Do You Have Your Spirit Car?

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 07/26/2017 at 21:26 • Filed to: None

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The Sunchaser is the only car that I truly dream of and obsess on. I don’t need a Porsche or Ferrari, or Mopar or Mustang or baja Bug or VW van, as much as I love them all. As much as it pains me to say, I do not even need a 74-77 Celica. The Sunchaser is my spirit car.

I just want to keep making my obsession better. I will not cry when my son flies the coop in his T Bird; I will feel proud at the creation of an enthusiast. We must stand against the coming storm of the self-driving slave machine.

What is the car you would keep if they took the rest away? What is the car that ends your search?

yitznewton > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:39

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I haven’t yet driven one, but the Porsche 993 C2 is the one I would expect to best fit this category.

random001 > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:41

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I had her, and I let her go....

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:42

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Nope. Not yet anyway

Also maybe a Volvo P1800es. But I can’t say for sure as I’ve never even sat in one. But another 4th gen Civic, with a tuned NA B18C1, that’s the car I want more than any other.

Ssfancyfresh > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:42

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I had my spirit car.

Some day I will have all the first gen TT’s. Roadster, coupe, Quattro, fed, 1.8T, 3.2, ALMS..... etc. all of them. They are special, lovely, little beasties and I can’t get enough of them.

My dream is to build one with a substantial lift and knobby off-road tires. Have it done up like the Rothmans 959 rally car or Cayenne Transiberia.

jimz > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:43

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none of them. I don’t get obsessed over inanimate objects.

Kiltedpadre > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:44

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I had it, and I had to let it go. A 1958 Chevy Impala in a quintessential 50's paint scheme; it was originally two-tone with two different shades of turquoise.

Divorce forced me to move to an apartment, and I didn’t have anyway to store it. I couldn’t bring myself to let it sit outside.

Nothing > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:45

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I haven’t had one yet. That’s why I’m 26 or so cars in. The closest I’ve come in terms of execution would be the RX8. I need something similar handling, but with a bit more oomph.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jimz 07/26/2017 at 21:45

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Cars move under their own power so they’re animate... kinda

AestheticsInMotion > Ssfancyfresh 07/26/2017 at 21:49

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That is gorgeous

DipodomysDeserti > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:50

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This one is getting there...

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:52

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Sure

Ssfancyfresh > AestheticsInMotion 07/26/2017 at 21:52

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Thanks!

fintail > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:53

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I’ve had the old dear for over 20 years now, so I guess this is it:

Chariotoflove > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:54

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Maserati Gran Cabrio. Someday. Someday...

Wobbles the Mind > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:55

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I know, I KNOW it’s a Maserati Granturismo. It’s the rebirth of the ‘67 Ghibli and I promise once my hands are on the right one that they won’t ever let go.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:57

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Not yet. My spirit car is a BMW 320i in BMW Individual Arctic Metallic.

This car:

In this color:

It’s basically me on four wheels.

Captain of the Enterprise > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:57

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Not yet, the Corolla is a good daily but not a dream or spirit car. I can’t think of one that would probably do it for me that I could afford in the next 5-10 years either.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 21:58

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It would have to be Datsun 240z. My first car that I bought with my own money.

EngineerWithTools > fintail 07/26/2017 at 22:06

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That is a magnificent piece of automotive machinery, history and art.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 22:24

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What defines a “spirit car”?

benjrblant > Nothing 07/26/2017 at 22:25

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Oomph is hard to come by at elevation.

benjrblant > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/26/2017 at 22:26

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I once owned a 280z. I think I miss that car every day.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 22:27

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No idea if I even have one. Every car I’ve owned (all three of them) I’ve sworn I’d keep forever. But after long enough the age and wear get to be enough that I am ready to move on.

The current GTI is the nicest car I have ever owned and also my first brand new car purchase. I enjoy it. But I am still learning how it drives compared to how I want it to drive.

If I could have the lithe and nimbleness of my prior SVT Focus with the power of the GTI I think I’d be happy. Still needs to be a hatchback. And I hated the FiST/FoST. An RS is far too garish for my taste. A Golf R might do, but that is far faster than I really need.

Something like an SVT+ Focus; Around 200HP at the wheels, a real mechanical diff, light, nimble, loves to rev. With a slightly better gearbox, as the Getrag in the SVT was a bit notchy.

But since they never made that, and maintaining an SVT is a huge PIA, let alone finding parts to make it better- I’ll just improve my GTI where I can and hope I like it.

