by "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
Published 11/11/2017 at 20:31
by "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
Published 11/11/2017 at 20:31
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You could have any car or selection of cars, like SUV, executive sedan and sports car from any car ever built in the history of cars and it was perfectly reliable beyond wear items specifically: tires, windshield wiper blades (assuming it has them to begin with), oil changes, and brake pads.
Brake rotors/drums will last forever. You can even forgo timing belt or chain services.
I have a hard time imagining my ideal garage but it would be something like a BMW 860, Range Rover, and Audi A8L.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
11/11/2017 at 20:39, STARS: 1
Lambo
"Monkey B" (monkeyb)
11/11/2017 at 20:44, STARS: 2
Dinan tuned 850csi
"djmt1" (djmt1)
11/11/2017 at 20:44, STARS: 6
Jaguar XJC
TVR T350
These would do me nicely.
"S65" (granthp)
11/11/2017 at 20:45, STARS: 1
Ferrari 355 or a Testarossa. Nice to avoid those pricey engine out services
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 1
Anything British.
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
11/11/2017 at 20:51, STARS: 7
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 20:59, STARS: 1
... to think you have a “reliable” Ferrari.
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
11/11/2017 at 21:04, STARS: 1
What, it hasn’t stranded me in over 3 years, although one time it came close!
"Land_Yacht_225" (nadenator)
11/11/2017 at 21:08, STARS: 3
The M275 BiTurbo V12 I have sitting in my driveway would be greatly improved by reliability. My S600 or a Maybach Type 57 would be perfect...and a W12 Phaeton, Volkswagen Touraeg V10 TDI, and that 2003 RS6 with the hydraulic suspension and also an Audi Allroad 2.7T
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
11/11/2017 at 21:09, STARS: 5
Esprit v8
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
11/11/2017 at 21:10, STARS: 1
I’m torn between a testarossa and an 860 like you mentioned
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
11/11/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 3
I love the first-gen NSX, but I hear that it’s already pretty reliable... I guess broadening my horizons doesn’t do much to change my mind haha.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
11/11/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 0
Ooh, good choice.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
11/11/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 6
FD.
"Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru" (matt-powershiftmedia)
11/11/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 3
Came here to say this
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
11/11/2017 at 21:22, STARS: 2
One I could actually afford in the first place? A6 Allroad.
One I could never afford? McLaren F1
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 21:22, STARS: 0
Ferrari or Lamborghini then!
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 21:23, STARS: 1
AllRoad is too easy.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/11/2017 at 21:23, STARS: 2
Jensen Interceptor, Range Rover classic, BMW m5 (any gen)
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 21:24, STARS: 6
Those are pretty reliable except for the moving parts.
"AM3R, lost another burner" (am3r17)
11/11/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 3
Easily an E60 M5. Driving a V10 super sedan everyday would be the ultimate commuter car.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
11/11/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 1
Well in that case, I might have to say Testarossa; I liked that suggestion.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 21:29, STARS: 0
With a DSG gearbox.
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
11/11/2017 at 21:39, STARS: 8
my old allroad
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
11/11/2017 at 21:40, STARS: 2
Exactly.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
11/11/2017 at 21:41, STARS: 3
Any car? And it’s guaranteed perfectly reliable?
I’ll take a 2017-specification Toyota TS050, and hope I can get sponsors to pay for three platinum drivers.
Set the fastest lap average speed ever at Le Mans, and with the perfectly reliable rule, my team will win Le Mans, end of story (instead of DNFing because someone waved at it and the clutch burned out).
With that out of the way, I’ll take a few other cars, because this is a collection, after all. And, I can have anything? Cool.
So, let’s look at the rest of the racing corner of the garage.
The R10 was the car that got me into endurance racing, and while I find closed top prototypes more attractive now, I still think it’s one of the prettier open top prototypes.
Williams FW15C CVT, because what the fuck. This also ensures that there’s a V10 in the garage.
Speaking of what the fuck, how about a mid-engine V8 racing Prius that competes against GT3 cars? I mean, if I can have anything, it’s not like I’m wasting cars.
OK, in electric form, it was never raced, but the chassis was raced in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans with a V10 in it. But, I want the electric bits too.
However, it can’t be all race cars. I could go on here, but that’s a good enough collection for that. Let’s look at some things for the street, shall we?
Let’s start small. Very small. A Morgan EV3. (British electrics, I need the reliability rule.)
You know what, let’s go smaller yet, with an AZ-1. (I know I’d likely need things amputated to fit in one, but let’s pretend I’d fit.) This one’s probably reliable anyway, but if I can have anything, sure, why not.
Dank je Daffodil!
For some reason I think I’d be happier with a GSA’s size than a big Citroën?
