If the price of petrol and road tax wasn't an issue..

listermint

Always wanted to try a range rover out for a while.

ShadowHearth

This. Petrol is not even an issue, just fecking Tax.

DAZP93

listermint wrote: »

A CSL is an M3 ... Variant on the same model. Various subtle sported up bits but its an M3. Splitting hairs too much

I'm rediculously fussy when it comes to origininality

renofan

DAZP93

Loving the fact so many beemers are appearing in the thread..

thecomedian

ShadowHearth wrote: »

This. Petrol is not even an issue, just fecking Tax.

Very nice!

listermint

Front would be ruined by our crappy reg plate

Tabnabs

Volvo S80 V8 AWD SE LUX.

Tea 1000

This should give trouble free motoring for a good few miles and years, so with tax and fuel looked after, then I'd be good to go!
Lexus
(Just a change from the bavarian bunch!!)

Chriscl1

vxr8 bathurst

TouchingVirus

listermint wrote: »

Ive got one, Its not Phoenix But it Shines it the Sunshine

But can your roof retract for those sunny days? :pac:

I'd give the M3 vert a rest for an E39 M5, and M6 if I feel like splashing out a small bit or save every bit of money I could have for a '67 Mustang Shelby GT500.

Voodoomelon

renofan wrote: »

B7

Surely the €160k+ price tag is more of a stumbling block than tax and fuel?

Could afford it either way but M6 mmm

Ronnie Beck

DAZP93 wrote: »

Loving the fact so many beemers are appearing in the thread..

MetzgerMeister

TouchingVirus wrote: »

But can your roof retract for those sunny days? :pac:

Never go full retract :P

OP, I think you can add huge import tax to your list!

For me:

djimi

Pretty much the only thing stopping me from buying a Skyline is the tax and running costs!

renofan

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Surely the €160k+ price tag is more of a stumbling block than tax and fuel?

I'm taking it that if I didn't give a toss about fuel/tax than I must be in a position to purchase it! Sadly a dream though

thecomedian

Fuel and tax I've learned to live with.
It's the cost of parts that would scare me, I'd probably look at old AMG, M5s or RS6s

Chris_Heilong

This

or
this

evolutionqy7

Id go for a Skyline GTR R34, dreamt of that since I was in school. Would be slightly impractical to own with the cost of petrol.

Otherwise I'd go for an E46 M3 like a lot of other people here

I currently drive a Hyundai i30 CRDI

djimi

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Id go for a Skyline GTR R34, dreamt of that since I was in school. Would be slightly impractical to own with the cost of petrol.

Pretty much my dream car!

kaimera

amg merc
or the bmws or mustang

ARGINITE

Mazda RX8

useless

Jaguar XKR

Dord

AMG 500 SEC without a doubt. Might as well do it in style. 5L V8! :cool:

dar83

H3llR4iser

So, to make a long story short:

Because of motor tax and fuel costs, everybody and their neighbors in Ireland drives a BMW.

If there was no motor tax and fuel was free, everybody would drive a BMW.

Hooray for personality and originality :P:confused::P:confused:

So let's see:

Scenario 1
Motor tax and fuel still cost as they do for everyone, but let's say I win some lottery giving me free lifetime motor tax and fuel.
I'd get some of these:




(This last one being a childhood favourite due to "Dukes of Hazzard"!)

Case 2

Motor tax and fuel are free for everybody - in this case, big engined/performance cars would not depreciate as dramatically as they do and we'd all be back driving Fiestas (although they'd probably be ultra-inefficient, 90bhp 3.0L )

ShadowHearth

Is this a Dream car thread or a real world option if tax or petrol would not be crippling?

AllthingsCP

I drive a 1.6 petrol Passat, Honestly would not change i love it best car i ever had.

MetzgerMeister

H3llR4iser wrote: »

So, to make a long story short:

Because of motor tax and fuel costs, everybody and their neighbors in Ireland drives a BMW.

Yeah I drive a BMW so that I can get c. 25mpg and spend €1500 a year on tax :pac: