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Old 06-01-13, 10:47 PM
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I'll take an LFA for the rest of my life.

Wife can buy a Sienna or Highlander or RX with her own money and lug the kids around. Problem solved.
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Originally Posted by cino
Give me the G wagon.
Man I love those machines, especially with the AMG motors. But IMO the versions they sell in the US look a bit too Rodeo Drive. Give me something in a drab tan, dark green, gray, etc with off-road bumpers, 15" wheels with big knobby tires, lifted, roof rack, ie it needs to look like my buddy's 80's Land Cruiser, ready to go on safari, who gives a crap if you scratch it.

Something more like these. You know its that quirky German off-roader, but it isn't some pretentious $100,000+ Chelsea Tractor like they sell here in the US.




I found my ultimate G-wagon lol:


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Old 06-02-13, 08:49 AM
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Old 06-02-13, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
Tesla Model S Performance.

Just in case fuel is $80 a gallon forty years from now...
of course replacement batteries might cost $30,000 too
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Old 06-02-13, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Aron9000
Man I love those machines, especially with the AMG motors. But IMO the versions they sell in the US look a bit too Rodeo Drive. Give me something in a drab tan, dark green, gray, etc with off-road bumpers, 15" wheels with big knobby tires, lifted, roof rack, ie it needs to look like my buddy's 80's Land Cruiser, ready to go on safari, who gives a crap if you scratch it.

Something more like these. You know its that quirky German off-roader, but it isn't some pretentious $100,000+ Chelsea Tractor like they sell here in the US.




I found my ultimate G-wagon lol:

I would like 6x6 G Wagon, but that would be waaaaaaaay overkill on the road.
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Old 06-03-13, 07:33 AM
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Would have to be an LS430 for me.
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Old 06-03-13, 09:40 AM
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I would said that will be a car that I built my-self. I'm not talking about "build-your-own" on a dealer website. I actually mean buy a junk for the frame/chassis and build it with parts of your choice and upgrade it whenever you want.

Being said, I don't think I will stick with only one car that someone design for mass production.
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Old 06-03-13, 06:15 PM
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Tough choice, but I will go with a Porsche 911, really it has been the same basic idea since 1963. so it has proven to last a long time, so I would pick a 2013 911 Turbo S, the ultimate GT !
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Once Vossen's fit
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Old 06-04-13, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike@Vossen
Once Vossen's fit
Geo metro with cv3 Ftw
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Old 06-04-13, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by bagwell
true, plus the style will always be classic.......but newer Porsches = more electronics + PDK
The 911 has a 94% take rate on the PDK.

It makes much more sense for Porsche to develop a PDK that meshes perfectly with their engines, rather split effort developing a manual only Americans, and a far minority at that, will ever drive.

In the end, even those who complain about the lack of a manual will still buy one with the PDK, because there is no substitute for the 911.
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