What is the Last Vehicle You Would Ever Want to Drive?

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
05/03/2017 at 09:25 • Filed to: Questions

This will be the last (as in final) car you will ever drive. You only have two days from today to make it happen and you cant tell anyone your situation.

By the way, you are NOT going to die or anything. You simply wont ever drive another car after this one. Keep that in mind and I hope this separate section of text was enough to catch your attention since the title and lead picture should have thrown you off.

DISCUSSION (45)

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:27

This one, in this condition.

Kinja'd!!!

S65 > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:28

Kinja'd!!!

I always have wanted to drive one

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:29

Probably a Duesnberg SJ. Or Jaguar S1 E-Type, 300SL, or Daytona. All roadsters of course, except the, for the last 3.

Sweet Trav > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:29

My dad’s 1958 Imapala, fully restored.

Flavien Vidal > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:34

My father’s Alpine A110 1600sc... Nothing else really. It’s genuinely the only car I care about in my life...

Flavien Vidal > S65
05/03/2017 at 09:34

You’re not the only one :)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:34

McLaren F1

WilliamsSW > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:38

Kinja'd!!!

I’m not sure if you mean one last drive, or that I’ll drive it for the next 30 years, but I’ll go with this — especially if it’s one last drive. I’ve already owned it 17 years and love it. It just feels right to me.

PartyPooper2012 > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:42

Well that all depends... will it be breaking down like it do normally?

If we are going with extreme of driving it for the rest of the life, we might as well throw in a clause in there that says said vehicle will never break down.

If that’s the case, I want one of these

Kinja'd!!!

if no clause about breaking down, then beige Camry please. I want one grounded to the ground too.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:43

Kinja'd!!!

On the one hand, I’m always thinking of ways to give it a little more boot, make it stop squeaking, etc... On the other hand... I’ve never really felt left out when others get new fancy cars and never felt the need to swap it for something else. After two and a half years, I still look for excuses to take it places.

By that record, if I didn’t get to drive something else it wouldn’t bother me, and if I didn’t get to drive this thing one last time I’d be sad.

So I’m gonna stick with this little guy.

TheHondaBro > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:44

Toyota Prius.

I don’t want to feel like I’m missing out on something special afterwards.

nerd_racing > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:45

Buick Century.

David E. Davis > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:47

I want to drive the hearse to my own funeral.

404 - User No Longer Available > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:48

...so if we’re not allowed to tell the situation, then why are we allowed to tell you what to drive?

*ba dum tss*

itschrome > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:49

like for the rest of my life or like I’m never able to drive after this?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 09:59

It would have to be between

Kinja'd!!!

Or this

Kinja'd!!!

Stapleface > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:05

See, I don’t know. Will it always be reliable? Will I live somewhere with a warmer climate so I don’t have to worry about taking it places in the winter? Will it age? I don’t want to be driving a 30 year old car with a million miles on it.

So, assuming it doesn’t age, I can live in a sunny location, and don’t have to worry about it every failing me, I think I’ll go with this:

Kinja'd!!!

facw > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:06

Hmm, the Air Force probably isn’t just going to let me go for a joy ride in an F-22 right?

Anyway, I think I’d just drive my car. We’ve had good run, I don’t feel the need to run off to some exotic.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:07

So long as I can choose what I am going to do with my time, I would definitely pick my Miata with way stickier tires and spend that whole day in Deal’s Gap. The roads must all become a closed course and wildlife will not enter the road that day. Also, might as well repave some of them since I had a few that would have been really awesome without the craters and gravel in the way.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > itschrome
05/03/2017 at 10:12

My question as well. Clarification needed.

adamftw > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:18

Kinja'd!!!

A LHD 2015 D130 HC, with Dana 60s and a LSX/NV4500 please.

E92M3 > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
05/03/2017 at 10:18

The title is misleading. What he meant was, you have 2 days to buy a car, that will be the only car you drive for the rest of your existence.

Wheelerguy > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:21

That’s gonna be a bummer, though I ride a bike, so...

With it out of the way, the last car I’d rather drive would be a rally car. The modern kind, the fastest.

The 2017 Ford Focus RS RX. Well, not exactly.

Essentially what I wanna do is to make it sort of my own house, or at least a living space (remember the Africa Special on TopGear?), so I never leave its side. What I’m gonna do is call Hoonigan and M-Sport to help me give the Focus ST wagon

Kinja'd!!!

a Focus RS RX treatment.

Kinja'd!!!

Wheelerguy > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:21

That’s gonna be a bummer, though I ride a bike, so...

