# I'll buy you any car you want. But one only. What will it be?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-buy-you-any-car-you-want-but-one-only-what-will-it-be/581099>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 7, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-buy-you-any-car-you-want-but-one-only-what-will-it-be/581099 "2011-05-07T22:20:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-buy-you-any-car-you-want-but-one-only-what-will-it-be/581099/101 "2011-05-14T03:27:22Z")

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> [@Orionizer](#):
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> Actually test drove one (an all-wheel model). I was pretty impressed - I’m NOT laughing!

Also not laughing. I just test drove a Mini (British racing car green) 2 hours ago, and it was an amusement park ride. If Mhendo’s Nigerian windfall doesn’t come through, I may have to buy it myself.

Of course, it could never be my one and only car, but I already have a crew-cab pick-up truck that is killing me at the pump. I need a commuter, and a Mini would get me to work for half the gas price and with a huge smile on my face.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-buy-you-any-car-you-want-but-one-only-what-will-it-be/581099/102 "2011-05-14T03:33:06Z")

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Ford Fusion Hybrid. Nothing special, I don’t need a “moon roof” or any of that crap.

Blue, please.

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-buy-you-any-car-you-want-but-one-only-what-will-it-be/581099/103 "2011-05-14T04:05:06Z")

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I’d like a Nissan Leaf, please, but I’d very much appreciate it if it were painted purple.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-buy-you-any-car-you-want-but-one-only-what-will-it-be/581099/104 "2011-05-14T13:23:00Z")

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I’ll take another Nissan Pathfinder. Does everything I need it to.

Now, if you could build me a car, base it on the Pathfinder but give it another 2 inches of ground clearence, and selectable locking differentials (none of this automatic crap) and a nicely integrated winch.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-buy-you-any-car-you-want-but-one-only-what-will-it-be/581099/105 "2011-05-14T14:24:19Z")

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My head says ‘mini’. Fun, good on gas, good in winter. A reasonable amount of fun for a 20-90 minute commute to work, traffic not withstanding.

My heart says Dodge Challenger SRT8, manual shift, darkest metallic midnight-blue made & to hell with any racing stripe paint job\*.  
\*floating brain-sucking silver balls & [Angus Scrimm](http://kindertrauma.com/images/confessions/lank2.jpg) shouting “Boooooy…!” sold seperately. :eek:  
(I almost wonder if [This Song](http://subcin.com/09phantasm.mp3) would come stock…)

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