Dream Garage
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Cars, bikes, motorbikes. Here's what I'd have in my dream garage.
E Type Jag. The most beautiful car ever made for my money.
Maclaren F1. Tore up the rule book and 20 odd years on can still hold its own against modern supercars.
Honda RC30. Brilliantly engineered, legendary reliability, fast by the standard of the day and a fantastic racing pedigree. Still a superb looking bike.
Suzuki RG500. Bonkers, unreliable, thirsty, slow by modern standards but quick in its time if you kept it in the powerband. Every spotty teenagers dream bike in the 80s
Custom Pegoretti. Don't care which one so long as it's a Ciavette paintjob with Campagnolo Record mechanical. Iconic, beautiful, unique and with a history and passion the likes of Trek et al can only dream of.
Custom Passoni titanium. As above, don't care which one. Exclusive, handmade by craftsmen, beautiful in their simplicity.
What would you have in yours and why?
Edit. I reserve the right to change my mind several times when I see what other people have in mind.
E Type Jag. The most beautiful car ever made for my money.
Maclaren F1. Tore up the rule book and 20 odd years on can still hold its own against modern supercars.
Honda RC30. Brilliantly engineered, legendary reliability, fast by the standard of the day and a fantastic racing pedigree. Still a superb looking bike.
Suzuki RG500. Bonkers, unreliable, thirsty, slow by modern standards but quick in its time if you kept it in the powerband. Every spotty teenagers dream bike in the 80s
Custom Pegoretti. Don't care which one so long as it's a Ciavette paintjob with Campagnolo Record mechanical. Iconic, beautiful, unique and with a history and passion the likes of Trek et al can only dream of.
Custom Passoni titanium. As above, don't care which one. Exclusive, handmade by craftsmen, beautiful in their simplicity.
What would you have in yours and why?
Edit. I reserve the right to change my mind several times when I see what other people have in mind.
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Alfa 33 Stradale (makes the e-type look like a bar of soap
Alfa 33 TT - beautiful track car and ticket to any historic racing event
Alfa Giulia GTA Corse - Lotus Cortina slaying Italian beauty and sooooo much fun on cross-plies
Mercedes AMG GTR - modern riot of power and refinement
Gotta love the ambition....
1. G-Wagon for everyday knocking around in and to do weekly food shop at Lidl
2. 68 or 69 Corvette Stingray convertible for the weekend. I first saw one of these in the mid 70s in North Cheam when there used to be a garage up near the traffic lights crossroads that specialised in US cars. Loved them ever since.
3. Aston Martin DB5 in silver of course, who wouldn't? Had the Dinky toy version. Quite like the idea of a real one.
Bikes:
1. Passoni Top Force titanium bike. As per the OP, these are just beautiful bikes.
2. Tomassini VLC3. Never seen one in the flesh, but they look mighty nice.
Speed Boat:
1. Riva Aquarama 99. Italian boat design at its most elegant.
Aeroplane:
1. Pilatus PC-12. The UK distributor is at Bournemouth airport and I often see them parked up outside the hangars. An awesome single turbo prop plane with good range and big enough to carry a few friends and family to the little chateau.
Don't do motorbikes.
Lambretta SX200 or Vespa GS160 - either would do, wouldn't have both as you can only ride one.
Tempted to say a classic Cooper S but I think I'd have a mildly tuned Mini 1275GT in some hideous 70s colour like purple or brown.
A big estate car that would take dogs in the back, I like the big old Volvos and Peugeots but maybe a more modern equivalent.
I'd get Mercian to build me a steel race bike painted in the most gaudy colours possible with Campag Record and a Rolls saddle.
A cyclocross race bike with single front ring.
If I got back into racing I'd get a modern Colnago carbon race bike and a Winter Trainer from Kinesis with Record and a mid range Campag groupset on respectively.
(1) 4 post lift
(2) engine crane
(3) spray booth
(4) giant extraction fan
(5) metal lathe
(6) cnc machine
(7) press drill
(8) wood saw
(9) wood lathe
(10) welders
(11) airtool station
(12) massive work bench
(13) another massive work bench
(14) big American fridge freezer (plumbed in)
(15) sofa
(17) 60" TV
(18) speakers
(19) cage + weights
(20) turbo trainer, running machine, rower, punch bag
(21) wet room shower, toilet, sink
(22) drying room
(23) washing machine and tumble drier
(25) big drain in the middle of the floor I can hose everything into
(26) hose
You forgot your bed!!
