# Your "dream" car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833 "2000-04-03T23:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rectangle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@Rectangle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rectangle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/41 "2000-04-05T06:33:00Z")
My dream car is now the Porsche Boxster S. The wife saw hers on tv this weekend, the Chevy Avalanche. See it here: [http://www.conceptcarz.com/](http://www.conceptcarz.com/) * * * I pity the fool that brings a knife to a gun fight. ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/42 "2000-04-05T06:57:00Z")
I’m actually planning on getting a Honda CBR soon, for the summer. I’ll have to get an older one, but that will still kick ass. I may just do something totally nuts (since the payments will keep me in the poorhouse) and get a 2000 CBR929RR, ooooohhhhhhh, stare in breathless awe at the most beautiful machine on the planet: [img][http://store1.yimg.com/I/azmotorsports\_1576\_67830](http://store1.yimg.com/I/azmotorsports_1576_67830)[/img * * * “Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.” ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/43 "2000-04-05T06:58:00Z")
okay, I meant: [![](http://store1.yimg.com/I/azmotorsports_1576_67830) ](http://store1.yimg.com/I/azmotorsports_1576_67830) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/44 "2000-04-08T02:06:00Z")
Well, I think I settled on a new car, to replace the one I crashed…a new Saturn SC1, the model that has the little third door on the driver’s side. * * * You know you are a vet tech when: Your pets eat premium food, but you have to eat Ramen noodles. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/45 "2000-04-07T03:51:00Z")
I want a '56 88 Olds Rocket, black, chrome plated chrome. On the dashboard I want a big red button, and when I press it it’ll play the Rocket 88 song: You girls have heard of jalopies You know the noise they make Well let me introduce My new Rocket 88 Baby, we’ll ride in style Cruisin’ all along. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/46 "2000-04-07T04:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Atrael: > \*\*Sue Duhnym – > > you mean something like [this](http://www.glue.umd.edu/~comic/car.html) ? > > \*\* **My BABY!!!** Too bad I live in CA, I’d be in DC in a minute! I think I have a pretty good chance of finding a rebuilt one here though. Thank’s for the smile! * * * My kids brighten up our home. They never turn the lights off. - **A Wallyism** ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/47 "2000-04-07T04:13:00Z")
those are tough rules. Since I have to make it somewhat realistic, I have two dream cars: 1. a '71 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 2. a VERY USED Ferrari 308 GTS. #2 is probably way beyond my means even if it’s used. So I’m shopping for the Challenger. Since we’re being realistic, I’ll probably have to settle for a 383. But I’m sure that I’ll survive with that. 🙂 * * * ## Joe Cool Full speed, right ahead Don’t stop, you can sleep when you’re dead ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/48 "2000-04-07T13:59:00Z")
Maybe I’m silly, but this is my idea of a dream car. [http://www.lamborghiniclub.com/99diabsv.jpg](http://www.lamborghiniclub.com/99diabsv.jpg) * * * Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/49 "2000-04-07T14:05:00Z")
Eww, Shadow. Lambo’s are _so_ tacky. Now **here’s** a true sportscar: [http://www.supercars.net/present\_cars/ferrari/360\_modena/p1.jpg](http://www.supercars.net/present_cars/ferrari/360_modena/p1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/50 "2000-04-07T14:50:00Z")
## CF, I actually was going to post a picture of a Ferrari Testarossa, but I found the Lamborghini on the same page and I simply couldn’t resist. Actually, I prefer the Lamborghini that was featured in the movie “Cannonball Run” over the 1999 that was pictured on that site, but I couldn’t find a picture of the older model. Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/51 "2000-04-07T15:19:00Z")
One that would never break down. My dreams are simple yet unattainable. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/52 "2000-04-07T15:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I want a '56 88 Olds Rocket, black, chrome plated chrome. On the dashboard I want a big red button, and when I press it it’ll play the Rocket 88 song:… Johnny, that made me think of a fun car I drove for a couple of years: 1955 Buick Special. It was a 4-holer, restored, big shiny black car with a straight eight, weird a/c and the marshmallow suspension that would keep a freeway pothole on your mind for another three miles. It was always a hit and my friends said it was easy to spot in traffic because it was so BIG (these were pre-SUV days). Very rock’n’roll. ---
**Author:** ![Lystra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Lystra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lystra)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/53 "2000-04-10T20:52:00Z")
My dream car is a Black Jag with a Silver Flame on each side, and a lime green padded leather interior. * * * Questioner of all things human, Lystra. ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/54 "2000-04-11T23:36:00Z")
Well, Saturn took too long to get my car shipped in (the model I wanted was not on the lot), so today I picked up a fully loaded Honda Civic EX. The Civic was 400 less than the Saturn, and the Saturn was a basic model. I’m pleased with my decision. Pray for me that nothing EVER happens to this car. * * * You know you are a vet nurse when: it’s 4 AM and you are out of creamer for your coffee, so you use kitten milk replacer instead. ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/55 "2000-04-11T23:46:00Z")
You really shouldn’t have any problems with a Honda/Acura or a Toyota/Lexus. If you bought a brand new Honda recently, you should expect to drive it for the next 20 years with only regular maintainence. Assuming you maintain it well and regularly. * * * Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833/56 "2000-04-12T13:38:00Z")
Dream car. . . I just bought mine at the beginning of the year. She’s a beautiful, brand new BMW 323i. I’ve felt high since I drove her off the lot and I’m posting here just to gloat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dream-car/15833.md?page=2)