I drive a Mitsubishi 1990 Space Wagon which retails about less than a used McCormack DNA-0.5 ( $800 )..... :( |
new toy -- just got my brand new 2005 BMW M3 Coupe with SMG!!! Awesome machine, the power, the handling, the style, the luxury, ALL combined into one perfect entity. |
I've recently undergone an attitude-ectomy. I just traded in my 2000 BMW 540i/6, and in its place I'm driving a 2001 VW Jetta TDI. I decided that doing my bit to save the planet was more important than being BMOC. The new ride is even running on biodiesel. My only concession to performance was having an Upsolute chip installed.
That leaves the future ride and cost-no-object categories open. With the probability of getting another 350,000 miles out of the car I now have, the future may have changed a bit by the time I get there. And cost-no-object cars just aren't part of my world-view any more.
That Bimmer sure was nice, though... |
Hey gliderguider its refreshing to see someone who knows the difference between a bimmer & a beemer. I'm with ya when my 87 535is & r100rt wear out (probably outlive me), i'm going alternate energy vehicles of some sort. big oil has to go. |
i think differently from Gliderguider and Pehare. The intention of saving the planet is fine but may be too naive and won't make any difference at all. The BIGGEST energy consumer is NOT American car drivers, but the newly thriving third world ecnomic power houses, especially China. The industrial consumption of oil is astonomical because of the crazing growth and extremely low efficiency due to lack of regulation and (in general) crude/old technology. I know this first hand as I came from there.
The world oil reserve will be used up for sure and the oil/gas price will grow exponetially instead of linearly. I will try hard to enjoy the few years left that I can still afford to drive a bimmer, because pretty soon I may not be able to afford to have one anymore.
life is too short to left too many regrets ...
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Abe_av, I drove the 540 for five years, so I don't feel too hard done by in the entertainment department. On the conservation side - I know the feeling that our individual consumption is a drop in the bucket compared to the industrial requirements of China or the USA. However, all that industrial need is merely the sum of the needs of the individuals involved. As such, I'm convinced you can't lower the big numbers without first lowering the small ones. "Think globally, act locally" is the meme, and if the changes don't start with us, where will they start? |
I have a buncha cars
1)VW Corrado SLC 3.1 (my baby)
Honda CRX Si B16 (weekend racer)
VW Jetta GL (daily driver)
Suzuki GSF400 (daily ride when the weather is nice)
2)Honda S2000
3)TVR Tamora, Lotus Elise |
'85 Mercedes 280 TE
Money no object i'd get these:
'68 Mercedes 600 SWB
'68 Mercedes 280 SEC 3.5
Land Rover Defender SWB
'70's Citroen SM
'72 Renault Alpine A110
Iso Grifo
Jensen FF
'63 Facel-Vega 2
'64 Buick Riviera |
I drive a 2004 Porsche 911 , 40th anniversary edition. |
Daily Driver: 1999 Land Rover Discovery II (I telecommute)
Weekender: My wifes 2001 BMW 525i
No big whoop. I never buy NEW cars ... that's for fools.
I have had my eye on a Jaguar S-Type
Money is no object: Brand New Ford GT ... you better clear the roadway. Back-up choice: The biggest Hummer ever made ... just to piss-off the hippies. |
Just traded the trusty little Jetta for an '01 Audi A4 Avant 5-speed. Wanted a little more space. The Bose sound system pretty much sucks. What a shocker lol. |
1.a Cooper S is the latest in the garage.
2. Doc Martens and public transport, if I don't cool it on the Lp purchases!
3. Austin Healey 3000 Mk3, Porsche Targa, Citroen DL 2dr.
do you see a pattern?! |
Just added a Burb with trailer for my boat. |
94 volkswagen golf III, volkswagens are the only way to go. |
Hey pissin off hippies sounds good, sometimes their tears are the only part of their faces that get clean! |
no such thing as a dirty hippie anymore...they all have high power jobs and drive BMW's...lol...I think you are referring to the new generation of hippies...the "trustafarians". ;o) |
What's a "typical Audiophile?" My daily ride--a MY2000 Berlina Black Honda S2000 (sweet). |
Sold my cars, moved to Bangkok and got a SEGWAY HUMAN TRANSPORTER.
Thailand Segway Tours
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MINI Cooper S. This car provides some serious competition against this hobby. It's a tweeker's delight (I've already added a 15% pulley and a CAI)--kinda the equivalent to adding NOS tubes to your preamp :-)
Ah, so many hobbies, not nearly enough money . . . |
I drive a 2004 Lexus ES330. |
1995 Merlin Titanium Mountain Bike
1974 BMW 2002tii (just sold, I am sorry to say)
2003 Chevy Suburban |
1996 Land Rover Discovery
2005 Land Rover LR3
2006 Range Rover Sport!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
1991 Camaro Z28 (with modified 5.7L TPI)
1993 Eagle Vision Tsi
1994 Chevy K1500 Ext cab
Any car??
Hmmmmm...
Might be cheap in the big picture, but the new Z06 'Vette with 505 ponies looks pretty sweet. Besides that, perhaps a McLaren F1 maybe or one of those big Bently Turbos...
A project truck might be nifty too... A 10-sec extended cab pickup would be pretty trick. |
Audio was once my main hobby, but now it's cars.
I built both of mine from the chassis up.
1982 Mazda RX-7
Highly modified
Built with high compression rotors and will soon be turbocharged.
1972 Prrsche 914
Hignly modified and will soon have a 300HP Mazda Rotary engine (Hence my call sign)
Cars are cool, but audio is too |
1/ Daily drivers are 2004 Mercury Marauder, 1996 modified Ford SVT Cobra droptop, 2001 Ford SVT Lightning Pickup, 1996 Corvette LT4 drop top.
