Thread: Attainable Cars

Originally Posted by sclarke

Ahh yes i had a Cooper S
bored to 1330, Weber DCOE, LSD, SPAX suspension, list goes on.....

I used to love a fang down thru geelongs west to the ACL plant or a nice fang down the Great Ocean Road at 1am

Damn that was some time back..... the 80's

I nearly got a MINI panel van. Then my wife saw the new one... and that's history

We're thinking of selling it as it is very difficult to go anywhere as a family in it... so that limits it's usefullness somewhat. I've been driving around with my knees next to my ears while the fender is away Not sure if I can bring myself to sell it though.

We have a number of options to go through...

1. Don't buy anything to replace it and make to with the fender
2. Buy something cheap for a while and maybe look at the new MINI next year.
3. Buy a Golf GTI or similar. Not to sure about new, but might be able to pickup a second hand one for not too much more money than the MINI.

Any ideas?

I have already had a couple of my "Dream attainable cars".

I had an Escort RS200 which was a dream as a kid and the first car I bought.

I had this one a couple of years ago. When i first saw the prototypes I just wanted one.





I have an XR6T at the moment which is a bit boring but is such a sweet car to drive around everyday.

Again abit boring but this is my dream car for the future.

Im with Vlad
I would love a 2 door falcoon,XA B orC would be OK.
A mate called in today,he just bought a XB 2 door with a 302.He already has a fully done 351,toploader and discbrake 9" rear end for it.And he is painting it flat black,a beast.He already has a RT Charger and is looking for a 2 door monaro(upto HZ) to complete his "aussie muscle coupe collection"
Andrew

Hmmm... looks like the MINI may be pensioned off... and a VW go into it's place. Not as much fun as the MINI but much more useable for us. I hate driving with my knees around my ears now that we're carrying two kids around

I drove the GTI with DSG today and I want one. Absolutely stunning "automatic". We were blasting up a hill nearby and my mate was listening to the gear changes and thought Steve's nailing this. He looked down and it was in D for "Don't know".

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Following on from the Dream Cars thread (which really is for cars you'll never be able to afford) I thought I'd start a thread of cars you'd like and could probably afford if you put your mind to it.

I'd like one of these:

Falcon XC Cobra Coupe

Even a replica would keep me happy. And owning a Range Rover, the fuel bill wouldn't shock me either ! LOL

I also love the XC Utilities:

This is a done up / modernised one

Are you kidding? A rusty no value no appeal no performance 70's Falcon with a fancy paint job. They are used in place of garden gnomes in Housing Commission suburbs. If these things had a tongue, they would sit in the middle of the road licking their diff. centre.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Are you kidding? A rusty no value no appeal no performance 70's Falcon with a fancy paint job. They are used in place of garden gnomes in Housing Commission suburbs. If these things had a tongue, they would sit in the middle of the road licking their diff. centre.

This is just pure gold

LOL

They have to be available one day and hopefully the Army will dispose of them in the west

How do you attache a photo if I got the file? I wanna share my attainable dream car!