Guilty pleasure cars

So what cars do you secretly like but keep quiet about for fear of ridicule (the GIT does not count in this thread )

Mine --- Capri's - owned a 2.8 but the one I loved was the red 1.6GL which was my second ever car.

Mini clubmans - Am I the only person in the world that prefers these to the standard car?

Fiat 500 (not copy) - I know I would look like Noddy but they are kind of cool.

Why would you keep the Capri a secret? great cars. must admit i have a soft spot for Allegro's now that is sad!

I agree with the 500. Bond Bug,Scimitar and Jenson FF are cars I have always wanted....Oh and one day I will have a Daimler

Sunbeam Stilleto, not Imps though!!

I mean you can't go wrong, rear wheel drive, air cooled, engine behind the rear wheels..... wonder where they got that idea from

I have always had a hankering for one of these

Hustler 6

FIAT X1/9 - quirky and fun little roadster, mid-engined with nice handling and incredibly strong (one of only a few cars designed to meet incredibly tough US safety legislation that was later abandoned as too hard to achieve). Unfortunately very prone to galloping tin-worm.

Chrysler / Talbot Sunbeam. Learned to drive in one. Would like one again just for nostalgias' sake. Possibly even more vulnerable to galloping tin worm than the FIAT.

BMW 8 Series (E31 - the wedge). Huge, impractical and thirsty. Might one day get one as Audi becomes the onanists' transport of choice and BMW gets some respectability back.

Most know I have an aircooled VDub addiction!
Most 70's/80's Ford stuff.
Most 60's/70's Alfas and Lancias

Mav666 wrote:Sunbeam Stilleto, not Imps though!!

I mean you can't go wrong, rear wheel drive, air cooled, engine behind the rear wheels..... wonder where they got that idea from

Sorry but they are definetly water cooled. First car was a Singer Chamois Sport

Cheers Bob

COOLING SYSTEM
Centrifugal pump and fan, thermostatic control for more rapid warm-up, pressurised radiator located on left of engine.

All these years thinking they were air cooled!! I'm now with Glenn and X1/9

A few of us have has X19's

I nearly bought that project green one on the bay the other week, if I'd had a garage it would be sat there right now.

One of those, always wanted and never owned cars for me, same with Mini's in fact

Triumph Acclaim - First car with a 5 speed box
Mini Countryman - Would have one tomorrow if it wasnt for the Tinworm, woodworm and ridiculous price tag.

calisfar wrote:Triumph Acclaim

Good call.

When I was a kid there was a turbo technics Acclaim rotting away over the road.
Very sad.

Sorry to be a party pooper but i dont think i have a guilty pleasure when it comes to cars.
Being young, i like all the newer cars but do apreicate the older ones.

I had both these.. 1300 4sp and 1500 5sp. The earlier was the fastest and the best!

Lord Chris wrote:A few of us have has X19's

Oh indeed ... might still have another now I know a bit more about car electrics I know what you mean about being strong ... mine rolled off a 45 degree drive, down a very steep hill and killed a VW Polo. All I had to do was beat out the bumper iron on the X19, buy flowers for my neighbour and lie on an insurance claim form. Not sure a dodgy handbrake mechanism would have covered the £3k write off cost of the Polo and I didn't want to find out

Talking of guilty secrets ... I had quite forgotten about that neighbour until now

PompeySteve wrote:

Lord Chris wrote:A few of us have has X19's

Oh indeed ... might still have another now I know a bit more about car electrics I know what you mean about being strong ... mine rolled off a 45 degree drive, down a very steep hill and killed a VW Polo. All I had to do was beat out the bumper iron on the X19, buy flowers for my neighbour and lie on an insurance claim form. Not sure a dodgy handbrake mechanism would have covered the £3k write off cost of the Polo and I didn't want to find out

Talking of guilty secrets ... I had quite forgotten about that neighbour until now

The X1/9 was designed to meet some proposed US crash legislation that stipulated the car must survive a 50mph head-on and 80mph roll-over. The FIAT could, but the US abandoned the legislation because it was too hard for most manufacturers to implement. Not surprised one managed to demolish a Polo.

... yes and it was going backwards!

I like yours by the way Chris ... mine had the (in hindsight useful!) but quite ugly bumpers.

All old Minis, but that's not really a secret!

I quite like Austin 1100 / 1300, and I would dealy love a Citroen DS but the whole hydraulic set up scares me

yes an old DS in black with black leather interior is about the coolest car you can get

X1/9 was a childhood dream car for me as aI had a matchbox one in the famous pea green colour!
Would still like to get one at some point though

I had that Matchbox (Corgi?) model too!

If petrol was free I would have this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-MERCEDES-BENZ-CL-CL500-Auto-/190492157035?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c5a37a46b