unlimited budget, what would you do?

[Red Mk1]

Ok, not really an article, but wasnt sure where to post this.. (moderators feel free to meve...)

but.... what if you had an unlimited amount of money to spend on a car, (and you're only allowed to buy one) what would you buy....honestly, i know we're all vw nuts....but Aston Martin DB9's or Vanguish are pretty damn nice.... would my love for golf's (especially that dahlback one i keep crapping on about) hold out with an unlimited bank account...hmmmm what would you guys do to your car ? what car would you choose, you can spend as much as you want and build a totally custom car if you wanted to...

for me it would be:

Aston Martin DB9 Race version
http://xs30.xs.to/pics/05215/ASTON-MARTIN-DBR9-125.jpg

VS

VW Golf Dahlback
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/

[imported_brackie]

What do you reckon? I'm going to re-hash the whole site tomorrow (some things ain't working the way I thought the would) so this sort of post would be better in a discussion area??? This is a community forum so I need you guys to tell me what you want!

[Red Mk1]

yeah! even if you make a general discussion part... then all the random ramblings etc. can go in there...

[Golf Loon]

I`d buy a BMW 850 for $50,000. They are lush. I know its not VW, but at least its not a ricer.

[Red Mk1]

nice!!! like this one?
:D

http://xs30.xs.to/pics/05216/bmw850.jpg

[Golf Loon]

Yup, but i`ll have a black or dark blue one please. V12 Thanks
Until then, I`ll be happy with an exteremely fast golf.

[imported_brackie]

I'd buy a Golf TDi No question! (But also a Peugot 407 diesel for the wife.) Amazing what you can do on an unlimited budget, ain't it?

[Red Mk1]

"(But also a Peugot 407 diesel for the wife"

getting greedy...only one car! thats the rules :)

[Golf Loon]

Good work on being turbo intercooled too mate!

[Red Mk1]

what exactly does that mean??? that i post a lot??

[imported_brackie]

And good on ya!

[finemk1]

id buy a mazda 121 buble and put a chev 350 in the ass, ,why? i dunno. why not i hate bubbles........

serious id prob get a escort cossie and pump that to the max

[Golf Loon]

an escort mate. BAH. Be rusted out by now anyway.
VR6 Anyone? I`m still owed a go in one.

[finemk1]

not those old ass stinking escorts the newer 4wd 2lt turbo one, like in recent world rallys with those weird ass rear wings, fairly gay actually but id take it off.................

ok ok i change me mine id take a TVR the one in sword fish thanks!

[static1800]

im quite sure im going to get scorned for this but....
a 1972 Valiant E-49 Charger, only 149 ever produced only around 100 remain today. Im sorry they were my first love ive wanted one since i was 12 it can't be helped.
http://www.chargerclubofwa.asn.au/MembersCars/Images/rte4921.jpg

[imported_brackie]

im quite sure im going to get scorned for this but....
a 1972 Valiant E-49 Charger, only 149 ever produced only around 100 remain today. Im sorry they were my first love ive wanted one since i was 12 it can't be helped.

No mate. We're all car lovers here and a lot of us have different marques in the carport. That was an awesome car in its day and deserves a place in Oz history (as does the Monaro, P76 Targa, Falcon GT etc.

[MADMK1]

LOTUS ELISE XTREME!!!

[Golf Loon]

Go the Charger. Dukes of Hazzard Stylee. I have wanted one forever too, but it would have to be Hemi orange.

[midget]

hmmm....


unlimited bank account

i know this is gonna sound corny, still techinically a VW

BUGATTI BUGATTI BUGATTI!!!

http://automobile.2405.com/automobile_gallery/Bugatti/Veyron/15_Bugatti_Veyron_2405.jpg


FROM START TO GO
:? :) :D :lol: :shock:

[WABIT]

a mk5 r36 with TWIN turbo and TWIN 3.6lt engines and it has to be AWD :D

wabit

[ausgolfer]

I'd have a Mclaren F1 was at the top for over 15 years. A 3 seater driver central supercar. And I wouldn't be suprised if it was more practical and quicker around a track than the new Bugatti.

Anyway there's talk of a car to blow the Bugatti off the street pretty soon. :twisted: :twisted: 1500hp worth of gas turbine :twisted:

[SOHC]

I would probably juz have a Noble M15 n any VAG cars... Lambo, Bugatti etc.

[16valvertwin45s]

FORGET THE MODERN EXOTICA GIVE ME AN OLD PORKER 356 SPEEDSTER

[mollins]

Ariel Atom ... nuts road legal open wheeler!! 600bhp per tonne!!

http://xs300.xs.to/xs300/06183/autocar_supercharged.jpg (http://xs.to)

or a lovely morgan aero 8 GTN with new bmw v8

http://xs300.xs.to/xs300/06183/hh.png (http://xs.to)

or a Koenigsegg, or an RS4 Avant, or a GT2 Carrera, or a supercharged mini moke, or a Bowler Wildcat, or a lotus exige ... (i know you said only 1 car but dont force me to choose!!)

[DOHCDAVE]

I'd have to say, since i'm a golf nut, full race spec 2lt20vt mk1 awd seq shift, padle shift, carbon fibre everythink.
What a crazy ride it would be :!: .
As my rides crazy with the 16v in it now.
more power. No wait
r32 twin turbo m1 awd c 8) l

[golf3]

there's a morgan in aus...

I saw it at phillip island one day...

looks cool, apart from its cross-eyed look... as everyone knows!

