One Vehicle That Resonates With You

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind) 04/10/2016 at 09:05 • Filed to: Question

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I’ve only been a car enthusiast for about 3 years now. Before that, I thought Nissan had the Optima and Maxima (made sense because Optimum and Maximum) while Kia had the Altima (Alternative-ima). I didn’t know that the car above even existed until I saw a SaabKyle review around the same time the F-type became available. Everything about the GranTurismo just seemed to hit the points I’m attracted to most.

Last summer I had to work a bit in Florida and got to see one on the showroom floor (didn’t even bother walking next door to look at the Ferraris, even with an F12 in front of the door). Took pictures, showed my mom, hell I even sent the pictures to a former girlfriend because I was so excited!

I’m just starting to ramble, point is that the vehicle stirred something up inside of me from the moment I saw a picture, through the interior, the sounds, and even meeting it in person. Full disclosure, I was disappointed that it seemed so simple in person. That disappointment went away once I started looking at more cars and realized that people give WAAAYYY too much hype over interiors that are only “meh.” Luxury trucks do not have luxury interiors no matter what anyone tells you, and most luxury cars under $70k do not blow you away with material quality. So now that Maserati is much more impressive by comparison.

Have you ever had a vehicle that just resonated with who you are from the moment you saw it and even as it becomes behind the market?

Sort of crazy to think that the GranTurismo has been out since 2007 and I didn’t see my first one until 2015. Shoot, I didn’t even know it existed until 2014. On the plus side, no one I sent the pictures to new what it was either.

I think about the new NSX. Enthusiasts are all sick of it because they’ve been following it for so long. If I wasn’t into cars and only worked in New Mexico, it would probably be 2022 before I even saw this thing on the road. If you didn’t know, this thing is another one of those cars that fits my personality, interests, and style. Please, oh please let this thing be hated and spat upon so that it depreciates like a rock to $60,000 and becomes quasi-attainable!!

Nibby > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 09:14

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dat sound

Sam > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 09:19

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I gotta say, those wheels on that Maserati = 1 way ticket to “this guy is a drug dealer” land -population: the guy driving the Maserati.

djmt1 > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 09:44

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Jaguar are my favourite brand but I’ve never really been too hot on the XK & XF of the last decade. They’ve always looked a bit too tall for my tastes in comparison to the cars they replaced but the XJ was right up my street. Long, low and svelte like a proper Jag.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 09:44

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Wow that nsx looks really good, never really liked em before but those colours are working it...

Kailand09 > Sam 04/10/2016 at 10:03

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I read this, scrolled up, then laughed. This is a very good way to describe the wheels.

Kailand09 > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 10:06

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Have you ever had the opportunity to hear one rip out down the road? It’s glorious.

From sound alone I liken it to the exhaust version of bahamut screaming.

Where are you from? There are more dealers than you probably realize.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 10:12

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I had posters of them on my walls as a kid and I still want one so bad but they will never depreciate.

Wobbles the Mind > djmt1 04/10/2016 at 10:14

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One hundred percent agree! I feel the same way about this XJ.

Spridget > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 10:16

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The VW Beetle. While it’s not my favorite car of all time, it’s the only car that’s ever resonated with my instantly. As much as I love MGs, when I first saw a family friend’s Midget, I dismissed it as a shitty British car. All of the Citroens which I love? I dismissed them as ugly and overated. But when I was three and saw the Beetle in “Herbie the Lovebug”, before I even was an enthusiast, I became an instant fan. Something about the underdog nature of “Herbie” and the shape of the car appealed to me. Up until a few years ago, I couldn’t even name any of the exotics that were in the same movie, but I could name the Bug. A long rambling answer to a short question, but you get my point.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 10:18

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The first time I saw an XK, I thought “Yup, that’s a perfect car.” I can’t think of another car that I’ve had an immediate and unyielding love for. Even the F-Type.

Wobbles the Mind > Kailand09 04/10/2016 at 10:19

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I’m from Albuquerque, New Mexico. As far as I know, there are no Maserati, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls Royce, or Lamborghini dealerships in the entire state. Most buy new from Denver or Phoenix (or bring the car with them from wherever they moved from). They come in used to some of the premium used car sellers though.

Wobbles the Mind > 66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash 04/10/2016 at 10:22

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Agree. I find that a lot of cars I’m not into, I have to track down a spec that allows it to make sense to my eyes.

Wobbles the Mind > Honeybunchesofgoats 04/10/2016 at 10:23

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Same here, especially after the facelift (what was it, 2012 MY?). I still think it held it’s own against the Maserati GT and the Aston Martin DB9 as far as aging design goes.

