Anyone on here own any Exotic cars?

08-13-2009, 06:35 PM

Just curious to see how many yacht enthusiasts on the boards also own exotic cars....chime in what you got hidden in your garages guys?

K1W1 · 08-13-2009, 07:54 PM

Your request may want some expansion as exotic cars to some might mean Mercedes to others it might mean an early model side valve banger

NYCAP123 · 08-13-2009, 08:34 PM

My garage used to have a 1969 Triumph Bonniville 650 and a 900 Honda Custom (shaft drive, 10 speed). Not overly exotic but fun. These days it just has a John Deer.

Ken Bracewell · 08-13-2009, 09:00 PM

I'm rolling a Segway these days.

My wife, on the other hand, is driving a Cayene Turbo S and a Mecedes E320 Bluetec

FISHTIGUA · 08-13-2009, 11:12 PM

Does a 1963 Land Rover 88" canvas top wagon with no side windows sound exotic enough?

$650 and she's yours.......OK $500 and take it away but clean up the oil patch when you leave.

I also had a Honda 900 custom (the same colour as Ed's) two-tone dog-doo brown with a slightly lighter golden doo-doo brown.

K-lassie brown I think they called it.

NYCAP123 · 08-13-2009, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by FISHTIGUA

Does a 1963 Land Rover 88" canvas top wagon with no side windows sound exotic enough?

$650 and she's yours.......OK $500 and take it away but clean up the oil patch when you leave.

I also had a Honda 900 custom (the same colour as Ed's) two-tone dog-doo brown with a slightly lighter golden doo-doo brown.

K-lassie brown I think they called it.

Ah no, mine was burgundy with a black Veta fairing and trunk. Loved that bike.

FISHTIGUA · 08-13-2009, 11:34 PM

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Ah no, mine was burgundy with a black Veta fairing and trunk. Loved that bike.

Ah, did you ever get a full grown billy-goat stuck between the forks and the downpipes at 30mph on a dirt road? Everything went brown for a moment or two.

I used to work in garage were we sold and serviced Porsche, Audi, Bentley, Aston Martin and other Latin exotica. The Astons were my favourites to drive but my heart is still with Alfa Romeos (the 5th one has now gone).

YachtForums · 08-13-2009, 11:52 PM

Not sure if Honda's qualify as exotic, but here's my 1997 Acura NSX. Bought it almost 3 years ago with 12,000 miles. Today it has 15,000. This is the 3rd NSX for me, in red no less. It hibernates in my warehouse and rarely comes out to play. Apparently, I'm preserving it for the next owner...

AMG · 08-14-2009, 03:33 AM

If rear-mounted, flat-six, aluminium, air cooled engines are exotic, I have two..

The 1966 Corsa is like new and the 1997 Porsche 993 S is not bad either...

Mov-it! · 08-14-2009, 05:28 AM

I drive a design classic. the pinnacle of functionality; a 7 seat Volvo 960 Estate in the Pullman version which was exclusively sold in Switzerland.

You have to be a total Volvo nerd to appreciate this one of course.

Norseman · 08-14-2009, 05:39 AM

Just adopted this E-500, not sure if it is exotic..

Seafarer · 08-14-2009, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by FISHTIGUA

Does a 1963 Land Rover 88" canvas top wagon with no side windows sound exotic enough?

$650 and she's yours.......OK $500 and take it away but clean up the oil patch when you leave.

Do you ship internationally?

Currently down to one "exotic" project (somewhere between classic and as exotic as American iron gets) - a 1970 Boss 429 Mustang in the course of slow restoration. A handful of my brothers' motorcycles populate the space in the garage which should be filled by another machine emblazoned with the Cavallino Rampante, though the right one has not yet been found.

Pascal · 08-14-2009, 01:09 PM

72 E-type V12 coupe...
daily driver, not a trailer queen... at last count i had driven it to/thru 45 states over the past 9 years ( the pic below was taken in Idaho...)

travler · 08-14-2009, 01:59 PM

if older muscel cars count i have a few left , and a alpina as a daily driver ,any body going to montery ca for the car show this week end and next week

keep your nose up in the turns travler

YachtForums · 08-14-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Pascal

72 E-type V12 coupe... daily driver, not a trailer queen. At last count i had driven it to/thru 45 states over the past 9 years

You must have a secondary car to this, right? Let me guess... a tow truck!

Seriously, that's amazing. Through the years, I've heard reliability was sketchy on these cars, but you just put the rumors to rest. Good on ya Pascal!