One of the coolest cars I have driven...
 

but not owned. I have stolen this thread idea from coolest cars seen. It was an Austin Healy 3000 that I test drove back in the late 60's. It had a bit of rust but enjoyed the noise, the ride, the heavy clutch. Drawbacks were low ground clearance due to the muffler. Did not buy it but bought a Triumph TR3 instead. Any of you out there tried a car but did not buy it but still maybe wish you had:(

Hmm, i think the coolest car that I've driven was my old 911.

I have driven a Seat 850. I don't know that I consider it cool though.

My 1985 911. ;)

I avoid driving other people's cars.

Tesla roadster Sport...

But there is no way in hell I could afford it...

ferrari 599 gtb. used to drive it weekly.

69 Cougar 427 4 speed

69 Dodge Charger R/T

'09 Ferrari F599 GTB F1.
'67 Ferrari 330GTC
'95 Ferrari F355 6-speed, full Tubi: "Oh the noise!!" Richard Hammond, TopGear

John Deere 7020.
I had to work on the air conditioner.

Drove this for 35 years.

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My '74 911 (Helga)

1967 911S in Spain. Red sun roof coupe. Black interior. Had it for a weekend to see if I wanted to buy. Great fun. Can't remember why I didn't buy but boy do I regret it.

Masraum - At the time my dd was a seat 850 spyder. It made my old 912 seem powerful.

The silver one, or the black one?;)

Actually, that is the car I covet most. Now excuse me while I read that thread on getting rich.

Another misread thread. And to think no one wants to hire an old man. At least I can follow instructions. How do you guys get by? :confused:

I bought it in 1972 while in the USMC for $1,750. About the price of a used Pinto or Vega. It burned a quart of oil every 30 miles, the leather was like dried cardboard and the paint, rubber chrome were trash. I bought it in the UK from a British Colonel who bought it in the Sudan. It now belongs to the Prime Minister of Kuwait. His buyer had seen it at a concours in Pasadena, CA and asked me if I was interested in selling it. I said "maybe" he took a few pics and said that if his client was interested, he'd call me in a week. No PPI. He paid me stupid money for it in cash, as in his representative showed up at my bank with a brief case stuffed with $100 bills.

Sorry teacher, we are too cool for school.:D

When I was a kid, we had an Austin Healy 3000 as a family car. No lie.

I leatned how to drive in my mom's Triumph TR6. Of course I drive my 914-6. Now that I work at a high end shop, I drive some really cool stuff but mostly just around the lot.

I really wanted a Lotus Europa, the JPS. Drove a really nice used one on Denver,....but I ended up with a 72, 240Z.

The Z was a heck of a car, Never know about the Lotus, but always liked em'

Karl
88 Targa

Roger K.'s '73 RS lightweight back in the day...he really liked my '72S, suggested we swap straight across. I decided no...

Got the chance to drive a 58' Mercedes 300SL. It looked real sharp with the bumpers removed. Had a great sound, but handled like crap on old dry rotted tires.

Gallardo

The 86 911 Cab I bought from Chuck at Elephant Racing. One drive down the freeway with the top down working traffic and I was hooked like a crack addict.

I owned that car longer than any other vehicle I've owned. Had to make room for a car seat capable vehicle so I sold it and bought an E 46 M3. It was a way more capable car but lacked the soul of that 911 Cab.

hope you got a tshirt when you bought it...

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1957 Triumph TR3A, my brother and I drove one in western NY and Ontario a lot in the mid - 60's, including the winter (I learned how to drift it in the snow). (This photo is not our car, but looks just like it did). Sadly, it rusted down into a scrap pile from driving on the salted roads.
It was a total blast to drive! Max speed was 103 mph indicated, and it took all day to get there!

1980's Testarossa. I can't recall the exact year (it was almost 20 years ago). Nothing like a flat 12!

In the mid seventies I remember going to the UK as a young adult (many years ago) and seeing the coolest cars available for almost nothing. Ten+ year old Astons were very cheap ...as were Healy 3000's, etc. I would browse the Exchange and Mart, trying to think of a way to get one over here. Not like that now, cheers.

Huh? It's your thread. You want cool cars that I have owned not just driven and wished I owned? How much time do you have?

