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(64,688 posts)No teslas need apply, though
PoliciesRuleTheDay
(7 posts)Why not? Don't you care about the environment?
rurallib
(64,688 posts)Musk is too close to stinky Donny
Edit to add - plenty of ways to help the environment without right wing assholes in the mix
debm55
(60,595 posts)we can do it
(13,024 posts)Basso8vb
(1,230 posts)Most of the other manufacturers have caught up and surpassed them in build quality and reliability.
They also haven't refreshed their body styles at all when most other companies do so every 3 or 4 years.
Many better alternatives on the market that don't benefit that goddamned nazi, either.
Cirsium
(3,942 posts)So clever.
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)GoneOffShore
(18,020 posts)roscoeroscoe
(1,825 posts)That's the new cool
debm55
(60,595 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)Borogove
(623 posts)My wife and I just purchased the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV and are really impressed with it so far. It has a range of about 280 miles and its performance and handling are outstanding. At one time I was interested in the Tesla but after Musk went off the rails, no thanks.
debm55
(60,595 posts)True Dough
(26,667 posts)I'm going to need to borrow a few nickels...

lastlib
(28,260 posts)you'll make it!
True Dough
(26,667 posts)buy a sofa?
DFW
(60,182 posts)In 2016, someone in Amsterdam found an old thin silver coin in an old wooden cabinet. It turned out to be the second known New England Threepence, minted in Boston around 1652. The colonists were making their own coins without permission from the British crown, and were ordered to stop when the King found out. There are dozens of New England shillings known, and several sixpences, but this is only the second threepence ever discovered. It just sold for over $2 million a few days ago. One more lucky old cabinet, and you can buy your car!
ProfessorGAC
(76,695 posts)The cheapest McLaren is only $330,000. Can't most of us just write a check out of petty cash?
Now, if we're talking about the 765, we might have to look for an extra $300k of loose change.
Niagara
(11,850 posts)What is this?
True Dough
(26,667 posts)Sells for about $3.5 million, so it's a little out of my league.
But in that particular copper color, it would be a good fit for "fall vibes," don't you think?
More pics here:
https://www.automotiverhythms.com/2024-mclaren-solus-gt-racecar-illuminates-at-the-quail-a-motorsports-gathering/
liberal N proud
(61,194 posts)One of the cars in my class was the McLaren GT. It won several awards. Nice car.
Niagara
(11,850 posts)I'm glad it's a little out of your league. You'll need access to a racetrack with that "fall vibe" machine.
debm55
(60,595 posts)LoisB
(13,027 posts)brush
(61,033 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)MichMan
(17,150 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)k55f5r
(520 posts)With 4spd.
In perfect shape, he traded a pound of pot for it in the '80s. Has owned it ever since.
lastlib
(28,260 posts)It was the most beautiful car on the road. Under the right light, it had the appearance of a new copper penny! And it had MUSCLE! Not these sewing-machine motors in today's cars! A 350 V-8 with some real git-up-and-GO!

Tell me that ain't beauty inCARnate!
debm55
(60,595 posts)Niagara
(11,850 posts)I had a 82 Cutlass Calais. It had 350 Rocket dropped into it. It looked like this. I once believed my tranny was slipping and it ended up being a $2 transmission seal replacement. I miss these cars!

debm55
(60,595 posts)lastlib
(28,260 posts)roscoeroscoe
(1,825 posts)For my wife, the car her parents got her in high school
debm55
(60,595 posts)LSparkle
(12,182 posts)A friend had one like that in college and it was the perfect combo of light body and motor muscle. A beauty with the ability to haul ass! Preferably the same ice blue color my friend had ... ❤️
UpInArms
(54,973 posts)Jaguar e type
any color

