Very difficult because i have never had the pleasure to sit in one or at least test drive but i think.
Aston Martin ( which ever is top spec new)
Range Rover sport.
Im tall & big build so the sporty small cars are out of the question love the new mini got no chance of been comfortable!!
Ferrari & lambourgini no appeal.
American mussle cars do have appeal even though this is a bit cheesey the Grand Torino & the Mustang & the Dodge Charger but this has to be orange and called the General Lee (original of course).
Remember money no object what do you want?
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1939 Lagonda drophead - either a six or a twelve depending on what was available.
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>> Jaguar XKR
Are they actually so low slung that ordinary speed tables (raised zebra crossings) are a problem?
Only I followed one down Gordon St towards Euston tonight; at each speed table he slowed to below walking pace. TBH the foldy bike is usually quicker than a car on that stretch but had this guy really spent mega bucks on something not fit or purpose?
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If I were allowed one car only, for all uses, its would be a BMW 535d M sport Touring.
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I'd second that Zero - and almost suggest that an M5 would be my choice.
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As I'm currently in a convertible phase, it would have to be a brand new Bentley Convertible.
I like the look of the drop-top Aston, but it might be a bit low for my increasingly creaky joints.
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A Bristol. Id like a 4dr special of the Blenheim please, in BRG.
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A Merc CLS, or an Audi A6. Something discreet but potent, subtle enough to park in a town centre car park but dignified enough to cut a dash outside the best restaurants.
This would be nice actually - an RS6 Avant chipped to 713bhp: bit.ly/99TgE1
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"RS6 Avant chipped to 713bhp"
I liked the remark in the ad that it has been 'derestricted', as if the standard spec V10 was just for learners! Sorry son, you'll just have to make do with 155mph until you've lost those L-plates...
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Mrs. H's 4-wheeled object of desire is a 1967 Shelby 500, dark blue with the two obligatory stripes over the top.
Mine? I've always hankered after an early Morgan Plus 8, but the Auburn 8-100 Speedster would do instead. Bright red, naturally.
If forced into something modern, it would have to be something suitably politically incorrect like a Dodge Viper.
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This has to take into account of where you would use it. Yes I would like an Aston Martin but:
- When would I really drive it? Going to shops/theatre/gym etc. would not be the best use.
- Wouldn't some low life try to steal it (I could put it in the garage)
- ... you get the drift.
So I'd say for me maybe a FIAT/Abarth 500.... also knickable though. I had a boring Golf GTI 1.8T nicked in 2000.
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I would have an Audi A8 as my luxery car as it is very subtle and not at all flash. I would have an Aston Martin Vantage (new shape) as my main sports car and a Fiat Panda 100hp or Abarth 500 as city car.
I would also keep a collection of Ladas in my barn as well as all the old crap FIATs you never see any more such as the Strada.
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I've seen old Astons being restored. Trust me, you don't want one. I've seen less corrosion on an old Cortina.
I've been round the factory at Newport Pagnell (I know, it's moved now Ford own it) and seen the rusty, concealed box sections they've welded in with a cursory squirt of Waxoyl.
I was surprised when I asked what a large, belt driven unit was and was told it was an air-pump delivering air to the exhaust to 'dilute' the gasses so as to pass emissions.
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>>>As I'm currently in a convertible phase, it would have to be a brand new Bentley Convertible.
Advise reconsidering.... during our summer hols this year in a posh seaside town there was a guy cruising about in one of these. All credit to him affording such a car but he did look a bit of a tit... just so *look at me*.
My money no object choice would be a top of range Mondeo class fwd diesel hatch/estate, 170bhp or so would be plenty.
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...All credit to him affording such a car but he did look a bit of a tit...
Agreed, tit-dom awaits around a close corner for any Bentley Convertible driver.
It's just that I would like to run one, just to see what it's like, even if it turned out to be not for me.
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Bentleys ?...Ten-a-penny round here...
Old Mondys are far more exclusive on our street.
:-)
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Bugati Veyron 16.4 in Coventry Fire Service Yellow.
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If money were no object I'd be in the back of a Maybach sipping from an Art Deco champagne flute. Or bobbing around in a harbour.
