# Preferred kind of dream car **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114 "2019-10-22T01:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/41 "2019-10-22T16:23:35Z")
I used to have a Porsche 911SC. I wish I had it back. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/42 "2019-10-22T16:32:16Z")
I’d track down my first car, a black 1991 Volvo 240, or one just like it. Then I’d _make it_ a sports car. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/43 "2019-10-22T16:34:25Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Since you’ve seen one in real life, how big is it, it always looks so huge in photos, but when I looked at the specs, I was surprised that the length was about 6" longer than a VW Golf, sure it’s wider, but it always looks longer in photos I recall it seeming surprisingly small. Not a lot of physical presence. The GT40 seemed bigger (although shorter) and the 80’s Testarossa seemed to dwarf it. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Ferrari GTO. 1964, Series II. And yes, I would drive it. From the same guy’s garage. > **[iCloud Photos - Apple iCloud](https://www.icloud.com/photos/#0qmn5aaBtvPhZxkrKpDUh4rYw)** > > View, organize, and share photos and videos with iCloud Photos on the web. Changes will sync across your devices with iCloud. > **[iCloud Photos - Apple iCloud](https://www.icloud.com/photos/#0eco6YpmrE_0y5h76cphafH4A)** > > View, organize, and share photos and videos with iCloud Photos on the web. Changes will sync across your devices with iCloud. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/44 "2019-10-22T17:21:06Z")
Here’s what I want: - Reliable - Easy to work on, with no proprietary tools or computer code necessary - Stickshift - Utilitarian - Has actual buttons, no touch screen interface Get rid of all the extra complexity inherent to modern cars. I don’t want automatic door closers and the like. In fact, I don’t want any automation other than basic cruise control. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/45 "2019-10-22T17:26:29Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Ferrari GTO. 1964, Series II. And yes, I would drive it. Can it be painted Sedona Orange Metallic:)? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/46 "2019-10-22T17:44:52Z")
Electric, and ideally self-driving. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/47 "2019-10-22T17:56:25Z")
If money were no object I would want something like an Audi R8 as a daily driver, not too wild looking but very fast and luxurious. V10 engine, 612 horsepower, all wheel drive. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/48 "2019-10-22T18:30:07Z")
I’m going to give the most “car guy” response possible: There’s no way in hell I can choose, so I’m not even going to try. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/49 "2019-10-22T18:32:49Z")
I’d probably get one of those cool looking luxury cars from the 20s or 30s, before they figured out aerodynamics. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/50 "2019-10-22T19:05:43Z")
I love any number of old cars. They just excite something in me that no new cars do. New cars are all pretty much appliances. My favorites are 69-72 A-bodies - probably a 69 Cutlass. But there are so many other old cars I’d love to drive. I recognize that those are not the most reliable/safest/most comfortable daily drivers. So I’d want to pair that with a dependable appliance. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/51 "2019-10-22T20:03:22Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I went with other because my dream car falls into a few catagories: Porsche 959. Won Paris-Dakar, was the fastest production car in the world for a time, has a great interior, is AWD, and actually has luggage space. The perfect all season supercar. This, ever since 1989. It was also the blueprint for all modern hypercars - composite chassis, integrated all-wheel-drive, stability and brake balance systems, the first series production twin turbocharged engine, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/52 "2019-10-22T22:02:29Z")
Electric and self-driving. (So, “Something else”.) Preferably something designed along the lines of [this bad boy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Soul_EV), so clearly I’m stylin’. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/53 "2019-10-22T22:58:19Z")
I have three and all are basically historical/classic and one I actually kinda owned. 1. 1958 Edsel Pacer. Mine I did as a low-rider complete with tan shag, dingo-balls and giant dice. Sold it to a couple guys from Jersey back in the 1980s. I always wanted to do another but as a full-blown hot-rod with the aftermarket 5 speed manual tranny. Who knows? I may actually do it one day. 2. A pre-war Crawford 3. a mid-to-late 60s McLaren ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/54 "2019-10-22T23:14:11Z")
One that runs on sunlight even at night. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/55 "2019-10-23T02:30:01Z")
I’ve re-thought it. I want an Oscar Meyer Wienermobile. The electro-autonomous version so we can screw in back. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/56 "2019-10-23T18:12:48Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Can it be painted Sedona Orange Metallic:)? Bite your tongue! No, really, I’m going to bite your tongue. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/57 "2019-10-23T18:49:50Z")
Gah! Rosso Red or nothing for you , _Bex_! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/58 "2019-10-23T19:04:21Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Gah! Rosso Red or nothing for you , _Bex_! 😃 Look – its a Goat. A rather nice Goat but still a Goat. I would go with whorehouse purple (flake) and pussy pink (pearl). I actually painted a Skyliner those colors. It was an improvement. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/59 "2019-10-23T19:07:34Z")
1986 F-150 with couple of minor dents. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114/60 "2019-10-23T20:19:59Z")
If I could write a note to my younger self, I would say: Don’t sell the Chevy. The Cubans will be able to keep these cars going for like 70 years, you can too. Or maybe it’s just nostalgia. But it had a place for my cat to sit above the dashboard. It had bench seats so I had a place to put my handbag even if I had a passenger. It was fast. It was pretty. It was comfy to drive in for hours and I could fit a lot of people in there. It was my mother’s old car; I didn’t know it was going to be a classic. But if I had all the money in the world I would need a horse trailer because I would have a couple of polo ponies, hence my vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-kind-of-dream-car/842114.md?page=4)