What first car - really rich edition.

F1lm then an lfa nur to rack up miles on.

In reply to Brian:

I figure if I ever had the money to, I'll just throw it at them until it happens.

After I got off the phone with them, I would go buy something to actually drive until it showed up. ND Miata? From Flying Miata? With turbos? And V8? Yes please.

I've already said in an old post, a Kirkham 289. Or maybe a C Type or D Type replica. Now I'm thinking a Pantera with a Coyote transplant.

I'd import a kit and build a Dino powered Hawk Stratos, I don't think I could bring myself to pay for nor seriously hoon the real thing.

Probably an AC Ace or Fia 289 kit too, I don't care for the side pipes, and I'd power it with something European or Japanese, probably an OHC I6 since I won't have side pipes, and it'll piss of the "purists." It is just a "kit car."

In the mean time I'd just buy something a little more practical, like a well equipped luxury-ish 3/4 ton truck, probably a GMC, Duramax, extended cab, 4x4 for work/hauling, and a 328d xDrive wagon for commuting/traveling.

There's a ton of obscure things that interest me, and I'd like to have, but land, shop, giant garage, farm, house would all come first.

I took this to mean: you are rich. You are also a new driver, and you need your first car.

G-class, sans AMG badge. It has the status for moving in the right circles. It combines old-school safety of being solid, having good visibility, and weighing a lot with new-school safety of airbags, active safety electronics and driver monitoring.

Plus, the doors close with a really satisfying click

crankwalk wrote:

Flight Service wrote: In reply to crankwalk: Those two Ferraris may not be the best cars on this list, but that is without a doubt the best reason. Outrun, pure awesomeness.

There are faster cars and there are realistically better cars out there but I feel like if you are hauling ass down the road with your hair in the breeze in a testarossa spyder then you have achieved in real life something I could only do on Sega in 1991.

Yeah, spent many an hour on Outrun.

If I was going to do a Ferrari I would do the 288 GTO, because Magnum plus race car.

Mike wrote: I took this to mean: you are rich. You are also a new driver, and you need your first car. G-class, sans AMG badge. It has the status for moving in the right circles. It combines old-school safety of being solid, having good visibility, and weighing a lot with new-school safety of airbags, active safety electronics and driver monitoring.

Great choice, but this isn't for a new driver. This is just you, today, mysteriously collecting Bill Gates net worth and get to buy all the cars you want.

Which one would be the first.

I guess I should chime in as to the root of the issue.

I would buy 1 of every SVT vehicle made. (actually I would do 2 of the first gen Ford GTs, one to keep stock and the other powertrain swap like a mad man)

MkI, II, IV and somehow a MkIII GT40.

I would find a Shelby GT350R with S option (there are three in circulation at Barrett-Jackson over that last few years)

Old Bronco

Ferrari 288 GTO

Porsche 959

2017 Porsche Caymen PDK sent to RUF for an RGT8 and RUF "stuff".

Both NSXs

Alfa Romeo GTV6

Lacia Stratos

Caterham Seven 620R

McLaren F1 (three seat supercar? Why don't more people do this? I have two kids, I want to take them both. Rich people have two girlfriends, they want to take them both. I don't know why this isn't a thing)

1966 Lincoln Continental 'Vert with an EcoBoost driveline swap and independent suspension rear swap with air bags on all 4 corners. Because you have to go yachting.

Mazda 5 with a MazdaSpeed6 driveline swap.

Modern Daytona Coupe with a 5.2 Aluminator engine

Singer Porsche

Eagle Speedster

Tesla X90D w Ludacris

Last Viper to come off of assembly line - ever

Mazda 323 GTX

One of every model RX7

Mitsubishi MiEV - Everyone needs a golf cart.

ND Miata FR

Flyin Miata NC (Because when you have that much power a few hundred lbs ain't squat.)

Lotus' and Panteras

A nice Lambo just for the V12 sound.

A Honda RS750 and a few other motorcycles here or there.

I figured it out.

Ford RS200

Here would be my first truck. The ultimate urban escape vehicle. I figure if I'm rich I'll have plenty of time for travel and I'll want to travel in something that will get me anywhere I want to go. Get a motorcycle and a couple of mountain bikes to sling on the back and go hit the American SW.