debm55
(60,595 posts)Woodwizard
(1,322 posts)Built up a 69 mustang when I had time and no commitments in my 20's but a CarrolL Shelby Cobra was my holy grail.
rsdsharp
(12,002 posts)Although a Dusenberg would nice.
debm55
(60,595 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,895 posts)The '67 427 cobra was certainly the bomb, but one could make the argument the 289 would run circles around the 427 on a mountain course.
Then there's the curious case of Herbie Hancock's uber rare 1963 260 Cobra AC. Hernie "Watermelon Man" Hancock is the longest original owner of a Cobra AC, bar none.
Woodwizard
(1,322 posts)I bought the car in 83 while in the Army. On base they had a do it yourself shop you could work on cars, tools and lifts even a paint booth.
I tore down the engine bored it 30 over, high performance cam forged pistons and got 351 heads at a junkyard ported them to match intake and headers, got rid of the c4 auto replaced it with a 4 speed manual from the junkyard. That car kept me out of trouble with the amount of time I spent on it.
Man it was fun to drive nothing like a long duration cam in a v8 with a stick.
The new hotrods handle better and are faster, but there was just something raw and powerful in the feel of those old engines.
madamesilverspurs
(16,510 posts)No, really. Bright red convertible, bought in Long Beach CA in '67. Loved driving it up and down the coast, then it came with me to Colorado in the early 1970s. That little thing drove like crazy in the snow, never did put snow tires on it. Traded it away because I couldn't afford to have the seal around the convertible top replaced, and winters were intense back then. Now and then I'll see one on craigslist, same color and all, amazed at what they sell for. Screw Nader.
.
debm55
(60,595 posts)LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)4TheArts
(194 posts)Baby blue of course.
Emile
(42,284 posts)
4TheArts
(194 posts)... I could rule the world!
debm55
(60,595 posts)LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)1956 Mercedes

1964 Jaguar.

debm55
(60,595 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(32,133 posts)Instead, I bought an Alfa Romeo Alfetta Sedan. Hot shit 4 door, actually. Aluminum block, 6 speed, 50/50 weight distribution, Dedion suspension system. Even had a suicide throttle for cruise control.
debm55
(60,595 posts)Niagara
(11,850 posts)
debm55
(60,595 posts)WestMichRad
(3,252 posts)
and safe roads to ride it on.
Such as this:

Pedal power!
debm55
(60,595 posts)stopdiggin
(15,462 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)MuseRider
(35,176 posts)Most fun car I ever drove. It was old and kinda used up when I got it. It made a hell of a lot of transmission noise but I loved it.
debm55
(60,595 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,827 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)chowder66
(12,240 posts)Best car I ever had and I got it for $300 smackaroos. It was not in mint condition and it had over 100k miles on it but man that car was a godsend when I moved to L.A. It was fast and could take a lot of cars smacking into me with no real damage.
debm55
(60,595 posts)chowder66
(12,240 posts)classic car because the designs were so beautiful. I like nearly all of them!
chouchou
(3,142 posts)Still don't know how to embed images.
Emile
(42,284 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)Lochloosa
(16,733 posts)Damn I miss that thing.
debm55
(60,595 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,730 posts)
A most uncomfortable car but hey I could use med alert, "Help, I got in my car and can't get out.
Next- BMW Z3 in blue
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Next- 1970 TA Challenger in purple

