The Dream Garage of Unassuming Cars

"I love you but I've chosen hooning!" (obrut-2002) 02/26/2014 at 06:46 • Filed to: Dream car garage unassuming diamonds in the rough if you read this, you cool!

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The other day I talked to some friends about dream cars and what cars we'd stack our garages with, if we had the proper change. While most of my pals went down the usual route of Ferraris, Porsches, Zondas etc. I realized that cars I really lust for, that I am passionate about aren't necessarily the ones with most cylinders or hp. Therefor I'd like to start a thread on the "Dream Garage of Unassuming Cars", that is cars that only enthusiasts would be able to identify as something special.

I'll start:

Opel Speedster

Truly underrated car. It's basically a Lotus and it's fun, fun, fun to drive and doesn't look that badly.

BMW E21 323i

Looks like a miniature E24 handles better than a 2002. Yes I said it. Crucify me.

Mercedes-Benz R170 SLK32 AMG

I already featured the SLK in a used car face-off

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Maserati Quattroporte I & IV

I know, I know. Maseratis aren't exactly unassuming but I bet that the Quattroporte I isn't on too many people's dream car list. Also, it is Marcello Mastroianni in car form.

I love the understated looks of it.

Volkswagen Golf II Rallye

What's not to love about this car?

Land Rover Defender Convertible (... ok, ANY Defender)

Because manly.

BMW E61 (Not necessarily M5)

The E61 is still a god damn good looking car and I'd take it any day as a 535d or M5.

There are obviously a couple of others like Z3 (+Coupe) but those above are the most prevalent ones. What are your's?

. . > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 06:51

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I wouldn't really call the Speedster unassuming. It doesn't really look like a regular, beige, commuter car, does it? It's far from understated.

I love you but I've chosen hooning! > . . 02/26/2014 at 06:56

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That's true. Maybe unassuming wasn't the right word, I meant cars that aren't exactly on people's radar. The Speedster is a very cool and neat little car that was supposed to make the Opel brand cooler. What happened however, was that Opel badge made the Speedster terribly uncool (not in my opinion though).

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 07:07

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I'm exactly the same. There's probably only 2 or 3 properly expensive cars that I would have in my dream garage, and they're things like Alfa 2600 Zagatos and Lancia Flaminia SSZs.

Mine runs like this:

Alfa Alfetta 1750 Berlina

Alfa GTV6

Alfa Alfasud Sprint

Alfa Montreal

Alfa 6

Alfa 2000 GTV

Jaguar XJ40 Estate

Jaguar XJ6C

Jaguar XJS V12

Triumph GT6

Triumph TR6

Triumph Stag

Triumph Toledo Sprint

Maserati Biturbo

Lancia Fulvia

Lancia Beta HF

Reliant Scimitar

MGB GT V8

Rover P6 3500

Fiat Dino

Fiat X1/9

Fiat 124 Coupe

Chevrolet Corvair

Every single one can be had for less than £20k, and if you forgo the Montreal everything can be had for less than £10k.

I could have the whole of my garage for less than one of most other people's :)

I love you but I've chosen hooning! > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/26/2014 at 07:10

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Dat Scimitar GTE!!!

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As for my answer, ages ago I compposed a a list of 100 cars I'd like to own. At least some of them will fit into this topic.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/my-dream-100-c…

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Sn210 > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 07:20

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I'd say about 90% of my bucket list is unassuming

thebigbossyboss > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 07:27

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I know this car from Need for speed hot pursuit two.

I love you but I've chosen hooning! > Sn210 02/26/2014 at 07:28

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Who would've ever thought that you could love a car solely for its lack of a B-Pillar.

What's that GMC truck btw? I have seen that on the road once, and liked it for its small size.

thebigbossyboss > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 07:28

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This fender flair...now that you asked...lol.

duurtlang > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 07:37

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I share your opinion. Ferraris and the like don't do much to me. The list below are the first that come to mind. Accidentally most are 4 cylinder and/or FWD cars and none has more than 6 cylinders.