For the rare moments when I felt like getting behind the wheel again - a brand new V12 XJS, from the gentlemen at Knowles Wilkins. No surprises there.
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A Mercedes S-Class. (Unless anyone knows of anything even more comfortable?)
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I've had the pleasure of driving some really nice stuff in the past courtesy of seriously wealthy friends and business associates. Maybe that's why I don't find the idea of actually owning this sort of exotica particularly appealing, maybe it's an age thing. I remember about 10 years ago sitting in a drop top Ferrari at a set of traffic lights in Cheshire feeling incredibly self conscious.
So I'd probably stick with a 5 Series BMW for every day use as it's difficult to think of anything that's a better allrounder but as money's no object a petrol version, probably the 550i.
I'd then acquire a collection of interesting older stuff to kick the tyres and poke around underneath the bonnet periodically. Mercedes W111 and Citroën DS Convertible and early Porsche 911 Turbo spring to mind.
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Well now, I've long thought that a degree of anonymity is a distinct advantage in a car. If you drive around in anything too "obvious" it can lead to unwanted attention.
If your Aston was on your drive it might just lead burglars to think it was a good house to investigate, if you tool up the M6 in your 911 you might just attract the increased attention of those with blue lights on their roofracks and if you park your Range Rover in most cities it might just have the local scrotes signature carved into the paintwork a bit too often.
I'd still have an estate car of some kind, a nice one though but with any badges indicating the huge engine size removed. Probably a 5 series touring or Merc E Class puppy's gonads model but made to look like the cooking version.
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A fully restored Morris Minor Traveller.
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Interested in the comments re 5 series estate. Is that to get Fifi into it?
For a one-car that fits all purposes, I just can't see past a top spec Range Rover, carries 5 and dogs if necessary, has 4WD for winter, has all the luxuries you will need.
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Probably a C63 AMG estate and a 599 Fiorino.
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Skoda of some description: Octavia estate or Superb ditto. Just because I wouldn't have to care what others think.
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Aston Martin DB9
BMW M5
Range Rover Sport
The biggest and most top spec Audi I could have.
oh
And a fully restored Vauxhall Viscount, and Mk1 Astra
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Absolutely see where you are coming from Norton. To be fair I don't much care now what anyone else thinks of my cars. They are for me, not them and equally I don't much care what anyone else chooses to drive either as long as they don't drive it into me. Doesn't stop me liking good ones though but I think I'd be careful not to have anything which drew too much attention as my daily car. Might have a toy too though.
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Tricky one that. I'm not sure there is such thing as a 'money no object car', because even if money was literally no object, my objection to unecessary waste of resources would stop me from being stupid.
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Money no object: Bentley Speed Six, though I'd compromise to one of the 4.5 litres, or even the 8 litre!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Speed_Six
200HP-ish, Overhead cam, 4 valves per cylinder, etc - all back in the late 1920s!!
On the occasions when I couldn't use the car, I'd walk or take the train!
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>> Interested in the comments re 5 series estate. Is that to get Fifi into it?
Yup, and the timber from B&Q, and the sheet to the tip.
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Money no object? I wouldn't have one car but a warehouse full, and membership of one of those clubs where you can hire flash cars whenever you like.
I'm a bit of an automotive tart.
If I'm going to be restricted to one car, I'd have an anonymous Audi A8 or a Citroen C6.
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Like many drivers of 3 series BMWs, if money was no object ideal car would be 5 series, in my case 535d saloon or estate, don't mind which.
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Tricky.
If only the one car, Maserati Quattroporte. Beautiful but with some practicality.
Unrestricted:
One of those Audi RS6 estates
Series 1 4.2 E-type roadster in pale metallic blue
Ducati 916
That'll do for now.
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I'd probably have an Audi RS6 estate. Though it has to be said, why not just a straightforward quattro - never get to use all that power? But I'd want it debadged, and de-tarted up.
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You might have that about right Mappy. Good thought. Lottery tonight...wonder what the delivery lead time would be....
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Any 'quality' car in the £30k - £50k bracket and that might include a BMW 5 series (which I could afford anyway but can't really justify the expenditure), although out of that bracket , I do like the look of the Bentleys.
