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[Closed] Recomend me a completely impractical but very cool car

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I'm bored, i'm not buying a house any time soon, and single with no kids, so recomend me something very stupid.

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Ferrari Mondial Quattrovalvoe

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Ford Capri 2.0 S

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Vauxhall Viva

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Citoren 2CV


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:24 pm
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G60 corrado.


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:25 pm
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s1 elise. Die going backwards into a tree.


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:26 pm
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G60, Fell out the ugly tree and beeten with arolled up copy of MAX power on the way down. I like 🙂
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Posted : 08/03/2009 7:27 pm
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Aerial Atom


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:29 pm
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Original mini, and make it goooood.

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Posted : 08/03/2009 7:29 pm
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Posted : 08/03/2009 7:29 pm
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An S1 elise earlier, Dieing going backwards into a tree in a ball of flames is definatly cool!
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Posted : 08/03/2009 7:30 pm
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Tickford Capri
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6R4 Metro
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Camper van
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Posted : 08/03/2009 7:30 pm
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I can take or leave the flames TBH.


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:31 pm
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From ebay...

'71 Dodge ram.
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Or a more current SRT 10
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only mildly impractical due to huge size and fuel consumption.

Or how about a Hilux

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I know you said car...but you did say cool and impractical.

Or what about a Charger?

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Posted : 08/03/2009 7:33 pm
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unfortunately that campervan is way to pracical, you could fit a bike in it for example.


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:34 pm
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Been a 2cv owner for over 20 years so I can recommend them. Buy one with a galvanised chassis though.


 
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Posted : 08/03/2009 7:36 pm
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ok to stop it getting silly, mut be less than the street value of 1 kidney, so about £14k


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:41 pm
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I'd buy something that is easish to sell on and holds its value- oldschool mini 1275, Caterham, actually- the Cateham or the Elise would be my choice.

Sensible would be a MX5 though 😀


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:44 pm
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If I had no kids/mortgage/wife and wanted a fun car:

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But as I have all three, I will just have to dream about owning one 😉


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:45 pm
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For me it would be a Porsche 944 derivative – most likely a 968
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My dad wants an MX5, nuff said

A mini could be cool, but would need something silly like a R1 engine


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:47 pm
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ski with that suede finish oh, it would stain badly if you decided to knock one out over the interior 🙄 😯

Plus the 1.8T Toyota engine is mint in that chassis.


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:47 pm
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ap while you can stil edit your post i'll give you the benifit of the doubt and ask you to remove the vomit iduceingly ugly abohration that is your fist suggestion!


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:49 pm
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thisisnotaspoon, I passed my test in a new mini cooper, my first car was a mini cooper (borrowed from driving instructor) and I learnt to drive in a MX5 two years later- it [i]teaches[/i] you handling, poise, balance all within your limits- well if you don't count a few silly moments. Its connected, feel, lots of feel and feedback to you- this is the mk2.5 I'm talking about not the mk3 (although I hear the mk3.5 is more connected)


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:50 pm
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Bay Window Camper van - I have one for sale if you're interested 😉


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:51 pm
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<Note to self - must ignore everything thisisnotsspoon ever posts as he thinks a Vauxhall Viva is cool.>

Now then 'spoon, I've got a lovely Austin Allegro for sale for a grand. Note the state of the art square steering wheel, and the fact that it is shaped like an Alfa Brera. (Squint...in a dark room)


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:52 pm
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Impreza WRX or STI:
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Posted : 08/03/2009 7:53 pm
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tisnas - sorry, just went on the impractical, forgot the cool.
The Vantage is in your price range though 😯


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:55 pm
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i passed my test in soe kind of rubbish seat POS

then borrowed my dad's midget for the summer a few years back, at no point did i ever take off over a hump backed bridge or go round corners sideways, honest 🙂


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 7:57 pm
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indeed it is, but the first pic of it is with a tow rope atached! not a good start 🙁


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:01 pm
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aP; those Cayenne things are nasty. Proper cheap, inside, actually.

Comfy, mind. But I don't get the point.


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:01 pm
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Lol, I used to have a 1275 Austin Healey Sprite and never used to cane that through a tunnel with the roof off, just to hear it sing 😉

It did catch fire on me, and imaced my legs, long gone, but never forgotten 😉


 
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i will buy one of these one day if there are any tidy ones around...

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Posted : 08/03/2009 8:06 pm
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i keep looking at that ferrari, but i know at the first sign of a country lane my licence would get torn into so many little pices the comunity suppourt officer would need a microscope to charge the magistrate with littering!


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:08 pm
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waihiboy, Integrales are really lovely. Just being picky, although I'm not expert that looks like a modded up 'replica' Integrale, not a proper one. No Elephant badges, wrong wheels, and the grille and front end generally don't look right. In fact the more I look at it, the wronger it looks.

My mate wrote his off in the usual fashion - 'the brakes don't work when the wheels aren't on the ground!'


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:13 pm
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waihiboy, dont follow the pic ..................


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:13 pm
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Me too for the Integrale, maybe a bit too practical tho'?


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:14 pm
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http://www.tomcatmotorsport.co.uk/carsforsale.htm
Wildcat 200 Dakar Edition 2003
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Tomcat 106” 2.9 24v Cosworth
class championship winner 2006
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88" Bowler type racer/trialler - only £9k
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Hore: Impreza WRX or STI:

Hahhahahahhahaha... you think those poxy, modified family cars are 'cool', ffs. They are about as cool as Peter Stringfellow. They're also practical because they are basically family cars with a turboed engine and 4wd system.

Anyway, they may go fast, but don't delude yourself that Scoobies are cool...


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:16 pm
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RB - those Cayennes are about £12K now, all the good cars I can think of are too expensive FF Jensen Interceptor, Bristol, Alvis...


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:16 pm
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ferrari and back roads/lanes = no sump and £?k bill for engine rebuild. Lnow someone who did this with a newish one!!!!

Nothing wrong with the old Viva but the Firenza with "Lotus" engine and Gertrag 5speed box was fun


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:24 pm
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its cheep as well............


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:27 pm
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Scoobies are uber cool. Utterly so. They look retro-90's Jap wrong. I always thought that until I drove one and the hackles on the back of my neck rose and I actually felt scared driving a car for the first time. Scared until I shook my head and held the gear for as long as possible.

Cayenne's have a fatwah against anyone who owns one. They are wrong. Very very wrong. Uglier than a sanyong rong rongle or whatever its called....


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:28 pm
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I always feel scared driving a car for the fist time, bad memories of sitting on my dads enfield bullet and not having a clue how to use a clutch,, took about 20 attempts! After which the throttle stuck full open mid corner!


 
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Surely you can get a better bowler/ race ready landy than that for 14k?


 
Posted : 08/03/2009 8:39 pm
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that ones only £2.5K but would need SVA and registering-------------^


 
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