"Livin in Hilltop Houses, Driving 15 Cars"

Or so goes a lyric currently getting airtime. Which makes me think, what fifteen cars would I like in the stable, and could I get to fifteen cars that I really like enough individually, not merely, hey, toss in a Veyron just because? It actually seems a better question than "what is your favorite car?" which is almost as bad as "what is your favorite suit?" because we have interests from different facets of our personality. Interesting what you find out -- surprised my father wanted an Enzo in there. What's your (up to) fifteen cars? Don't need to be in precise order, though mine are close. Here's mine. Piccys great, as ever: 1. Lister Le Mans full house, non-fastback coupe. A semicustom job based on the Jaguar XJS, with twin superchargers on a V-12 and up to 700 ponies. Elegantly restrained violence, which is a theme for my top three. http://www.krainatapet.pl/tapety/sta...0v12%20001.jpg 2. Aston-Martin DB9. 400+ hp V-12. 3. Mercedes SL65 AMG. Massively torquey, high hp sleeper. I saw one twice, very sweet, and I suspect it lives two blocks from me. Also it has a V12 (can you tell I have a problem with V-12's?) http://www.superhry.cz/tapety/c.php?...4_sl65-amg.jpg 4. Lotus Exige. Violence not so elegantly restrained. For fun and killer looks -- it grins at you constantly the way you do getting out of it. Image happens to be of the Espionage edition, which comes with a matching Gieves and Hawkes suit. 5. 1963 Corvette Coupe. The first of the radical 'Rays. Old-school badassery all the way. It was my first ever 'favorite car.' First time I saw one I screamed. 6. Jaguar XJ-S. I just think it's beautiful, and I love the flying buttresses on the rear deck lid. I still remember the first one of these I saw, and fortunately I drive one. It must have saved my sanity. I want another one. 7. 1967 427cid Corvette Convertible. The apotheosis of everything about the Stingrays, missing only the split rear window. 8. TVR Sagaris. British. Kinda daft. Very violent. Very cool. Very fast. 9. Jaguar XKE Series III. The Zeke (as I call it) has always been a fave of mine -- refined, elegant style. And a V12. 10. Morgan Aero 8. Retro done right -- a PT Cruiser it ain't. Looks like loads of fun, would go well with other hobbies of mine. 11. Marcos TSO GT2. Again British. Daft. Fast. Violent. Shark-like. 12. 1970's Opel GT. The minime of sportscars. I saw one and thought it was the cutest car ever. A baby Sting Ray, with a bit of a daft wart on the hood, though. 13. Plymouth Superbird Always stare when I see one. Watched one burn a major patch of rubber on the street one day. Wasn't actually that cool in poular conception in 1970, but now! 14. 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk. The best of the rocket age. Sleek and not over the top. 15. Jaguar XK120. Takes your breath away. [IMG]http:/http://jaguar.fiboy.com/images/Xk120_OTS.jpg[/IMG] And I've missed a BMW, more Jags, and a few other things. Don't know what that says, but there it is. For whatever reason, my mind won't let me compute things like a Bugatti T57 Atlantic, so these are merely what fits my picture of reality. You may be different, so... Regards, Huntsman

Excellent, guys.

TS, +1 on the 507 (!!!), and the 2000GT

LK, the Delahayes! Breathless. And the Pegaso, I have never seen before.

Yeah, that's my understanding as well, or I wouldn't post anything this gratuitously wasteful of SF bandwidth. As the images reside on other people's servers other places, all that bounces of SF is the line of code for the link -- the avatars probably have a bigger impact. SOmeone correct me if I'm wrong. Regards, Huntsman

I'm liking the love for the Testarossa and the Countach. Interesting that the XKE is in the lead, here. Not that I was counting, but I noticed. ~ Huntsman