Anyway, here it goes again. I realize that most of the people that read this blog don't give a hoot about cars, but I do. Sometimes people ask me what is my one dream car. Although I always have an answer to this question, I always wonder, "why just one?" So, if I were to limit myself to ONLY, let's say... five cars, what would they be? They would be these, probably in this order:
VTEC Mini Cooper - Take an old Mini Cooper that weighs about 1600 pounds, restore it, give it a 2.0 liter Honda VTEC engine with 200+ horsepower that is fast even in a car weighing almost 3000 pounds, and you have a pretty sweet recipe. At only about $30k, this car is as quick as a Porsche (0-60 in about 4.6 seconds), but gets well over 30 miles per gallon, is easier to park, and is as easy to work on and find parts for as a Honda. Is it possibly the world's most perfect car? I think it might be, and I am pretty sure I'm going to buy one as soon as I can afford it.
Porsche 911 Carerra - Some complain that the 911 has become almost too sterile in recent years, but I love it because it is a precision instrument and an automotive icon. It is more well-rounded than most serious sports cars because it is quite reliable and comfortable to use as a daily driver where as many sports cars are not. The 911 comes in many different flavors. There is the base model, a faster "S" model, and then there's the legendary "turbo." There are all-wheel-drive and rear-wheel-drive variants. And then there's a coupe, a convertible, or a targa top. As tempting as the turbo sounds, I think I would probably go down a notch to the Carerra 4S Targa (fast, but not turbo-fast; all-wheel-drive so I can take it skiing, and targa for the big sunroof). The 355-horsepower 3.8-liter six-cylinder engine will get me from zero to 60 miles per hour in about 4.6 seconds, but it'll cost me about $100k.
Jaguar XKE, E-type - I actually owned one of these for a few years (this is a picture of it), and I still think it is about the sexiest car ever created. The one I had was a 1969 Series 1.5, 2+2 (meaning it had a small back seat), but if I were to get another one some day, I would probably look for a slightly older Series 1, 2-seater coupe with no back seat because they have slightly sexier proportions. With a 240-hp 4.2-liter inline six-cylinder engine, this car was considered pretty fast in it's day, and from my experience they still aren't slow even by today's standards. For a nicely restored example of this automotive icon I'll probably need about $30k.
Audi RS4 - This car can haul some pretty serious ass (5 asses, actually) in luxury and comfort, and with all-wheel-drive it can do it in the snow. With a high-tech 4.2-liter 420-horsepower V8 engine, it sounds pretty sweet doing it too (and it goes 0-60 in about 4.7 seconds). Since all the other cars on this list aren't really designed to haul more than two asses at a time, this car would be a good addition to the stable. But in all actuality, I don't have enough friends to really need a back seat anyway... hahaha. I do kind of have a problem with it being a V8 though because it seems so wasteful. And they aren't cheap, costing about $70k new.- Hmm, I can't really decide on what I would want for this last spot. Would I want a truck even though they are huge and so wasteful? Maybe I would want a Toyota Prius to balance out some of the gas-guzzlers on the list. Perhaps I would want another small, fast, lightweight sports car with a small, economical engine; something like a Lotus Elise or the totally impractical but amazing Ariel Atom? Maybe I would want some other cool old car like a sweet VW van, or a Lincon Continental with suicide doors (the car in The Matrix when they take the bug out of Neo's belly button). Maybe I'll just leave this as a wildcard slot.
For today's video, there is no video. I am not posting one because I still can't get enough of the All American Rejects song I posted last time. I have probably watched that video an average of about a million times per day over the past week. I love everything about it. I love the line, "your hands are mine to hold." I love the video concept of all the different shirts and backgrounds and stuff. I love how emotional the lead singer is. Also, I'm kind of strangely attracted to him in that jealous I-wish-I-were-that-hot sort of way. The girl who he seems to be breaking up with is also pretty gorgeous. I was so enamored with this video that I looked up the director, Marc Webb, and found his website www.marcwebb.com where I found a much higher-quality version of the video along with some other videos that I like but hadn't realized that they were also done by him. I don't think I can post it here, but go there and watch it if you like. As much as I love the video I found on YouTube, this high-quality video is even better because there's just more detail and stuff. Love it!
3 comments:
I like your choices, but your comment about why limit yourself to your one favorite reminds me of one of my favorite StoryPeople.. and if I knew how to put a link to it I would but I don't so here it is:
If I have to choose, my son said, I'll take them all. That's no choice, I said. Obviously, he said, you've forgotten how choice works.
What about the school bus? You could paint it black....
Oh man, how did I forget about a bus?! It was a gross oversight on my part. Although I think I would prefer something bigger than a school bus. I took the bus to Denver the other night and I think those busses would be better. They are huge(er), powerful(er), and... well I guess those are really my only two criteria for a bus. I would probably have to ride my bike a whole lot to make up for the guilt of driving such a huge, gas-guzzling vehicle merely for recreation.
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