Name your favorite car

[ILuMINiTE]

mine is a Bugatti

[Miyahon]

http://www.deeptuning.it/Public/data/FiestaCosworth/200472810285_Usf-NewYork-Ecto1.jpg

[ILuMINiTE]

ahaha word to that

[Jesus]

1970 HG Monaro
1959 Chevy Impla ( Cats Eye Breaklights )
And The 69 Dodge Cuda.

[Rizon]

Ferrari : 360 Modena Coupe
Subaru : Impreza Mk1
VW - Camper Vans, Splittys though
Dodge viper
Shelby GT500

[The Dude]

Ford GT
Mazda RX-7 Spirit R
Subaru Sti Version V
Mitsubishi Evolution IV
Eagle Talon TSI AWD
SVT Cobra
Honda NSX - the noise this car makes is pure sex
Corvette Z06

[goku2057]

Uhhh. I can't narrow it down to one.

1968 Camaro SS
1969 Cobra
2004 Subaru WRX STi
2003 Lancer Evolution
2005 Ford SVT Cobra
2006 Corvette Z06
Porsche 911 Turbo
Porsche Carrera GT

There are tons more, but that's all off the top of my head.

[Greg]

Corvette Z06
1968 Camaro SS
Porsche 911 Turbo
Mazda RX-8

[sif]

Alfa Romeo Brera/Duetto
Ferrari 250GTO/250LM/F40/Enzo/FXX/
Mercedes-Benz 250SL cabrio /300SL/ 600 Pullman
Fiat 500
BMW- every M car ever and the Z1
Porsche 959/Carrera GT
Rolls Royce -Silver Ghost/Shadow/Phantom (all)/Corniche
Bentley Arnage/Continental (not the GT)
Nissan -all GT-R's
Datsun 240Z
Toyota 2000GT
Bugatti Royale
Any Dusenberg
Audi Quattro and all RS* models
Mazda RX-7 (1st and 3rd only)
Honda S2000/NSX (all coupe variations)
Aston Martin - DB4 Zagato / DB5/V8 Vantage/Vanquish/DB9

And too many more to list to make up my ideal garage. I do not think I could pick a favourite car...

[O.D.S]

Mclaren F1
Ferrari 360 CS, 430 CS, Enzo
Porsche Carrera GT, Turbo
Lamborghini Diablo SV, Murcielago (SV?), R-GT
Alpha Romeo GTA
Toyota Celica (my car)

...will add more

[Viper]

Over everything.....1988 Ligenfelter "SledgeHammer" Corvette.

[Z]

Enzo

and anything from Cadillac

[stanDarsh]

I have a few:

MacLaren F1 onroad
Honda Integra Type R 2000 Model
Mazda RX-8
Mazda RX-4
Almost any lamboghini
Toyota Supra
Lotus Elise

[DankHero]

Subaru : Impreza Mk1

can you post a picture? I like the Lotus Elise, and i know its not a car but Ducati 999r motorcycle

[ILuMINiTE]

RX-8
RX-7
Lancer evo
GTRs
80s corollas
rear wheel drive cars!!

[Xer0]

http://forums.autoweek.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/31-17966-390293-13526/Honda%20NSX%202002%20-%20800x600.jpg

[sif]

Great choice! Developed by the late, great Ayrton Senna - we are not worthy!

[blahtacular]

omfg Xero, with you all the way-

Honda NSX BABY!!!

that and the Ferrari F1... IMO the 2004 version looks really nice

off topic: isn't it nice that most things that work great also look great, especially for cars?

[Rizon]

can you post a picture? I like the Lotus Elise, and i know its not a car but Ducati 999r motorcycle

heres ya go.

[DankHero]

i want that also

[Rizon]

The special version, the p1's are the best.
I'm not sure if the pic i posted was a p1. but i've got a pic on my computer at home i'll post of a p1 which i so wanted when it was for sale, but im on the worlds dodgiest school computers ever.

[tazz3]

1970 ss 454 chevlle.
1965 ss chevlle.
1970 GTO 455
1970 HURST OLDS 442

[Crow]

if you've seen Gone in 60 Seconds....that Mustang

[Viper]

^Shelby GT500


http://members.fortunecity.com/megacarman1/12080e00.jpg

http://www.dreams-cars.net/images/Galerie/Shelby/Shelby_GT500_Eleanor_1967/Shelby_GT500_Eleanor_1967_03.jpg

[Crow]

beautiful...the car is too

[tazz3]

Shelby GT500 is worth over 200 grand.
you would never see a civic or a talon sell for that lol lol lol

[Fats]

McLaren F1 LM

The first time I caught a glimpse of that car... Then the performance, blew me away. I love the colour as well.

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/07/mclarenf1lm95_02.jpg

[cpiasminc]

Shelby GT500 is worth over 200 grand.
The new production GT500 that Ford's SVT division is doing will go for a lot less than 200 grand. Most expectations are that it will be around $40k. While Ford claims that it may be in the 30s, I think most people are sure that means a base price in the very high 30s.