Nothing > benjrblant 07/26/2017 at 22:28

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It is. Forced induction could be oomphy. At least for the lack of grunt, the RX8 revved to the moon.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 22:32

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No.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 22:35

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Yes. and it is a Porsche... with some Vw and Audi bits thrown in. Easy going, enjoying the ride and scenery than urgency to get there. Often feels out of place, a bit “Soo fahncy” for muscle car meets, too common for concours PCA.

benjrblant > Nothing 07/26/2017 at 22:38

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You need maybe 4 superchargers.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 22:44

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So just our favorite car?

DB9 Volante, preferably ‘13-’16. With these mods: Velocity AP headers, high flow cats, muffler delete.

Modern, open-top grand tourer? 

Drop dead gorgeous, understated looks (inside and out)? 

Silky, torque-rich V12 with a menacing bellow? 

I just want to reply from my phone. > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 22:53

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Nope. Best I’ve ever had definitely but the Stang is not my forever car. I’m so inexperienced with driving cars but I research endlessly. If I had to guess, I’d say a Factory Five Cobra replica with a new enough donor and maybe a coyote under the hood.

interstate366, now In The Industry > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 23:09

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Right now I’d have to say my Prelude. I’d like to look into an IS F after I pay off my TSX, though.

DipodomysDeserti > fintail 07/26/2017 at 23:19

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That is my favorite automotive color of all time.

E92M3 > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 23:27

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I think I found my Spirit Truck, but I’m still working on the car.

I’m never getting rid of this thing.

Nothing > benjrblant 07/26/2017 at 23:29

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Crap, I can’t afford a Bugatti.

Die-Trying > ImmoralMinority 07/26/2017 at 23:57

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i have my spirit truck, she just happens to be going through a hard time right now. i am planning a kintsugi rehab.

i am planning on how i am going to try to put as many of the original pieces back together......

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > ImmoralMinority 07/27/2017 at 00:11

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Yes. It’s a bit weird, but honest. Does most things well. It’s fun, yet not wild. At the end of the day its reliable, & gets the job done. It’s the first car that feels like me.

fintail > DipodomysDeserti 07/27/2017 at 00:24

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Code is DB 334 “hellblau”, and existed into the late 60s, I think. A very similar color “China Blue” was around into the early 80s.

fintail > EngineerWithTools 07/27/2017 at 00:24

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hey thanks!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ImmoralMinority 07/27/2017 at 00:38

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I would of course keep the longbed and push the rest off a cliff if I was forced to.

But I’ve still never found —the— car and I don’t know what it would be.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > ImmoralMinority 07/27/2017 at 00:53

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I think the 911 I’ve got now with the 3.2 is pretty close. I do think it will be my forever car. I almost think it would be more “me” if I had settled for the 2.7. I’m going to start putting pennies away so someday I can get an overbored and rebuilt 2.7/3.2 engine with nickie sleeves

RPM esq. > ImmoralMinority 07/27/2017 at 03:09

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My spirit car is probably a black-on-black E30 with an S52 swap... I’ve never owned a car I loved as much as my first one, a 1987 325es (although my E46 M3 and current C63 AMG came/are growing closer) and I keep an eye out for a clean twin to it all the time, but after 15 years of driving progressively faster and louder German cars I suspect that a stock E30 would feel so slow that I’d rarely actually drive it. Only one way to find out...

Your boy, BJR > ImmoralMinority 07/27/2017 at 08:43

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No, but I’m working on getting it.

Wagonlife740 > ImmoralMinority 07/27/2017 at 12:28

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Not perfect.... but its my user name.

In a few years, I will have one that has never seen snow.

CaptDale - is secretly British > ImmoralMinority 07/27/2017 at 15:12

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I love my GTO, but she definitely isn’t the one. I would fight to keep here, but if I had to only ever have one car again, then I know what that is. I even got to drive one semi hard too. I will say it here and forever till I find and afford one.

1967 Pontiac Firebird 400 Ram Air 4 spd in Verdoro Green, black interior, hardtop, and factory a/c.

I would be forever happy with a factory original one of these

NJAnon > ImmoralMinority 07/27/2017 at 20:59

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Mitsubishi FTO. wanted to drive it more than the Skylines, the OG Corvette Grand Sport, the Imprezas, the Lancer Evolutions, the Porches, the Mazda RX-3 through 8, the Fairlady Z’s, and even the Viper.

If any of the Gran turismo/Forza Motorsport games I played tracked play time on cars, the FTO would be at the top, i don’t know I just always raced it even once in any time I played.