Great question.

Assuming I have availability to excellent examples of whatever strikes my fancy, my first car purchase would probably be something iconic. It's not fair to use the first strike as some form of custom which currently only exists in our foggy imaginations. Muscle cars are great but almost all would either require some work or require some serious sacrifices to drive every day. A supercar is a little obvious, and it's not like I'm going to hit the track in an F1 or something that first week.

So... some form of Duesenburg. Classic, gorgeous, drive able and unique.

bmw88rider wrote: Here would be my first truck. The ultimate urban escape vehicle. I figure if I'm rich I'll have plenty of time for travel and I'll want to travel in something that will get me anywhere I want to go. Get a motorcycle and a couple of mountain bikes to sling on the back and go hit the American SW.

I wouldn't say you could go ANYWHERE.

Duke wrote: My *first* post-lottery car? Probably an Audi RS7 in battleship grey. Then I'd use it to tour around the country in safety, speed, and comfort shopping for the *rest* of my post-lottery cars.

Something along this line. It would be the family hauler. 4 doors would be essential. I'd probably cross shop M-B, Jag, Porsche (hides), and whatever else I could buy locally. The ridiculous purchases would be afterwards of course, like one of those 100k expedition vehicles.

In Response to Flight Service:

Touche' That's what the motorcycle on the back is for. So go almost everywhere vehicle.

In reply to RossD:

Panamera would be up there on my list too. I'm not hiding it, I'm out as a Panamera liker. Say it with me now, We're here, we like Panamera's, get used to it.

In reply to bigdaddylee82:

I like the Panamera, I just don't like the way that one looks...this one on the other hand,

Flight Service wrote:

Mike wrote: I took this to mean: you are rich. You are also a new driver, and you need your first car. G-class, sans AMG badge. It has the status for moving in the right circles. It combines old-school safety of being solid, having good visibility, and weighing a lot with new-school safety of airbags, active safety electronics and driver monitoring.

Great choice, but this isn't for a new driver. This is just you, today, mysteriously collecting Bill Gates net worth and get to buy all the cars you want. Which one would be the first.

Fair enough. Tesla swapped Land Rover Freelander. I've always liked the formula of the Freelander but hated the execution. I like to think I'd maintain my sense of humor.

Actually, I'd probably just get a Porsche 918 Weissach. After all, that's ready now.

V-8 Miata and a Mercedes Benz 190E 2.3 16v

Very first thing is going to be my practical/DD/GT/"appliance" car. Probably a 5-Series Wagon. If I can get an M5 estate wagon imported, you betcha.

After that I get my first "toy": Caterham 620R (or whatever the latest, most awesomest Caterham is). This will be driven around wearing wrap around goggles, a backwards twee cap, wastecoat, fingerless leather gloves, and probably smoking a pipe. I will call people "chap" and have a supply of Grey Poupon in the passenger seat before leaving everyone in my dust at stop lights.

Cars three and four will be a classic Mini and a Jaguar E-Type/Eagle Speedster.

curtis73 wrote: Easy button. I don't want a sequential gearbox, I don't want 16-channel traction control, and I don't want unobtanium parts. I want a comfy, fun-to-drive, head-turning ride that I'm not afraid to hoon.

Well... then you might want to re-think your choice. A number of NSX parts can be quite hard to come by. That is one big advantage of buying a Ferrari. While you will pay dearly for them, they still offer (or will make) any part for any car they've ever made.

I'm with Tuna55 on this, Duesenberg, cuz unspeakably awesome. Perfect first car for this scenario. Then the WRC car and the V8 Miata and the 458 and etc etc etc

In reply to Ian F:

I did not know that. That's actually really awesome. Sure it might cost your first born and his first born, but to know they'll send/make a replacement for anything, well kids are easy to make by accident, 1967 275 gtb/4 parts aren't.

In reply to RevRico:

Mercedes and BMW also have "classic" divisions offering similar services (although some BMW parts for limited models are becoming NLA - some E30 M3 body parts, for example). I remember some years ago when BMW was promoting it they built a virtually "new" 2002 from parts offered by BMW Classic. Mercedes is arguably the most famous as they have dedicated showrooms in Germany and California where you can buy/pick-up parts as well as peruse classic cars in their showroom.