1966 Citroën DS

1969 Porsche 911

1972 Citroën SM

1972 Porsche 914/6

1981 Matra Murena

1987 BMW M5

1987 Citroën CX GTi

1989 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9

1991 VW Golf 1.3 mk2, retromodded ( my first car, it's in storage now )

1998 Citroën Xantia Activa 2.0 CT

2002 Peugeot 406 coupe 3.0

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 07:49

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It's the Syclone, from 1991. One of the coolest trucks out there if you'll ask me, though I'd probably take the "blazer" versions, the Typhoon

And yup, those names were justified.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > thebigbossyboss 02/26/2014 at 07:52

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Really? I actually think it looks pretty great, or at least it would with wider wheels and meatier tires.

Sn210 > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 08:41

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As BlazinAce said, it's a Syclone. It had a turbo v6 and an AWD system that took it to 60 in less than 5 seconds (closer to 4 I think). It was the quickest thing you could buy in 1991 and Car and Driver compared it to a Ferrari 348. The gmc won. You can find them today for under $15k

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 08:48

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I do love a good Scimitar :)

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 09:25

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My list is mostly unassuming, and trucks.
-95 to 97 Ford F350 single rear wheel crew cab long bed, powerstroke
-Ford Bronco, any year
-67 to 72 Chevy C/10, stepside
-First generation Ranger, especially 2.3 diesel
-Ford Raptor
-Dodge Lil Red Express
-Fox body Mustang
-Volkswagen Beetle
-Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Kammback
-BMW 2002
-BMW E30
-Plymouth Superbird/Dodge Charger Daytona
-International Scout

Your boy, BJR > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 09:27

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Triumph TR-3 (just like the one my grandpa used to race in the early '60s)

1987 Toyota 1-ton truck EFI in tan, with a 5 speed, and 2wd, my other grandpa bought one new, kept it for years in his garage to give to me as my first car, but my mom ended up needing a car desperately so he gave it to her, she drove it for 5 years, then she needed a newer, more practical car (the truck was 20 years old and had 400k miles at this point) so they sold it (with my blessing, i still had like 3 years to go before I got my license). I've been looking for one ever since.

3rd gen tercel coupe (first new car my mom owned, first car I remember.)

2001 Ford Focus SE Wagon. My dad had one, the closest thing to a soccer mom car my family ever had. I remember many camping trips in this thing, and I remember thinking my dad was just like Collin McRae, piloting his focus down dirt roads at alarming speeds.

blurple 2000 Mercury Mountaineer. My grandpa (former race car driver/inventor) bought one new, traded in his eggplant purple 1993 Explorer Eddie Bauer for it, and it was the pimpingest thing my 7 year old eyes had ever seen

I'm sure there's other, better ones, but I'm feeling nostalgic as hell.

KirkyV > I love you but I've chosen hooning! 02/26/2014 at 11:38

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I'm with you. My present dream garage consists of:

Peugeot 106 1.1 (It's my first car, and I'd rather it stayed with me than meet some cube-shaped fate in a scrap yard.)

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(Because Racecar)

Peugeot 106 GTi (It's arguably the best version of my first car, and indeed, one of the best hot hatches ever made. Me want.)

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Peugeot 205 GTi. (You may start to notice a theme here...) Widely considered the best hot hatch of all time, and just generally brilliant.

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There are, of course, a great many more cars -workaday or not - that I would really very much like to have. But these are the ones I obsess over. And if I actually took the time to compile the full list... Well, I'd be out of the editing window of this comment, which I foolishly sent too early.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/27/2014 at 15:46

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They would be "S15 Jimmy" versions...because GMC

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/27/2014 at 15:48

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True, though I was going with the brazilian custom of calling anything like that a Blazer hahahah...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/27/2014 at 15:49

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Haha, no worries just being my wise ass self.

And I had a highly customized 4x4 s10 2 door blazer for my first vehicle.

It was shockingly fast with what we had done to it.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/27/2014 at 15:59

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I love these smaller two door blazers. If I had some disposable cash I'd totally buy a Chevrolet Bonanza, the brazilian version of the 80's Blazer

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/27/2014 at 16:02

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Man there was a 4 door 350 V8 conversion for sale just down the street from me for a while, it was really tempting!