Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?

Gunbei and Bob Crump, you and my "Pop" can hang out and talk about cars. He used to have a 1969 red and black Charger R/T with a .060 over 440 / 4 speed in it. His previous car was a 1966 Coronet Convertible with a 426 wedge and a 4 speed. He was sorry that he sold the Coronet to get the Charger when all was said and done. I bet that the Coronet would be worth more money nowadays too.

As to where Bob fits in, my Dad loved his Jetta and supercharged Corrado. He dumped the Corrado for a Taurus SHO and was very sorry. The SHO had a great motor in it but was WAY too "boaty" in terms of the handling that he was used to. I told him that we needed to stuff that SHO motor into his Corrado : )

Personally, i've never been a Mopar fan. Some of their cars looked great ( Charger, Challenger, Cuda, etc... ) but i never dug their motors. I would have been REALLY happy if we could have gotten Ford's racing division hooked up with Chevy's "common sense" division. THEN we would really have something. Ford made the most factory racing parts and always had the best breathing intakes but could never figure out how to get the potato out of their exhaust ports. That's where Chevy's "common sense" approach would have come in handy.

I've always wanted to stuff a massively built Old's quad four into a worked Fiero GT. Talk about a "sleeper" : )

Oh well, just like audio, to each their own : ) Sean
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Had a '70 Hemi Roadrunner and both a '90 G-60 Corrado and a '92 VW Corrado VR-6.....I always liked cheap, mean and easy cars, just like my ex-wives.....

Sean, there two aural deserts in life besides a lovely women's voice that I love. One, is the sound of that lovely voice coming from my ever improving audio rig. And the other is the visceral experience of beautiful engine note.

I work on the west side of Los Angeles, not too far from Beverly Hills, Hollywood, etc...so I see a lot of expensive aluminum cans driving around. I can remember standing on a corner after lunch once and having my attention snatched away by the sound of an idling Ferrari 360 Modena, and the beautiful wail as it trailed away. I think that guy driving it was winding each gear out just for my enjoyment.

Then, there was the time when I was driving to school many years ago on the 405 freeway, and a gorgeous 1970 Dodge Charger in the same paint scheme as the one in Bullitt slowly edged passed me. Even 20 years after I can remember that awesome car and the beautiful sound of it's exhaust. The guy must have had a 4.10 or 4.70 rear axle to have it sound like that at 65mph.

And then, there was the time when I was cruising on the 91 freeway and an all original early 1970's Ferrari Daytona 365GTB Berlinetta cruised pass me in the same manner as the Charger. NOTHING sounds better than the song of a Ferrari V-12 motor. I love that ferocious melody so much, that there are times that I just sit and replay those moments of the movie Gumball Rally where the 365 is accelerating hard or even downshifting.

I had a blast revving the life out of the Integra GSR I once had, and the M3 I currently drive has a seductive, complex note from inside the cabin. Powerful and sexy. But nothing compares to those three moments I described. I wish I could own those on XRCD2!

1. 2002 M5
2. 1999 Ferrari 550
3. I'm already there.

A Ford F-250 Diesel Crew Cab, Fire Engine Red...not exactly a sport vehicle. But we enjoy RV'ing and 30-foot travel trailer does not pull well with a Porsche. Come to think of it, you can't fit 100 bd. feet of white oak into a Porsche either which would prevent me from pursuing my other hobby, furniture building. Sometimes a vehicle is just practical.
Don't mind me, just sour grapes..if I could afford it I would go for a Lotus GT1 type 115 in a heartbeat!