haven't ruined it, which means two people go with the heart.

[DoubleD]

vtecyo said:

A Supra TT
Evo

In fact pretty much anything made in the 90s from a Japanese marque with a turbo or 2.

Hence why I'm after an E9X 3 series convertible.

FYI

The convertible E9X is E93

[P5BNij]

Speed addicted said:

golfer19 said:

mikefacel said:

Maserati 3200. I keep looking but always bottle it.

Same for me.
Great looking car.

And another one, I've watched prices fall into the completely affordable end of the spectrum but I know it would break expensively. I'm not someone that can live with niggles so I'd need to spend a fortune on upkeep.

Same for me but with the Quattroporte V, I can't stop looking at them and they're just dropping into my budget zone. Possibly more reliable than slightly older Maseratis, but they do produce big bills at times which having just spent over £2k on my daily Alfa Giulietta, the thought of taking the plunge is still somewhat scary.

[littlebasher]

I'm giving serious consideration to this school run monster

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2009-Cadillac-SRX-4-6-Sp...


Not the prettiest car in the world granted, but it has a strange appeal