The 'Cars you should own' thread...

[PPPPPP]

sleep envy said:

blindswelledrat said:

Im sceptical, but Ive only done a few hundred miles in it so far so Ill reserve judgement!

with a full tank you've added +65kgs over the front wheels

He speaks sense IMO. I preferred not to give pasenger rides at the Nordschleife, especially on hot laps for it affected my braking points and affected the top speed up from Bergwerk.

[HereBeMonsters]

PPPPPP said:

sleep envy said:

blindswelledrat said:

Im sceptical, but Ive only done a few hundred miles in it so far so Ill reserve judgement!

with a full tank you've added +65kgs over the front wheels

He speaks sense IMO. I preferred not to give pasenger rides at the Nordschleife, especially on hot laps for it affected my braking points and affected the top speed up from Bergwerk.

My mate Phil took 8 people in his 1970 VW Camper. You pansy.

[Sonofabeesting]

KingRichard said:

JonRB said:

I may be rather biased, but I have rather a soft spot for this:

Nah that's pants

I would love another one (although the Missus said no to a third one)

[mi1ne]

Williams Clio

[PPPPPP]

HereBeMonsters said:

PPPPPP said:

sleep envy said:

blindswelledrat said:

Im sceptical, but Ive only done a few hundred miles in it so far so Ill reserve judgement!

with a full tank you've added +65kgs over the front wheels

He speaks sense IMO. I preferred not to give pasenger rides at the Nordschleife, especially on hot laps for it affected my braking points and affected the top speed up from Bergwerk.

My mate Phil took 8 people in his 1970 VW Camper. You pansy.

18 minute lap no doubt.

At least you had refreshments on board

[HereBeMonsters]

PPPPPP said:

HereBeMonsters said:

PPPPPP said:

sleep envy said:

blindswelledrat said:

Im sceptical, but Ive only done a few hundred miles in it so far so Ill reserve judgement!

with a full tank you've added +65kgs over the front wheels

He speaks sense IMO. I preferred not to give pasenger rides at the Nordschleife, especially on hot laps for it affected my braking points and affected the top speed up from Bergwerk.

My mate Phil took 8 people in his 1970 VW Camper. You pansy.

18 minute lap no doubt.

At least you had refreshments on board

Yeah, he did threaten to stop when we put the gas burner on and got the bacon out of the fridge. We didn't get an official time as the clock on the oven stopped working when he killed the power to the leisure battery, suffice to say it was over 20 minutes.

[sleep envy]

HereBeMonsters said:

PPPPPP said:

sleep envy said:

blindswelledrat said:

Im sceptical, but Ive only done a few hundred miles in it so far so Ill reserve judgement!

with a full tank you've added +65kgs over the front wheels

He speaks sense IMO. I preferred not to give pasenger rides at the Nordschleife, especially on hot laps for it affected my braking points and affected the top speed up from Bergwerk.

My mate Phil took 8 people in his 1970 VW Camper. You pansy.

[AUDIHenry]

RacingTeatray said:

They don't get much more beautiful and iconic that this:



Was taken for a ride in one when I was 13 by a friend of the family and was totally smitten.

Edited by RacingTeatray on Tuesday 1st December 15:48

Is it me or is that the competition version with aluminum construction and race wheels?

[davidspooner]

[HAB]

RacingTeatray said:

They don't get much more beautiful and iconic that this:



Was taken for a ride in one when I was 13 by a friend of the family and was totally smitten.

Edited by RacingTeatray on Tuesday 1st December 15:48

If I could afford a 300SL, it would be the first thing I'd buy. The ultimate dream car for me.

AUDIHenry said:

it me or is that the competition version with aluminum construction and race wheels?

Competition version is the W194.



Of course, then there was this little puppy -

300SLR Uhlenlaut Coupe

Edited by HAB on Tuesday 1st December 23:30

[M5jimmy]

The whole feel of the car, from the exterior to the interior and that noise!!

E46 M3 CSL

[Bobby Valentino]

BMW 2002 AND DACIA SANDERO LOL

[AUDIHenry]

HAB said:

RacingTeatray said:

They don't get much more beautiful and iconic that this:



Was taken for a ride in one when I was 13 by a friend of the family and was totally smitten.

Edited by RacingTeatray on Tuesday 1st December 15:48

If I could afford a 300SL, it would be the first thing I'd buy. The ultimate dream car for me.

AUDIHenry said:

it me or is that the competition version with aluminum construction and race wheels?

Competition version is the W194.



Of course, then there was this little puppy -

300SLR Uhlenlaut Coupe

Edited by HAB on Tuesday 1st December 23:30

I could have sworn there was an alloy bodied Gullwing produced, not the race version that you posted.

[Esprit]

S1 Exige for me... all the same virtues as the S1 Elise posted on Page 1, but with all the dials turned up to eleven!

Sure there's a small sacrifice in useability and reliability... but as a driving too, when it's working... my god!



Also second the vote for an NSX type R... there's something about one that makes me want to experience one just to see if it's what they say it is... if it's even half as good, it should be a right lark!

[Beardo]

IL_JDM said:

Loads of stuff

Wow, thanks dude! Now I'm REALLY intrigued by these - you sound like my missus whenever anyone asks about our old Escort, and she frigging loved that car.

/rustles around down the back of the sofa

I may have to go and give one a cheeky test drive...

[Pothole]

[DickyC]

You should be able to say you've had one of these. They didn't make very many. There were 182 in UK spec of which 129 survive, so you should be able to find one.

It is so, so capable. Extraordinarily fast, mind boggling acceleration, brakes from the 968 CS and it's a full house quattro. This was mine and it is the best car I've ever owned. Thanks to the recession it has now gone

One day

[Garlick]

DickyC said:

You should be able to say you've had one of these. They didn't make very many. There were 182 in UK spec of which 129 survive, so you should be able to find one.

It is so, so capable. Extraordinarily fast, mind boggling acceleration, brakes from the 968 CS and it's a full house quattro. This was mine and it is the best car I've ever owned. Thanks to the recession it has now gone

One day

Stop reminding me.........

[DickyC]

Garlick said:

DickyC said:

You should be able to say you've had one of these. They didn't make very many. There were 182 in UK spec of which 129 survive, so you should be able to find one.

It is so, so capable. Extraordinarily fast, mind boggling acceleration, brakes from the 968 CS and it's a full house quattro. This was mine and it is the best car I've ever owned. Thanks to the recession it has now gone

One day

Stop reminding me.........

All too often I find myself reminiscing You would say if I became a little dull and repetitive about my time with it, wouldn't you?



Same car, different plate, Castle Combe. The plate didn't vandalise it, the car was first registered with a personal plate and so didn't have an original registration number. At one time it was M5 FUN.

M22 ADU is the year, engine size and engine type. Made me smile anyway.

[RacingTeatray]

AUDIHenry said:

I could have sworn there was an alloy bodied Gullwing produced, not the race version that you posted.

You're not wrong - there was an option to order customer cars from the factory with aluminium bodywork but it was extremely expensive so not many were produced. I also think one or more were produced with experimental glassfibre bodywork.

Edited by RacingTeatray on Wednesday 2nd December 11:05