With it out of the way, the last car I’d rather drive would be a rally car. The modern kind, the fastest.

The 2017 Ford Focus RS RX. Well, not exactly.

Kinja'd!!!

a Focus RS RX treatment.

Kinja'd!!!

EL_ULY > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:25

as a poor human, i’d choose a V6 Camry, V6 Accord Sport or IS350 F-Sport.

As a millionaire mega doucher, 488 GTB in Rosso Scuderia

Wheelerguy > S65
05/03/2017 at 10:25

After you’re done with it, ca I have a go?

hike > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:28

Kinja'd!!!

This was tough because my initial thought was my 87 Vette which has been in the family for 30 years this coming November.

However, I’d want my last drive to be glorious, so I’d rather take my favorite car I’ve ever driven and drive the tires off of it, a last gen C63 507 Edition.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:32

Kinja'd!!!

Shelby Super Snake.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > E92M3
05/03/2017 at 10:33

That truck was my DD for 13 years before I wrecked it towing a too heavy trailer that had the trailer brakes fail after leaving the house during a cross country move. If that truck were in that condition and I could buy it. I’d happily drive it for the rest of my existence.

It was 10 years old and just hit 100k miles in that picture.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:43

Kinja'd!!!

Chevy SS

Shoop > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 10:57

Kinja'd!!!

Shoop > Wheelerguy
05/03/2017 at 10:59

Group B cars are still faster than modern rally cars I think

Shoop > Shoop
05/03/2017 at 11:01

Is this “you have 2 days to drive this car then no more driving ever” or is it ‘1 car for the rest of your life”?

Wheelerguy > Shoop
05/03/2017 at 11:04

More power and straight-line, but the new ones have miles better handling and can take corners faster.

just-a-scratch > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 11:07

In this scenario, I’ll assume I have to pay for use of the vehicle, and I’ll have to get to the vehicle wherever it is. So the super rare stuff is out since getting there would eat up too much time.

Since I only have 2 days, it’s unlikely I’ll get any track time. Even if I do get track time, it’s likely not enough.

So, fun to drive,
easy to find,
able to rent or borrow...

I don’t personally know anyone with a McLaren F1, so that’s out.

turbo Exocet or Lotus/Caterham Seven if I can find a really good one, or a Viper with WAAAAAY TOOOOOO MUUUUUCH power.

Shoop > Wheelerguy
05/03/2017 at 11:09

I know, I thin kthe group B is still fast over all. Modern cars are getting close.

kanadanmajava1 > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 11:12

Who’s going to pay it? And keeping it running?

If someone buys it for me, but I would have to keep it running, my choice would be a Bugatti Type 59.

If someone pays everything, my pick would be a Lamborghini Espada.

If I have to pay everything, I would pick my own Charger project.

E92M3 > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
05/03/2017 at 11:32

Ohhh. How long did you have it before the crash?

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > E92M3
05/03/2017 at 11:49

Kinja'd!!!

Here’s a picture of it in 2001 the day after I got it. It was custom ordered with the V8 and manual (my name is on the window sticker, which I still have). It was June 2014 when it was wrecked.

bhtooefr > Wobbles the Mind
05/03/2017 at 12:12

Two days to make it happen, and I have to make it happen with my current resources? And I can’t tell anyone the situation?

If this means “last car I will ever drive but I can keep driving that car, and that car alone”, you’re basically having me pick a car that I plan on keeping running for the rest of my life. Of what I could make happen in two days , with my current resources, let’s make it a used Tesla Model S, pre-facelift, 85 kWh single motor, and massively overextend myself to pay for it. It’s not ideal, but the two day constraint makes things difficult.

If this means “I get to drive it one day, and that’s it, no more driving cars ever”, that opens up a hell of a lot more choices, but it also makes things tricky in some ways - most of what I’d want to be my last drive ever would be things that... you’re not arranging that in two days, and even if you are, you aren’t arranging that without explaining the situation. Without those constraints... I think I’d go for the Drayson/Lola B12/69EV, one lap of Circuit de la Sarthe at speed. With those constraints... there’s so much of the automotive space that I haven’t explored, that I don’t even know where to go. Whichever I could arrange of the following, in this order of preference, I guess:

Previous-gen Audi R8 V10, manual transmission - give me a track for this - not too challenging of a track

Classic Mini Cooper - set me loose on some mountain roads

Aircooled naturally-aspirated 911... or even a 912 or 912E - mountain road and the track if it’s a 911

Aircooled Beetle in good condition - wherever, really