# Which "super-car" would you most like to own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548 "2005-08-25T12:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/21 "2005-08-25T16:11:16Z")
2006 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. [Shiny, pretty thing here.](http://www.mbusa.com/brand/models/SLR.jsp) 0-60: 3.8 seconds. Top speed 208 mph. Price: $450,000+. Read the last line of the small print: > [@](#): > > A $3000 Gas Guzzler tax will also be charged at the dealership. And the best part; it’s real. Wowza, I’m going to take a cold shower now. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/22 "2005-08-25T16:15:28Z")
This is my number one choice: the Batmobile from any of the _Batman_’s I like the one in Batman Begins. # 2 choice: KITT from _Knight Rider_ But since none of these exist, I’ll go with this: any of the _Bond_ cars And make it the > [@http://www.astonmartin.com/thecars/v12vanquishs](#): > > Aston-Martin Vanquish. It was my favorite sexy guy, Pierce Brosnan, who rolled around in the back of one with the little remote control device while steering it. If he comes with the package, so much the better! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/23 "2005-08-25T16:19:43Z")
Ditto the Vanquish. The XKR in that ice scene was pretty damn amazing as well. BTW, did you know the Vanquish used in the filming of the Bond film was modified to be an all wheel drive (doesn’t come as an option from factory) and the V12 was removed and replace with a V8 to accomodate the AWD platform. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/24 "2005-08-25T16:38:58Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > re: Gay Deceiver Excellent, you beat me to it. > > Time & Multi-verse Traveling in its own pocket dimension. Don’t forget she’s also sentient. AND has a perpetually-clean pair of restrooms in the back, with Oz-fresh air. Of course, there would be the endless conversations with my passengers. “No, I didn’t name her that!” “It used to mean something different!” “I KNOW that saying “Gay Bounce” and “Gay Home” all the time sounds weird! Don’t blame me, I didn’t program her!” And of course, the whole question of where the hell did did I get a sentient universe-hopping car in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/25 "2005-08-25T16:40:59Z")
Dammit, this is the 21st Century. If it don’t fly, I don’t buy! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/26 "2005-08-25T16:44:09Z")
Obviously, the real answer to this is Supercar. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/27 "2005-08-25T16:46:07Z")
Oops. Clicked too soon. Here is [Supercar](http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/1711_4323_3.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/28 "2005-08-25T16:48:12Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Gay Deceiver Can’t argue that’d be my first choice… But I’m ashamed it wasn’t the first car I thought of… My second choice (and first car I thought of) would be the one from **The Last Star Fighter**. It flys, travels into space, and has it’s own warp drive. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/29 "2005-08-25T16:51:01Z")
> [@Phnord Prephect](#): > > Don’t forget she’s also sentient. > AND has a perpetually-clean pair of restrooms in the back, with Oz-fresh air. > Of course, there would be the endless conversations with my passengers. > > “No, I didn’t name her that!” > > “It used to mean something different!” > > “I KNOW that saying “Gay Bounce” and “Gay Home” all the time sounds weird! Don’t blame me, I didn’t program her!” > > And of course, the whole question of where the hell did did I get a sentient universe-hopping car in the first place. I am trying to remember now, was she programmed originally in Loglan and then moved to a voice unit? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/30 "2005-08-25T16:53:06Z")
I think I’ll have to go with KITT, because I can fall asleep at the wheel and it would make no difference. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/31 "2005-08-25T16:55:16Z")
If I slap a hood ornament onto its hull, does the Starship Enterprise count? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/32 "2005-08-25T17:02:04Z")
Just to be clear, I want the non-Bondified Aston Martins. I know the OP probably wants to know which cars ‘as they appeared/worked _in the films_’ that we’d choose; but given the cars mentioned, I’d be quite happy with the ‘regular’ versions. And yeah, I’d like a '63 Bug painted up like Herbie. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/33 "2005-08-25T17:14:03Z")
Give me KITT. And I would imagine myself talking to John Adams, or Dr. Mark Craig. Same irascible attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/34 "2005-08-25T17:35:16Z")
Maybe Lady Penelope’s Rolls Royce [FAB 1](http://www.at-m.or.jp/~shinzi/homepage/TB-FAB1-01.html) 6 wheeled ultra fast Rolls Royce with built in machine gun. I’d have to get a repaint though. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/35 "2005-08-25T17:36:55Z")
[KITT was auctioned off last year.](http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,14596,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/36 "2005-08-25T17:43:31Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > I am trying to remember now, was she programmed originally in Loglan and then moved to a voice unit? It’s been a while since I read those, but I think that LogLan was mentioned only in _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_, and that’s Mike you’re thinking about. However, Carter did speak to Gay in a very rigid and syntactically exact language at the beginning of the book, and only later moved to more standard English. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/37 "2005-08-25T18:30:53Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > If I slap a hood ornament onto its hull, does the Starship Enterprise count? Nah, I’m pretty sure the tachyon particle emmisions violate EPA law. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/38 "2005-08-25T18:35:32Z")
Apparently I was so drooling that I mess up my coding, too. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Ditto the Vanquish. The XKR in that ice scene was pretty damn amazing as well. > > BTW, did you know the Vanquish used in the filming of the Bond film was modified to be an all wheel drive (doesn’t come as an option from factory) and the V12 was removed and replace with a V8 to accomodate the AWD platform. Didn’t know that. Let’s see…I understand the V12 & V8 but what is the AWD…right, all wheel drive. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/39 "2005-08-25T18:51:00Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > 2006 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. [Shiny, pretty thing here.](http://www.mbusa.com/brand/models/SLR.jsp) 0-60: 3.8 seconds. Top speed 208 mph. Price: $450,000+. Read the last line of the small print: And the best part; it’s real. Wowza, I’m going to take a cold shower now. A name like that and you wouldn’t choose a certain modified Ford Falcon XB? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/40 "2005-08-25T18:57:00Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > It’s been a while since I read those, but I think that LogLan was mentioned only in _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_, and that’s Mike you’re thinking about. > > However, Carter did speak to Gay in a very rigid and syntactically exact language at the beginning of the book, and only later moved to more standard English. Because of the Oz enhanccements, the Burroughs Drive, and hooking up with Dora, GD kept expanding in both capabilities and sentience. **Phnord** , I thought she was a Ford originally, no? So, maybe she was purchased off the back lot of Reynold’s Ford on the Mile of Cars™, Norman, OKlahoma. You know what her horn sounds like? * * * PHNORD!!!\*\*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548.md?page=3)