# The Best Car Money Can Buy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548 "2008-09-14T12:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/1 "2008-09-14T12:07:43Z")
Suppose that money is no object. Here’s what I want in a car: 1. Comfort of the highest magnitude. I basically want the car to feel not like I am a passenger in it, but that it is merely an extension of myself. 2. A **quiet** interior. I want to hear as little noise from the engine, the tires on the ground, the wind, etc., as possible. 3. The smoothest ride money can buy. 4. A very high likelihood that my car will not see the inside of a shop (excluding routine maintenance, oil changes, etc.) for, say, 150K miles.\* \*I’ve been told from more than one source, one of whom actually owned one, that high-dollar luxury autos such as BMWs and Jaguars are so over-engineered that they’re prone to frequent breakdowns and spend a lot of time in the shop. With these conditions, what’s the best ride money can buy? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/2 "2008-09-14T12:24:05Z")
Sounds like you want a [Maybach.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach) ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/3 "2008-09-15T02:52:29Z")
How about a car that [travels through time](http://www.diecastfast.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?page=DCF/PROD/DELOREAN/FLYING-2710/)? d&r ---
**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:** [September 15, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/4 "2008-09-15T03:40:11Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > \*I’ve been told from more than one source, one of whom actually owned one, that high-dollar luxury autos such as BMWs and Jaguars are so over-engineered that they’re prone to frequent breakdowns and spend a lot of time in the shop. Jaguars are typically a little more problematic. But I’m on my third BMW now and none of them have ever needed unscheduled service excluding one flat tire and one cracked windshield. And I do agree, for your requirements, a Maybach is the answer. Preferably with a driver, so you can take advantage of the reclining back seats. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/5 "2008-09-15T05:08:52Z")
Infiniti J30 (up to, I think 1995). Unfortunately, while a great low-maintenance vehicle at first, once it hit about 300K the visits to the repair shop grew more frequent. Also, the manufacturers did not foresee supersize drinks, so the cup-holders, while adequte at first, became obsolete, at least as cup-holders. The feature where you could connect your cell phone also didn’t move on to the next iteration of cell phones (I had a '93). Another possible downside: One car reviewer said it looked like a Klaes Oldenburg potato. (I thought it was cute.) Other than that, though, if you could find one that, say, somebody had kept in a garage and never driven since the early '90s, it would fulfill all your requirements. The Infinitis of today are just tricked-out Nissans, but in the old days, they were special. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/6 "2008-09-15T07:43:22Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Sounds like you want a [Maybach.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach) Yah, that would be it. Back seats with actual fold out foot rests and a car that would blow by a Corvette on the Autobaun. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/7 "2008-09-15T09:14:19Z")
Bentley or Rolls. Maybachs are for those with chauffeurs. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/8 "2008-09-15T12:53:20Z")
Looks like you want a [Bugatti Veyron](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_veyron). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/9 "2008-09-15T14:02:39Z")
Aston Martin Vantage. The DB9 is more fun but the Vantage is smoother. And faster. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-car-money-can-buy/463548/10 "2008-09-15T18:27:00Z")
> [@Lars\_Aruns](#): > > Looks like you want a [Bugatti Veyron](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_veyron). You got my vote on that one! Only thing holding me back right now is the financing. Selling my house just might be enough for the down payment, but…