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rurallib
(63,590 posts)No teslas need apply, though
PoliciesRuleTheDay
(5 posts)Why not? Don't you care about the environment?
rurallib
(63,590 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
(44,219 posts)
we can do it
(12,870 posts)Basso8vb
(826 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
(2,267 posts)So clever.
JohnSJ
(98,365 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,772 posts)roscoeroscoe
(1,716 posts)That's the new cool
debm55
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debm55
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Borogove
(152 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
(44,219 posts)
True Dough
(22,656 posts)I'm going to need to borrow a few nickels...
lastlib
(25,692 posts)you'll make it!
True Dough
(22,656 posts)buy a sofa?
DFW
(57,723 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
(72,265 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
(10,469 posts)What is this?
True Dough
(22,656 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
(61,104 posts)One of the cars in my class was the McLaren GT. It won several awards. Nice car.
Niagara
(10,469 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
(44,219 posts)
LoisB
(10,084 posts)brush
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MichMan
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k55f5r
(470 posts)With 4spd.
In perfect shape, he traded a pound of pot for it in the '80s. Has owned it ever since.
lastlib
(25,692 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
(44,219 posts)
Niagara
(10,469 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
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lastlib
(25,692 posts)roscoeroscoe
(1,716 posts)For my wife, the car her parents got her in high school
debm55
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LSparkle
(12,001 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
(52,549 posts)Jaguar e type … any color
debm55
(44,219 posts)
Woodwizard
(1,157 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
(10,650 posts)Although a Dusenberg would nice.
debm55
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Brother Buzz
(38,296 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
(1,157 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
(16,210 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.
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debm55
(44,219 posts)
LakeArenal
(29,941 posts)4TheArts
(148 posts)Baby blue of course.
Emile
(34,006 posts)
4TheArts
(148 posts)... I could rule the world!
debm55
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LakeArenal
(29,941 posts)1956 Mercedes
1964 Jaguar.
debm55
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OAITW r.2.0
(29,933 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
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Niagara
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debm55
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WestMichRad
(2,223 posts)… and safe roads to ride it on.
Such as this:
Pedal power!
debm55
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stopdiggin
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MuseRider
(34,564 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
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redstatebluegirl
(12,641 posts)debm55
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BOSSHOG
(41,998 posts)debm55
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chowder66
(10,377 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
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chowder66
(10,377 posts)classic car because the designs were so beautiful. I like nearly all of them!
chouchou
(1,748 posts)Still don't know how to embed images.
Emile
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debm55
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Lochloosa
(16,509 posts)Damn I miss that thing.
debm55
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TexLaProgressive
(12,439 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

Next- 1970 TA Challenger in purple

debm55
(44,219 posts)
TexLaProgressive
(12,439 posts)A Subaru Forester and a Nissan Frontier, both are easier to get in and out of.🤩
debm55
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GreenWave
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debm55
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electric_blue68
(20,731 posts)Dems would be clamoring to get in it!
DBoon
(23,646 posts)The car George Jetson would drive to work
debm55
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Lifeafter70
(487 posts)My ex used to restore them. The star of the TV show "The Saint" drove the p1800.
FullySupportDems
(314 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
(44,219 posts)
surfered
(6,063 posts)….the shop.
debm55
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lapfog_1
(30,791 posts)
fully restored to factory specs.
reliving my high school days.. of course I didn't get to drive it until 1974
debm55
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brush
(59,504 posts)k55f5r
(470 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
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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
(470 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
(59,504 posts)Good thing you kept it in the family.
debm55
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debm55
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Bristlecone
(10,673 posts)Would settle for a 912 in the same color(s).
debm55
(44,219 posts)Historic NY
(38,802 posts)but I'd take a V-12 Lincoln Zephyr
debm55
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Phoenix61
(18,264 posts)Truly a work of art. As soon as I have a spare 2 mil I’ll look into getting one.😂😂😂
Emile
(34,006 posts)museum. It's the best automobile museum that I ever seen.
https://automobilemuseum.org/
Phoenix61
(18,264 posts)Emile
(34,006 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
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Solly Mack
(94,703 posts)Not a car but I still want one. Fiji Blue Metallic body with a black seat back and handlebars.
debm55
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qazplm135
(7,641 posts)With dark matter boost.
debm55
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boonecreek
(840 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
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jmowreader
(52,108 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
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bottomofthehill
(9,099 posts)Black on black, drive anywhere I want to go and tow anything I want to tow.
debm55
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Emile
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debm55
(44,219 posts)Emile
(34,006 posts)electric_blue68
(20,731 posts)liberal N proud
(61,104 posts)I have a Chrysler Crossfire that is a fun, inexpensive sports roadster.
Right now it’s 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
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liberal N proud
(61,104 posts)But no injuries
debm55
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Another Mercedes 190e 4 cylinder 5spd manual. No distractions. Straight outside air vent top center. Mono wiper.
debm55
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3catwoman3
(26,484 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
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cloudbase
(5,940 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
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Hangingon
(3,085 posts)IA8IT
(6,119 posts)debm55
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IA8IT
(6,119 posts)sinkingfeeling
(54,989 posts)its removable hardtop. The second would be my 1957 turquoise and white Metropolitan.
debm55
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k55f5r
(470 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
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OldBaldy1701E
(7,642 posts)They are kind of rare. I want one so bad. I want it Candy Apple Red!
debm55
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chowmama
(705 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
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CommonHumanity
(304 posts)debm55
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YorkRd
(382 posts)debm55
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ProfessorGAC
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debm55
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displacedvermoter
(3,668 posts)debm55
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sdfernando
(5,655 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
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ificandream
(11,112 posts)Will never ever buy a Tesla.
debm55
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Bmoboy
(471 posts)My first car.
Nice little 6 cyl automatic 2 door with A/C. White with tan interior.
Memories.
debm55
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JoseBalow
(7,156 posts)with three on the tree
IbogaProject
(4,234 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
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Cartoonist
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With ALL the amenities.
debm55
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Marigold
(230 posts)debm55
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if..fish..had..wings
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debm55
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SWBTATTReg
(25,127 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
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doc03
(37,686 posts)debm55
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MadLinguist
(865 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
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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
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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
(7,156 posts)I'd love to cruise around in that cream-puff again, they don't make 'em like that anymore
Wolf Frankula
(3,722 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
(1,859 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.
I’ve 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
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Rigpa108
(46 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
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pansypoo53219
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pansypoo53219
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justaprogressive
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