[F089/H]

The car I'm digging the most right now is the Koenigsegg CCR 2005

[Shai-Hulud]

Has to be the old Ford GT40
(and of course the NSX!)

viper, you thinking `bout the Callaway Sledgehammer?

and of course my old 240:
http://www.kongstud.hibu.no/e5oystein/pimpvolvo.jpg

this car also looks good, i am not sure what it is but think it is an Attack kit car buildt partially from Honda Accord parts (engine ++)
http://www.kongstud.hibu.no/e5oystein/attack.jpg

[Viper]

viper, you thinking `bout the Callaway Sledgehammer?

Yeah, I tend to call it a Lingenfelter because he completely collaborated with Reeves and also drove it to that speed.

[Shai-Hulud]

sorry.. i googled a bit, and it actually looks like the one you are talking about was an über-special "sledgehammer" version they timed on some salt flats or something..? my bad.thought there was only one version. anyway, insane car indeed...

[Viper]

It was tested at the Callaway track in Ohio. There is only one BUT a package was offered in Europe for more but no one bought any because Europeans would rather get skinned alive than drive a non European supercar. Intense pride over there.

Think about it, a stock 1988 'Vette was given twin turbos and some other smaller tweaks (tires, etc..), 100% street legal expect the slicks and ran that. Stock radio, seats, luxuries and all were still in the car and it has yet to be beaten 17 years later.

Now imagine if they did the same thing to a current 505 hp Z06.

[Moses]

300C/Magnum

[Shai-Hulud]

I hear that pride thing. you rarely see ANY american cars over here, but there are a lot of AmCar veteran clubs here... damn, those old american cars sure sound incredibly good...

[F089/H]

Zx-12

[Xer0]

It was tested at the Callaway track in Ohio. There is only one BUT a package was offered in Europe for more but no one bought any because Europeans would rather get skinned alive than drive a non European supercar. Intense pride over there.



You might be jumping a little bit over board with the whole pride thing there. The European idea of a fine car and the American idea of it are completely different. for starters, size and huge engines apeal here greatly, not so much in Europe. Just look at the differences, here the F-150/and GM clones are the #1 and 2 selling cars, there its the Golf and other compacts. Second, Europeans are fined extensivly for hugh displacment(I dunno why) where as the Pushrod, about as American as they come, is ment to allow more displacment in less area. Besides, the new C6 is getting a lot more praise then the C5 ever did and the Ford-GT is loved over there. Its not a mater of pride, its a mater of taste.

[cpiasminc]

Second, Europeans are fined extensivly for hugh displacment(I dunno why)
It's Europe's little way of controlling emissions and oil dependency. It's also why, even though diesel engines are more expensive, people who buy diesels in Europe get tax credits for buying them because they're far more fuel efficient than any comparable petrol vehicle will ever be.

With gas prices being more than double the highest price point that any American pump gas has ever been, it's no surprise that a good 75% of the engines on European roads are 2 liters and below.

Here, people try to waste others off the line, while in Europe, it's pretty routine for someone to shut off their engine at long red lights. People here will complain about gas prices while at the same time idling at a drive-thru window waiting for extra hot sauce.

[Hrama]

I don't know why but I have a real thing for for the '06 Acura RL then its between a

360 Modena
McLaren F1 and
Mercedes Sauber C11

[Viper]

Here, people try to waste others off the line, while in Europe, it's pretty routine for someone to shut off their engine at long red lights. People here will complain about gas prices while at the same time idling at a drive-thru window waiting for extra hot sauce.
I've been under the impression more fuel is wasted by cranking the engine than by idling for a minute or two.

Then again, that may be from older models that required a gas pedal pump as you cranked.

[NoZ]

Seen this car on holiday, its not my favourite but it looks good apart from the rims.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9969/car8ma.jpg

[Leedogg]

It was tested at the Callaway track in Ohio. There is only one BUT a package was offered in Europe for more but no one bought any because Europeans would rather get skinned alive than drive a non European supercar. Intense pride over there.

Think about it, a stock 1988 'Vette was given twin turbos and some other smaller tweaks (tires, etc..), 100% street legal expect the slicks and ran that. Stock radio, seats, luxuries and all were still in the car and it has yet to be beaten 17 years later.

Now imagine if they did the same thing to a current 505 hp Z06.

hey viper, I remember callaway selling a couple of the corvettes. It was a couple years ago, that they sold them at Barett-Jackson. I remember one being white, I think it was a 92 corvette. I think they sold the sledgehammer that year too. I'm going to google search it.

[Leedogg]

here it is....

