Stupid Hypotheticals - One Wish Is A Car Wish

"Lets Just Drive" (lets-just-drive) 01/07/2014 at 20:22 • Filed to: None

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You're walking down the street when you see a dusty hubcap. You pick it up and, curious, give it a rub. You clear away some of the dirt and then, "POOF" the Car Genie appears. He says he'll grant you one wish, but with a catch. Every wish, you see, must have an automotive theme. It may be selfish and purely self serving or for the betterment of all mankind. The Genie couldn't care less because he's just a fictional character after all.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:26

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I would like a house with a race track behind it, unlimited petrol, and every ///M car ever made. Bam, three automotive wishes.

AMC/Renauledge > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:26

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I wish Nash, Hudson, and Packard were all here today in one well-run, successful car company, with me in charge of product.

Joe_Limon > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:27

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I wish for a Maserati Gran Turismo... It devalues like a Maserati...

puddler > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:28

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ok, i'd wish all manner of safety equipment were gone. and traffic news was more like WWF. it's better for mankind because the foolish would weed themselves out, and people would pay more attention....and because you'd see a sbc powering a shopping cart going 90 on the freeway.

911e46z06 > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:30

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I wish all my cars would start perfectly and run perfectly all the time, with no maintenance.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Road trips in Lancias.

puddler > puddler 01/07/2014 at 20:33

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hypothetical alternative: i'd wish for dedicated trucking lanes.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:33

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I'd like the US car history to be re-written in such a way that
1) The Malaise era doesn't happen
2)handling gained importance in the mid-late 1960's
3)people are better drivers
4)Packard, Nash and Desoto (also, olds, Pontiac and Tucker) exist, and are prosperous
5) roads are Autobahn quality everywhere, and that freeways are designed to handle a120mph speed limit

TheJWT > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:36

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I'd wish for a successful tuning shop where I could build any ridiculous monstrosity I could come up with. Widebody Mad Max style Fox Mustang? Check. Aventador engined Lincoln Continental? Why not. Group 5 modded Volvo wagon? Go for it.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:36

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I'll take only one wish out of all of these listed from the top being really extreme, to the bottom, being much simpler.

1.) I want to be in charge of Volkswagen and all its brands.

2.) I want to have a wing of the Porsche museum to be my living room.

3.) I just want a reliable AMG Merc.

Casper > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:39

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1. I would wish FWD out of existence.
2. Wish for everyone to know how to drive properly.
3. Wish for an unseen force to smite anyone who doesn't pay attention while driving.
4. Wish away all the "what if" people who ruin everything in the world including roads.
5. Wish for a fuel as power or more so than gasoline that was in infinite supply and caused no negative impacts.... and maybe rained from the sky so I can just fill my car with a funnel.

NeedForSwede > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:48

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All cars unique.

Lets Just Drive > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 01/07/2014 at 20:50

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You're granted a one-bedroom shack with it's back to Talladega, a lake of rapidly evaporating fuel and every M car ever made; meaning no one else on the planet gets any and you have something like half a million or more cars to deal with.

Lets Just Drive > 911e46z06 01/07/2014 at 20:54

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Imagine that? The Midas touch of automobiles, but without the downside of turning everything you touch into a car, or gold, or a gold car. Buy a run down ______ that won't start or roll, you pay virtually nothing and then, right in front of the seller, sit down and turn the key. The engine turns over and purrs, the car rolls smoothly out of the driveway...

Lets Just Drive > NeedForSwede 01/07/2014 at 20:54

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You realize that all cars are unique? Technically, anyway.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:56

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Damn Genie, might as well me my 9th grade English teacher. I would like an all brick 2500 sqft. house with a private 2 mile road course in the back, a gas tanker full of 93 octane delivered every week, and one of every ///M car. There, try poking holes in that one.

Lets Just Drive > TheJWT 01/07/2014 at 20:56

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That's pretty awesome, I'll admit.

911e46z06 > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 20:59

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Yup. A glorious life it would be.

Lets Just Drive > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 01/07/2014 at 20:59

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Nah.

Though, just to be a prick, here's your house:

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 21:04

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It's perfect as long as it has the track behind it. Hell, since I will have the useless X6 M, I can just turn that into a bedroom.

SpeedSix > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power 01/07/2014 at 21:10

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Don't forget Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, Studebaker, and Hudson!

Ravey Mayvey Slurpee Surprise > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 21:10

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I'd wish that automotive emissions reversed pollution. V12s for all!

SpeedSix > AMC/Renauledge 01/07/2014 at 21:12

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I'd go for Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, and Studebaker. Studebaker for mainstream, Auburn for sports cars, Cord for innovative touring cars, and Duesenberg for top of the line exclusivity and all of them will have as much class as possible, and then some.

iDriveCode3 > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 21:24

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This is the Oppo equivalent of Choose Your Own Adventure. And I approve.

NeedForSwede > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 21:34

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Technically, you should put a tomato in a fruit salad. That really didn't make my point but whatever.

AMC/Renauledge > SpeedSix 01/07/2014 at 21:41

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Hard to blame you. We'll be great competitors!

I always wondered what it would have been like if Nash, Hudson, and Packard had merged with Nash as the volume brand (due to its economy focus and success with compacts), Hudson as the midrange premium/performance brand because of their history with Terraplanes and Hornets, and Packard as the proper luxury car marque.

In my mind, they'd take over a merged Studebaker/Kaiser/Willys in the early '60s and continue Studebaker as the truck/commercial brand (like Ram or GMC) while Jeep did the off-roaders.

It's interesting because Studebaker ran not one, but two legendary luxury marques into the ground: first Pierce-Arrow in the '30s, then Packard in the '50s.

NeedForSwede > NeedForSwede 01/07/2014 at 21:52

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I guess what I meant was that when you get in a new car, you think "Wow! This isn't like anything I've ever seen!". I understand your point, though.

coqui70 > Lets Just Drive 01/07/2014 at 22:04

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1. I am named the designated driver for the Make-a-Wish Foundation ... 2. Because I'm such a swell guy any and all car manufacturers, museums and wealthy collectors insist on handing over the keys to any vehicle I select so I can take those making a wish on awesome rides ... 3. Further, in order to better delight those Beneficiaries of the Foundation any and all racetracks and public road courses in the World are available for use (provided no major race is being held) so that the experience of the Beneficiaries is of the absolute highest caliber.

Bad Idea Hat > AMC/Renauledge 01/07/2014 at 22:27

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I can grant your wish. Purchase automation , and you can do just that.

I'm currently working on the '14 model year of Crosley.

ChampagneChariot > Lets Just Drive 01/10/2014 at 21:35

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I wish that all safety regulations were standardized and all import and pollution laws were removed. The safety one is so cars can be sold in all markets.