If you could own one car of your choice?

[jdh]

I thought I wanted a Viper. Then I saw a Viper going around a road course with a Grand Cherokee SRT8 on the back bumper.

2/3 the price, more room, great handling, and near equal performance make mine one of these:
http://www.jeep.com/en/2008/grand_cherokee/models/srt8/index.html

 

[Texas1911]

I have to agree. E36 and E46 M3s are the last of the really beautiful true sports car designe from BMW. Alan's Black E36 M3 is a work of art.

Hahhah... if you consider trash to be art.

 

[Texas1911]

I thought I wanted a Viper. Then I saw a Viper going around a road course with a Grand Cherokee SRT8 on the back bumper.

2/3 the price, more room, great handling, and near equal performance make mine one of these:
http://www.jeep.com/en/2008/grand_cherokee/models/srt8/index.html

Sounds like the Shr-o-key did the driver mod.

Alot of people own fast cars, but fast drivers they are not.

 

[jdh]

The Viper was being driven by an instructor from the Petty Driving Experience and the GC by one of the engineers/test drivers from the design team. I don't believe the drivers were a problem in this case.

 

[Texas1911]

The Viper was being driven by an instructor from the Petty Driving Experience and the GC by one of the engineers/test drivers from the design team. I don't believe the drivers were a problem in this case.

Oval track drivers aren't known for their road course skills unless you happen to be Boris.

From the standpoint of the cars capabilities, there is no reason why the Viper should not have been running away. It's a better handling, MUCH faster, and better braking car by a long shot.

I think it was simply a case of one person pushing a car hard, and the other just driving fast.

You should look up the videos of Sabine Schmidt driving an M5 full of people and outpacing a Porsche GT3 on the Nurburgring. God that woman can drive a car hard, and the GT3 is a much faster track car just the owner was not as balsy.

 

[David]

I just want a base C6 Z06.

I think they're nice and it's more than enough car for me on the weekends.

 

[zembonez]

At this point I am going to revise my wish. I think I'll take anything with 4 wheels that has 600HP, weighs less than 2500 lbs, and gets 75 mpg.

Even if it is ugly, it should be a blast to drive.

 

[DEFKON99]

say waaa trash cmon man

 

[ducksps]

Sports cars are great but c'mon

1990's Land Rover Defender 110 with 200TDI diesel engine. the diesel was never imported to America but an easy to work on go anywhere truck.

 

[Texas1911]

1990's Land Rover Defender 110 with 200TDI diesel engine. the diesel was never imported to America but an easy to work on go anywhere truck.

Defenders are cool, I saw a D90 way back when.

 

[ironman45693]

Another one for the C6 Z06; If I won the lotto today, tommorrow I would have one!

 

[brainiac]

Series "D" Vincent Black Lightning

 

[txpete]

Series "D" Vincent Black Lightning

oh that would look good in my garage but had to settle for a sporty.
pete

 

[crossfire]

A Tesla Coupe, but if the sky's the limit, the '67 STP gas turbine Indy car driven by Parnelli Jones. I saw it run. It was scary fast and nowhere near it's maximum potential.

 

[308nato]

Was'nt Andy Granatelli the builder of that car and did'nt they
disqualify it because it was to fast.

 

[DEFKON99]

what im trying to afford

what i cant afford

but if i can get to have the porsche 930 in my lifetime ill die happy

 

[Texas1911]

993 Turbo is a pricey ride these days, and I can't imagine them getting cheaper.

 

[crossfire]

Yes, the car was built by Granatelli, and was technically a Studebaker, but it was raced. A $6.00 bearing kept it from winning. The following year USAC, (pushed by Offenhauser and Ford), legislated the turbine cars down to a shadow of what the '67 was, mostly by limiting the size of the intake, and then finally legislated them right out of existence.

 

[dmjung]

Pre-L Pantera

 

[SIG_Fiend]

what im trying to afford

what i cant afford

but if i can get to have the porsche 930 in my lifetime ill die happy

Excellent taste! I too would like a 993 Turbo, the only problem is I prefer a large single turbo compared to twin (pulls harder on boost and sounds better). I'm thinking that, next time around, I'll either build an early 90's 964 C2 or mid 90's 993 C2 with a turbo kit so that I can do a single from the ground up. The '87 Carrera I had was built and had a turbo kit and ~430whp, and even that was a TON of fun. I'm hoping to build a 911 next time with somewhere in the 600-700whp range.