Dream Garage

[Jason]

The car I drive - Merc CLK320.

Not into five - can only drive one at a time.

I would rather like a bigger garage however. I've the UK standard of the very snug fit.

 

[798686]

Acura NSX (stick only)

Nice (and yes, agree with the manual).

Range Rover (for the fam of course)

Let them eat cake!

i tot this was a thread on a new grunge band

LOL!

A bit of a random question. But after seeing NCBear's post I have to ask...

Wouldn't most of these car's be manual transmission cars? (Of course with the exception of the larger SUV's).

Mine would, yeh - never driven auto. :redface:

 

[Jason]

Never driven auto? Not tried to find the clutch as you always do and brought your left foot down hard on the brake? You haven't lived - or maybe had a particular sort of near death experience as you hear the screech of brakes behind you.

 

[798686]

LOL! Doesn't sound too tempting.

 

[YungAndHung]

My Daily Driver is an auto :frown1: I cant stand it so I bought a project car that was stick. I loved that car to pieces especially because it fit my personality. But I had to sell it because I was moving... That is why I am doing my best to save up again for a track car. My left foot is always sooo bored.

 

[798686]

^^ Aww.

 

[curious_angel]

Never driven auto? Not tried to find the clutch as you always do and brought your left foot down hard on the brake? You haven't lived - or maybe had a particular sort of near death experience as you hear the screech of brakes behind you.

This^

I've been accused (unsubstantiated) of causing whiplash by auto-incompetence. I like a clutch...

 

[Jason]

I think it's hard to change between manual and auto, but I now drive auto and wouldn't want to go back to manual. Too much like hard work!

 

[Otep]

MB SLR McLaren (I know there are better cars but I've been obsessed with it since it came out)
Aston Martin Virage
BMW X6M
Audi S8
Audi RS5

I'm amending my list and removing the S8 in favor of a 1996 BMW 850Csi. I completely forgot how much I love the 8 series and who needs a sedan as big as the S8 anyway?

I wish BMW still made the 8 series or at least a coupe that didn't have a b pillar.

 

[NCbear]

This^

I've been accused (unsubstantiated) of causing whiplash by auto-incompetence. I like a clutch...

I've done it too, with rental cars. Hate when that happens!

After 20+ years of driving a stick, pushing in a clutch to change gears is second nature. Really.

I think it's hard to change between manual and auto, but I now drive auto and wouldn't want to go back to manual. Too much like hard work!

That's what my man says. He drives an automatic because it's easier; I drive a stick because I want to choose what gear I'm in at any given moment.

But three-pedal cars are becoming rarer in the USA. Even BMW has problems selling cars with sticks. I don't like these automated manuals, these Tiptronic pieces of shit, these paddle shifters--all of them are pains in the asses because they don't let me choose a gear using a clutch pedal. And no, it's definitely not "the same thing," as some younger people try to tell me. Just like it's not the same thing to learn in an online course as it is when you and your instructor are face to face.

NCbear (who's apparently a grumpy old Luddite/traditionalist at heart, or at least at present )

 

[Rikter8]

I couldn't imagine driving the Viper or Z06 in an automatic.

Even with a ratchet shifter and a full manual valve body? They're just like a manual, but you bump them instead of push the clutch....shift....push the clutch...shift.

 

[D_Harry_Pitts]

Here goes:
97' Subaru Legacy GT Wagon, modified (currently own)
03' Infiniti M45 Sport
76' Datsun 240Z. C5R engine swap
94' McLaren F1
11' McLaren MP4-12C
11' BMW 1M
06' Audi RS6 Wagon
30's Chopped and dropped Lincoln
I'm sure there are more that I have wanted...but those are my life's ambitions!

 

[lux51]

1955 Mercury Montclair Sun Valley (Gulfstream Blue/Alaska White)
1957 Chevrolet Nomad (Adobe Beige/Sierra Gold)
1957 Oldsmobile Fiesta Wagon (Rose Mist/Alcan White)
1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible (Suntan Copper)

I love me some old Detroit Steel

 

[midlifebear]

The car I drive - Merc CLK320.

Not into five - can only drive one at a time.

I would rather like a bigger garage however. I've the UK standard of the very snug fit.

You are, of course, referring to the strained bulge in your tightie whities?:smile:

 

[D_Ray_Jing_Hardon]

1998 Porsche 993 GT2
1997 Porsche GT1
2010 Ferrari 458 Italia - daily drive
2011 Pagani Huayra
1966 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray

 

[b.c.]

I've driven stick shifts before and have owned automatics and sticks at the same time. I'd found no problem with switching between both. As for my "dream garage", mine would be one I could actually drive a car into. Can't remember last time my garage actually functioned as one.

 

[Drifterwood]

Ariel Atom - fun
Veyron - everyday
Corniche or Azure convertible - luxuriating
'57 Ferrari Testa Rossa - masturbation
'37 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 - love

 

[798686]

What's in your ideal garage - with no restrictions on cost?
List your top 5 dream motors. :biggrin1:

Here's mine...

Jaguar XF-R
Caterham R500
Lotus Evora
BMW 1 Series MCoupe
Land Rover Disco 4

I've updated this. I now need a Subaru BRZ instead of the Caterham, and a Skoda Rapid to replace the Beemer. :biggrin1:
Oh...and a Jaguar F-Type.

 

[Hoss]

1946 Pontiac Streamliner
1940 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe
1953 Hudson Hornet
1965 Chevy Apache pickup truck
1957 Chevy Bel Air


I like older cars.

 

[798686]

Hudson Hornet!

Drove one round SF - only virtually lol, in Driver on the PS3. Cool tho.