Car-nal Desires: Round 1, Heat 1

[Rain Man]

We have 84 entries in the tournament, and we'll collectively narrow the list down to the one Chiefsplanet dream car.

PICK TWO FROM EACH LIST ON THE POLL.


1957 Plymouth Fury* https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...&postcount=123
1959 VW Deluxe "Samba" Bus (aka transporter) with sunroof option. Walk-thru font seats with full-length middle seat option, safari windshields and an ambulance step. https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...0&postcount=24
Koenigsegg Jesko https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...8&postcount=38
1975 Porshe 911 Turbo https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...6&postcount=13




Recall the rules below. (Rule #5 was modified slightly from the nomination thread.)

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 up to $3,000 per month is free to you. You cover the next $1,000 if the expenses are higher, and then after that the expenses are covered. So for a high-end vehicle you'll cover a max of $1,000 per month.
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.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

It might be wise to have these numbers in the poll option so I stop voting for stuff that would cause me to have to sell my house in 6 months.

Now I feel kind of guilty because I initially said that our benefactor would cover all of the maintenance. Then I thought that just pushes people toward the most expensive cars, which often got nominated, so I put a limit on it. I wanted a limit that would make people pay something for the most expensive cars.

Oh - we're early. I'm going to change the rule to compromise. You'll pay any amount between $3,000 and $4,000, and then the benefactor will take over again. So top-end expenses will be $1,000 per month.

[stevieray]

911 Turbo

Damn straight.

[cdcox]

I'm still a quite hesitant on the Jesko as being the most fun. I see people crashing high end sports cars routinely on Reddit out of shear inexperience. Of course I am not going to mash the accelerator on the first tour of the countryside upon delivery. But I would have to rearrange several aspects of my life to take deliver on on $3.4M car. How often would I drive it? In summary, you might say I have tacit reluctance.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cdcox

I'm still a quite hesitant on the Jesko as being the most fun. I see people crashing high end sports cars routinely on Reddit out of shear inexperience. Of course I am not going to mash the accelerator on the first tour of the countryside upon delivery. But I would have to rearrange several aspects of my life to take deliver on on $3.4M car. How often would I drive it? In summary, you might say I have tacit reluctance.

Agreed. I went with the van as something I would enjoy practically. I was then torn on the others and went with the Jesko. But learning more about costs, I should have voted for the Porsche. The Jesko doesn't seem like something I should be driving in downtown Denver traffic.

[Shiver Me Timbers]

write in vote
2007 Porsche GT3 RS

[RedRaider56]

Samba bus & Porsche

[mr. tegu]

That Jesko is certainly pretty awesome but I would never drive it. I would drive the Porsche pretty rarely but does that override how cool it would be to simply own the other car? So debates on whether it’s more fun to own a car versus driving a much lesser car a few times a month that isn’t exactly an awesome experience anyways are definitely going to be prevalent.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by cdcox

The Jesko will cost more than $24,000 to insure. I bet a brake job would cost that too. Not really practical to own that car without significant disposable income per year.

It definitely does, probably closer to 50k a year.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

That Jesko is certainly pretty awesome but I would never drive it. I would drive the Porsche pretty rarely but does that override how cool it would be to simply own the other car? So debates on whether it’s more fun to own a car versus driving a much lesser car a few times a month that isn’t exactly an awesome experience anyways are definitely going to be prevalent.

Owning and not driving is a travesty.

[mr. tegu]

I just don’t see wanting to pay $1,000 a month for the Jesko to just sit in the garage. Porsche it is for me.

[ChiefBlueCFC]

Jesko and the Plymouth Fury

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by stevieray

911 Turbo

Damn straight.

Damn right.

[ToxSocks]

The difference between the Jesko and everything else is that you likely wouldn't drive the Jesko on anything other than a track. The power, the driving stance, the cost of repair will pretty much scare most people from ever actually driving it on a normal road.

At least you could enjoy the other cars whenever you felt like it.

[ToxSocks]

And i see everyone already beat me to that...

[ToxSocks]

Also, why not just skip the insurance thing and keep cars in classes? Exotic/Sports/Everything else?

And then at the end, one final poll to rule them all.