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Time Travel Edition.... Your 12 year old self, 22 year old self, 32 year old self, 42 year old self, 52 year old self... If you are not 42 or 52 yet....what you would buy today if you were older. For your younger self, anything available at the time you were that age. Only restriction is must be street legal. Kit cars, one of show cars, prototypes, et al completely allowed. Does not have to be your only car...5 exotic concepts is fine. 12 year old self...69 Charger Pretty Mellow guy at 22...newly married....living a quiet life...but still loved cars....how about this Buick GS? Was into Mustangs at 32...this 68 CS/GT should fit the bill..

2000: Cobra R 2010 458 Italia 2020: Bronco 2030: I'm probably a parent trying to be practical or some crap, Range Rover Sport SVR 2040: Midlife crisis, 720S.

This also may be the 1st time I do a Dream Garage Thread without circumventing the rules and still, I find myself outside the rules... Thanx Casa. I did not realize the Impala will not be discontinued just yet. Although great news in real life, it kinda sucks for this thread for me... Balthy also suggested that the Model S 75D might not qualify... So...Im copying you Casa. Ill be taking the Buick Lacrosse as well... Again, in black. And Ill be replacing the Model S with an ATS V sedan

My dad was honestly willing to let me but a clapped out 62 Impala SS convertible when I was 16. Still have gone memories of test driving it with the top down on a fine summer Indiana day with him. Miss my dad...and I miss that Impala. Given that it is cold and snowing in Ohio...I miss the sunshine also.

Took exactly 3 entire years from the unveiling to having the $35K version available. Model 3 is due for a refresh next year and the bulk of it's pre-orderers haven't even gotten their first car yet. I don't want to hear another mention ever again that GM is slow to produce an unveiled production-intended vehicle.

Until Blu checks in here, I get to be the old man. I was 12 in 1978. I was already into vintage iron then, tho of course I didn't own anything (neither did anyone in my family). Somewhere I have a 'top 5' list I used to do, when it struck me, I'd list the cars I liked that week. The vast bulk was vintage stuff even when I was in my teens; '50s/60s domestic iron. Reel back from the despair : A Porsche 911 barely broke into the high 14s, a Trans Am was pulling down low 15s, and these were 'fast' cars. A Ferrari 308 was a 15.8 sec car!! Sorry if I couldn't get excited. - - - - - When I was... I think 16, I told my father I wanted to buy a car I'd found. It was a flattop '59 Catalina, it had no title, no ignition key, and someone had heaved a cement block thru the rear wrap window. It was $50 but it might as well have been $5000- dad said no way and he didn't even see it. When I was 23, I bought my '59 Invicta. THAT was an event of high lust, especially when held up against the anemic plastic junk of 1989. No contest.

Been a while since we did one of these. A lot of great vehicles had their last hurrah for the 2018 Model Year. From mainstream offerings, to exotics, many models had their demise. This thread will be dedicated to those. You can choose either cars that were discontinued entirely, had specific trim levels axed, or lost body styles. Rules- 1) Must be 2018 MY 2) Choices must be offered in your market 3) Production vehicles only 4) Choices must have been discontinued, replaced with new model, had a body style dropped, etc 5) Maximum of 5 choices 6) These are your only vehicles Have fun!

I interpreted it as picking cars that from the year you were 12...so when I was 12, it would be 1982. Still ruminating on what my list would be. Though I can see how Horsey's choices and comments take it a different way.. When I was 12, the 1982 Mustang GT caught my eye while reading Car & Driver. 5 years later, I had a red 1987 Mustang GT. 22, 1992 Acura NSX. I remember lusting after the NSX in college. In 1998, a friend bought a used black 91. I got to drive it a few times and rode in it many times over the next decade.. 32, 2002 BMW E46 M3. I had an E36 M3 at the time, but found the E46 very appealing. 42, 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. Five years later I bought a 2014. Love it. 52, 2022. Dodge Challenger SRT or Cadillac CT6 (tie). Still 3 years in the future, not sure if either of these will exist in current form. But 2019 versions would make good CPOs.

Now see.. it's totally a dad car, but I could drive that.

But it's not a V8. It's still a very good power plant though. I agree the list doesn't make sense... the Armada and QX80 are both pretty terrible and dated designs. The Durango R/T is on the list, but not the regular Grand Cherokee with the V8. As good as the Durango R/T, the GC Summit with a V8 is still better, so it should be included.

Price.

42 year old self was into Autocross...Factory 5 for me at 42... 52 years old I had mellowed out...that was last year...Think I would take a CTS-V wagon... Okay...maybe I have not mellowed that much...

The other advice I give you is: Online purchases...well, get yourself some prepaid credit cards and use those for online purchases. At least if your online shopping accounts get jacked, the pre-paid credit cards get used and you only lose the balance of those cards therefore minimizing your losses to just that.