Yes, if moeny was no object probably the BMW, then the Bentley Continental. Nothing flash like Ferraris, Maseratis and their ilk - those cars have never appealed to me.
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Maseratis are on the lower end of the spectrum of bling cars - delightfully anonymous.
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Maserati - I'd find it really difficult to pronounce it as it should be if I had one. Just strikes me as a total cad's car. I'd really so want to say something like "come for a spin in the Maserahhhti Dahling" erm...don't y' know....
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Ding Dong.....! Like a nicely crafted Italian shoe though Humph ?
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Rather! um... old boy...
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An Audi RS6 Avant with an AMD remap. In black, please.
Cannot think of a single thing I'd ever need or want a car to do that this couldn't.
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>> An Audi RS6 Avant with an AMD remap. In black, please.
Would be alright if I had a red one please ? ( with roof rails for my bikes if that's ok ? )
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They do look good in red Humph. It would be a tough call.
A friend of mine had a passenger ride in one running a 550 bhp AMD map. He got out, pale faced, with a daft grin, and uttered nothing but expletives for 10 full minutes afterwards. When he finally came to his senses, he said the most vivid thing was the overtaking punch. Pull out, THEN floor it, otherwise you will simply hit whatever you are trying to overtake straight up the chuff! :-)
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...Maseratis are on the lower end of the spectrum of bling cars - delightfully anonymous...
A lawyer acquaintance has a new Quattroporte.
I've not been in it, but it must be the longest car I've ever seen.
A quick Google suggests 16ft 8ins.
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Size doesn't matter iffy - the X1 comes in at 14.583333333333333333333333333333 ft/inches
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...Size doesn't matter iffy...
I wouldn't be saying that when I couldn't shut the garage door on my new Quattroporte.
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Ah but if you could afford a Quattroporte (why is it that the Italians can even make a mundane motoring phrase sound so blinking cool ?) you could afford a garage for it to fit in !
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>> (why is it that the Italians can
>> even make a mundane motoring phrase sound so blinking cool ?)
It really is a beautiful language.
Two others spring to mind:
In English, 'sixteen valves' and 'narrow head'
In Italian, 'Sedicivalvole', and 'Testastretta'
No comparison, really. :-)
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Sedicivalvole - sounds like a rather good wine really...nice.
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Even made me want the Fiat Tipo they used to plaster the badge across the back of. :-)
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Sedicivalvole - Often comes in two litre bottles......boom..boo....
Aw forget it...
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>>I'd probably have an Audi RS6 estate. Though it has to be said, why not just a straightforward quattro - never get to use all that power? But I'd want it debadged, and de-tarted up.
Is that not the beauty of the Audi RS range though, it isn't blinged up and shouting supercar, it is very tame. Yes if you know what you are looking for you will see the obvious signs but they are discreet like an M5 is.
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I would let someone drive me.
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"Aston Martin ( which ever is top spec new)
Range Rover sport."
I think you need to do some test drives?? (Maybe you have and these are the cars you like!)
Astons are not v comfortable (and my wife agrees!!) They have a superb performance and exhaust note though!
XKR is much more comfortable, have as good a performance (I'm talking about driving on UK roads not test tracks) but don't sound so good, but is a heck of a lot cheaper!.
Range Rover Sport is pointless - silly tyres and wheels, very thirsty and wallowy (but not as pointless as an X6)
Someone mentioned Maserati Quattroporte - yep - absolutely fantastic - and that's just the name - lovely car.
Here's one to throw into the ring - Jag XF. The improvement over previous Jags is unbelievable. Power, performance, roomy, all the extras, great auto gearbox - great car. The supercharged ones are fantastic. I also drove a diesel one today from Midlands to East Anglia - 150 miles, gave it a bit of stick in sport mode in places (nothing too excessive but enough to overtake very swiftly and safely) and it did 44mpg ( I know, I know - if you buy an XF you aren't worried about mpg.)
By the way - all cars mentioned above in previous posts are, of course "the best car" for the person choosing them - I wouldn't argue with you but I would state my opinion!! (probably wrong!)
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Possibly a Lexus 600h, for total silence and plush dependability.
Alternatively anything that Clarkson and the other musketeers dislike.
