# 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:** 3
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/41 "2005-08-25T19:08:50Z")
The Ford Falcon Xb in Mad Max is sweet and a hell of a lot more realistic to own, but I seriously doubt it could hold a candle, nay, a match to the SLR McLaren. That car is the defination of supercar. Seriously, it’s basically a street legal F1 car. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/42 "2005-08-25T20:12:18Z")
> [@Unregistered Bull](#): > > There are no “super-trucks”? ☹ Well, there’re [these.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1362/Mptv/1362/6316_0007.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0075909) I’d take one. Bitch to park in a ramp, though, but **Nurse Carmen** already beat me to dibs on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/43 "2005-08-25T20:19:30Z")
I’ll have the [Street Hawk](http://streethawk.tvheaven.com/thebike.htm)😃 ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/44 "2005-08-25T20:29:44Z")
> [@Unregistered Bull](#): > > There are no “super-trucks”? ☹ I think that RV from _Stripes_ would qualify. ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/45 "2005-08-25T20:31:56Z")
Oh, and [The Highwayman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094479/combined) truck/helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/46 "2005-08-25T20:50:26Z")
[Real life “super truck”.](http://www.internationaldelivers.com/site_layout/xtfamily/cxt.asp) ---
**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/47 "2005-08-26T06:33:44Z")
Not a super truck, but… [The Big Bus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205/) Nuclear powered, and it’s got a swimming pool and a bowling alley… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/48 "2005-08-26T06:42:55Z")
If I can’t have Gay Deceiver, I’ll take [this.](http://www.koenigsegg.com/thecars/index.asp?submenu=4)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/49 "2005-08-26T13:40:00Z")
Does [this](http://web.utk.edu/~blfletch/suv.html) count? 'cause I’d rather have one of those than the Damnation Alley RV. Probably gets better mileage, and I wouldn’t get hassled by the cops about machine guns or flame throwers. Plus, roof rack! ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/50 "2005-08-26T15:22:21Z")
Dunno if it qualifies as a super car, but someone in Foxboro has a van painted like the Mystery Machine. It just sucks though 'cause it’s got a window right in the middle of the paint job. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/51 "2005-08-26T15:31:50Z")
> [@AmbushBug](#): > > Not a super truck, but… > > [The Big Bus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205/) > > Nuclear powered, and it’s got a swimming pool and a bowling alley… And it changes its own tires and has a piano lounge! _“Tangerine…”_ \*\*Madd Maxx \*\* - why settle for that? The world’s fastest production car is the Koenigsegg CCR. 0-60 in 3 seconds, top speed 242 mph. Fuel economy’s not bad either - about 22 mpg on the highway. One can be yours for around $580,000. I like this line from their site: “the materials are without exception very costly.” At least they’re honest! You do at least get a sumptuous interior, air conditioning and CD player. ---
**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 26, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/52 "2005-08-26T15:58:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If I can’t have Gay Deceiver, I’ll take [this.](http://www.koenigsegg.com/thecars/index.asp?submenu=4)😃 This made me think, carbon fiber is so yesterday’s technology. Now with carbon nanotube ribbon becoming available the body should be able to be reproduced at a significantly lower weight in a few years time. ---
**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 26, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/53 "2005-08-26T19:57:11Z")
> [@Wolfgrrl](#): > > Dunno if it qualifies as a super car, but someone in Foxboro has a van painted like the Mystery Machine. It just sucks though 'cause it’s got a window right in the middle of the paint job. If it’s not a '67-'70 Chevy, they shouldn’t have bothered. ---
**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 26, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/54 "2005-08-26T21:27:09Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > If it’s not a '67-'70 Chevy, they shouldn’t have bothered. That’s sooooo [defeatist.](http://www.merseysidevwclub.com/cars/scooby.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/55 "2005-08-26T22:22:21Z")
How about [Bessie](http://shillpages.com/dw/story/d3/st--3t32.jpg), then? ---
**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 26, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/56 "2005-08-26T22:34:03Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > That’s sooooo [defeatist.](http://www.merseysidevwclub.com/cars/scooby.htm) Freddy drove a Chevy for at least some of the series. You could tell by the low-set headlights. ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/57 "2005-08-26T23:13:30Z")
Why not a [Super Sonic Jet Car?](http://www.automotive-technology.com/projects/thrust_ssc/) ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/58 "2005-08-26T23:35:04Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > If it’s not a '67-'70 Chevy, they shouldn’t have bothered. I’ve only driven by it a few times so I haven’t taken a real close look. (Kinda sad considering that I work for an auto glass co., but I know cars better than vans.) I’m headed down that way tomorrow though so if I remember I’ll try to get a picture. I don’t think they even drive it, it’s been there every time I’ve gone past the last two years. Personally, having given the subject some serious consideration, I think the Shaguar is more my style. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/59 "2005-08-27T00:43:29Z")
You’ll never get me to drive [this super-vehicle](http://www.tv.com/turbo-teen/show/20997/summary.html?q=turbo+teen). Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548/60 "2005-08-27T09:07:41Z")
No one’s mentioned [the classic,](http://www.geocities.com/gbs_behind/) yet? For _shame_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-super-car-would-you-most-like-to-own/318548.md?page=4)