People who would never buy a new car - what would you buy if forced?

Got this idea from the "what would it take for you to buy a new car" thread.

If you answered "I'd have to be rich" or "hell would have to freeze over," what would you buy if you were forced at gunpoint to spend your own money to replace a car you currently own (and use regularly, no cheating for you guys with automotive ADD!) with a new car.

I'd buy an FT86 to replace my AE92.

Would i have to be able to afford it? Or can i just pick anything?

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Would i have to be able to afford it? Or can i just pick anything?

This?

If it is something I could afford Fiat 500 Abarth. If not something I could afford, Morgan Aero 8.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Would i have to be able to afford it? Or can i just pick anything?

The limit is whatever you can reasonably afford with financing.

VEYRON!!!!!!!

Probably another Fit for myself. It seems to offer the right combination of reasonable price new vs. used resale value, comfort, practicality, reliability, economy, and to a lesser extent, fun.

Ok, but really... It'd be a hard choice between the FT86 or a PRHT black on black MX-5.

If i wanted to be somewhat responsible, i'd probably be taking a long hard look at the FJ Cruiser to replace our Cherokee with.

I would buy a Morgan Aero 8

Hey don't forget the replacement rule. I'm trying to simulate the buying patterns of the "replace the car with a new one every 5 years" crowd.

Pretty much just these, in order:

Lotus Evora
Lotus Elise/Exige
FT-86
Hyundai Genesis

...all with the best engine, firmest suspension, best stereo, most black leather, and least sunroof I can get my hands on.

(The Lotuses may be out of range of my funding... but maybe not in a few years!)

I can honestly say I don't know. And if it's what I can reasonably afford, the answer is still nothing, even forced.

In the spirit of the thread though, I guess Dodge Dart SRT whenever it comes out.

GameboyRMH wrote: Hey don't forget the replacement rule. I'm trying to simulate the buying patterns of the "replace the car with a new one every 5 years" crowd.

Yeah, i'd replace the MX6 with the MX5 or FT86.

The FJ Cruiser would be replacing either MX6 or Jeep.

Mustang GT. I'm pricing used ones frequently already.

BOSS 302.

Mazda2

MS3

I'd buy a Japanese land cruiser to replace my trooper.

I'd buy an STI to replace my Forester XT. Then I'd go buy a roof rack, a 4x8 trailer and a hitch so I could carry all of my stuff.

Finance myself until I'm in debt up to my eyeballs?

• Replace the Porsche 944 with a Porsche Boxster S
• Replace the Mazda5 with a Mazda5 (can I wait for the all-new Skyactiv one without the stupid face though?)
• Replace the Grand Prix GT with a Pontiac G8. What do you mean they don't make them? Okay, Chevy Caprice. Fleet only? Dammit! Okay, okay, with a 2013 Fusion (the Aston looking one)
• Replace the Javelin with my cold, dead fingers! A Boss 302 would be the closest thing though.

mazda 2

If I was forced to buy a new car? Do they still make manual-shift cars with manual windows, cable-operated throttle, and OBD-I? Then I guess you've got to force me into paying a mechanic to do everything, too, because modern cars have too many damned computers and electrical crap in them. But that said, I don't have much of my own money, so I'd have to buy something stupid cheap...so a base model Hyundai or Fiesta or the small Toyota or whatever.

Either a MINI or a Mazda 2 (which I forgot to mention in the other thread).

And I'm with TC...purchase would be followed immediately by a trip to a place who can replace the throttle module, reflash the fuel map, and install a master kill switch in the dashboard.

{flounder bait} I'd lease a Volt {/flounder bait}

Gawd, what I could afford with reasonable financing.... right now... golly. They don't make Yugos anymore, do they?

What could I afford? Nothing, that's why I drive $free-500 cars.

What would buy if forced? Mazda 2 or Honda Fit.