If you could get back any of your past cars which would it be?

My brother won't sell his 1963 Dodge 440 because despite it being a hopeless mess because of all the people we know who wish they still had their ______.

I still have my car 72 Bug (don't want any cars that I've sold or crashed)

My Mom want's the 50 Chevy back
My Dad want's his 83 Volvo 240 2-door

 

I would like to have my 68 Vette Back, and actually I am looking for one to buy before next spring. After going to a few Oldies car shows on Saturday nights at the Chatterbox in NJ it was fun just to hang out and talk old school trash from the Muscle car error.

 

I wouldn't give up either of our MINIs for it, but I do miss the 1972 Mercedes 250C that I sold when I bought my MINI:

 

I've only been without it for a month or so, but I already miss it! Sold it when I bought the MINI because I can't really afford to insure two toys at once. 2000 CBR600 F4. Quick bike, lots of fun.

 

I wish I still had my classic Mini. It was a '63 Morris Mini Minor, with a 1275 cc Austin America motor and trans. in it. It had a side draft Weber carburetter, the velocity stacks stuck out of the speedometer hole! I lowered it and I made some steel fender flairs to cover the 13x 11" wheels. They didn't have 50 series tires then, so I ran dry track racing tires on it.

Dave

 

I would like to have kept my 1970 Dino, for sure.........

 

My first car, a '71 Corolla. No, really . . .

 

My white '95 FD Mazda RX-7. Aside from a Porsche, nothing I've ever driven...or even been in...feels like that car. It is THE right combination of power and handling in a sports car. When people here say that their MINIs are the best cars they've ever owned, I always just smile and take comfort in knowing they've never driven an FD.

The one I had was a clean, low-mileage, unmolested example, that looked and ran flawlessly (despite known reliability issues with the sequential twin turbos), but I ended up selling it when I bought my house because I needed the $$. If I knew then how much...and for how long...I would miss that car, I would not have bought the house!!

 

I wish I still had my R53......

 

I traded my 2000 M Coupe for this Mini.

I wish I could have both but alas that wasn't the best option for me.

 

1967 Austin Healey 3000 Mk III

 

I really don't wish I still had my 04 Spec V but it would be nice to have it. My 94 GMC Sonoma was nice becuase it was decked to the hilt and was a low mileage truck at the time I owned which 01 to 04 it all of 80k when I got rid of it. But other then that the 87 Bronco II and 93 Sentra I could care less about.

 

 

Wish I still had my Scion xB too. But I love my Mini.

 

Most people who know me would think I would say my 66 427 Vette Coupe, 4 speed a am/fm and poer nothing. They would be wrong. Was great to own for awhile but my true love beside my current Maserati GT Coupe was my 1995
Pontiac Firehawk Black 6 Speed I ordered from the factory. Had an SPL factory exhaust which was outlawed after one year of production. Was loud when you got on it but in 6th on the road it was a kitten. Had later cars that were 10 to 20 MPH faster (Z06) through the same corner but not near as much fun. Just something about that straight axel , Small block ram air induction motor coming at you sideways rears smoking, Dual exhaust screamiing and the front end pointed high! Put 70K hard miles that car and she never let me down. Top attained speed on isolated dessert test road-157 MPH. Mid 13 1/4's all day long on street tires. Drop some drag slicks on and
your low 12's but you will break the rear end. Might be a conntection to ordering a car too. Hope I have the same bond with my JVC on order.

Wife asked what it would take for the Maserati to surpass the Firehawk as my all time favorite car. After 1/ 1/2 years of ownership I would say long term reliability now and a few notches under her belt. Ie. on one of her first drives with many paddle shift exotic cars she rocked the twisties with a stick and left many in her wake. She not only sounded good with her Larini exhaust
but looked good running always with the computer traction control off.
Using the throttle to drift the rear end on hot corners is something the big AWD Lambo's just can not do. Ok I need to got take her for a ride since it is sunny and not raining today.

 

Hmm, this is a toughie... i'd have to say i really miss my 93 FD rx7. Like Ell said, those things are just simply perfect. The 50/50 weight ratio makes cornering a breeze, the rotary sounds amazing, and it's just probably my overall favorite 2 seater...

 

I don't want any of my old cars back permanently, but I'd like to drive some of them again to see if they're really as I remember them. Time seems to distort memory.

1955 MG TF-1500, 1960 VW Bug, 1964 Austin Mini Cooper 1275 S, 1969 Datsun 510 sedan, 1974 BMW 2002, 1988 911, and 1993 911 RS America.

 

1967 Lotus Elan S/E coupe, black and right hand drive with dog killers.

 

Even if the FD drives better than a MINI, that doesn't inherently mean it would be the best car they've ever owned. If it was an unreliable, gas and oil guzzling, temperamental car (like many RXs), then it may be the best driving but not best overall.


5-lug swap, SN95 seats... Nice Fox!

 

Oh Kay, I give up! What's an FD?

Dave

 

The last bodystyle Mazda RX-7.

 

It's true, the 13-BREW (FD twin turbo rotary engine) did tend to be tempermental..."fragile" is more likely the word, but the one I had had no issues at all. Sugar-coat it any way you want if you've never owned one, because for those who have: there's the FD and then there's everything else!

Even those who've had the dreaded engine failures consider it just part of the cost of semi-supercar ownership...citing how much more expensive maintaining a real supercar would be. These are otherwise reasonable people...imagine how they LOVE these cars!

BTW, for those who might be wondering: The newer (and widely available) RX-8 is no substitute...

 

Don't get me wrong, I know the FD is a great car, but it's not SO great that anyone who drives one immediately realizes it's the best car ever, as you claim... That's my point.

 

Ive owned 2 different mazdas, a protege 5 and 08 Mazdaspeed 3 that have done me very very well. Really regret trading the speed3 in for the legacy that I have now. Went and looked at a mini today at the dealership and really really liked it.

 

The MS3 was on our list of comparison cars to the MINI, but like the WRX, the gas mileage leaves much to be desired compared to a MINI.

Seems like a cool car, just not what we were looking for at the time.