Any car you want…

I’ve changed my mind.

If you can’t get me a new one, a fully restored one of these.

My 99 to look something like this.

I’ll have a Kenmeri Skyline thanks 🙂

I like these old Peugeot 505s

The 504 cabriolet is lovely too, Pinafarina designed:

I also really like the Alfa 156 GTA Sportwagon:

None of these would be ridiculously expensive to buy, £10k or less

some kind of hybrid box about the size of a skoda roomster thing that has 4wd and did 0-60 in 8 seconds and was limited to 85mph (which unlocked itself if you drove to a country with a higher speed limit) high passenger and pedestrian/cyclist safety and plenty of headroom so a 6 footer can sit upright (no curved rooflines) it also drove itself if needed.

it also needs to be unassuming enough not to spark conversation on cycling forums or dinner parties and to only cause a quizzical look and a change of topic from car-jocks and ‘Daves’ when they ask what you drive.

Of those shown above, the OP’s choice or the Berlingo. Wouldn’t mind a Routemaster bus like in Summer Holiday/ The Young Ones, if someone else was doing the driving.

Seeing the Citroen that bikebuoy posted up, I’ve been fantasising about one of those, but with a 1.6 Citroen engine putting out around 120bhp and a full 4×4 conversion, with nice grippy tyres. Put a roll-cage in, and an exoskeleton to give extra rigidity and occupant protection, it would be a blast on narrow lanes, B-roads and off-road like the Ridgeway and byways.
A Type-H with updated running gear, 4×4 conversion and a nice interior for camping and festivals would be nice as well.

Volvo L3314 “Laplander”just like this one, maybe with an electric motor conversion.

http://www.vibilagare.se/klassiska-bilar/buss-pa-ryssen

I keep watching the Swedish sites in case on finally comes up in the right condition, location and price to make it half feasible to bring back to UK. Also need some clean dry space to store and work on it.

Or 2CV van with Louis Barbour 4×4 conversion and Quaife diff.

Well you can tune an R100 boxer to 100bhp.. I think that’s plenty in Le Frog.

I wish I kept my very first company car, I had the option to buy it.. an all white 2cv with 4 large green frogs on it.. but I ended up passing it over for one of these:

Practical – Subaru Legacy Estate, great workhorses

Impractical – BMW z8 or Weissman convertible, just coz they are stunning to look at, no there reason 🙂

going to grow a mullet to go with it 🙂

That Mustang is pornography.

Something modest in reality for me. An 80’s Merc SL convertible.

Christian Bales Batmobile.

Something electric and fully self driving.

An AC Aceca for weekending.

And for daily running a Saab 900 Turbo.

XLWB Sprinter.

Boring as it may seem, but if I was going to have 1 car to do everything for the foreseeable future it would have to be a nice 3 series touring, X Drive as a nod to practicality. Auto too please.

Not or too fussed on the engine either, as long as it’s 2014 onwards, and is a 320 or upwards.

Tesla S for a day to day car, Alfa GT Junior looks lovely but I think I’d be disappointed by it’s 1970s fit and performance.

Transit Custom for bike duties.

MetroVR6 for a laugh.

If I’m only allowed the one then I’ll probably just stick with my Range Rover.

ss100

Jaguar XFR Sport Estate – Black edition or Mercedes E63 AMG Estate.

Passat.

Picking this up on Saturday. It is my 40th in March so I will be officially too old for my manual Focus ST. Now I’ll have this rather gorgeous Leon Cupra 290 DSG:

Can’t contain my excitement!

NSX Type-R GT. It’s not a supercar, its a Honda

My first Polo G40 back, as it was when I sold it

Some great suggestions here. I’m lucky enough to own what I want fantasy drive wise although I still sort of would like a (non AMG bling) G wagen even though it probably be a poor thing to drive.

@Klunk I built that car…

hmm.

They’re very new, but there is a used one on Autotrader so I’m going with Volvo V90.

Ever since I saw a pic of one I’ve thought it was amazing.

I’d settle for dans Vw caddy custom build with 370bhp and the running/braking gear to match, the interior is none too shabby for a van either , https://caddy2k.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=12081&sid=734a16d8a7d85dfb06785e6bcd72334b, long thread to trawl through so jump through it if you are in anyway interested in vans #sadsack club

P-Jay – they are very nice – interior same as new XC60/90. Very long though – 10cm linger than my old shape XC90.

Lancia Delta Integrale Evo 3

AlfaSud ti

Pug 309 GTi Goodwood Or id accept the standard GTi I owned.

Audi 80 Sport

renault 5 Turbo 2

I already own the most underrated car and I love it!

I built that car…

nice job, stunning car!

I was fortunate enough to be in a position last year to buy any car I wanted.
Lots of the stuff I thought I wanted turned out to be disappointing. Aston’s were poo, boxter was meh.
M3/M4 too …. bmw.

I went wide of the mark and picked up an Audi RS Q3p. It does everything so well – quick with 375 bhp.
Handles well, 4×4 for the alps and snow. Enough room for two bikes in the car + gear.

I drove from geneve to Dublin and back avg of 33mpg. So not to bad considering the performance.
5 cylinder warble is cool 😎

I like the Routemaster bus as suggested above – heading off to the seaside for the day.

Complete with Cliff Richard singing some tunes up on the top deck and a bar on the lower deck serving a selection of fine Belgium beers.

Anyone else fancy getting a modest car and having it stripped down and rebuilt with custom components,  top stereo, loads of sound insulation, interior carefully reassembled and stuck together tightly etc?

Or are you all just about the speed?

And for daily running a Saab 900 Turbo

Except that’s a 99 not a 900

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Evo 2 Shirley?

‘Evo 3’ was the run-out 8v Cat model with about 180bhp I think.

It changes for me.

I’ve always wanted a 32 Ford Deuce high boy hotrod.

I’m a massive VW fan, air and water cooled.

I like big old mercs.

I also like big old Jaaaguars.

Last week itw as a mint S2 XJ Coupe

But if it was a money no object affair, and because I utterly love driving sports cars about, 1974 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Lightweight in white and blood orange.

Alfaholics TI Super-R please.

I’d take one of their GTA-Rs if I had to…

Tesla X with all the options for me. I don’t do a lot of miles, plenty of space in the back with the rear seats out and I’m lazy so having the car mostly drive for me would help. Surprisingly even JC seemed to like it in the latest Grand Tour (I agree it’s hideously over-priced).