If There Were No Porsche's What Would You Drive?

[zymurgist]

Gotta be able to wrench on it myself... that's why I went with the '70 in the first place... I'd say a '68-'77 Corvette with fresh engine, 550 lb front springs, 355 lb rear fiberglass spring, Konis all the way around, and a 4-speed.

Oh wait. I have one already!

[thabaer]

RSBob, cegerer... you guys know your chit. Come to Steamboat!

Didn't have an extra $70K burning a hole in my pocket but I managed to get a tweaked '83:



only found a little bit of mud the other weekend and still need to remove some of the blasphemic body attachements some PO put on the doors!

on the other hand, some people get really torqued-off when I blast by them in my '91 Audi 200 wagon, scared the willies out of a poor little red boxster S that couldn't keep up a couple of weeks ago

[thrown_hammer]

This is a easy one. A MB Unimog of course! (serious)

[thabaer]

Shawn -- with ALL of the accessory attachments of course, and a large storage garage for the bigger ones.

[thrown_hammer]

Oh yeah, Load it up with winches and one of those six foot tall desiel powered snow blowers!

[jaxon]

"Realistically, I'd drive my 1998 Lexus GS400."

I had an SC400 before my Porsche. My wife still drives an LS400.

I agree they make a great vehicles, not enough personality for a thrill, nut nice to have in the fleet.
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"I've got a '01 315hp S-54 engine model"

I couldn't agree more with your assessment of this car. I wondered if I would tire of it when I drove it. But my initial impression was holy cr..... What I liked most about it is the way it felt like you could let the tail hang out there on the turns. Hard to describe what I mean, but it came naturally to me. If I were to have named it after my first drive I'd have called it Wild Thing.

Congrats on the purchase.

[HawgRyder]

A 1965 Fastback Mustang with a side oiler 427 and dual quads.
Colour would be Candy Apple Red.
Wheels and tires...Crager mags with Tiger Paw orange stripe.
4 speed of course....with a 4.71 Detroit Locker.
I have built this car twice...for other people (different colours).
Maybe I could keep this one.
Bob

[lateapex911]

Or, how 'bout a cool woodie wagon?? With a spoon out the back, of course!

[kcope]

My GT6 or the Spit 6 when its done

[cary]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cegerer
In the realistic category, probably an early Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe. These were bascially homologation specials - plus I've had the pleasure of bouncing off the sides of more than a few snow banks in one of these while attempting a Hannu Mikkola imitation .....

Ditto ................. Quattro ....It's better in the dark with the Hella's at full flame. And the the flames coming on the waste gate every time you down shift in the corner.

Still makes my heart race remembering watching John Buffum in the early 80's.

[pwd72s]

Back to a tri power goat...only with good brakes and sway bars.

[racea911]

For a classic weekend canyon carver and track car, I would love to have a BMW e30 M3. Other choices would be a an early 70's Alfa GTV or Lotus Europa Twin Cam.

[5axis]

I would probably do a Viper. I kinda want to add one to the stable anyway. On a more fantasy trip I guess a F 360 would be a hoot.
David 89 turbo cab

If Porsche had never existed and I had to stay within the same price range...:

Hmmm tough question. Probably one of these (in random order)

BMW M3

Mercedes SL

Lotus Elise

[silverc4s]

BMW M3, M5

Ferrari 328 GTS, if it has to be a 2 seater.

Ferrari 360 Modena F1 if cost is not considered

[thabaer]

Come to think of it, now that Ken mentioned GT6s, I remember researching how to shoehorn a hi-revving small block 302 into my 68...I'd still need Porsche to make brakes to stop a monster like that

[RickC]

A Mountain Bike and a VW Thing.

[cassisrot]

E-30 M3 or new Z3 (yeah I know they are ugly, but the 3.0 goes like stink.)

[kcope]

I did some research also. A Rover 2.8 V8 would fit nicely and its 65 lbs. lighter than the cast iron 6. Probably need to go with a Jap drive train though.
It's a great handling car but it has the opposite problem from the Porsche, its very nose heavy. I wouldn't want to put any more weight up front.
Its about the same weight as my Porsche.
With an extra hundred hp it would be a little beast.

[dd74]

Originally posted by kcope
I did some research also. A Rover 2.8 V8 would fit nicely and its 65 lbs. lighter than the cast iron 6. Probably need to go with a Jap drive train though.
It's a great handling car but it has the opposite problem from the Porsche, its very nose heavy. I wouldn't want to put any more weight up front.
Its about the same weight as my Porsche.
With an extra hundred hp it would be a little beast.

Rover V8? Do you mean in the back of a 911? Sounds interesting. Have anymore information?