# What's the coolest car you've ever driven? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913 "2014-07-12T03:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/61 "2014-07-15T20:10:14Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I rode in that car once! šŸ˜ƒ > > In fact, being your passenger at the track that day is a big part of the reason why I currently have a 370Z. Yes, you did. I hope youā€™re enjoying your 370Z. I havenā€™t even ridden in one yet, much less driven one. How many times have you taken it to the track? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/62 "2014-07-15T20:51:07Z")
Zero. ā˜¹ I need/want some modifications before attempting to track it (Iā€™ll follow up with details in a PM), but due to an unplanned move in April I just havenā€™t had the money yet. Iā€™m starting to think it might not happen this season. ā˜¹ ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/63 "2014-07-15T21:17:24Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > 1982 Buick Regal. Thatā€™s what my folks bought for my brother to drive when he turned 16 in 1993. He drove me around in it and we put stickers on the glove box. We drove it to the record stores every weekend. > > It lasted long enough for me to start driving 2 years later, and I drove it a few times. But being a girl I got fitted with newer used Fords, not big old GM boats. I just bought a 1984 Regal in April. Iā€™ve always liked the GM G-Body cars. My brother had a 1982 Gran Prix at one time and I had a 1987 Cutlass Salon in the early 1990ā€™s ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/64 "2014-07-16T02:50:21Z")
Overall Coolest: [Hemi Superbird](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Superbird) Fastest apparent, off the line: [GMC Cyclone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_Syclone) Best car & location index (lately)? [Trabant tour through Berlin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant) ---
**Author:** ![ShelbyPerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@ShelbyPerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelbyPerez)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/65 "2014-07-16T04:20:17Z")
I recently drove BMW Q5 and it is an amazing car. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/66 "2014-07-16T04:29:58Z")
I had my own '57 Jaguar once. One of the worst cars l ever owned. But it was lovely to drive ā€“ not so much fun to spend every Saturday morning watching a high-priced speed shop fkeep it running. Another very nice driver was my '66 Rover 2000TC. I test drove a mid-80ā€™s Merkur once at al used car lot, didnā€™t like it at all. Had a weekā€™s rental of an MGB in the '60, didnā€™t really like that very much, either. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/67 "2014-07-16T18:09:59Z")
I test-drove a Delorean when I was about 20. I had stopped to admire it at the dealerā€™s and, since it was a very slow day, the guy asked me if I wanted to drive it. Probably didnā€™t hurt that I was at my most nubile then ā€“ 5ā€™8", 130 lbs, blonde with big blue eyes and tight clothes. The car was a blast. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/68 "2014-07-16T19:05:56Z")
Itā€™s been 40+ years ago, but a friend of mine (unfortunately now deceased) had an absolutely gorgeous '73 Firebird Formula SD 455, turbo 400 automatic, with practically every option available except for AC. Back in those days, the person ā€œleast drunkā€ after last call drove. That baby truly was a monster as it could stick with or beat practically any pre-emission control muscle car and on regular leaded or unleaded gas. He didnā€™t have it all that long and Iā€™ve since learned there was something like only 40 of them made. There were quite a few more Trans Ams with that engine, but not the Formulas which were much more innocent looking. (no screaming chicken decal on the hood) This baby was red with a black bucket seat interior and quite the chick magnet. IMHO, the ā€œultimateā€ in cool cars!! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/69 "2014-07-16T19:12:56Z")
Now, this might be stretching the point of the thread like a stretchy thing, butā€¦ When I was about 7 years old I drove a Dalek. Well OK. I sat inside a Dalek while a guy pushed it around. Stillā€¦ Dalek. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/70 "2014-07-16T19:56:45Z")
Itā€™s tough to narrow it down to just oneā€¦but here are a few: Most exotic: Ferrari F430 Fastest: My high-school buddyā€™s highly-modified '93 Mustang (it ran 11ā€™s in the 1/4 mile at the time ā€“ not much faster than the F430, but louder and nastier for sure!) One-of-a-kind factor: A few actual on-track Indy 500 pace cars, with strobe lights and safety harnesses and a complete lack of VIN numbers or license plates (drove one for several miles on public roads to a dealership to be serviced). Not driven, but pushed!: The 1911 Indy 500-winning Marmon Wasp (priceless 1-of-1), a Le Mans Ford GT-40 (worth about a million bucks), various other vintage race cars. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/71 "2014-07-16T20:18:11Z")
Driven around the block 1968 Shelby GT500 Driven a hundred+ miles - 1968 Camaro RS/SS convertible Iā€™m hoping to get a chance to buzz around in my dadā€™s 68 Corvette 427 convertible before he sells it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/72 "2014-07-16T21:22:14Z")
The first car I owned was a hand-me-down from my Dad: a 1979 Datsun 280ZX, blue with a silver hood. Like [this](http://www.cardomain.com/ridepost/3256846/5648734/1979-datsun-280zx/). Fun car. (It had an in-dash 8-track player, but otherwise it was very cool.) ---
**Author:** ![Soulcatcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Soulcatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soulcatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/73 "2014-07-16T23:43:33Z")
Coolest vehicle I ever drive was a one-off prototype armored military vehicle. What made it truly unique, was that I had led the program to develop it, so I was driving my own creation that I had started from scratch. Then I proceeded to nearly wreck it right before delivery to the government! ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913/74 "2014-07-19T06:34:31Z")
I donā€™t drive, and I didnā€™t really understand gearheads until I met the MX-5. Most of my life, cars had been boxes that rolled me from point A to point B. Some of them were more comfortable than others, but they were basically the same. Then a friend of mine bought a mid-'90s Miata, and it took about two minutes in the passenger seat for me to finally get why people actually _cared_ about cars. He wasnā€™t even done restoring it yet. A couple years later, a different friend replaced her late lamented 626 with a brand-new MX-5 Grand Touring. We discovered, while getting lost in Las Vegas, that it has a turning radius equal to or possibly slightly smaller than the width of the cement median on Tropicana Blvd. She explained to me with unconcealed glee that the gear progression on those things is roughly logarithmic, rather than linear ā€“ sheā€™s essentially bought a tiny zippy roadster for tootling around town, which also has a fine expansive top gear for speed-testing on the highway between Arizona and Nevada. Nobody Iā€™ve ever known had the budget to go beyond the kind of sports car normal mortals can buy for $30k, sadly. And I live in Boston now, where the worst possible punishment for owning a car is actually having to drive the thing around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-car-youve-ever-driven/692913.md?page=3)