What Is Your Dream Car?

It cant be a crappy volkswagon though.

Originally Posted by Esper

My dream car is the 1965 Ford Mustang.




I swear, I was born in the wrong era.

Guy at my school has one of those. It's a piece of **** though. Very poorly maintained.

Originally Posted by Amatería

I'm sure I've said this before, and I assume the thread's buried enough.

I'd have to go with the Porsche Carrera GT. I really like the way it looks all over.

It looks OK, but honestly, not the best looking vehicle Porsche has made.

Eh, probably true. It's just my personal taste. Most other Porsche cars aren't really to my liking.

Originally Posted by Andy

Why not just get a 66 Cobra with the 472? Although it's an excellent choice.

Simply put, the size. The 71s-73s were the largest 'Stangs of the bunch, but the 72 and 73 were gimped thanks to emissions regulations so they were never sold with a 429. I'm sure somebody has done the work of swapping one in at this point, but, eh.

But yeah it's a massive beast of a car once you get up to 71. Though really, there are so, so, so many configs from 65-71 I would go with, to be fair.

Originally Posted by Captain Cornflake

Anybody who says "V8" without mentioning the crucial element of ENGINE SIZE has no rights to be talking about sports cars.

I know, I'm sorry..

But-but-but.. A blue mustang is just so beautiful I can't contain myself. DDx

Originally Posted by Captain Cornflake

Anybody who says "V8" without mentioning the crucial element of ENGINE SIZE has no rights to be talking about sports cars.

Well, there is a bit of a disadvantage with the V8, being that it burns up gas like a mother****er so having it as a car for getting from point A to point B wouldn't really make much sense. However, it does give plenty of muscle, that much I do know.

YOU KNOW MORE, EDUCATE ME.

Originally Posted by Forte

Rapist van.

You gotta give me credit for that, man.

Originally Posted by Ringo Starr

You gotta give me credit for that, man.

I found the pic, Beh put that on there for me.

Originally Posted by Captain Cornflake

Simply put, the size. The 71s-73s were the largest 'Stangs of the bunch, but the 72 and 73 were gimped thanks to emissions regulations so they were never sold with a 429. I'm sure somebody has done the work of swapping one in at this point, but, eh.

But yeah it's a massive beast of a car once you get up to 71. Though really, there are so, so, so many configs from 65-71 I would go with, to be fair.

Er, I would like to point out a crucial error in my post. I said "A 66 cobra with a 472," when in actuality the largest size the Cobra came with was a 427. Simple misstype.

The mid seventies saw the death of the mustang. Very sad. But the mid sixties to the early seventies was such an awesome period. Great music, great cars, great era.

Anyway, I also was not referring to the 'stangs, but a similar Shelby vehicle, the greatest piece of American muscle ever made. Anyway, I'm curious as to why you think bigger size is better? Of course the massive noise and power and "intimidation factor" is pretty damn nice, but other than that it's just kind of useless. When you use a good-sized engine in a very light and nimble vehicle, pretty fantastic results are seen. Is it just personal taste?

Originally Posted by Nox

Well, there is a bit of a disadvantage with the V8, being that it burns up gas like a mother****er so having it as a car for getting from point A to point B wouldn't really make much sense. However, it does give plenty of muscle, that much I do know.

YOU KNOW MORE, EDUCATE ME.

Numbers you see like "4.3," "5.7" "455" or "429" are simple measurements of engine volume. The first two examples I gave were in Liters. The second two were in cubic inches. They are essentially how much water the empty engine block would displace if it was completely submerged. I don't know how they're measured nowadays, but that is the most accurate, and as engines aren't at all shaped in perfectly measurable dimensions, you kind of have to use displacement.

Now don't think two engines that are 427s or 4.0s are the same size, far from it. That's just purely a measurement of the engine block. When you strap on **** like transmissions, clutches and flywheels, engine heads and all the goodies that go along with those, carburetors, additional air intakes, and superchargers the thing gets massive. There could be a million different configurations of stuff you'd put on there, and that makes it bigger.

Now that's the reader's digest version. You gotta understand these things in pieces, giving it all to you at once would be a waste of my energy, and you would definitely not understand it. So complex is modern engineering.

The beauty of it though, is the core concept is VERY simple and everyone is capable of getting it. Cars just tickle me, how advanced they are.

My ultimate dream car is a restored and modernized Ford 1970 Boss Mustang 429, complete with air conditioning and heaters, an MP3 player jack and CD player, and more advanced shocks so it wouldn't be quite as rough a ride. I'd want it white with dark blue racing stripes and traditional Boss side-stripes.

My penultimate dream car would be a Bentley Continental GT Speed. Silver color, thank you very much.

Originally Posted by Andy

Anyway, I'm curious as to why you think bigger size is better? Of course the massive noise and power and "intimidation factor" is pretty damn nice, but other than that it's just kind of useless. When you use a good-sized engine in a very light and nimble vehicle, pretty fantastic results are seen. Is it just personal taste?

Pretty much just personal taste and the intimidation factor.

I mean, it's not like I have anywhere to actually race these cars, so having something superfast is equally useless.

I've got a '90 Thunderbird LX right now that I'm tempted to swap a Boss 302 into. Why? Because I can. Does it serve any practical use? No, not really. ;P

Infiniti G35X Coupe

Interior photo for now.

My dream car.

>.>

Originally Posted by Twilight~09

My dream car.

>.>

Dude. That car just oozes awesome!

Originally Posted by IkanaGeneral197

Dude. That car just oozes awesome!

That's what she said.

And I'd have a tank.

Yes, a tank. So I would win in road rage.

Originally Posted by Ringo Starr

That's what she said.

And I'd have a tank.

Yes, a tank. So I would win in road rage.

True, but not even a TANk could stand up to: THE OSCAR-MAYER WEINER MOBILE!!!

Don't laugh. It's a perfectly attainable dream.

Originally Posted by Marshmallow Moo

Don't laugh. It's a perfectly attainable dream.

I wish I had me one of those...

just a reg Blue Mustang or a Ford truck. Im not that picky when it comes to cars

I drive a 1964 Chevelle 'wagon right now, actually. She's got a 350cu. inch, though I'm a little too poor to afford strapping on a supercharger.




For its size, its really not all that heavy, so with a a 350 she can move pretty quick. Haven't ran a timed quarter mile, but I've got it at around 5.4 for 0-60mph. Plus, I'm just a big fan of wagons. Aside from the utility (I've carried everything from three canoes, to an entire tree worth of fire wood) there's just something about the style. There's just something about the combination of "lolwagonzsuk" and "unexpected sound of a small block V8 with straight pipes" that brings a tear to my eye.

Plus its comfortable as hell.

As for a dream car? Probably a '68 Dodge Charger, black with white trim and a 427 four-speed.