What's parked in my Dream Garage?
A few of my car buddies and I have played this game over the past 10 years. Join along and tell me what is parked in your dream garage.
Dream Garage Challenge #1
You have three parking spaces to fill in your garage. You have $300,000 to spend in total on three cars. At least one car must be a four door sedan. Cars can be new or used. What are they?
My Dream Garage choices:
My daily driver - Bentley Arnage T - blue over saddle hides (~2004, $120,000)
Significant other's car - Audi S4 - grey over red leather (new, $55,000)
Fun weekend car - Ferrari 360 Modena - red over tan w/ Tubi (~2001, $125,000)
Dream Garage Challenge #2
You have three parking spaces. You have $150,000 to spend in total on three cars. At least one car must be a four door sedan. What are they going to be?
My Dream Garage choices:
My daily driver - Audi S5 coupe - titanium over red (new, $55,000)
Significant other's car - BMW 335xi - blue over terracotta (new, $50,000)
Fun weekend car - Lotus Exige - orange (2006, $45,000)
Of course, by tomorrow, I will have picked some different cars for the garage. These are my selections for today. Every now and then I will repost this topic with an update...
What about your favorites? What would you park in your garage? Let me know with your comment!
Dream Garage Challenge #1
You have three parking spaces to fill in your garage. You have $300,000 to spend in total on three cars. At least one car must be a four door sedan. Cars can be new or used. What are they?
My Dream Garage choices:
My daily driver - Bentley Arnage T - blue over saddle hides (~2004, $120,000)
Significant other's car - Audi S4 - grey over red leather (new, $55,000)
Fun weekend car - Ferrari 360 Modena - red over tan w/ Tubi (~2001, $125,000)
Dream Garage Challenge #2
You have three parking spaces. You have $150,000 to spend in total on three cars. At least one car must be a four door sedan. What are they going to be?
My Dream Garage choices:
My daily driver - Audi S5 coupe - titanium over red (new, $55,000)
Significant other's car - BMW 335xi - blue over terracotta (new, $50,000)
Fun weekend car - Lotus Exige - orange (2006, $45,000)
Of course, by tomorrow, I will have picked some different cars for the garage. These are my selections for today. Every now and then I will repost this topic with an update...
What about your favorites? What would you park in your garage? Let me know with your comment!
Labels: Aston Martin, Bentley, Club Sportiva, dream garage, exotic car share club, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Maserati, Porsche
posted by Torbin at
11:03 AM
4 Comments:
$300K Limit
My daily driver: 2008 BMW M5 6spd manual-Monaco Blue over light grey $90K
Significant Other's Car: 2008 Audi S4-black on black $55K
Fun Weekend Car: 2008 Porsche 911 Carrera 4s Cabrio-Guards Red over black $110K
$150K Limit:
My daily driver: 2008 BMW M3 Sedan- grey over black $60K
Significant Other's Car: 2007 Subaru WRX STI (the last year of the old model)-white over black $30K
Fun Weekend Car: 2007 Corvette Z06-blue over black $60K
$300K Limit
My daily driver: 2008 Nissan GT-R, Super Silver/Black @ $74K
Significant Other's Car: 2008 Porsche Cayenne V8/Pano Roof/Tiptonic White $81K
Fun Weekend Car: 2008 Ferarri F430 Red over black (what else is there) $173K
$150K Limit:
My daily driver: 2008 BMW 335xi Alpine White/gray $43K
Significant Other's Car: 2008 VW Toureg 2 Alaska Gray w/lock diff & air suspension $52K
Fun Weekend Car: 2008 Porsche Cayman 5 speed Yellow/gray $52K
Well it's been much too long since someone posted their dream garage. I'll go and cannot resist throwing an out of the box item at you in the $150K category. Mind you, for the budgets involved, I think I have my choice which is two cars in the garage and a membership at Sportiva which allows multiple options for that fun weekend car!
But first, the $300K dream garage. Since Torbin and Chasmo's postings have the Ferrari's, I'll leave them off although I think I'd take the 430 or 360 above anything else as the dream car category (I just had not expected to be able to get even a used 430 for under something like $200k).
Now on to the Cars:
My daily Driver and 4 door qualifier: BMW 3 Series, CPO 2007, $40K
Significant Other's Car (also, fun car #2): Porsche Cayman S Tiptronic, CPO 2007 $60K
Fun Weekend Car: Aston Martin DB9 Convertible new 2009, $195K
The $150K garage has the radical option for the 4 door (ok 5 door in this configuration) option. The motivation for this choice is two-fold. The first is the ability to go with the car to be beaten in to the ground on a commute if needed and the second part of the motivation is in saving enough of the budget that two fun cars can be in the garage.
The Cars:
Daily driver: Used 2005/6 Prius with HOV lane stickers. $17K for car with $3K premium for used car with stickers (hey the goal is saving time in bad traffic to be able to drive the fun cars more).
Significant other’s car (also, fun car #2): Porsche Boxster, CPO 2004 Tiptronic, $30K
Fun Weekend Car: Purchased used, Aston Martin Vantage, $95K
The Vantage is the payoff for the Prius for this Garage. I will add that there is a second option on the two fun cars. If the Vantage can’t be had for the $95K, I’d switch slightly and seek out a newer Boxster or used 911 convertible and a used Maserati coupe which can be squeezed under the $130K left after the poor little Prius as the daily driver.
Now folks, let’s hear it. What do you go with for other cars? I’d love to see what else is in everyone’s dream garage. Also, I’m curious as to how many people scoff at the Prius.
Cheers to the great garages you guys have selected. I see some Ferrari patronage as well as some Porsche tendencies. I also like John's comment that he would have a Club Sportiva membership included as well - much appreciated coming from an active Club Member.
We will also see if the Prius snags any comments, but I think everyone here recognizes its importance such that the lack of sportiness is compensated for in green smiles. Many of Club Sportiva's Members actually drive a Prius daily and then use the Club cars as their "fun outlet!"
Who else wants to weigh in on their dream garage?
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