I remember visiting Miami and Miami Beach as a teenager in the 80s when I lived in Marathon in the Keys...I can only imagine what it was like in the 40s--my Dad spent WW II w/ the Army stationed in Miami and the Virgin Islands. My sister is looking into buying a condo in one of the high rises downtown or in the Brickell neighborhood for retirement, she loves it down there.

Annnnd.. just like the Impala, there is definitely a 2019 LaCrosse out there. Cmicasa & O442 have to pick again! :D

Good quick resolution vibes to you, blu! Here's a deliciously greeny Caddy to ferry those vibes ~

• Not sure a tesla model S 75 fits the bill here; it's not a model or trim, just less copper windings on the motor. In looking at the Cruze hatch... I know it's said that American consumers don't buy hatches... but think about it- other than ride height, this Cruze and a Trax are functionally the same - they're BOTH hatches. There's not a CUV on the market without a rear hatch. Esp fleshed out like Cmicasa suggests- it's a strong case for keeping cars around- convert/keep as many as feasible as hatches only. I can tell you when we were shopping & settled on the Sonic LTZ turbo, it was the hatch or no Sonic at all.

1) Volt. So much I love about this vehicle, but alas its too small for me. In the end scenario Voltech really is being beaten by GM's own pure EV tech and higher range. Bet good money that the next EV announced by GM is 300+ range 2) This car is still going to be sold all over the world.. but American consumer's NON-ENTHUSIASTIC spirit.. and a new love of top heavy CUVs helped kill this here. Gorgeous.. and GM really should reconsider this move, if with no other iteration but the Hatch. Kill the sedan.. but keep the hatch and flesh it out. SS, RS, come up with a 1LE type suspension, continue with diesel.. get fancy with it and offer a Premier with almost lux finishing. Allow crazy customization. 3) Talk about a car that is SLEPT ON. Despite this big car getting 60 mph in 5.6 seconds and finished the quarter mile in 14.2 seconds at 99.7 mph... Buick should have beat a heavy drum and got access to the LF3 for this vehicle (same for Chevy and the Impala). That would have shaved another 6/10ths off I bet. One of the quietest cars U will ever get into. Makes the S-Class seem noisy. Vault like. Overall a very nice luxury car that really never got the market push as it simply arrived as the CUV boom was in full effect. I am seriously still considering one as a replacement for my almost 100K mile '14 Impala LTZ 4) This car is actually a very nice place o be.. Trouble is that it just can't touch the CT6. It's a weird thing.. left over from GM's emergence from BK. Selling over 300K since it came out, reaping in massive profits due to its shared platform.. its big like a CT6, but costs the exact same as a CTS. And there in lies a problem for the two of them. If U are a traditional Cadillac buyer.. or just a drifty luxo buyer.. the XTS would steal the sale from either. I actually think that if the CUV craze hadn't happened and the XTS was leaving.. U wold instantly see its sales divided between the CT6 and CTS(5) 5) Don't hate me GM. The only Benz I would consider buying is the CL..er S-Class Coupe S63AMG, and she got canceled this week along withteh S-Class Cabriolet. I mean its a Coupe.. and its big. If Cadillac was making a CT6 Coupe in 2.0L only.. I'd probably replace me CTS-V with it. Bet! A CT6-V Coupe??? I'd go bareback in the singer PINK.. ?.

I like trains. Definitely would like to ride one of the Japanese bullet trains or French TGV. I've ridden conventional trains in the UK, France and Italy and they were fun. Rode the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad here back in 2017..got to do it again sometime. Sat up in an observation car to view the park and flora and fauna..

The car you listed after when you were that age...but either one is fine. I was 12 in 77...last good year for to midsize so probably Cutlass of some sort. . 22 in 87 so air cooled 911...97...32...hmmm...Mustang Cobra...42...2007...Z06 Corvette...2017...Challenger SRT. Unfair...I have just for that car that runs from being 7 to being 53....

\Screw the Cadillac CT6 V At 52...Im going all out on a 1970 Oldsmobile 442

In 1985, I was 12 years old. There were Porsche 911s on my radar. The A-Team GMC van, the 3rd gen Pontiac Trans Am and KITT that I loved, but like every teen aged boy during this time.... I saw both movies at the cinema... A red Countach is what I wanted then as a 12 year old and going back into time for 1985, a red Countach for a dream garage for when I was 12 years odls is what I would want now... At 22 years old, in 1995, A 1995 Pontiac Firebird Firehawk or 1995 Trans Am is what I wanted then...and now. I was 32 in 2005, and although I bought a 2005 Impala SS in 2005, but I really wanted a Chrysler 300C, the car I truly lusted over was a 2005 M-B CLS 55 AMG. The CLS 63 AMG is want I really want but that came out in 2006. So Ill stick to the CLS 55 AMG of 2005 I was 42 in 2015...and I was and still am tempted by the Devil with the Hellcat! The Demon is in the Motley Crew video, but its ther Hellcat that was available in 2015 and its the Hellcat that I still want! And although Im not 52 yet, tomorrow I get to be 46...God willing. So we do 2019 as 2025 is still a ways away... Cadillac CT6-V So much for the EV movement in this dream garage!!!

