5 car fantasy garage
Discussion
Gary C said:
keo said:
Gary C said:
1. Ferrari 250GTO - each hand made, all with competition history, all achingly beautiful and apparently really good to drive.
2. Ferrari 288GTO - I mean, just look at it
3. Peugeot 205 T16 Evo2 or Lancia Delta S4 - cant decide - watched them for hours in wet forests
4. Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion - Ultimate road car
5. Mclaren F1 - or is it this
That is one hell of a list! Fair play, wouldn’t like to guess what that lot is worth! £60-70 million? I may be way off though.2. Ferrari 288GTO - I mean, just look at it
3. Peugeot 205 T16 Evo2 or Lancia Delta S4 - cant decide - watched them for hours in wet forests
4. Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion - Ultimate road car
5. Mclaren F1 - or is it this
Thing is, i could endlessly chop and change it, probably should insert an F40 in there instead of the 288.
Really need a top ten
or twenty.
Probably another million for the 288GTO/F40
You'd need a very high Euromillions win and serious commitment to spend over half of it on cars and associated upkeep.
10mill is quite restrictive when you get into fantasy land, but these would work.
1: chauffeur choice. Icon derelict Rolls Royce. Shabby enough for city driving, interesting enough for when I drive it myself. no ULEZ charge, 550bhp ls engine and air ride.
2: city car. Ford Festiva Shogun. Kei sized but rear engine 220bhp v6.
3: continent crusher. GM T50, the ultimate drivers car.
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4: Abarth 205 Vignale. Absolutely my favourite classic car and I’d never see another no matter where I went in it.
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5: Ferrari 250gt s2 cab. Another favourite, extremely elegant and a bit of a wallflower. For high days and holidays whenever the t50 seems a bit much. I’d have it tweaked to gto spec where possible
1: chauffeur choice. Icon derelict Rolls Royce. Shabby enough for city driving, interesting enough for when I drive it myself. no ULEZ charge, 550bhp ls engine and air ride.
2: city car. Ford Festiva Shogun. Kei sized but rear engine 220bhp v6.
3: continent crusher. GM T50, the ultimate drivers car.
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Edited by shirt on Wednesday 28th April 11:23
Gary C said:
Proper list, a 917 with mag frame and cockpit cracked frame pressure monitoring gauge, whats not to like 
Mini, nice but fantasy ?
The Mini was a concession for living in that armpit called London Mini, nice but fantasy ?
Small enough to go anywhere and park, yet retains such an important reference in motorsport, probably more than most?
It would be easy to list 5 Ferraris or hypercars but taking this semi-seriously I would probably do the following
1. No collection would be complete without a Ferrari. For me it would have to be a 250 SWB. I would go for a GTO Engineering recreation rather than actual 250. However rich it would be less stressful not driving one of the the small number of actual SWBs. Also with GTO I could pick my exact spec and colour.
2. For me no collection would be complete without a 911. Which 911 is the problem. My favourite is the 2.7 RS but that doesn’t go with the 250 SWB. I would use the latter for U.K. and European road trips - which would be the same for the 2.7 RS. However with both in the garage why/when would I take the Porsche? I think a 911 would be a perfect track day car. So either a 964 RS or a GT3. Hard choice. Either LHD 964 RS or maybe the 4 Litre 997 GT3.
3. For family trips in the U.K. and Europe something comfortable and relatively inconspicuous (and something I wouldn’t be precious about). BMW X5 maybe.
4. If living in London then something small and electric powered for everyday driving. BMW i3 fits to bill - not pretty but a pretty interesting design.
5. Cheating slightly the last space would be big enough for three motorbikes. First up a Ducati Desmosedicci. Only one on the list I’ve owned. Objectively not even the best bike I’ve owned but it is the best looking, sounds amazing and properly special. Secondly a Paton SR1. Would be an amazing bike for track days and back roads. Lastly some sort of touring bike - perhaps a GS.
1. No collection would be complete without a Ferrari. For me it would have to be a 250 SWB. I would go for a GTO Engineering recreation rather than actual 250. However rich it would be less stressful not driving one of the the small number of actual SWBs. Also with GTO I could pick my exact spec and colour.
2. For me no collection would be complete without a 911. Which 911 is the problem. My favourite is the 2.7 RS but that doesn’t go with the 250 SWB. I would use the latter for U.K. and European road trips - which would be the same for the 2.7 RS. However with both in the garage why/when would I take the Porsche? I think a 911 would be a perfect track day car. So either a 964 RS or a GT3. Hard choice. Either LHD 964 RS or maybe the 4 Litre 997 GT3.
3. For family trips in the U.K. and Europe something comfortable and relatively inconspicuous (and something I wouldn’t be precious about). BMW X5 maybe.
4. If living in London then something small and electric powered for everyday driving. BMW i3 fits to bill - not pretty but a pretty interesting design.
5. Cheating slightly the last space would be big enough for three motorbikes. First up a Ducati Desmosedicci. Only one on the list I’ve owned. Objectively not even the best bike I’ve owned but it is the best looking, sounds amazing and properly special. Secondly a Paton SR1. Would be an amazing bike for track days and back roads. Lastly some sort of touring bike - perhaps a GS.
Esceptico said:
5. Cheating slightly the last space would be big enough for three motorbikes. First up a Ducati Desmosedicci. Only one on the list I’ve owned. Objectively not even the best bike I’ve owned but it is the best looking, sounds amazing and properly special. Secondly a Paton SR1. Would be an amazing bike for track days and back roads. Lastly some sort of touring bike - perhaps a GS.
I reckon you could easy fit a bike in each space perpendicular to each car at the back. It’s what I do with my underground parking. In which case I’ll have these:Triumph scrambler 1200 with a ton of cash thrown at it for exploring.
NR 750 - mainly for the engineering legend it is.
Bimota Tesi 3D final edition - they’re not the best, but are jewel like.
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ddom said:
The Mini was a concession for living in that armpit called London Small enough to go anywhere and park, yet retains such an important reference in motorsport, probably more than most?
Makes sense Small enough to go anywhere and park, yet retains such an important reference in motorsport, probably more than most?To make it proper fantasy, Paddy's actual Monte winning mini
I would use a T16 or Delta S4 as the daily
1. Singer Porsche 911 Sunday Morning Drive
2. Porsche 992 C4S everyday sports car for the whole family
3. Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo everyday family wagon
4. Range Rover P400 huge family wagon, for when the Taycan is too small or when ICE is needed - P400 because no diesel and no SVR trim
5. Honda E small city car
Wow. Two electric cars in my fantasy garage! Who would have thought that!
2. Porsche 992 C4S everyday sports car for the whole family
3. Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo everyday family wagon
4. Range Rover P400 huge family wagon, for when the Taycan is too small or when ICE is needed - P400 because no diesel and no SVR trim
5. Honda E small city car
Wow. Two electric cars in my fantasy garage! Who would have thought that!
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