debm55
(60,595 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,730 posts)A Subaru Forester and a Nissan Frontier, both are easier to get in and out of.🤩
debm55
(60,595 posts)GreenWave
(12,640 posts)
debm55
(60,595 posts)electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)Dems would be clamoring to get in it!
DBoon
(24,982 posts)The car George Jetson would drive to work
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debm55
(60,595 posts)Lifeafter70
(977 posts)My ex used to restore them. The star of the TV show "The Saint" drove the p1800.
FullySupportDems
(447 posts)I loved that car, and I'm a dork. So I'd like that one please.
A Hennessy Venom would be cool too though https://www.venomgt.com/
debm55
(60,595 posts)surfered
(13,462 posts).the shop.
debm55
(60,595 posts)lapfog_1
(31,904 posts)fully restored to factory specs.
reliving my high school days.. of course I didn't get to drive it until 1974
debm55
(60,595 posts)brush
(61,033 posts)k55f5r
(520 posts)And a friend of my dad's left his 58 100-6 there while he shipped out as merchant Marine.
He asked me to start it once a week to keep the battery up and and drive it up and down the road. (We had a quarter mile driveway). I spent every spare moment sitting in that car listening to the radio and pretending It was mine. On my last day of 8th grade , my mom rode with me and I drove it to school.
brush
(61,033 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 23, 2024, 03:30 PM - Edit history (1)
started with in '54. I actually had a '63 Mark ll 3000 but the final year, and thus most desirable now is the '67.
All great and fun to drive cars though. Very pricey now in the collector's market. The highest price for a '67 Mark lll 3000 was $200,000 a few years ago.
k55f5r
(520 posts)It was only $5,000, but it had quite a bit of rot in the trunk and the bottoms of the doors, and wasn't running at the time. I bought a running MGA 1960 instead for $4, 000. My son has that car today.
brush
(61,033 posts)Good thing you kept it in the family.
debm55
(60,595 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)Bristlecone
(11,111 posts)Would settle for a 912 in the same color(s).
debm55
(60,595 posts)Historic NY
(40,037 posts)but I'd take a V-12 Lincoln Zephyr
debm55
(60,595 posts)Phoenix61
(18,828 posts)Truly a work of art. As soon as I have a spare 2 mil Ill look into getting one.😂😂😂
Emile
(42,284 posts)museum. It's the best automobile museum that I ever seen.
https://automobilemuseum.org/
Phoenix61
(18,828 posts)Emile
(42,284 posts)Probably one of the rarest automobiles on earth. It was worth the admission just to see one.
https://www.kpcnews.com/thestar/article_a67c1b8c-7fd6-57cb-bdb0-0ae69f460709.html
debm55
(60,595 posts)Solly Mack
(96,941 posts)Not a car but I still want one. Fiji Blue Metallic body with a black seat back and handlebars.
debm55
(60,595 posts)qazplm135
(7,654 posts)With dark matter boost.
debm55
(60,595 posts)boonecreek
(1,509 posts)Used to know a guy who raced one in the SCCA A sedan class back in those long ago days when I was a corner worker.
debm55
(60,595 posts)jmowreader
(53,193 posts)It's gotta be a 1974. That's the year VW went to Independent Rear Suspension rather than swingarm suspension (meaning it handles better) and it was the last year VW sold them in the US.
debm55
(60,595 posts)bottomofthehill
(9,390 posts)Black on black, drive anywhere I want to go and tow anything I want to tow.
debm55
(60,595 posts)Emile
(42,284 posts)
debm55
(60,595 posts)Emile
(42,284 posts)electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)liberal N proud
(61,194 posts)I have a Chrysler Crossfire that is a fun, inexpensive sports roadster.
Right now its parked because a deer ran into me on the highway and came through my windshield. Putting back together and it will be back on the road soon.
debm55
(60,595 posts)liberal N proud
(61,194 posts)But no injuries
debm55
(60,595 posts)Another Mercedes 190e 4 cylinder 5spd manual. No distractions. Straight outside air vent top center. Mono wiper.
debm55
(60,595 posts)3catwoman3
(29,404 posts)Silver, white, or blue.
I've gotten used to being higher up in my Hyundai Santa Fe, so probably wouldn't like being so low to the ground in a Porsche. Oh, well.
debm55
(60,595 posts)cloudbase
(6,270 posts)like this one:
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I've got a couple of old Moto Guzzis, so I'm acquainted with the joys and frustrations of owning Italian machinery.
debm55
(60,595 posts)Hangingon
(3,088 posts)IA8IT
(6,424 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)IA8IT
(6,424 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,834 posts)its removable hardtop. The second would be my 1957 turquoise and white Metropolitan.
debm55
(60,595 posts)k55f5r
(520 posts)Motorcycle for a 1950 Ford two-door sedan. It had a flathead 3-speed overdrive lowered chromes and baby moons green pinstripe flame job on black.
I'd like that car back. So many memories in it.
debm55
(60,595 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(11,142 posts)They are kind of rare. I want one so bad. I want it Candy Apple Red!
debm55
(60,595 posts)chowmama
(1,096 posts)Racing green.
My first car was a VW beetle, very used. I did my own maintenance and at one point disassembled the engine completely. It's a great engine - with mostly basic tools you can do anything.
debm55
(60,595 posts)CommonHumanity
(363 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)YorkRd
(436 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,695 posts)
debm55
(60,595 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,497 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)sdfernando
(6,084 posts)If I could have one just to sit in the garage so I could sit in it and admire it....may trailer it to a car show, I'd love it!

