Osler's Razor

The Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet is my definition of eye candy. I can only sit and dread the day they too "go green" and somehow manage to lose all sense of style in the process...
 

1965 GMAC Panda
 

I don't have car envy. The car pictured is sharp looking, kind of like a silver version of my Passat.

Let me take that envy back. I saw a convertible in the VW showroom yesterday. I miss my Sebring convertible and the new VW looked really sharp.
 

thecamaro iroc z - 1986 or so. really :)
 

Seriously, I covet your car Osler. The Mazdaspeed3 is the sweetest small car made. What is it, 300 hp jammed into a little car?
 

I don't know if what I have is car envy only because it goes away so quickly. Once I realized that my fascination with a particular model fades quickly, I realized it was really more car lust. Although I will say I do have a deep longing for all things BMW.
 

I'll take any one of the cars owned by Bates or Underwood. They can choose amongst their fleets.
 

'78 Eldorado.
 

Audi TT 3.2 Coupe, oh yeah.
 

Special Ed in the Eldorado. Yow.
 

2003 BMW M5. Last year of the e39. 'Nuff said.
 

I had a similar response to the new BMW hardtop convertible. It is a fun car that can be pitched to the family as practical. Rear "seatettes" and an insurance rating as a regular coupe instead of a convertible.
 

1970 Cadillac convertible. Sky blue. White top. White interior. So sweet.

Picture me rollin'
 

RRL--

I think it would be fun to see you in the Cadillac racing EBC4 in his Eldorado. Low annnnd slowwww....
 

Chevy Silverado 4x4 pickup truck
 

BMW 135. Whoop!
 

"1970 Cadillac convertible. Sky blue. White top. White interior."

Whooooo! That's what I'm talking about.

We should race on the bridge. Loser has to buy dinner on the winner's side of town.
 

Bates may gladly give you the car he drove into the flood last summer with unidentified woman.

Fins, mask and snorkel included!
 

BMW 5-series sedans. Sigh.
 

Subaru.

Or, you know, anything with a steering wheel, tires and doors.

Hey Ginger I think IPLAW used to have that Audi TT. Before he got married.
 

You know I am pretty sure that Lexus you like is actually a realllly reallly nice Corolla.
 

Evo
 

Tyd, yeah it is a single man (or woman)'s car...and like the Prof's pick, not the flashiest of cars, but oh, it can quicken the pulse.

When I saw the Audi R8 in the Iron Man movie, I was smitten...or maybe that was just Robert Downey Jr? :)
 

Alas, I'm not a car person. My years living abroad have made me dislike the gas, insurance, price, upkeep, and the fact that people keep running into my cars, even when they're in my driveway. Better than a car would be to live in a town with GREAT public transportation and everything of value (cinema, Indian restaurants, bookstores, museums, Whole Foods, concert venues) within walking distance. Then, if you really, really need a car, you rent one on weekends.
That would be bliss for me.
RFDIII
 

Anon. 1:52 -

That would be DC. And you can grab a ZipCar when you need to flee the the 'burbs for some reasonably priced gasoline, food, shopping, space to breath, green grass...
 

Tyd,

I had the Audi A4 Convertible. Which I miss as a car to drive. But the constant stupid minor repairs drove me nuts.

My dream car would be a late 60's Plymouth Barracuda or Dodge Challenger. I must admit that I am not sure if the Dodge ever had a convertible, but I know the 'Cuda version did.

Of today's cars, the Lexus SC600 convertible or whatever the number is, is very sharp.

I drove a convertible for 21 years and desperately want to get back into one. Someday...
 

Porsche Cayenne ...Turbo!
 

Aston Martin Vanquish.

Except that's a dirty luxury good meant only to entice fools out of their money. We should all drive around in solid, dependable cars made by a nationalized auto industry, without any of the frippery or tomfoolery that comes from luxury, capitalist automobiles.

(In reality, I drive a Ford Escape, and my next vehicle purchase in 5-6 years will be a Ford Escape Hybrid, assuming, of course, the continued existence of Ford.)
 

I had the Yugo Convertible. Which I miss as a car to drive. But the constant stupid minor repairs drove me nuts (that's when I started hitting the slaw).