Wish it had the TTV6 option for the RS package of Performance.

Your wish is my command!

12 years old: 1990 Oldsmobile Toronado.. and because I'm 12, I'd want it in red. Its the first good year of the last Toronados, though we wouldn't find that fact out for another 2 years. 22 - 2000 Cadillac Seville STS - The best Cadillac of the day 32 - 2010 - The only answer is Cadillac CTS-V Wagon. I did have a previous generation CTS sedan at this time. 42 - 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Probably a Summit). This is the one that is the most likely to end up a reality. 52 - 2030 Probably a big luxury sedan... whatever Cadillac, Genesis, or Mercedes is selling at the time. If they're still selling sedans.

Durango Gen 1 and Gen 2 were both based on the midsize Dakota is my understanding (Dakota Gen 2 and Gen 3), Durango Gen 3 is based on the WK2 Grand Cherokee. Durango Gen 2 was painfully ugly in the front, IMO..almost minivanish in it's lumpen shape. To confuse matters, Wikipedia says the 3rd gen Dakota and 2nd Gen Durango were 'now similar to the Ram' as far as the frame....also says" Like the Dakota, it (2nd gen Durango) has much in common with the large Dodge Ram pickup". The 2nd gen Durangos and 3rd gen Dakotas seem to have all disappeared..haven't seen any in ages. 1st gen Durangos and 1st & 2nd gen Dakotas have presumably rusted away here.

No it wasn't. It was based on the midsize Dakota platform.

I would suggest all your accounts change the password and make sure you use the upper and lower letters, with symbols and numbers. That makes it much harder to hack.

They have CNBC on the tvs at work and it looks like Musk is going to try and fight the SEC on this one. He may have a point if the information he tweeted was already in the January annual report. There is supposed to be Tesla news at 5pm today.

The Durango has never been a full size SUV.... what are you talking about?

Got to love these premium crossovers shown in pictures going off road, crossing river, doing seems NONE of the owners will actually do with them.

@ocnblu you might want to consider changing your email password too.

So far I've only been judging the Blazer from photos...hopefully there is one at the Cleveland Auto Show, going Saturday..will be interesting to see one in person and see how ugly it is in the plastic.

Hatchbacks are where it's at if you're buying a car.

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No anguish over the Cadillac. Its still here and will probably still remain, along with the CTS-V until the CT4 and CT5 Vs arrive. The Coupe CTS-V did the same thing back in 2014 even tho the new CTS was out. So for '14 and 15 we actually have a Gen 3 CTS and a Gen 2 CTS Coupe (V) selling side by side both brand new. For '16.. the CTS Coupe was gone. I'll take off the LaX .. and replace it with the Cascada.. another Buick that had mad potential

Hoping that it was not hacked up ( the card)....

Pretty sure the Durango will be hanging around for a while. Journey is built in Mexico, production should end soon. Know there is a replacement, just not sure what....

This is concerning. I'm reading this and wondering where the new Journey is, where the new Durango is... FCA needs to keep these models, as they are not Jeeps, meaning, a Jeep should not be covering the same customer as a Journey or a Durango customer. The Dodge customers want a people mover with AWD capability, but gritty, street style. Those are not Jeep attributes and should not be. A Jeep should remain outdoor themed.

1) Cadillac CT6 PHEV 2) VW Beetle Convertible 3. 2018 Ram 1500 Limited 4. 2018 Bentley Continental 5. 2018 Ford Explorer Platinum

I realized that this is the first dream garage I did with no convertible or roadster. I came close with the California T. ?

This is tough. I don't know what all got canceled outside of some Ford cars that aren't dream-worthy.

Funny list considering you always say you hate Ford

I love model railroads! The Kirkland Washington Train Station store is just awesome! If your into trains check out their website, I can spend hours here looking and playing. http://www.eastsidetrains.com/

I don't see it, will there be a next generation Durango?

who cares what how much the blazer costs... it is ugly at any price. gm can't make up their mind. blazer is ugly, acadia is dull. nothing in the whole pack that is actually good looking

MIA is such an absolute cluster these days. I don't know what their problem is.

Yeah..I hear you..getting tired of winter. Tired of snow and slush. I need to get down to the Keys and visit old friends in Marathon. My sister was in Miami Beach for a few days before a Caribbean cruise a couple weeks ago, she enjoyed her vacation but mostly complained about American Airlines and problems w/ the return flight from Miami.

I like Key West, but that's really getting down there. I need to get back, I need a break from this cold and dark we've been having in Pittsburgh the last few weeks... I'm really feeling it.