[Closed] If you had the dollar! What car and what bike??

Ferrari 250 GT SWB
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Before people spout off about material possessions not bringing happiness - true, but I'd wager those that are happy with their Mondeo et al, would also claim to have the perfect idyl. Really?

Maybe they simply don't need some sort of compensatory extension to their personality?

I really despair at the folk that state they are happy with their lot.

Maybe they actually are? Had you considered that?

All well and good being happy in your current life/situation, but really - do you have no imagination, are you kidding yourselves, or could life simply not be any better.

Some of the wealthiest people I know have very modest cars, as they simply don't feel the need to own a flashy motor. Their choice. Maybe they prefer collecting art, or antiques, or travelling, giving to charity, or whatever. People are different, you know?

I know it's hard for you to understand people might dare to have values different to your own, but that's how it is.

One of these to go on the back window shelf elf?

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I NEED THIS BEAUTIFUL THING.

I know the server's running a bit slow, but 'kinnel Elfin, did you post that back in the 80s?

🙂 The 120y was a decent little motor you know. A mate had one; it outran several other lads' cars, much to their dismay. Speshly that **** Knoxy with his hideous Austin Maestro which blew up on the A11. How we laughed. How he failed to see the funny side.

As an aesthete, and one who appreciates truly great design and style, I've always had a soft spot for the Citroën DS; a car which had no equal. Utterly unique, and very beautiful.

It is obvious that the new Citroen has fallen from the sky inasmuch as it appears at first sight as a superlative object .. We must not forget that an object is the best messenger of a world above that of nature: one can easily see in an object at once a perfection and an absence of origin, a closure and a brilliance, a transformation of life into matter (matter is much more magical than life), and in a word a silence which belongs to the realm of fairy-tales. The D.S. - the “Goddess” - has all the features (or at least the public is unanimous in attributing them to it at first sight) of one of those objects from another universe which have supplied fuel for the neomania of the eighteenth century and that of our own science-fiction: the Deesse is first and foremost a new Nautilus .

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As for bikes; there is nothing currently for sale that, to me, could ever match a fully customised bicycle, where every component is made just for that machine, and no other.

I love the irony of someone talking about a 'lack of imagination', yet expressing their own preference for objects that are available as standard...

The 120y was a decent little motor you know.

Here's my choices, very practical I think.

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Heh! Nice one Woody! 😀

Looking at some of the vehicles on this ,some of you have all the taste of premiershit footballers

R8

Audi and Orange.

Easier to remember if they have the same model numbers!

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Done.

One of these:
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With this in the back:
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and this:
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As I already own both bikes, all I need is the wedge to afford to buy, restore and maintain the Safari.

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You're ALL wrong

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Looking at some of the vehicles on this ,some of you have all the taste of premiershit footballers

Are you being serious?

Citroën BX 4TC evolution and a Moulton Twin Pylon.
Or alternatively General de Gaul's Stretched DS and a Coiella tandem.

That ^^^^ green turner is stunning!!! Just checked the price tho 😯

don simon - Member

Looking at some of the vehicles on this ,some of you have all the taste of premiershit footballers

Are you being serious?

It's the standard line chucked out on here whenever this sort of thread comes up.

Apparently a beautiful Italian sportscar is totally vulgar if

a) It's not 50 years old

b) A footballer might have one

A footballer might have one

It's the standard line chucked out on here whenever this sort of thread comes up.

I know, I'm playing. 😉

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As I work for a car company I'll excuse myself from the first part for fear of perceived bias. As to the second - I'd upgrade my Zesty 214 to a 914. Cant' see I could ever need more bike than that for what I ride. Won't ever happen, though...

Can I change my mind please?

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It'd be a toss up which one would break down first conqueror...

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If money was no object I'm sure you'd own quite a variety of cars and bikes. If it's a money no object, but you can only have 1 car and 1 bike it's a different kettle of fish. the cars and bikes I'd like to own for their intrinsic value/aesthetics/heritage are quite different to the ones I'd like to rag.

olivered1981

as per the thinking in my post with the RR Sport - quite fancy that Q7 V12 though.

Back on the recurring retro theme though, you gotta love the Stingray..

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for old skool

It'd be a toss up which one would break down first conqueror...

Yeah but money no object... you have the money to fix it

The TVR would be brutal.. who needs electronics, safety features and reliability .. forget that 🙂

0 to 60 mph (97 km/h). 3.7 seconds
Engine: TVR Speed Six engine, Straight-6
Displacement: 4.0L (3996 cc)
Power Output: 380 bhp (283 kW; 385 PS) @ 7,000–7,500 rpm

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And that tvr sounds like Thor on a bad day!!