RR Sport
Wrangler Rubicon
MB E-Class Coupe (pillarless/pano combo is amazing)
Boxster S
New gen Miata
New gen Vette

Been thinking too of simply obtaining one of the above by picking up a short term lease in-between cars. I.E. the last year of someone's lease on swapalease or leasetrader. Just to scratch that itch. Basically, a long term rental.

I have an uncle that does this...he owns one car as a high mileage family SUV, and leases his second car. This way he could jockey his miles, and be flexible in how accomodating his second car has to be. For the car that he owns, he'll fork over cash whenever he trades in. Then for the car he leases, hell get some regular $2-300/mo type of sedan. Every time his 24-36 month lease is up, he'll temporarily treat himself to a "dream" car for < 12 months on swapalease.
He's gone through 2 rotations...an accord/RR sport, then a camry/911. It nets out to a manageable cashflow to run a stable, and every couple of years, you could scratch an itch with the savings.

Although his neighbors think he's bipolar...or has extremely unstable cashflow

 

from a camry to 911, as a neighbor i would be like WTF!!!

 

I think you meant the Elise... and if so, you're missing out. That's a Toyota drivetrain under there and those cars are pretty stout.

For me, I'd say Range Rover and Jaguar. I'd love to pick up a RR Sport for the misses and she loves them too... but just can't find the guts to go through with that. Feels like too many issues waiting for me to solve.

Same with the Jag. I LOVE the F-Type and would buy one in a heartbeat if it wasn't a Jag. As with the Range Rover, just not willing to take that risk.

I know the German cars used to have that same rep, but they've improved drastically over the last decade and we've owned several of those over the years with no issues. Still, the Brits have a long way to go to even catch up to them. If Jag or RR can get their act together over the next several years we may consider it, but for now, no chance.

 

Love my A4...but the next Audi I will get will have an S in front of the number. I would love to have a Porsche...just too expensive and impractical.

 

Nope, I meant the 1960's Lotus Elite: little British hardtop sports car (think Miata with a hardtop)-- love the idea and the car, but wouldn't want to maintain one. Better to get an Esprit, which I would consider owning.

The Lotus Elise has a great drivetrain, but it isn't one of those cars that I would want to own-- I think it might be too raw for commuting, as compared to a Boxster or MR-2. My taste runs toward cars with GT characteristics-- road car first, moar racecar 2nd.

 

you know for some reason, Porsche just never did anything for me. I just dont know why.

 

For some reason they have always been my "Dream Car". I would even settle for a 5-8 year old Carrera 4! Love all wheel drive cars.

 

Ahh, OK... that makes more sense

And yeah, I wouldn't commute in an Elise (although there are some that do). It would be a weekend car for me...


I loved my Porsche when I had it. Wasn't a Carrera 4, but it handled like it was on rails anyway. If I ever get another... it will be turbo...

 

e46 M3 w/competition pkg...love it to death and it would easily be my next car if it had gotten a 4dr version. The gens before/after it did.

 

I actually came across another one that fits the bill for this thread the other day. Remember the Chrysler Conquest and Mitsubishi Starion from the 80s? I always loved those back in the day and I came across one for sale. As much as I still think they're awesome little cars I would never actually consider owning one.

 

My dream cars are the big Lambos, loud and fast.... Porsche just does not scream dream car to me.

 

I think I could manage commuting in an Elise, but it would likely have to be a Touring Pack, not a Track Pack (basing on my remembrance of the single test drive I got in a new '07 Elise).
Also, IIRC, our own Exige owner said something to the extent of "gouge my eyes out" to DD an Exige.

 

BRZ, non-M BMWs

 

Most AMG's are in the "favorite" category, but the maintenance would just suck like Any woman at the end of John Holm... I digress.

I'd really like a Plymouth Superbird from about 1970. But they are very expensive for a 45 year old car.

 

^^ we'll you could probably get this one instead.

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Holy shit that's badass.......