The list of just VWs will take me awhile. Other than several bugs, 3 converts, 1 van and 1 transporter. They are cool, every one. However, I wouldn't want one of them back.

Corvettes, I've had a few (5). Trucks, all of them.

MGs? Just 2, a '36 and a '50. Then there's Jags and Mercedes and s slew of Chevy trucks, 2 of them now expensive classics. All gone but the last one.

I do look around for something like my '60 Olds convert 88. Still to me a great looking car.

What else am I missing? Old Cadillacs and a '58 Buick? Yep, those too.

Not one stands out that much more than the rest.

But there is one that fits your original question and I've mentioned it several times. I found a Ferrari 212 Mexico with a Chevy engine in it in 1963 when I was 17. My dad wouldn't let me buy it. I've tried to trace that car and I've narrowed it down to a couple. Both are restored, have correct engines and are worth a million.

You know I would have thrashed it and sold it long ago. But that car would have opened some doors, that I know. You never know how life might have differed.

Fixed it for you;)

[QUOTE=Zeke;6508596]Huh? It's your thread. You want cool cars that I have owned not just driven and wished I owned? How much time do you have?

The list of just VWs will take me awhile. Other than several bugs, 3 converts, 1 van and 1 transporter. They are cool, every one. However, I wouldn't want one of them back.

Corvettes, I've had a few (5). Trucks, all of them.

MGs? Just 2, a '36 and a '50. Then there's Jags and Mercedes and s slew of Chevy trucks, 2 of them now expensive classics. All gone but the last one.

I do look around for something like my '60 Olds convert 88. Still to me a great looking car.

What else am I missing? Old Cadillacs and a '58 Buick? Yep, those too.

Yes Zeke your are top of the class in English comprehension but seeing that we have all graduated, there is more leeway in interpretation of the question(call this the no adult left behind thread). I enjoy everbodies' responses but when purchase has not been made, there can be that moment of "darn I let that one get away".

Another post I can't show my wife:eek:

My friend's 68 Coronet drag car:

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Runs high 9's in the 1/4 but is still streetable. Nothing I've ever driven has gotten the attention this car does. :cool:

Cool thread - lots of neat cars mentioned. Here's my list:

- 2008 Merc CL63 AMG - unbelievable power and luxury in that car. By far the most expensive car I've ever driven.

- 1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 - my friend's toy:
http://308gt4.homestead.com/files/DSCF0058.jpg

- Perhaps the most interesting car I ever drove was a prototype hydrogen powered (F-cell) A-class that MB was testing a couple of years ago. Not because it was sport or exotic, but because it is powered by what may be the technology of the future:
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'64 Corvette fuelie
'66 Corvette 327/350
'67 Chevelle SS396
'68 Plymouth Roadrunner
'72 BMW 2002 tii
'84 BMW M6 (gray market import)
'05 Merc S55 AMG
'11 Cadillac CTS-V coupe (acceleration was "explosive")

I feel as though I've driven a few cool car over the years but I've owned very few. (perhaps a good thing) 52 MGTF, Singer LeMans 34(?), Morgan4/4, Lotus 7, GT350 Mustang, Austin Healy 3000, MG TD factory race car (aluminum body and super-charger) a couple of 60's/70's Alfas, a number of vintages of 911's (inc a 997), and most recently, a Ferrari California. I've also driven and owned quite a few Mercedes and Bimmers but none of them, I think, have achieved the status of "cool". So you can easily see my "vintage". Back in the day, English and European sports cars were quite common. Cheers

That too. ;) Although at the time I was driving a '57 Corvette in '63-64. As a pussy wagon it served well enough.

Too bad I didn't know that. ;) :D

Yep, you made your point in spades. :)

loud, raucous, hardly subtle, blind spot the size of a semi, a clutch that would put hair on your chest (this only applies to us girls ;) ), and you knew you just wanted to break the law.... lots....

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In 1989, when I was in my junior year of high school, I test drove a red 1968 Chevelle SS396 with a 4-speed. I ended up buying a 1979 Z-28.

It hurts to type that.

The z-28 was $2k more expensive.

... really hurts...

McLaren F1 sports car. Honorable mention: (89 / 90) Acura NSX prototype only because it was before the US DOT certified crash test destroyed it. Oops, more... editing... Ferrari F40.... this is killing me.