Your Ideal Car

[jbi]

Post the specification of your ideal car

Body

Black
2 Door
Coupe
4 Seats
Red/Cream Leather Interior
Frame less door windows
Aluminium skin/panels
kerb weight of no more than 3500lbs

Engine

Petrol
8 Cylinders
2 Valve/Pushrod
Approx 7 litre Displacement
Fuel Injected
Supercharged

Chassis/Drivetrain

Separate Chassis/ fully boxed
6 Speed manual (old school gearstick)
RWD
Live rear Axle
Independent wishbone front

Accessories

Sunroof
Full sized spare tyre
Polished Aluminium wheels
Dashboard android tablet dock
UV filtering glass
Electric windows
Air purifier/Ioniser
Nakamichi Amp/speakers
Heated mirrors
Auto-tint rearview mirror
2 Cupholders

This may read little a little boys fantasy wishlist, but it's got just about everything I would look for in my ideal vehicle.

[V88Dicky]

I think I've got a lot of those bases covered already.

[Sam1990]

Fast
Cheap
Reliable
Great looking


All four please.

[flattotheboards]

In all honesty I genuinely think the BR86 is the perfect car for my needs at the moment. A few more cylinders would have been nice to produce a better noise however I'm sure a few tweaks of the boxer lump will give off a pleasant sound.

[Oilchange]

Fast
Red
Mid-engined
British
Pop-up headlights

[steviegunn]

My ideal car:

The looks of a bonkers supercar, the go anywhere ability of a Land Rover, the load lugging capacity of a Volvo estate, the frugality of a 1.0l eco box, group 1 insurance, legendary reliability but still easy for a home mechanic to work on, dirt cheap spares always available, under 100g Co2/km so £0 road tax and congestion charge exempt but still pdq, comfortable and aurally stimulating, all for under £10k new (with mats and flaps).

Not much to ask for is it?

[Alfanatic]

An Alfa 159, with rwd, a gta engine, a diet, and feedback to rival their best efforts from the '70s and '80s.

[Alfanatic]

An Alfa 159, with rwd, a gta engine, a diet, and feedback to rival their best efforts from the '70s and '80s.

[JayTee94]

steviegunn said:

My ideal car:

The looks of a bonkers supercar, the go anywhere ability of a Land Rover, the load lugging capacity of a Volvo estate, the frugality of a 1.0l eco box, group 1 insurance, legendary reliability but still easy for a home mechanic to work on, dirt cheap spares always available, under 100g Co2/km so £0 road tax and congestion charge exempt but still pdq, comfortable and aurally stimulating, all for under £10k new (with mats and flaps).

Not much to ask for is it?

This?



It even has a stripe like a Ford GT.

Surprisingly, it also covers most of your needs aswell.

[daemonoid]

flattotheboards said:

In all honesty I genuinely think the BR86 is the perfect car for my needs at the moment. A few more cylinders would have been nice to produce a better noise however I'm sure a few tweaks of the boxer lump will give off a pleasant sound.

Always been a fan of the BR86 myself:



Not particularly practical for going to the shops though and very difficult to park though.

[Negative Creep]

2 door coupe
Rwd
V8 petrol
Manual
Metallic blue
Fun to drive
Rare
Easy to work on
Decent stereo

[Jaged]

jbi said:

Post the specification of your ideal car

Body

Black
2 Door
Coupe
4 Seats
Red/Cream Leather Interior
Frame less door windows
Aluminium skin/panels
kerb weight of no more than 3500lbs

Engine

Petrol
8 Cylinders
2 Valve/Pushrod
Approx 7 litre Displacement
Fuel Injected
Supercharged

Chassis/Drivetrain

Separate Chassis/ fully boxed
6 Speed manual (old school gearstick)
RWD
Live rear Axle
Independent wishbone front

Accessories

Sunroof
Full sized spare tyre
Polished Aluminium wheels
Dashboard android tablet dock
UV filtering glass
Electric windows
Air purifier/Ioniser
Nakamichi Amp/speakers
Heated mirrors
Auto-tint rearview mirror
2 Cupholders

This may read little a little boys fantasy wishlist, but it's got just about everything I would look for in my ideal vehicle.

Is that not a Monaro/VXR8?

[Pints]

2 door coupe
RWD
2.5 Boxer engine
Manual
Black or grey

[jbi]

Jaged said:

Is that not a Monaro/VXR8?

not far off to be honest mate

Monaro is unibody though and would not stand up as well to the abuse I give my cars.

Full frame simply for the durability and toughness

[soda]

Negative Creep said:

2 door coupe
Rwd
V8 petrol
Manual
Metallic blue
Fun to drive
Rare
Easy to work on
Decent stereo

I reckon that covers it, stereo isn't that great though.

[Jaged]

jbi said:

Jaged said:

Is that not a Monaro/VXR8?

not far off to be honest mate

Monaro is unibody though and would not stand up as well to the abuse I give my cars.

Full frame simply for the durability and toughness

Full internal roll cage, a few rally suspension mods and of course the across-the-top strut brace and away you go??

Someone with a Monaro/VXR8 must have done this already?

Mind you a nice Ultima with a couple of windscreen sucker cup holders might be closer?

[jbi]

I live in a rural area with heavily potholed roads and half my mates live down farm tracks. This means resorting to something strongly built like a 4x4.

I love driving my defender but it's hardly an "engaging drive" down the country B-roads.

A full frame car is the best compromise for me

EDIT: A tubular frame like a TVR seems like a nice lightweight way to go about this.

[CYMR0]

jbi said:

Post the specification of your ideal car

Body

Black
2 Door
Coupe
4 Seats
Red/Cream Leather Interior
Frame less door windows
Aluminium skin/panels
kerb weight of no more than 3500lbs

Engine

Petrol
8 Cylinders
2 Valve/Pushrod
Approx 7 litre Displacement
Fuel Injected
Supercharged

Chassis/Drivetrain

Separate Chassis/ fully boxed
6 Speed manual (old school gearstick)
RWD
Live rear Axle
Independent wishbone front

Accessories

Sunroof
Full sized spare tyre
Polished Aluminium wheels
Dashboard android tablet dock
UV filtering glass
Electric windows
Air purifier/Ioniser
Nakamichi Amp/speakers
Heated mirrors
Auto-tint rearview mirror
2 Cupholders

This may read little a little boys fantasy wishlist, but it's got just about everything I would look for in my ideal vehicle.

Good shout on the Monaro. Shelby Mustang runs it close, too, though it has a monocoque, weighs 3,850 lbs and has a mere 5.8 litres (but 32 valves). Shipped to the UK it would be about £50k plus the accessories. You'd either have to do a retrim on the interior, or accept partial red seats and red racing stripes.

[JayTee94]

soda said:

I reckon that covers it, stereo isn't that great though.

No, but the soundtrack is better.

[cerb4.5lee]

Negative Creep said:

2 door coupe
Rwd
V8 petrol
Manual
Metallic blue
Fun to drive
Rare
Easy to work on
Decent stereo

My cerb almost fits the bill, just not easy to work on (to me anyway) & the stereo is pants!