More photos with awesome interior shots:
https://www.thewestcoastclassics.com/1964-studebaker-avanti-r1-c-1139.htm
debm55
(60,595 posts)ificandream
(11,837 posts)Will never ever buy a Tesla.
debm55
(60,595 posts)Bmoboy
(642 posts)My first car.
Nice little 6 cyl automatic 2 door with A/C. White with tan interior.
Memories.
debm55
(60,595 posts)JoseBalow
(9,487 posts)with three on the tree
IbogaProject
(5,911 posts)This team was making sedans ontop of the Ferrari drivetran and suspension.
here is a specific example. But they did more in the early 90s.
https://www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/ferrari-456-gt-saloon/
By renowned Italian design house Pininfarina.
debm55
(60,595 posts)Cartoonist
(7,579 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 24, 2024, 02:29 AM - Edit history (1)
With ALL the amenities.
debm55
(60,595 posts)Marigold
(230 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)if..fish..had..wings
(880 posts)
debm55
(60,595 posts)SWBTATTReg
(26,257 posts)No way I can afford it, but I can always dream. Have dreamed about it since I got out of school. I don't why but that's the vehicle that's stuck in my mind over the years.
Of course the insurance would be a nightmare, especially here in the city.
debm55
(60,595 posts)doc03
(39,086 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)MadLinguist
(907 posts)If that is just not feasible, could you get me a Toyota mini pickup with a stick shift? Haven't seen one since the 80s
debm55
(60,595 posts)The Wandering Harper
(915 posts)four door, orgasmicly blue, manual transmission,
with a pine cone stuck in the radiator.
I almost bought one fitting that description last time I needed a car,
but it was a little too rusty.
But I wanted it.
But, no.
The Wandering Harper
(915 posts)was like "no! you can't get a car just because it has a pine cone stuck in the radiator!"
idk why but that was a major point for me
it was,
very cute somehow
electric_blue68
(26,856 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 24, 2024, 02:15 AM - Edit history (1)
No time to go through total model info etc so just putting some general brands out there 🙂👍
If silver then turquoise interior, if red a custom pale green interior, if metallic cerulean blue a turquoise interior.
A Lotus Evija.
Or
a Koenigsegg.
Same color choices. Fun, got to see a lot of super expensive, cool designed car brands I'd never heard of (besides Lamborghini, Ferrari) 😄👍
JoseBalow
(9,487 posts)I'd love to cruise around in that cream-puff again, they don't make 'em like that anymore
Wolf Frankula
(3,835 posts)But I can't afford them. They don't make them any more. The wife would say, "Don't mine protect it."
Wolf
Bobstandard
(2,297 posts)Four cylinder 2.3 liter turbo charged engine, four door sedan with hatchback. Fantastic geometry. Incredible handling. Super comfortable. Unmatched interior space. Great gas mileage.
Only 400 imported to US. I owned one new, then replaced it twice with used versions I found around the country when one got stolen or wrecked.
Ive owned Porches and BMWs that were big disappointments in comparison.
Then GM bought Saab and killed the brand. Not long after GM went bankrupt. It was saved by the US government and gifted to a bunch of oligarchs. Yay US industry!!
debm55
(60,595 posts)Rigpa108
(70 posts)If that's not available I'll have to settle for James Bond's Aston Martin DB5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB5#/media/File:Aston_Martin_DB5_(Skyfall).jpg
debm55
(60,595 posts)pansypoo53219
(23,034 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)pansypoo53219
(23,034 posts)debm55
(60,595 posts)justaprogressive
(6,903 posts)