What kind of car would you buy if.....

[DSJ™]

Nice to see smileyfaceguy back! 

[Hemish]

Nissan 350z!!


I love this car there is just somehting about it, sex on wheels.
And i plan on getting one just a matter of when.

[Morgbug]

Interesting to see all the choices and for the most part practical.  I can't remember where all of you live, but if I selected the Z, it wouldn't be in the realm of practical for about 5 months a year. 

Alrighty then, let's change it up and get depressing, under $30,000.

Nick's still good with his 'Stang.  Smileyfaceguy (welcome back) can likely pull a Jeep in under that amount.  I'm SOL with the G35, so I'm either an Accord Coupe or an Altima SL.  Neither says daddy near as much as a Camry

[Jesse James]

Sticking with the Chrysler Sebring Conv... 

Being a car you have to drive all the time, and all that jazz, that's why I went with it in the first place.  Comfy, practical, reliable...  Lot of the choices would be less than practical come crunch time and your car needs any level of work...  Especially the Euro fans.

While Smileyfaceguy is always a welcomed man, I disagree on jeeps...  2 of my friends have them.  They're some of the WORST rides I've ever been in, as far as comfort goes.  Bumpy, rigid suspensions don't make for comfort, but they're highly reliable vehicles that really perform above and beyond many 4x4's (even when stock) in bad weather.  Front wheel drive cars perform for what I need though, since I don't do off-roading, so that's my aim there.

Nick's choice of the new Mustang was borderline a choice for me...  Since no release yet, and nothing to really compare it to, I was hesitant.  I like its looks though.  It's a really incredible car though, from looks and its supposed features.  Dunno about traveling on bad roads in it, especially if it's RWD, though I don't know if it's RWD or not.  I'd just assume it is.

[Rob]

Holy ****!

smileyfaceguy! And he likes Jeeps!

No no, he's just gonna cruise around on the spare tire.

[JoshEEE]

For me, it would have to be a 2002 Dodge Viper RT/10 followed closely by the GTS, and then the new SRT-10. Any one of the three would be just fine with me. I'd prefer the RT/10 because a convertible in Seattle is a bad idea. I could put the targa hardtop on it and drive it during the 7 or 8 months of the year where it's raining here.



However, that is my dream car that I can't afford. Oddly enough, the dream car I had before this was the Turbo Beetle, and now I own that. I DO drive it every day and I still like it as much as I did the first year I owned it.  It's a great little commuter car, gets great gas mileage....and it's quite zippy.

Mine looks like this without the dumb aftermarket spoiler (which is stupid because the car has a built in spoiler that pops up when you hit about 100)

[Dimetrodon]

Well I love my new car (an 04 corolla) worked my butt off this summer to pay it off.

But if I had the money, I would rebuild my old car. (a 92 Dodge Spirit)
I would just upgrade its internal mechanisms to be in pristine working condition, new tires, clean the inside a bit, add a CD player, and jsut beef it up. But I would keep its outward dented, stickered, painted up, scratched appearence as is.
My car was a Battle Wagon in its time

My new Car is a Decepticon though. haha. I put a huge logo on it's hood. I love it.

[JoshEEE]

What a coincidence. My Bug is ALSO a decepticon. It was going to be an Autobot, but I didn't get the yellow one....so I decided mine was evil and put the sticker on the rear window.

My license plate says Transformer and the little holder says "More than meets the eye". 

[Ben]

Holy ****!

smileyfaceguy! And he likes Jeeps!

No no, he's just gonna cruise around on the spare tire.

Oh.

Anyway, if we're going under $30,000, I'd stick with the Wrangler. The ride can't be nearly as bad as my old CJ-7, which was beat to hell. I could only put it in 4 low, and then I could only go about 25 mph. Which is all the faster I needed to go on a ****** day.

[Dimetrodon]

What a coincidence. My Bug is ALSO a decepticon. It was going to be an Autobot, but I didn't get the yellow one....so I decided mine was evil and put the sticker on the rear window.

My license plate says Transformer and the little holder says "More than meets the eye". 

haha, hell yes, Decepticons forever

[Nicklab]

$100K?  Well, the Volkswagon Touareg was cool, and clocks in under $50K.



And then there's the 2005 Mustang that's coming out.  It's kind of a throwback to the Mustang Fastback.  It comes in under $30K. 



So if the limit is $100K, those are the cars I'd choose.

Since I think I'm still pretty well under the $100K cap with my two choices, let me add this:



The BMW R1150GS

[DSJ™]

An oldie but I like it, the Lotus Seven S II from the 60's TV show The Prisoner. "Be Seeing You". 

[Angry Ewok]

I came close to getting a '64 Coupe, but this is what I really want... 1965 Mustang Fastback. Mmmm.

[Ben]

There's one of these at the local Ford dealership. They wouldn't even let me read the sticker. I'll bet it goes for $200,000. Which is more than its MSRP of $150 large.



It's nice, but one could get a Ferrari for that money.

[Rob L]

I would buy a Ford Sport Ka (about $25,000) to replace my Ka Collection



Basically I'm pretty happy with what I've already got