The list of cars I’d like to drive is basically “every car,” in that if you give me a chance to take a spin in or on anything, I’m in. Cheapest economy thing? Give me the keys. Hammered farm truck? Slide over, I’m driving. Forklift? Tractor? Scissor lift? Yes, yes, and yes. Actual “cool” cars, trucks, and motorcycles? Obviously yes.
The list of things on wheels I actually dream of driving is much shorter, and pretty basic, I’m sure. Like every other car person, I’d like to take a turn in a bona fide modern supercar of any stripe – I don’t care if it’s a mere C8 or a Ferrari. I’d also like to drive a full-on monster truck (but no backflips, thank you), and a properly fast snowmobile and Sea-Doo are also on the list. And there’s all the old and/or weird stuff I’d love to experience. 1960s Mini Cooper, Honda City with Motocompo, first-year Viper, Amphicar, Subarus XT and SVX, Honda Prelude Si with AWS, every sporty thing from the 1980s basically … it’s a long list.
Always near the top, though, is a track day on a proper sportbike with a full set of gear and all the training and practice I need to put a knee down like an actual MotoGP rider. That looks incredibly thrilling to me, and I’d love to be able to say I actually did it. Of course, I’d be happy just to fit into a set of leathers, so baby steps.
(I was going to wrap it up there, but the gang has been chiming in on Slack, so I’ll include their comments “Tales From The Slack” style:)
What’s On Your Gotta-Drive (or ride, or fly, or sail) Bucket List? See you in the comments!
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I’d only take the hovercraft if it was full of eels.
I have a fairly long list of cars I’d like to try but probably wouldn’t want to own. O.G. NSX, F50, Countach, Sunbeam Tiger II.
my car without CEL
V12. I did them all except for V12 and rotary….
It’s more of a ‘wanna drive’ rather than ‘gotta drive’ list. For me it includes:
A VW Type 1 Beetle or any early air-cooled VW (haven’t driven any yet)A Citroen 2CV or any old CitroenA manual Kei carA MustangA CamaroModern Dodge Challenger with the manualA MiataA manual BMW MiniThis is a partial list just off the top of my head.
I’ve been thinking of renting these off of Turo every so often.