They sold the Sledgehammer in 2004 at Barrett-Jackson. Also, a bunch of other callaway cars were sold.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/about/pressreleases/callaway.asp

Just need to find out what it sold for.

edit:

1991 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CALLAWAY ZR1 SPEEDSTER SOLD 189,000
2004-BJCCA
1988 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CALLAWAY "SLEDGEHAMMER" SOLD 221,400
2004-BJCCA
1997 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CALLAWAY C12 COUPE SOLD 113,400
2004-BJCCA
1997 CALLAWAY C7R GT1 ENDURANCE RACE CAR SOLD 216,000
2004-BJCCA

I found that at barrett-Jackson

Somebody got a steal when they bought the SledgeHammer $221,400

by the way My car is a Ford GT

[cpiasminc]

I've been under the impression more fuel is wasted by cranking the engine than by idling for a minute or two.
If the engine is not already up to operating temperature (i.e. cold start), that's certainly true. If the engine is already warmed up and lubricant has already made its way in, it doesn't require much fuel at all. It is true, though, that forced cranking from the starter motor does more damage to the engine than idling, but then diesel engines can take it better than gas engines.

[Xer0]

It's Europe's little way of controlling emissions and oil dependency. It's also why, even though diesel engines are more expensive, people who buy diesels in Europe get tax credits for buying them because they're far more fuel efficient than any comparable petrol vehicle will ever be.

The huge amount of torque that allows for the taller gearing certainly helps too and with the new Mercedes and VW/Audi diesels coming out, its a shame that we dont see them hear cause they are great engines.

With gas prices being more than double the highest price point that any American pump gas has ever been, it's no surprise that a good 75% of the engines on European roads are 2 liters and below.

Thats all well and true but you also forget that in Europe a good amount of cars are also a lot smaller reducing the need for a larger engine, all the while increasing economy. Which is also one of the dumb things that i hate about the auto industry, especially the ones that focus on the American market. The car keep getting bigger and more powerful, why cant they just make the engines weaker and more fuel efficient all the while make the cars wiegh less. I realize that costs would go up, however you would end up with the superior product. Ah well, i guess its just wish ful thinking but when the newest Civic wieghs in at almost 3000 lbs, something is wrong.

[cpiasminc]

The huge amount of torque that allows for the taller gearing certainly helps too and with the new Mercedes and VW/Audi diesels coming out, its a shame that we dont see them hear cause they are great engines.
Yeah. Unfortunately, American emissions standards are all based on individual constituents in relation to consumption (measured through the exhaust gas volume). While European standards are based on total output measured against mean distance covered. American paranoia over NOx emissions alone has pretty much put diesel off the roads.

It's silly to think about the particulate emissions of diesel per gallon when you think about the fact that one gallon of diesel gives you that much more power and that many more miles. Which still means that the diesel can give you better emissions overall.

My other problem here is that when treehuggers in the US look at emissions data, they don't get a mileage reference. So the data off of which they base a lot of their lobbying is flawed in the first place. Things like the 10% ethanol mixture supposedly helping emissions and reducing foreign oil dependency is such a lie. The problem is that if you only look at exhaust volume measurements, the results are probably true, but in the vast majority of cases, you've also detrimented gas mileage enough to make it a net loss.

Thats all well and true but you also forget that in Europe a good amount of cars are also a lot smaller reducing the need for a larger engine, all the while increasing economy.
Yep. And the classes are also a notch lower. What they call a mid-size, we'd call a compact. The people who buy such things in the states are really just such a niche, whereas in other countries, it's about the most common thing on the market.

The car keep getting bigger and more powerful, why cant they just make the engines weaker and more fuel efficient all the while make the cars wiegh less.
Yep. People in this country are so raised on a history of big cars and all the muscle cars of yore and so on that it shapes the way they think of a car. The initial appearance of the Civic in the US was timed out to the whole oil crisis of the 70s that killed the muscle car. The thing is that most Americans never looked at it as a fuel-efficient lightweight car, but as a necessary evil to save money with rising gas prices.

You ask the average car nut in the US, they'd probably say they don't even begin to feel safe in their vehicle until it's at least 2 tons and making 350+ bhp. And it is true that there is a safety advantage to weight, and in my own car, there are plenty of cases where I feel the lack of power. But man, I've heard quotes from GM engineers who say their threshold of feeling totally safe in their car means a minimum of 600 hp. That's just absurd to me.

Ah well, i guess its just wish ful thinking but when the newest Civic wieghs in at almost 3000 lbs, something is wrong.
I'm of a mixed opinion on this one as I do see the Civic getting progressively bigger, heavier, and more expensive with each new iteration. But it also means the cabin has more room to carry people. The fact that the newest Civic is the only one that I've been able to comfortably sit in is something.

My own car is based on a Corolla platform, but it's bigger and almost 350 pounds heavier, but a Corolla is so tiny, I can't get the seat back far enough, and my shoulders rub against the windows. I can fit in this one, and so can the 4 other people I [used to] carpool with. Of course, that's part of the reason it feels semi-anemic on power. However, a big factor there is quite simply the fact that it's really not normal, unless you do so deliberately, to get an engine anywhere near peak power. If it made something close to its rated power at very low rpms (in turn making it also a torquey engine), I doubt anyone would complain.