2/Cadillac XLR-v; 2007 Ford SVT Shelby GT500; Maserati Gran Sport or Quattroporte; 2006 Corvette Z06
3/ Panoz Esperante Supercharged. |
I used to be something of a gearhead when I was a young pup. But, after too many speeding tickets, accidents and exploded engines I retired from the field. At this point the purchase price of my music and playback equipment excedes by at least three-fold the original purchase price of my two cars.
1. 1989 Toyota Camry SW, 1993 Saturn SW1
2. Any used Toyota or Honda that gets great gas mileage.
3. I like the Superskates: Subaru WRX Sti, VW Golf 3.2R, Honda S2000, BMW M3, Audi S4 |
Put it this way, my car is worth signifcantly less than any one component of my stereo. |
1. I drive a ford Pinto
2. I plan to upgrade to a ford Fiesta, when I an done
building my sound system. It'll have to wait tho...
I just spent my whole paycheck on a Cry'od Godzilla
MKIII silver ed. Power cord.
3. If money were no object? Hmmmmm probably a Van, so I
could use it for hauling Audio gear. But if Mullard
made a car, I'd get that. |
Hopefully soon a 2006 Porsche Cayman. |
Renaultsport CLIO 182 with Cup suspension - I had to get one at 31 before I looked like a twerp at an older age! |
Update report: 1. 2004 Black/Charcoal Mercedes C230K daily driver, 2002 Triple Black Boxster S weekends 2005 G500 Grand Edition (Love this SUV) 2. 2006 Black 911 cab (997S) or 2006 Guards Red Cayman S
3. Porsche Carrera GT in Black of course. |
I drive a 1997 Honda Accord SE. I also own a 1987 Honda Accord LXI. I could afford an Acura or the such, but I'd rather just get a good built car (why I get so many Hondas....just MHO) that lasts. I will have more money to spend on my music over the long run (compare the cost of a water pump and timing belt to 2 car payments....see where I am going?). |
This is an intersting thread from the standpoint of seeing how much disposable income audiophiles have. I often tell friends (of whom none are real audiophiles) that we as a group are no richer than any oher, it's just that we spend an innordanant amount on our stereos.
After reading some of this thread, I'm not so sure I am right, based on all the nice vehicles mentioned. Is there any other study that mentions what we as a group make in comparison to the general population?
ANyway I drive a 6 speed RX8 - and live in mahattan to boot. So there!!! People can question my sanity from an audio and a transportation point of view!
And I would probably fall toward the lower income end of this group, though if I sell one TV show concept that could change radically! (most of it going into my system probably though - leaving me right back where I started, LOL) |
1995 Mercedes E320, currently with slightly over 200,000 miles.
Would love to own any one of the Aston Martins. |
1, 2003 Dodge 3500 diesel 6 spd quad cab 4x4 I bought on ebay (20 mpg)
2, the same 2003 Dodge 3500 diesel 6 spd quad cab 4x4 I bought on ebay.
3,any pre 60 V12 ferrari, a work of art |
A beat-up 1996 Nissan Maxima w/ 155K miles on it. I have to replace the battery soon... :) |
1985 Porsche red Carerra Coupe w/120,000 miles. A lot of fun though with three young children it spends too much time in the garage. My son insists that I don't sell it. Wonder what he's thinking? |
1)-Daily Driver: 1986 Audi 5000 turbo
-Fun Car: 1993 Ford Mustang 5.0 w/big blower,engine mods,brakes,suspension,race recaros etc..........
2)-Daily Driver: Used Volvo V70 T5 station wagon
-Fun Car: 1993 Ford Mustang w/ aluminum 427, brakes,etc.
3) Bugatti Veyron |
I drive my brother's 1997 Jetta until he returns from the Peace Corps in South Africa, this spring. I'm car shopping right now and would appreciate audiophillic advice.
Options:
(1) 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid (major federal and state tax breaks and free parking in my city -- New Haven, CT)
(2) Audi A3;
(3) Jetta or Golf TDI;
(4) cheapest thing that runs, putting money saved into audio gear.
As you can see from the options, I am an ass-poor panty-waisted academic type. |
A modified Mitsubishi 3000 gt Twin Turbo (Vr4) is what I drive and I also have a custom painted black and red 84 Chevy truck.
I am looking at the older Vipers or Cadillac XLR for my next purchase. |
Audiophiles have to walk having sold everything for new cables. |
I'm driving a 2001 Jetta TDI now. I traded in my 2000 BMW 540i/6 for it and I'm as happy as a clam. When the kids are all gone we might consider a Smart Car. |
i have a 1998 civic with a dented hood, a 2004 jetta, and a 2002 suzuki SV650s. |
2002 SAAB 9-5 Vector 2.2 TiD
and looking for the new facelifted one... |
2002 BMW 540 (with Dinan Stage 1 peformance upgrades) |
Wife has a 2003 M/Benz E320 and a 2000 Boxster, while I drive a 1992 truck. Life isn't always fair I am learning. |
Just traded in my first 1988'Imperial to 2005 brand new Bayliner 242. |
I doubt I am typical, but here goes:
1. '93 Ford F250 V10 pickup. Why with gas > $2/gal? Think Oliver and Lisa Douglas.
2. '93 Ford F250 V10 pickup. Why? Wife + horses = broke.
3. Harley Davidson Fat Boy with a custom license plate which reads, "Redundant" |
I drive a Merceded CLK 500 convertible |
Just bought a Isuzu KB 300 Fleetside pick-up today. 3 liter turbo diesel. 96 kw and 280 Nm of torque ie.129 hp and 208 ft.lb |
