# You just won your dream car! Taxes paid and everything! What kind of car is it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306 "2007-08-29T02:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/61 "2007-08-30T05:59:28Z")
[Enzo FXX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_FXX) I don’t care if it’s not street legal. If I have to actually go anywhere, I’ll eat the ticket or take the helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/62 "2007-08-30T11:37:16Z")
Any car? I’ll take the [Bowler Wildcat](http://www.comp.co.uk/gallery/pics/BOWLER%20WILDCAT.jpg)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/63 "2007-08-30T11:49:15Z")
[Chevy Kingswood](http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/1969_Chevy_Kingswood.html) Avocado green with wood paneling. Yeah. I like something that is as long as an air craft carrier and corners like a freighter on luudes. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/64 "2007-08-30T15:51:55Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] I’d resurrect our old 1973 AMC Ambassador station wagon. For reasons probably known only to my father and the dealership, it had the police package with a 460ci V8 - definitely the sort of car where the fuel gage was your tach. Mash the pedal and watch the needle sink towards E. [/QUOTE] I think you may have mixed up a couple of AMC engines…there was a 360 and a 401 in 1973, but AMC never had a 460. Amongst my buddies, the 401 was considered their killer copcar motor. But for my dream car…1961 Plymouth DeLuxe Suburban (2-door wagon). White outside with Belvedere trim, blue inside with some comfy late-model buckets, 15" chrome steelies and baby moons. A 440 with new Edelbrock aluminum heads and Megasquirt fuel and spark control, hooked up to a built A-518 Torqueflite, adapted to use the pushbuttons that came with the old cast iron Torqueflite. A 2 1/2-inch exhaust, the quieter Flowmasters or equivalent… Well, when I win the lottery or something… ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/65 "2007-08-30T18:15:32Z")
[QUOTE=DesertDog] [Shelby Cobra CSX4000](http://www.shelbyautos.com/CSX4000.asp) And lessons on how to handle it. [/QUOTE] Ooh, I came in here to post exactly this. I saw a blue one with white racing stripes a couple of days ago. Some guy driving to IHOP in his Cobra. How the other half does live… ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/66 "2007-08-30T20:56:29Z")
I came in here to claim the Ariel Atom, but **Dorjan** beat me to it, darn you! The Tesla would be badass, too. I think, though, that I’d just keep it simple and go for a nice Z06 Corvette in metallic blue. It’s fast, comfy, fun, and beautiful but it’s not so special that I’d be afraid to drive it. I could go for that as a daily driver, no problem. Also gets decent gas mileage and has a reasonable amount of cargo space for a sports car. My dog would love it, he could sit in back and hang his nose out the window–at 150mph! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/67 "2007-08-30T22:22:39Z")
57 Chevy Nomad with the Bel Aire trim. Hot-rodded, of course. Cragar mags, big fat tires, new stereo, and a modern engine. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/68 "2007-08-30T22:36:00Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] [Chevy Kingswood](http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/1969_Chevy_Kingswood.html) Avocado green with wood paneling. Yeah. I like something that is as long as an air craft carrier and corners like a freighter on luudes. [/QUOTE] That is one stylish wagon. It’s screaming for the Barris treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/69 "2007-08-30T23:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] or perhaps a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe. [/QUOTE] I saw one of these on the streets a few years ago in Dallas. My first thought was who would be nuts enough to actually drive one of those in real traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/70 "2007-09-02T18:46:22Z")
['62 Avanti](http://www.raymondloewy.org/gallery/62avanti.html) ---
**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 3, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/71 "2007-09-03T16:46:11Z")
[Porsche Boxter convertible.](http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Porsche/2007.porsche.boxster.20099245-396x249.jpg) Keeping it insured and fueled would be an issue, but what the hell. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/72 "2007-09-04T21:40:34Z")
[Dusenberg sj](http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/images/Wingrove17.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/73 "2007-09-04T22:02:47Z")
You paying for the gas too? Get me a Dodge Ram with the Hemi! ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/74 "2007-09-04T22:14:26Z")
[QUOTE=11811] That is one stylish wagon. It’s screaming for the Barris treatment. [/QUOTE] I had the good fortune to attend a class in High School that is taught by his son. Guys a card. Drives a beat up old brown truck, though tells the tale of almost getting his hands on one of the old bat cars when he was a kid/teenager. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/75 "2007-09-05T15:14:08Z")
Ford Fairmount station wagon, used, which at this point I’m guessing is the only kind of Fairmount station wagon I could probably get. I’d like to squeeze a few more years out of my 1996 Escort though, if possible. Seriously, I really would like the Fairmount. That was the car of my childhood and it rocked! I’ve never owned anything but a Ford, and I do a lot of camping, so I’d have something to carry my gear and could still have a Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/76 "2007-09-05T16:14:27Z")
[QUOTE=HeyHomie] [Porsche Boxter convertible.](http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Porsche/2007.porsche.boxster.20099245-396x249.jpg) Keeping it insured and fueled would be an issue, but what the hell. [/QUOTE] Actually a base Boxter will probably get between 25-30 mpg, depending on how you drive. Insurance is not crazy expensive, either. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/77 "2007-09-05T16:17:21Z")
[Willys Jeepster](http://www.willys-archives.com/1950-willys-002.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/78 "2007-09-05T18:10:14Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] [Willys Jeepster](http://www.willys-archives.com/1950-willys-002.html) [/QUOTE] One of my uncles had one–many years ago. Not quite as shiny. But he was very handy & had customized it. For example: There was a record player in the dash. For playing a stack of 45’s. (But it only worked when the car was parked.) Another uncle had one of [these](http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/MG_TD_50_Green.jpg). I thought it was the coolest car in the world. And still do. (Yes, I know I’d need a full-time mechanic.) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/79 "2007-09-05T18:20:53Z")
A [1959 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud](http://celeb.wohoo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/Roll-Royce.jpg). ---
**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:** [September 5, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306/80 "2007-09-05T22:19:47Z")
No thanks. I got enough cars already. Allright, if you insist. I’ll take a Ferrari GTO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-your-dream-car-taxes-paid-and-everything-what-kind-of-car-is-it/417306.md?page=5)