As the title states, what vehicle are you a huge fan of but would never want to deal with the ownership experience?
For me, I think all the early 1900’s high-end luxury cars are awesome. Rolling around in a 1920s Rolls Royce or Duesenberg would give you instant Batman or Bond Villian energy and I think that’s awesome. However, knowing that parts don’t exist for those cars, and the mechanical upkeep that needs to be done just to drive them would be financial suicide.
F355, 550 Maranello, Diablo and Murcielago
Any McLaren. They’re my favorite cars aesthetically-speaking and their performance is insane. However, all the horror stories of ownership makes me want to just rent them for track experiences and not actually buy them (not that I’d be able to afford one anyway).
Any McLaren for me
E60 M5 or Guila Quad
Any classic sports car that is hard to drive, has terrible reliability, terrible visibility, and is insanely expensive to maintain and repair.
While part of me really wants to buy a car like this, I have enough stress in my life.
Anything German
I would happily own a car from the 20s. Parts aren’t available, but for not much money I can buy a mill and a lathe and fabricobble together whatever I need. They’re not complicated to work on.
I think a 992 GT3 Cup would be neat, but I think that the lack of everything would drive me insane.
Ever since that Top Gear episode, I’ve joked I’ve wanted the civilian version of the Maruader:
The V10 M5 (E60)
3000 GT VR4. You can’t fit a pinky in that engine bay.
Porsche 944
Jaguar E type. They’re art on wheels, but those repairs…
Tough choice between a cramped w12 VW Phaeton or a really angry Dorito in a RX7. But that’s on the affordable side
If we’re talking any car I would absolutely kill for a Lancia Stratos or a Ford RS200
Funny, for me the answer is late 1900s high end luxury cars.
Arnage T Red Label, C43 or C55, M5, etc. I just can’t imagine I’ll ever be in a spot where the price vs maintenance costs vs enjoyability factor will ever make sense. In other words, I could buy one now, but maintenance scares me and I can’t imagine driving it enough to justify the initial of ownership.