I figure I have to have an aircooled Porsche in here, so let’s take the best balanced one, that’s also able to do slow-car fast extremely well (being quite slow).
For the daily, I’m going to be boring and take a Model S. Pre-refresh, probably 90 or 90D. There’s a lot of things I don’t like about how Tesla does things, but I’d want an electric, and nobody else actually has their shit together with electric infrastructure.
So, this is a Hymer Aktiv 2.0. Quite obviously, it’s a ProMaster, but I’ll want to do some things - swap in a Pacifica Hybrid powertrain and battery (making it a plug-in hybrid), remove the propane system and replace appliances as necessary (running everything off of electricity from the high voltage battery instead - that’s actually most of the reason why a PHEV RV makes sense), and figure out whether it’s feasible to have a split AC system that wouldn’t require a roof mount unit (reducing aerodynamic drag).
And finally, purely because the RV won’t be practical for hauling shit... something to haul shit with. (You’ll notice that it’s the electric one, though.)
"wkiernan" (wkiernan)
11/11/2017 at 21:41, STARS: 5
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 21:48, STARS: 0
That’s a good collection.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 21:55, STARS: 0
But this made for great writing material.
"UserNotFound" (jalopnik2)
11/11/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 5
The choice is obvious, I think:
"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
11/11/2017 at 22:04, STARS: 3
Audi Allroad. I like the way they look, but the horror stories scare me away.
"MINIGTI" (76tr6)
11/11/2017 at 22:18, STARS: 2
The freshly restored XJ12C at my British car mechanic in having a manual transmission swap.
"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
11/11/2017 at 22:24, STARS: 3
For daily practicality: Aston Martin Lagonda wagon
For pick-up truck stuff: Hudson Big Boy
For drop top cruising: Jag E-type
For cruising down rutted country roads in cloud like comfort: Citroen SM
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
11/11/2017 at 22:30, STARS: 1
My car, an FD RX-7, and new Titan.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
11/11/2017 at 22:34, STARS: 2
Your face is easy
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
11/11/2017 at 22:35, STARS: 1
That’s why this was hard for me. For most of the cars I really like, reliability is one of the reasons I like them so much.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 23:04, STARS: 0
That’s what she said.
"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
11/11/2017 at 23:08, STARS: 0
How about some cars in my price range that I have avoided due to reliability... Mazda RX-8, Audi allroad, come to mind.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/11/2017 at 23:14, STARS: 0
My sentiments too. I would buy an RX-8 in a heart beat if it had a piston engine.
"TheJWT" (thejwt)
11/11/2017 at 23:49, STARS: 1
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/12/2017 at 00:18, STARS: 0
Masochist collection right there.
"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
11/12/2017 at 00:29, STARS: 2
Yep, wanna be sure I really put the dependability magic spell to the test!
Not often you get to create a garage where a 70 year old truck would be the only one you could depend on to start reliably.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/12/2017 at 00:40, STARS: 1
180R!
"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
11/12/2017 at 00:58, STARS: 0
Since everything would be magically reliable, then I would have to collect all the V12s.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
11/12/2017 at 04:36, STARS: 0
McLaren F1
"EL_ULY" (uly)
11/12/2017 at 10:35, STARS: 1
Late 1983 Jaguar XJ12
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/12/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0
I like the idea of an XJ12 and I wish I would have included it in my original selection.
"Svart Smart, traded in his Smart" (svartsmart)
11/12/2017 at 11:47, STARS: 1
Too many to list, but a 1992 Mercedes-Benz 190E is my #1.
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
11/12/2017 at 19:00, STARS: 1
Yea, there was pleanty to write about. It was the most interesting car I’ve had. The WRX was awesome cuz it was fast, but that thing had some seriously interesting features
"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
11/13/2017 at 22:07, STARS: 1
There was one for sale recently with a blown engine for $300 and I was disappointed to find there didn’t seem to be a well documented swap option out there.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/13/2017 at 22:14, STARS: 1
A 2.3 liter turbo from an MAzdasoeed 3 would be an excellent candidate.
"Tapas" (tapas)
11/13/2017 at 23:52, STARS: 0
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT.
"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
11/14/2017 at 16:54, STARS: 1
I got all angry because I was like “some of this stuff is reliable!”
Then I realized, the rules didn’t exclude vehicles that are already reliable. Well done.
"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
11/14/2017 at 16:54, STARS: 0
I too would include a Citroen.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
11/14/2017 at 17:15, STARS: 0
To be fair, most of the actually reliable stuff is race cars, which are only comparatively reliable. And, the reliable race cars are also old ones that would be hard to get parts for.
The AZ-1, OTOH, that’s reliable and parts shouldn’t be too hard to get.