civicson234

"Its my dream car." Thats a phrase i hear quite often and recently its started to bother me a bit, mainly in regards to what people have as a dream car. Which made me wonder, where people just using this phrase out of order, or am i just wierd? To me, a dream car is just that, a dream. Something that i will never possibly obtain without serious luck. For example, some of my dream cars are cars that are so rare, or so expensive, that only a sleect few people in the world could even obtain them. I was wondering, what are your thoughts on this matter?

For example, a few of my "dream" cars:

Ferrari FXX
Ferrari 250 GTO
Buggatti Atlantique
Porsche 904
Porsche 917
Porsche 959
Mercedes CLK-GTR
Koenigsegg CCX
Shleby Daytona Coupe

I just feel that, with enough hard work, almost anything is possible to obtain, with a few exceptions.... So what im looking for here is what YOUR definition of a dream car is.

fishfryer

My dream car is fast, handles great, gets great gas mileage, never breaks, never gets dirty, never get commercials on the radio, never gets dinged, comfortable, has 3 pedals usually, hardtop/soft top, black/sometimes blue, whale penis seatcovers, maintenance free, can't be stolen, and is paid for. - you said it was a 'dream car'.

Other than that, maybe a 911 cab or R8 cab.

civicson234

LOL ok, maybe you took it a bit far on that one lol

CosmosMpower

There's an obtainable dream car (within the next 3-5 yrs) and a dream car.

Example- Obtainable dream car, 997 GT3RS, Dream car- CGT.

I don't really have an obtainable dream car at the moment, maybe a 997.1 GT3 which is about on the same level price and performance wise as my GT-R. My dream car is probably a Zonda R or Zonda F roadster.

For me it's more about collecting a stable of cars that are reasonably priced (relatively speaking) and good at different things than 1 crazy halo car. I.E. Elise with a blown K20 motor for autocross, GT3 for road course, F10 M5 to daily etc and F350 diesel to tow.

mosesbotbol

Dream cars to me evoke a certain feeling, beyond just knowing they are expensive. Right now, I am really digging:

Ferrari F12
Ferrari Enzo

But if I had the money, the garage would be pretty darn big as there are dreams cars. I love some less expensive cars like:

Renault Clio V6 Turbo
Maserati Khamshin
Any Modern Bentley...

Trackforged

My current dream car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZnTJX1-SKM

1/4 million dollar Corvette
But seriously this is my dream car^.

I remember right after high school my dream car was an S2000. At the time that seemed like something far far out of my reach and I was fairly intent on saving for a B18c or an H22a for my EJ1 civic, and that made me happy.

To my surprise in less than 3 years I could afford a decent used S2000.

I try to keep that memory in mind, because you never know, what seems unobtainable right now may be within reach in just a few years

Evan

civicson234

Im glad im not the only one who feels this way lol. Your GTR to some is a dream car(i dont see it as a dream car, because i see them as attainable. Maybe not now for me, but if i wanted one, i could make it happen in the future.) But i also dont see soemthing like the GTR as a be-all-end-all. I guess what im trying to say is, that if i were to obtain a gtr, that wouldnt be my automotive stopping point(so to speak) if you know what i mean. Im not trying in any way do degrade your choice in car or the car itself, just figured i should mention that before one of the GTR fanboi's chimes in about how its god among cars/faster than the space shuttle/can alter gravity/ and all that nonsense. To me, its just a car lol, albiet one of phenomenal performance, but not for everyone. Which is a completly seperate debate for another time lol.

And i can use the f10 M5 as an example....Would i love one right now? Absolutly! Can i afford one? Absolutly not! Could i by one in a few years? Definetly. based on the fact that i could buy one eventually,to me its not a dream car. Its just a car i would like to have. If you know what im saying?

i_heart_my_DB8

To be honest, I dream of an S2000 that would "groundhog day" back to brand new every morning I woke up. Perpetually brand new, for the rest of my life.

That would be much better for me than anything more expensive/costly/fancy.

civicson234

Im currently deployed, so youtube and pictures dont work, but for that price im going to attempt to venture a guess that its the Pratt&Miller C6RS? Thats one of only a few i could think of, short of a vintage model that would touch 1/4 mill.

But i see what your saying. Age/time does play into the perception of reasonable affordability, but the cars that i typically view as a dream car will never become reasonably affordable to me at least.... not without a huge amount of luck.

JonBoy

Honestly, a 997 GT3 (RS 4.0, even better) would be a dream car for me. It's attainable and obtainable. I don't need a Ferrari 458 to be automotively satisfied. If I wanted to spend a TON of money, it'd probably be a McLaren MP4-12C right now.

Other than that, I'd probably just grab a GT-R or 911 Turbo that can sort of fit my wife and kids (tightly) and can be driven year round without issue and just beat the snot out of it...