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I had the Daytona, mine was an "88 Shelby turbo z.Cars you always wanted when you were younger........but never could afford.
For me, it was:
1988 Thunderbird
1984 Daytona
1980 Cadillac Seville
1990 Chrysler Imperial
1977 Firebird Trans Am
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I bought a new vehicle (Explorer) in 18. If I was looking today, I don't know that I would buy an internal combustion car--the one that I would prefer. With all of the green new deal shit that is happening, I don't know how long the mfrs. are going to be producing gas/diesel motors. The EVs are not there as far as battery tech goes yet. I don't know if electric will EVER replace my F250 Power Stroke 4 X 4.Since the Bugatti Veyron was announced, in 2005, I lusted after it, and later, its successor, the Chiron. Of course, there is no way I'd ever be able to afford one, and even if somehow one were to come my way for free, there's no way I'd be able to afford the cost merely of owning and operating it.
More recently, my mother passed away, and now I am looking at a substantial inheritance to come some time after her house sells. Not nearly enough to buy a Bugatti, though, but if I were so inclined, to buy some much less extreme high-performance sporty car, perhaps a Ferrari or a Lamborghini or something on that scale.
An odd thing, though—it's one thing to daydream about exotic sporty cars that one will never be able to afford. It's a very different thing to be in a position where you actually expect to receive enough money to buy such a car, and now you have to think about what will really benefit you. I am still intent on spending a substantial portion of my inheritance on a vehicle that I would otherwise not likely be able to afford, but I intend most of my inheritance to go into some mutual funds or other investments to give my wife and me some longer-term financial security and stability that have evaded us all our lives up until recently.
As for the vehicle to buy, I am, at this point, strongly leaning toward the new reimagined version of the Ford Bronco that is to come out later this year. (Clicking on the picture takes you to a page showing the version and options I currently have selected, though some of this could change before I'm actually in a position to think of buying it.)
A simple truth about the sort of car one daydreams about, who has no chance of ever actually owning one is that I'll never be in a position to actually drive it as fast as it can go, to drive it any faster than I could in a much more mundane car; and in the mean time, for the practical needs that I actually have for a vehicle, it would serve these needs much less well than the much more mundane car that I already have (a 2016 Dodge Dart) does. What I really needs is a vehicle that can reliably get me and all my tools to and from the construction sites where I work, and can handle the rough ground at some of these construction sites. It's struck me as kind of ironic that at the point in my life where I find myself often on constructions sites where the terrain is relatively undeveloped and rough, that of all the vehicles that I have ever owned, the car that I now own is the least suitable for rough ground. Ground clearance on the front end of my Dart is so low that it cannot even clear a standard curb.
Be glad you missed out on the Seville...had an 83... The 4100 series engine was a piece o' crap.Cars you always wanted when you were younger........but never could afford.
For me, it was:
1988 Thunderbird
1984 Daytona
1980 Cadillac Seville
1990 Chrysler Imperial
1977 Firebird Trans Am
Since the Bugatti Veyron was announced, in 2005, I lusted after it, and later, its successor, the Chiron. Of course, there is no way I'd ever be able to afford one, and even if somehow one were to come my way for free, there's no way I'd be able to afford the cost merely of owning and operating it.
Ten made at $9 million dollars each!
I don't know that I would buy an internal combustion car--the one that I would prefer. With all of the green new deal shit that is happening, I don't know how long the mfrs. are going to be producing gas/diesel motors. The EVs are not there as far as battery tech goes yet. I don't know if electric will EVER replace my F250 Power Stroke 4 X 4.
Sorry to hear about your Mom, Bob, but speaking of the Veyron/Chiron, I think a set of tires for the car alone are something like $26,000. And run on the car at top speed (if you have a place to safely go that fast), they are worn out in like 100 miles. Or 30.
But hey, Veyron, schmeyron, get the Centodieci!
Prices must have gone up.I'd heard something on the order of $30,000 for a set of tires for a Bugatti.
That sounds about right.I'd also heard the claim that if you could run it for fifteen minutes at top speed, the tires would fail, but that isn't a problem because at top speed, it'll run out of fuel in twelve minutes.
That's as good a reason as any to get a Veyron.So, if you want to cover up to fifty miles as fast as possible, the Bugatti is the car to do it.
If you slow down just a little bit, it'll go a lot farther.That's some times led me to wonder what cars might be better, for covering larger distances as fast as possible. The Bugatti is kind of like a cheetah. The cheetah can run faster than any other animal on Earth, but it cannot do it for very long or very far.
