Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?

1.BMW 540

2. Convertable Jag XKS

3. Ducati 740 sport and Ferarri Modena

Ok question for all of you guys with nice cars-WHERE WERE YOU FOR THE ARE YOU GUYS RICH THREAD!!!! So you have serious money in systems, cars, most likely houses. Bah this is just probably youth being jealous of a lifetime of hard work-gives me something to look forward. To be honest I am surprised there are soooo many nice cars among us-I was expecting lots of 89 tempo's and 200k+ mile toyota's etc...

1. '93 Porsche 911 RS America
'97 Range Rover 4.6 HSE
'99 Ferrari F355 Spider

2. I'm about to replace the RR with a Mercedes G500 next week.

3. Three different answers for the future:
I'd like to get a fuel-cell or hybrid vehicle a few years from now to help alleviate the guilt of all that poor fuel economy above. The car that intrigues me most right now, alas, can't be had in the US: the Lotus Elise. Please, please Lotus, bring that car to the US! At some point, I'd like to own a vintage Ferrari, but I work and travel too much now to be able to care for it properly.

-james

Jmarkarian-there is an importer for the elise in this country, albeit it has a modified front end and a honda civic type R engine in it. I am not sure if it is streetable even with said modifications DOT still wants air bags in the front drivers and passenger side. There is actually a small mention of this in this weeks Autoweek magazine. I love those cars to death myself, so much style, so much performance, no luxuries!! a true sports car. There are a few cult like groups who worship those cars, a fellow by the name of Dom in the UK has a yellow elise and has a very helpful website if I can find it I will post the link, he is also very helpful in private emails, if you have money he can probably make it happen.
~Tim

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).