Wobbles the Mind > Spridget 04/10/2016 at 10:24

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Long, rambling answers are what I look forward to most!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 10:54

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The BMW i8. I see them fairly often, but it still is an experience each time. It’s such a polarizing car. It could drive like crap, and I’d still want one.

Wobbles the Mind > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 04/10/2016 at 11:12

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The i8 is so interesting. Between the NSX, the R8, and a well equipped i8, I feel like there is a vast difference in vehicles and a very difficult choice to make for a daily “affordable” supercar/exotic.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 11:21

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The W100 Mercedes 600. A car so monstrously complex, expensive, and imposing that the list of owners was primarily composed of A. second and third world dictators, and B. Jack Nicholson. I’d always lusted after big Mercedes and this was the top dog. I finally saw one for the first time at a German car show last year. Now, the want is so real it's not even funny. Except the value on the cars is going up faster than my salary...

My bird IS the word > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 11:27

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The granturismo is an interesting case. The design is clearly a bit dated. And no, the interior is not nearly as nice as the new line of Bmws and Mercedes. But damnit if that car isn't drop dead gorgeous with the mc front bumper. I will be sad when they stop making it.

Kailand09 > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 11:34

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Bummer. I'm lucky enough to have grown up in Chicago and have access to go check pretty rare cars whenever I want lol

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 12:53

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I don’t remember the exact year but it was right around 2000, and I was about 14 or so. I had always liked cars, but never spent any time around anything other than basic transportation and old farm trucks, almost all domestic. For new, Corvettes were the pinnacle of automotive awesome, but that’s not what this is about. Anyways, my aunt was getting married. She lived a couple hours away in the big city and was marrying a guy who worked for some fancy shmancy computer firm. Their cars were really nothing special, but her fiancee borrowed his boss’s car. Brand new black on black Jaguar XJR. I couldn’t stop staring at it the whole weekend. So big, but athletic, and shiny and beautiful. Then he took me for a ride in it. The leather was so nice and seats so supportive, and the whole dash was covered in beautiful high gloss walnut. Finally we headed out onto the road where he gunned it and that supercharged V8 roared and its hind legs stepped out effortlessly and before I knew it we were well over the speed limit. The look, the sound, the feel, it all worked together so perfectly. Honestly if not for that car, I would probably be in a different line of work today. It’s the only car that has ever really stuck with me for its entire existence, and I still want one. And now I’m regretting my E55, just a little bit, if only reliability were no object at all...

Wobbles the Mind > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 04/10/2016 at 13:15

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Great story! Seems as most of us hasve a great Jaaag story.

f86sabre > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 16:12

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Yep. Purpose and power.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 18:55

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E60 M5, it is and always will be...

Cars were always something I was interested in, but always at a basic level. I liked sporty two doors and knew their names but nothing more than that. If it looked cool and sounded good, awesome.

That changed when I went to college in 2008 and moved to a large campus in a large city from my small farming town. Some guys introduced me to Top Gear and while it was neat seeing all the exotics and other sports cars going around and being shown only one car gave me that “oh wow!” moment

This car that looks like an elderly man should be driving it with a bespoke 500hp V10 and a racing tuned chassis in it was earth shattering. This car shouldn’t exist, it’s completely absurd! Ever since then, I’ve really been an enthusiast and seeing an M car now still makes me uncontrollably giddy.

I know that they’re ridiculously unreliable but that only adds to the appeal and absurdity; the current generation just doesn’t have the contrast and semi-exotic feel. On paper, the E60 M5 will always be the perfect car to me.

Amoore100 > Wobbles the Mind 04/10/2016 at 22:55

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For me, it was the Nissan X-Trail. The old one, mind you, not the new Rogue-copy. It wasn’t the car itself, which, despite being pretty awesome, is just another CUV. What struck me about the X-Trail was that I first saw one on a trip to Europe with my grandmother when I was nine, and it opened my eyes that there exists a whole different world of cars outside of the United States market, even with familiar brands making unknown cars, not to mention completely new marques like Peugeot and Citroen. The X-Trail led to my obsession with the French, a new love for the British, and a fascination with the lesser Italians such as Lancia and Alfa. In fact, I would argue that that one trip to Europe turned me around and made me a European car person rather than a JDM-bro as well as gave me an appreciation for all cars everywhere, thus I can ultimately say that the X-Trail was my turning point into being a true petrolhead.

RT > Wobbles the Mind 06/01/2016 at 13:24

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This has always been the perfect fit for me.