For driving round the estate
For noisy weekend fun
For special
Have to say that Stradale is very, very nice!
I'll start with
RC30
Kr1S
TDR 250 as per my old one: stage 3 Farnham tune, billet 6 pot, TZR wheels, AM22/23 track compound tyres, Renthals, fully set up suspension. Best bike in the world ever.
R7 with R1 engine and full Online/Brembo etc as track day bike
998
Very early Porsche 911.
C63 AMG to carry Das Hound and Der bicycles.
Delta Integrale
Abarth 500 CC to go to town in
This shall continue.
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Cars:
LCC rocket would be my weekend / track car.
Volvo estate as the daily car that I can fill with censored . I still miss my V70 for that reason.
Motorbikes:
RC30
BMW R90S
Kwak Z1 (Had one once, not great to ride, but great to look at)
Honda NSR 400
RGV 250
Aprilia AF125 Sintesi Replica (My dream bike when I was 17!)
BMW HP2s
Id keep my BMW R1200s as well. Had it for 10 years and I am quite attached to it.
Bicycles:
? I know very little about them. As long as I have a nice MTB and a nice road bike, I'd be pretty happy! Probably Bianchi as I like the colour. Maybe a Raleigh Winner for nostalgias sake. Not a great bike, but I did thousands of miles on mine as a teenager. Id have to have a Mk2 Raleigh chopper in purple as well!
I'd love another KR1S but as they were so unreliable I'd have to have a spare. So lovely to ride but not as fun as a TDR.
If the right TDR came along I'd swap my RGV for it. Always regret selling my TDR - worst mistake ever.
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Escort Mexico
Bianci Oltre XR4
More bicycles to follow
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Only worth cluttering up your life with that lot if you know what to do with them.
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Hermetically sealed lab coat cabinet.
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I had a TZR as well - they were like a 2 stroke CBR600: just so damn easy to ride fast 'n' smooooooth.
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Honda VFR400R red white an blue livery (had one years ago that got nicked loved riding it though)
Newer bike, not sure The Hondas reliable but not all that quick
Transit connect custom for push and motor bike hauling
Datsun 260/80ZX with a LS1 V8 conversion because jap, and big V8
Jag XF R shooting brake in blue, big enough to haul most things and people, plus sensible enough to turn up to work in without looking like a plum
Current bikes plus a Colnago C60 with campag Record
Easty commuter
Tripster AT
T5 transporter fully kitted out to go to the beach in.
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Toyota HiLux (Old one, bashed up bodywork but perfect underneath) for lugging junk around and pretending to be in Point Break.
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My next door neighbour drives race cars for Audi. LeMans 24 hrs etc. His company car is a RS6 Avant. The 600 horsepower job. May even be the same colour as your pic. Sounds mental when he sets off!
Big phat 50 cal hangin' off the back and a load of homies with AKs......
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Range Rover Velar.
Porsche 928 GT and/or BMW 8 series.
Ducati SuperSport S.
Triumph Thruxton R.
Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat (current bike - will not be sold).
Cannondale Synapse alloy with 'guards for the winter roads
Fuji Altamira 2.7 for the summer roads
Trek 830 Mountain Track frame turned into a gravel bike - for anywhere & everywhere
T6 now mun. You'd need some cash mind.
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911 RS 1973/4.
Audi RS6 Avant, C^ model prefer the slightly older v10 lambo engine over the new. But either way dogs, bikes, and fun
Now to go see what everyone else picked and add to my typical 5 car garage question
Crudder
CX
Toy
Oh yeah, I need one of them too! And a sea kayak. This is going to be a big garage!
Escort Cosworth in rally spec
Caterham Superlight R500
BMW M3 for daily use
Bikes
Honda CR500 for offroad 2 stroke madness
Some sort of old british bike, BSA, Areil, Triumph etc.
MV Agusta F4
Cycles
Windy Milla Massive Attack
Specialized S-Works Sumpjumper
1890s Penny Fathing :-)
2008 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp.
2013 Trek 1.2
1982 Holdsworth Elan.
Ooooh - blimmin' good call
CR500 but with Supermoto wheels, full maxton and massif brembo, innit.
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