Dream garage: trade off edition. 

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 05/27/2017 at 12:32 • Filed to: None

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Congratulations, Oppo, you can afford any three cars you want. Sadly, your purchases must all be made at a dealership run by O. Henry, so there are some caveats.

The first car can only start in second gear, so you’re never going to have great 0-60 times.

The second is lacking higher gears and overdrive. Obviously that’s going to vary, but let’s say that its highest gear will result in it topping out around 75 and cruising RPMs in the 65-75 mph range will sit around 6k.

The third has both of the gear restrictions of the previous two cars.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 12:43

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First car is a Charger Hellcat because first is useless in that anyway probably.

Second is an RX7

Last is a new Raptor because whatever. I bet the Hellcat can tow.

WilliamsSW > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 12:43

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I’m going with a W116 S Class and an S2000 Honda. Pretty sure they come close to meeting those requirements as is. :)

For the 3rd car, it sounds miserable, but I’d go with a big American V8. Olds 455 Rocket, maybe in a ~70 Cutlass.

Vítor > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 12:44

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The Lucid and the Rimac are electric, and the Koenigseeg only has one gear

Honeybunchesofgoats > Vítor 05/27/2017 at 12:50

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These three cars will make beautiful sculptures in your yard serving as monuments to the futility of skirting the rules of Dream Garage.

Honeybunchesofgoats > WilliamsSW 05/27/2017 at 12:54

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This is pretty much what I was thinking of in terms of class. Comfortable luxury sedan where you won’t care about acceleration and sports car that will be fun on twisties that you probably wouldn’t want to have a long highway cruise in anyway.

Vítor > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 12:55

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I’m not legally allowed to drive, so I would just sit and make vroom vroom noises either way

WilliamsSW > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 13:01

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The W116 was semi tongue in cheek, since those cars want to start in 2nd gear as is, but it is a good example. I’d want a big torquey motor in the first, and a screamer in the 2nd.

I can’t see how to make the 3rd one driveable. Best I could come up with were the big old American V8s, some of which came with 2 speed slush boxes to begun with.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 13:02

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Clapped out C3 that someone has swapped a 454 and a Muncie SM465 into (torque + granny gear as first)

Since a Geo Tracker tops out at 80, I’d say a Magenta Metallic 1994 Convertible with teal graphics and moulding, and the spare tire cover would have the same graphic as my avatar.

The third car would be a Bombardier Iltis, of course.

bhtooefr > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 13:18

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The first car... consistent with the Lotus in your post, let’s make it a Tesla Roadster 1.0, which actually shipped from the factory locked in second gear in real life . (They later recalled them to install a single-speed gearbox with more optimized gearing, though.)

The second car needs to be more practical than the Tesla... maybe a van? Maybe this one (long video, but holy shit that’s a beautiful kei van)? Because a supercharged 660 cc inline 4, laid over 90 degrees towards the rear, running through a CVT isn’t weird at all.

Then, for the third car... hmm. Can’t go to 1st gear, and needs to top out around 75... how about a cruiser? Here, have a 1949 Buick Series 50 Super Sedanet with a Dynaflow transmission (with low gear, which had to be manually selected anyway, locked out) - specs I’m finding claim a top speed of 75-76, with the 120 horsepower straight-8. OK, it won’t do 6000 RPM ever, but the Dynaflow was lossy enough that it’ll end up revving high at top speed anyway.

Honeybunchesofgoats > WilliamsSW 05/27/2017 at 13:24

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The third is tough. I think for me, I’d be inclined to go with something like a Ferrari 488 convertible. Without a first gear and overdrive, it would never reach its potential, but as a free car, you could do worse than something exotic to drive to Starbucks in on weekends.

Svend > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 13:42

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I see your caveats and ignore them.

First.

Triumph 2000 Italia.

Second.

Bentley Brooklands coupe.

Third.

Bowler EXR S.

bhtooefr > WilliamsSW 05/27/2017 at 13:49

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I went with an old Dynaflow-equipped Buick, where first gear was only intended for occasional use anyway (and 95% of the time, if you were in a forward gear, it’d be 2nd), and just went old enough that it met the top speed rule. As it was designed to rely on its torque converter to do actual gearing changes anyway...

WilliamsSW > Honeybunchesofgoats 05/27/2017 at 14:05

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As an added bonus, that would make glorious sounds as you tooled around town at 6k RPM.

WilliamsSW > bhtooefr 05/27/2017 at 14:06

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That’s a great choice - my brain didn’t quite go back that far-

Honeybunchesofgoats > Svend 05/27/2017 at 14:27

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bhtooefr > Svend 05/27/2017 at 17:15

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Honestly, I’m thinking your three entries could actually work within the rules in a different order.

The Bentley is the first car - who needs first gear when you’ve got that much class?

The Triumph’s a sports car, so run it slow on back roads. 4th gear? You’re driving it wrong.

The Bowler has low range, 2nd in 4-low is a good substitute for 1st in 4-high. And, it’s an off-roader, so who needs overdrives?

Svend > bhtooefr 05/27/2017 at 17:33

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Damn, here’s me thinking I was being a:-

RT > Honeybunchesofgoats 06/08/2017 at 18:44

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Ok, so if we can’t skirt the rules with zero/one-gear cars.

First car is a cruiser which isn’t going to be thrashed.

So, Mercedes-Benz S70 AMG W140, because a Zonda engine is still a Zonda engine regardless of what gear you happen to be in:

Might as well choose a second car that will top out early.

I think this Mazda Autozam AZ-1 would be perfect. A bit of a tight fit for me, you can never outgrow gullwing doors. 

Third car is probably undriveable.

So why bother with trying to skirt that? Here’s just something that’s gorgeous, a Lamborghini 400GT Monza. It looks so good, the rules don’t even matter.