Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?


Just curious. People have asked about watches,
cigars, beer, and even ones income here.

1: What do you drive (daily & weekends)?
2: What might you be driving in the future?
3: What would you drive if $$$ was no object (pick 2 ;-)?

My answers to the above:
1: Toyota truck.
2: Newer Toyota truck.
3: Lamborghini Murcielago & McLaren F1.
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Showing 3 responses by briankelly

Elgordo-
If you don't like cars then you should check out the new Dodge SRT RAM.
Viper 8.0L the hood (Viper version, not the truck version).
Saw it in one of the new car mag's. Will they build it? Probably.
Ed & Perfectimage-
Ed is right on the money.
930 was an interesting car in its day, but C2 or C4 out does it in every way
(even in top speed w/o the turbo). If you compare the 930 to a
911 3.6 turbo, C4 turbo air cooled, or the new h2o version, forget it!
0-60 times are literally 2 seconds off compared to the C4 turbo's (2 full seconds, not 2/10th's),
and the wild turbo lag problems are no longer life threatening as they seemed
to be in the 930's (Porsche was sued over this, and lost). Now, the 935's are another story all together (700hp-850hp).

Porsche tiptronic? Forget it. Buy a Lexus SC430 instead (if you go that direction, go all the way).
My girlfriend drove a Boxter with tiptronic and said it was a "rich house wives yuppy car".
Same day we drove the 315 hp BMW M Coup (5 speed only) and loved it.
Tiptronics are also off by almost a second 0-60 on top of the slushy feel.
Q's:
1: What do you drive (daily & weekends)?
2: What might you be driving in the future?
3: What would you drive if $$$ was no object (pick 2 ;-)?

A's:
1: Mazda 2002 Protoge'5 & stake bed truck w/lift gate.
Weekends: BMW 2002 M Coup (315hp) & GMC Syclone
(335+hp/400+ ft lbs trq, 525hp plans pending, has ZR-1 9f/11r" rims + much more...).
Also have a Lotus Elan M100 which is waiting for it's new out of state owner to collect it.
Fun, but British.

2: BMW 2002 M Coup super charged (417hp w/Nordic super charger) and a few suspension improvements. BTW, the 2003 Mini Cooper S also looks very interesting.
*Last year for the M Coup. With only 800-850 built yearly this August will be the end of it.
Get one while you can! Unique, fast, rare, and GREAT to drive, plus phenomenal resale value (90% at the TWO year mark). BMW has never built a car this size with this much power before, and will probably not do it again. Yes, it is faster than the M5 excluding top speed (governors removed; 171 vs 182).

3: McLaren F-1 (BMW M engine, FYI) & 2004 BMW M6 (V10, 500hp).

----> M5 fans (lots here I see):
By 2004 the M5's 394hp V8 will be replaced with a 500hp V10 (according to BMW).
Z8 will get the same (according to my assumption).