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>> Alternatively anything that Clarkson and the other musketeers dislike.
Vectra B?
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I suspect a brace of top of the range diesel Berlingos would do SWMBO & I nicely!!
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>> Vectra B?
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For some reason i quite like the C but never took to the B, can't possibly admit to agreeing with him though..;)
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None of the cars I want are stupidly expensive, I.e. No £100k hyper cars or anything like that. It's just the number of different cars I want :-(
I really want a big garage first though. Wonder how much it would cost to rent a disused garage or a small industrial unit.
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I suspect the rates and insurance costs would dwarf the rental...
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>> I suspect the rates and insurance costs would dwarf the rental...
Yeah you're right.
It's the security keeps me from diving into this idea currently. There's no space that i could have it at my house, and i don't like the idea of my cherished motor cars staying alone in a dark, cold unit with noone they can shout for help from...
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>> I really want a big garage first though. Wonder how much it would cost to
>> rent a disused garage or a small industrial unit.
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Its my fantasy/desire to have a big garage that could easily house about 6 cars, with enough room to open all the doors fully, fully kitted out workshop, with air compresser etc
Enough room to wash the cars outside, and wax polish inside.
Inside would have a car lift and/or inspection pit, thats properly lit.
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>> Inside would have a car lift and/or inspection pit, thats properly lit.
I wonder if there's any mileage in seeking out someone local to me with similar wants and go halfers on a facility... you've written word for word what i'm after. There will be people in the next town along or something thinking the same... surely!
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>> Alternatively anything that Clarkson and the other musketeers dislike.
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Morris Marina? (Sans piano...)
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Well, I didn't win the lottery last night. Two numbers came up though so it's only a matter of time obviously. Double rollover this weekend so I'll let you know on Sunday how we have fared...Perhaps I'll just ring the Audi dealer to ensure there's an RS6 Avant available for test driving on Sunday afternoon...
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I've been resisting this one but AC's comment in the other thread that it's OK to appreciate a car mainly for its ability to enhance a journey, rather than as an object to covet for its own sake makes me feel safe to break cover. I'm not a car enthusiast, and although I do enjoy driving when the conditions are right, I'd always choose something comfortable and discreetly capable rather than anything that smacks of trying too hard.
So Ferraris and Porsches are out - even if I could fit into one. I watched our new head of sales lock a black 911 the other day and it didn't make me warm to him. So are Range Rovers and the like, which for my purposes are neither discreet nor capable.
For me it would have to be an estate version of the Mercedes E or BMW 5, in blue, with a non-black interior and an audio system at least as good as the pretty good one I already have in my Volvo. I've not driven either, so I don't know which I'd prefer; if I didn't like either I'd just go happily mad with the options list of a V70 - or try to persuade Jaguar to make a Tourer version of the XF.
And it would have a diesel engine. Money may be no object, but time spent at filling stations is a waste of life, and time is never no object.
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I have been in the fortunate position of having the space and money to run a childhood dream - 1967 Lotus Elan coupe.
I sold it after two years as I was working and did not have the time to enjoy it. Now I have the time, no inclination for a low sportscar.
Based on my experience of a large home based garage, too large a space has disadvantages:
heating bills in winter become horrendous and you are still cold.
dust and grit from sanding go everywhere.. as does paint spray.
My advice would be to have a separate garage - or a well cordoned off part - which can be heated on its own - and can be where dirty work such as metal grinding/rubbing down can be carried out without affecting other cars..
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If it were one car I would have the DBS Volante.
If it were two it would be the AM + RS6 Avant (or M5 Touring)
If it were three it would be my old Audi Ur Quattro 20v turbo...dated as it now is.Had it for 3 years and drove less than 6k in it!
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Surely money no object means you have people to carry the family, the rubbish, the dogs et al so sporty estate cars no thank you
Mclaren f1
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The only car that Autocar give 5 stars to.....Jag XFR
I'd really like a modern Bentley saloon, but the image that goes with it wouldn't suit me. Although I tell myself to hell with other people's thoughts, i'm sure it would get to me in the end and you'd always be worrying where you parked it, etc...so XFR it would be, nicely understated, but awesome with it.
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If money was no object what car would you drive? - Avant
