[Drivingforfun]

Do your favourite or "dream" cars resemble what you have in reality??

I love American cars and I've yearned after a Mustang for about 15 years but I keep having to remind myself that I live in the UK. On one of my most frequently used roads, I feel like I need to breathe in whenever I meet an oncoming car, and I currently drive a Mini... I think with the Mustang I'd need to buy off-road tyres just for the wheels on the left hand side 😂 and I won't even think about fuel economy

I think I have way more fun in my JCW than I could ever have in a Mustang

Has anyone else had similar thoughts before??

[Nick]

I hear you and am in a similar situation - I'm a pick-up fan - and big ones. I'd love a Ford F250, would settle for an F150, but they would definitely struggle around the town I live, that's if I could get it round the cul de sac I live in lol!

Also, right now I'd also really love a Jeep Grand Wagoneer, probably one of my favourite's right now - they've just relaunched an updated version, but they're also pretty big. My current car is a Vauxhall Grandland - it felt like an airship when I got it but now I can feel the squeeze space-wise, especially as my son's seem intent on continuing to grow - so am contemplating what the next upsize for me might be!

[Rolebama]

My current car is perfect for my current needs and I don't envisage changing anytime soon. It is nippy enough, fun on the lanes, and happily cruises at motorway speeds. It also has good consumption so I can visit my relatives in Dorset, do a bit of driving around down there, and not have to worry about finding petrol stations on the way home.
What I would actually want though, is an Ascari A10. I saw it in Top Gear before Covid and it really rang my bell.

[Drivingforfun]

@Nick I visit Yorkshire a lot, the Dales especially, and there's a few barracks/garrisons (I don't know the right military word) and one of them is an American one ... the US troops have some scheme where they can bring their own car over, and they buy fuel on the base for US prices (it's to do with the right to have the standard living of an American citizen and not be penalised for serving abroad). It's often quite comical watching muscle cars and the huge trucks try to manoeuvre their way around the Dales 😂
@Rolebama is the Ascari that one that looks like a skeleton of a car? I remember them on Top Gear, I thought it was on the really old one, from like 2001?? They were cool, though. All I know of is that it stands for Anglo-Scottish Car Industries!

[NMNeil]

Originally Posted by Nick

Also, right now I'd also really love a Jeep Grand Wagoneer, probably one of my favourite's right now - they've just relaunched an updated version, but they're also pretty big.

When Jeep were sold to Stellanits (Fiat) the quality took a nosedive. It's odd because I used to work on lots of the old 4.0 straight 6 engines and those were damn near bulletproof.
But did you know they are making an EV version of the Wagoneer?
https://www.jeep.com/wagoneer/wagoneer-s.html

[Rolebama]

@Drivingforfun The skeleton I think was the Atom. One of my neighbours has one, and it is noisy!
The Ascari is here: https://monochrome-watches.com/the-f...y-for-auction/
What you say about US troops also applied to us in the 60s and 70s, only we called it LOA, Local Overseas Allowance. Amounts varied depending where you were.
Buying stuff whilst overseas was totally tax exempt as long as you owned it for a year before bringing it back to the UK. Most stuff would be around half UK prices at the time. A mate was posted back to the UK just a week shy of owning his car for a year. He was offering it up for sale for £90, a 69 Mini Cooper, which would cost around £300 here.