Car-nal Desires Tournament - Nominations Thread

[Rain Man]

New tournament time. We're going to pick the collective vehicle of our dreams.

In this thread, I'll ask people to nominate vehicles, using the following rules.

1. This vehicle will be yours at no purchase cost.
2. You will keep your current vehicles, so no need to worry about fitting a baby seat in it or being able to haul mulch.
3. You're responsible for parking it.
4. You pay for gas or electricity.
5. Insurance and maintenance is free to you.
6. The vehicle must be street-legal.
7. The vehicle must actually exist. It cannot be a cartoon or concept drawing. However, it can be a production vehicle, a concept vehicle, a custom vehicle, or anything else that is real.
8. The vehicle being nominated is the exact vehicle shown. You cannot change the color, the interior, the engine size, etc.
9. You cannot use the vehicle to make money. It's only for your personal use.
10. You cannot sell the vehicle.
11. Any type of street-legal vehicle is allowed. You can nominate a car, a truck, a minivan, an RV, a semi-truck, a motorcyle, a classic car, a school bus, whatever. As long as it meets the rules above, it's eligible.

The rules for nominating are below, and are VERY IMPORTANT:

You may nominate only one vehicle within a post. The reason is that I'm not going to keep pasting pictures and descriptions during the tournament. During the tournament I will provide a link to your post ONLY. So it's very important that only one vehicle be described in the post. If you nominate two or more vehicles in one post, your entries will be disqualified.

In your nomination post, you will begin by stating the name of the vehicle: Year, make, and model.

You may include up to five photos of the vehicle. While I would encourage having some interior and exterior shots, it's up to you to decide the best way to present your nominee. All photos MUST be of the same vehicle to avoid confusion about things like color, stereo type, and interior trim. Where possible, upload the photos as images instead of linking unless you're sure that the link will remain active throughout the tournament.

If you would like to include any specs or any argument for why your nominee is the Chiefsplanet dream car (e.g., zero to 60 time, corinthian leather seats, gas milage, bitchin' Crager S/S wheels), feel free to do so.

You are allowed to make more than one nomination. However, each nomination must be made in a single post. There will be no limit on how many vehicles you can nominate, though at some point I'll cut off entries. We'll see how many get nominated before I decide when I'll stop the nomination process.

I'm hoping we don't get 25 variations on the same vehicle, but whatever. If you want to post a 1910 Hupmobile because you think it's notably different than the 1911 Hupmobile that was already nominated, then go for it.

See Post 2 below for the format for nomination. (It may take me a minute to post it.)

[scho63]

Originally Posted by HC_Chief

Have you seen the new Valkyrie? Holy shizz. That car tries to kill you tho, so I'd pass, but man, what amazing engineering.

I can't get in and out of those low cars! Tried once and failed. Very hard

[Dartgod]

This is ChiefsPlanet for Pete's sake! How do we not have a Camaro in the poll?

1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro

Engine: L72 427 V-8
Horsepower: 425 horsepower
Torque: 460 lb-ft of torque
Exterior Color: Grabber Orange
Interior Color: Black

[HC_Chief]

Originally Posted by scho63

I can't get in and out of those low cars! Tried once and failed. Very hard

That one is even worse: you get in through the top. Oof.

Interior is as basic as you can imagine...close to a NASCAR. It really is a race car more than a road car. Watching people try to drive it is amusing. If you aren't an experienced race car driver, that thing will likely kill you or at a minimum end up wrecked.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by scho63

I can't get in and out of those low cars! Tried once and failed. Very hard

I was at a car show once and the dudes working the booth let me get in and out of their Saleen S7.

Let's just say....

Had to crawl out that mother ****er and I aint even a big dude.

[ToxSocks]

I'm not sure i feel about these "hyper cars" and such. They're cool to look at in pictures. The tech is pretty awesome on some of them.

But then you see them in person and realize you can't get a large soda through the window at the drive thru.

[HC_Chief]

Gotta run & jump to get into this bastard. Wench (&melted butter) may be required to get out.

[ToxSocks]

When i was a youngin' a did a video shoot for a company who had one of these Factory Five GTM's. They also had a C6 Zo6.

As cool as the GTM LOOKED, it was a ****ing piece of shit. Give me that factory Zo6 any day.

[scho63]

This a beautiful car 1953 vette

[HC_Chief]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

I'm not sure i feel about these "hyper cars" and such. They're cool to look at in pictures. The tech is pretty awesome on some of them.

But then you see them in person and realize you can't get a large soda through the window at the drive thru.

Yep, most of them are as impractical as they are exotic. That is why I like the Koenigseggs: they have the styling and incredible performance, but they are also comfortable and practical (well, as practical as a multi-million dollar supercar can be)

[scho63]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

I was at a car show once and the dudes working the booth let me get in and out of their Saleen S7.

Let's just say....

Had to crawl out that mother ****er and I aint even a big dude.

I Did the same thing at an Auto Show. I couldn't even get in! Needed to be a flexible gymnast

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by HC_Chief

Another peeve of mine: Why do these cars always gotta be wrapped in suede? Ughhh....

IMO, suede just screams cheap, trendy and unimaginative.

[HC_Chief]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Another peeve of mine: Why do these cars always gotta be wrapped in suede? Ughhh....

IMO, suede just screams cheap, trendy and unimaginative.

Just put some duct tape on it

[digger]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

I am right there with you. But I would go with a Judge in competition orange with a black convertible top. And for God's sake, it has to be a 4-speed!

First car was a 68 LeMans convertible with very rare (for a LeMans) dual gate automatic shifter:

My first car was a 1965 Pontiac Tempest Custom, White convertible. Was stolen while trying to sell it... I think I still have the keys... I loved that Car, but getting gas for it at that time was like needing a loan...

[ToxSocks]

Side note: If i had to pick between Italians sports cars, im taking Ferrari ever Lambo every day of the week. Lambos look cool and all that, but when they're side by side they're night and day.

The fit & finish and luxury appointments in Ferraris are so far and above lambo's. Seems like every time i see a lambo in person it has some lame ass suede interior.

Meanwhile, Ferrari's be like, "dafuq, what they cover these seats in, Unicorn hide?"

[frozenchief]

I'm going to go on a bit of a different tack.

I'd take a Hennessey Motors Goliath 6x6



Info is here:

http://hennesseyperformance.com/vehi...y-goliath-6x6/