Audio equipment and cars...enthusiast thread...

for me, i just like classic designs - from electronics, to furniture, kitchen cabinets & appliances, lamps, clothing, and ofcourse, automobiles (although i have yet to learn how to drive...)

i am an engineer/designer wannabe, but too lazy and talentless to be one. so i am literally paying for it (not being an engineer/designer).

i am also just a dreamer who wishes his investments in options will sky rocket someday so i can buy all the great designs of the world.

audiogon, audio asylum, and audio circle are like therapy for me. thank god for them!

scottie

Elgordo, You said....

I have a Nikon D70 and a 1911 government model .45 automatic which has had a LOT of custom work and sports a hard chrome matte finish and rosewood grips. It is a pleasure to look at and to shoot.

I can relate.

I have A Nikon F5 and a D1X, plus two Custom Colt Officers 1911's. One custom built by Wilson and one by Carter (about 3K each).

I also love cars, when I was young I raced big block GM stuff (late 1960's), later graduated to Porsche and when I got married and I had to be "responsible, moving into turbo Volvos with approved "hot" after market packages.

Currently I drive a GMC Yukon. It's the appropriate vehicle to haul all my photo gear and keeps me from harm from the crazy drivers where I live.

Still, I look at it and realize I’m becoming too "mature."

ahh, uhurit, my "fancy pants" M3 will eat your Viggen as a light snack. Enjoy your ride without insulting others, especially when your claims are laughable.

As far as the original thread topic, I simply appreciate elegant mechanical engineering and beauty. To design something of beauty is one thing...but to couple that with high function & performance is an achievement indeed!

Triode,
I didn't mean to insult your sensibilities. What is laughable,though, or rather, ironically sad, is grossly overspending money for the sake of prestige, be it a "fine german automobile" or a "giant killer" audio equipment.
But then, to each one his own...

You're making generalizations based on badges instead of looking at what the cars actually are. They are in no way comparable. Saab is a front wheel drive, touring car. M3 is a rear wheel drive sports car. Please point me to the sports car that Saab makes? How about the RWD car that Saab makes? Perhaps the reason I own my car is that it will run to 60 MPH in 4.7 seconds and the quarter mile in 13.3 at 107. Don't know anything about "prestige"; though I doubt you would be feeling any of you ran up against an E36 or E46 M3. (Disclaimer - I am in no way condoning road racing.)