[GoLfMan]

mk4 R32 Twin Turbo fully blueprinted engine. 8)

[irsa]

LWB midroof T5 Multivan Business 3.6 4motion. Get Dr Seb to supercharge it, lower it on some 19" BBS LMs and have some fun. I wonder if Cayenne Turbo brakes fit.

[Bug_racer]

Geez , that will be a project and a half . The 3.6 has a smaller V angle so a supercharger on that would be interesting . Any reason why supercharger over turbo ?

[irsa]

Geez , that will be a project and a half . The 3.6 has a smaller V angle so a supercharger on that would be interesting . Any reason why supercharger over turbo ?

Heat and space. Haven't really had the chance to have a good look at a V6 T5 Transporter, don't think I've actually seen one yet, but I assume under bonnet space would be similar to the T4. VF engineering in the US does a kit for the 24 valve T4 V6 useing a centrifigal supercharger. Plus I feel that the lower rpm torque that a screw type supercharger, Sprintex, tend to produce would be better for a 2 tonne bus as opposed to a turbo setup, even a twin turbo. Although the thought of this thing with a BOV does appeal to me for some reason.

[Rednut]

or a lovely morgan aero 8 GTN with new bmw v8

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/ (http://xs.to)



^--- hahaha. that looks like a nerd with crossed eyes and glasses..

i'd go the jetta out of The Fast and The Furious or an enzo


ps: brackie.. why would you go a diesel if you had an endless budget??????????????? weirdo :oops:

[Rednut]

or a lovely morgan aero 8 GTN with new bmw v8

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/ (http://xs.to)



^--- hahaha. that looks like a nerd with crossed eyes and glasses..

i'd go the jetta out of The Fast and The Furious(which is now owned by the kid that played malcolm in Malcolm in the Middle) or a Farrari
Enzo(after seeing it on Top Gear)


ps: brackie.. why would you go a diesel if you had an endless budget??????????????? weirdo :oops:

[mikinoz]

MG TD MkII red leather interior on white that my grandfather fully restored and then gave to my mum (who sold it when i was born to pay for the deopsit of my parents first home - grr, how inconsiderate...)

like this ;)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/05/1954MGTDwhitere3-1.jpg

[ibeezer]

I'd have a ruf ctr yellobird, with a stefan roser installed behind the wheel, anywhere on the nordschleife. If anybody hasnt seen the vid

[joshyd-mk2gti]

ultimately id have a carerra gt for the weekends
http://cache.jalopnik.com/cars/carerra_gt_917.jpg

and a b7 rs4 for during the week
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j6/eddjapo/pics/treopics004.jpg

sooo hot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/LaVoMilo/IMG_2701-vi.jpg


realistically id like a mk2 with a mk5 tdi engine, a datsun 1600 with a sr20det or an e30 m3. if anyone wants to donate some money, pm for my bank details :lol:

[el_foolio]

I think id do something a liiiittle like this:
http://xs102.xs.to/xs102/06243/8_800.jpg (http://xs.to)

[tassie_euro_mk1]

oooo very nice.

Me, I'd do something like this.
Look how simple it looks. How clean it is. How fat, no wait...PHAT, those sexy Borbet A's are (9" to be exact). look how black its is. Topped of with a stripped interior, beautiful chrome roll cage. And of course a very very fast 2.0L 16v turbo engine. MMM....

http://xs302.xs.to/xs302/06243/scan0002.jpg (http://xs.to)

[deemoE36]

a mk5 r36 with TWIN turbo and TWIN 3.6lt engines and it has to be AWD :D

wabit

ALL THE WAY BRO!!!
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/06/125ec160-1.jpg

[Satanstoenail]

Ok now I'm drooling....

[vinderliker]

Hmmm, maybe fitting the Bugatti engine into my Passat!!!!

No rearly probably the new 911 Turbo a "practical" super car, or maybe a worked R32 or a worked GTI Golf, or maybe a worked Passat all done by HPA or APR. Sorry but I also like the P5 Ford LTD, Landau virtually a luxo GT. But really my list is so long I could write an essay on what I would get with unlimited funds, I suppose I am a Car S%#T.
James

[peter_j_g]

For the ultimate VW/Audi, how about this.... (and diesel too!)

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/audi_news/article_1832.shtml

[ausgolfer]

Think I'll go for a Veyron engine and drive train conversion into my mk 2 j: along with carbon fibre body, naturally.

http://www.exoticcars.ws/cars/bugatti-veyron.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/06/IMG_3706-3.jpg

EASY!

[deemoE36]

heres a topic i like...

1. mkV ABT 3door GTi (drool)
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/06/abtgti05_03-3.jpg

2. http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/06/1967FordMustangGT500M-3.jpg

3.hamann BMW
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/06/BMWHamann-3.jpg

[Spyda]

Unlimited budget..... the only problem would be time.

My list would go on forever.

[Alex]

AusGolfer got it.

Veyron.

I'd also have a Renault R26 F1 Car, a LandRover SC Sports, Jet Ski, Quad Bike, a Mig 21, Lotus Exige

and my Mk1

[ScienceVR6]

I'd like a Caterham CSR 260 thanks,
"This Cosworth-powered roller skate will hit 100km/h from rest in 3.1sec, tops out at 250km/h and, the makers say, delivers more smiles per mile than anything else on the road. "
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/06/csr260-2.jpg

[MattyT]

While it would be easy to just splurge it all on a supercar and leave it be, I think we're all too much of the tinkering/fiddling folk to leave it at that.

I'd love to experiment with mid-mounting engines in all sorts of ordinary cars. A Mk3 VR6, a Mk4 R32, a wrx, the list could go on forever.