My dream car would be a late 60's Robert Downey Jr. or Dodge Challenger.

Of today's cars, the Lexus FDR5000"Snoopy" coupe, is very sharp. I have been sketching it on the back of my binders for a while.

I drove a convertible for 21 years and desperately want to get back into one. Sometimes, at the mall or band camp or whatever, I crawl into one and hide for a while, but this one time the cops came and found me and then that violated my parole and I had to serve 3 years in a Utah prison with a bunch of those Summum people.
 

I love IPSlawGuy and want to marry him and ride in his Yugo.
 

I didn't know there was a field of law focused solely on the International Primatological Society. One tiny letter iplawguy and instead of being oneo f those guys from Star Trek you could be one of those guys from Planet of the Apes.
 

Nobody envies my vehicle (Ford F-150) until they have to move. Then people think it's the greatest thing ever. I wonder why that is.

I envy any vehicle that gets more than 40 mpg. It could look like a broke-down jalopy for all I care, as long as it gets good mileage on the highway. If I had to pick a vehicle to envy, it would be a motorcycle, specifically a 1986 Honda Shadow V750.
 

1964 Shelby Cobra. A neighbor of mine had a replica of that with a 425 hp engine, it was on $2000 rims with more spokes than I can count. That car was beautiful and beat Porsches and Ferraris in street races. My friend asked the owner when he lost a race and he got serious and said, "Never." He has been pulled over just because the officers wanted to find out about his car and what was under the hood.
 

Any Mini Cooper causes envy in me. Especially since I don't own a car . . . I don't necessarily want one, except when I see a red Mini Cooper. Or pretty much any shiny Mini Cooper.
 

Any Mini Cooper causes envy in me. Especially since I don't own a car . . . I don't necessarily want one, except when I see a red Mini Cooper. Or pretty much any shiny Mini Cooper.
 

Yes, RFDIII, you need to come to Woodley Park, in DC. We got ALL those things here. And Zipcars, which I use.
 

The Lexus SC Pebblebeach Edition. Once I saw that car I instantly realized how guys feel about cars... someday I will own one.
 

Since I drive the quintessential "grandmother mobile" (1992 Pontiac Bonneville, silver w/ red interior; and yes, it was owned by my grandmother), basically anything I see on the road gives me car envy.
 

Trabant?
 

International Harvester Scout. Oh, yeah...
 

I would like a REALLLLLY safe, kid freindly, CLEANABLE, good gas mileage, reliable car. OH and it cant be TOO dorky.

AND I would LOVE if it had those power doors esp the back? like on our minivan? those are awesome.

AND it HAS TO have (HAS TO!) like the back window has to be the back of the car.. Like a hatchback /station wagon type thing.

I CANNOT drive a car with a trunk. I crash them.
Always.

Maybe a Hybrid Toyota Highlander?

Too bad they are like 50K.
 

Tyd, you need to get the Pontiac Aztek. It is YOU.
 

BMW G4, convertible. Almost as good as either my Vega or Chevett..., but not as nice as the Pacer my friend Bill had. That was an awesome car.
 

AS Americans I guess this all says a lot about us...mine: one that doesn't exist: a zero-emission, renewable energy-sourced Subaru Outback (4WD, of course, for mountain travel).
 

My family had a Pacer. It was a nice car.
 

I LOVE the Subaru outback. Esp the PZEV.. but an AZTEK ??? are you INSANE??? that car is so not ME.

Blecch hahah

The school nurse at Summer Camp had a Pacer. Way cool. Like a Wayne Campbell Mobile!
 

I'd rather get a horse.
 

Porsche Carrera.
Bond's Aston Martin (any of them).

...and Barbie limos. Why does stupid Barbie get a limo and the Puffalumps don't get anything?!
 

Anything, anything convertible. I once traded cars for a week with a college boyfriend. I drove his "modified" Bronco, doors removed, roof removed, while he drove my P.O.S. Pontiac that used to belong to my mother. Heaven! The trade, not the boyfriend.

Mrs. CL
 

1988 Pontiac Fiero.