I'd really like the 335is

I haven't bought one yet because I am saving money for the eventual house/condo purchase next year. And, well, I would die trying to pay for both.

Yes

Because it isn't street legal in the US for emissions reasons

VW Scirocco

Yeah, an old Renault Alpine A110. Unfortunately I suck at maintaining old treasures like that due to a complete lack of mechanic skills and company leasing is cheaper so I probably won't ever buy one.

My affordable dream car tends to change every few years. Several years ago I wanted a Malibu Maxx. I liked the quirky styling. I bought one used a few years later. We traded it in when the electronics started to go haywire. We traded it in for our new affordable dream family car: Ford Flex. We wouldn't have been able to afford it, but we found a factory-used model that was $10k cheaper than others with same year and mileage. The carfax was clean. It was a company car at the factory where they were built.

My new affordable dream vehicle: I want one of those new F-150's with the twin-turbo direct injection ecotech V-6. V-8 torque and V-6 fuel economy. Extended cab long bed with 4x4. I'll trade in my current F-150 for a used one in a few years.

Al_Ed: I had one many, many years ago. It was a fun car even though mine happened to be a POS.

the new one is badass.

i was saying recently, my german neighbor is friends with a local group of VW engineers (VW had a testing facility somewhere out here). last summer they came over as they sometimes do (they get their German on) and they had a Scirocco out front. It had those goofy ass fake panels on it you see in Car and Driver to i guess psych out other car comapny spies.

that sled was tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. farking badass.

but alas, not sold in US.

oldfarthenry: I can't say if it's a `car':

I've informed Mrs. Henry that I'm due for a midlife crisis and need one of these.

Morgan 3-wheeler? Is that the old one or the new one with the Harley engine?

rickythepenguin: Al_Ed: I had one many, many years ago. It was a fun car even though mine happened to be a POS.

the new one is badass.

i was saying recently, my german neighbor is friends with a local group of VW engineers (VW had a testing facility somewhere out here). last summer they came over as they sometimes do (they get their German on) and they had a Scirocco out front. It had those goofy ass fake panels on it you see in Car and Driver to i guess psych out other car comapny spies.

that sled was tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. farking badass.

but alas, not sold in US.

VW lent my esteemed employer (Renault) a new Scirocco when it was just getting released into the market. I got to take it for a half-hour spin around the Autobahn near Cologne. It was depressingly awesome. I think they were just taunting us, telling us "THIS IS THE KIND OF CAR YOU FROGGIES WILL NEVER BUILD, AHAHAHAHAHA!"

oldfarthenry: cgraves67: oldfarthenry: I can't say if it's a `car':

I've informed Mrs. Henry that I'm due for a midlife crisis and need one of these.

Morgan 3-wheeler? Is that the old one or the new one with the Harley engine?

New. I don't think they went with the Harley engines. Most car-critics call the thing `ridiculous, impractical but fun as hell' to drive.

I saw it in the Automobile Magazine from a few months back. They tested it with a Harley plant. It does look like spectacular fun.

Optical Aleutian: "THIS IS THE KIND OF CAR YOU FROGGIES WILL NEVER BUILD, AHAHAHAHAHA!"

that's funny.

I would like a VW Golf. I really like the new ones. that's probably my dream car.

Even if I had a ton of money, I don't think I'd spend it on a car. that said, I'll watch that BBC car show (the name absolutely escapes me -- "big wheels"?) and I can appreciate the workmanship and all the toys but......if it was my money, i just couldn't see spending even $100,000 on a car. I'd stick to something like a VW.


ehhh.

Ugh. so badass.