Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated.

Go Back   Australian Ford Forums > General Topics > The Pub

The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 17-09-2021, 05:31 PM   #1
Rallye Sport
RS The Faster Fords
 
Rallye Sport's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Westralia
Posts: 1,694
Default Your Motoring Bucket List

It'd be interesting to hear peoples motoring bucket lists.
It could be a car, event or experience, past, future, anything really...

I'll kick it off with, what will probably be my next car purchase, a Model T. I've always thought that something so simple would be a heap of fun to drive and own. I can see myself cruising the highways with a big line of traffic behind me, blowing a claxton horn all the way
Which leads me to an event thats been prompting the purchase of one.

The Red Dust Revival is an event held on a claypan out of Kalgoorlie WA every few years. We attended the last one and it was a big item to tick off my list. Its recreation of one of the earliest motorsport event in the country, celebrating its centenary in 2014. Its open to pre '39 cars and bikes with vintage planes also landing on the pan. I'll never miss another one and will hopefully enter a car in the future.
https://www.motoringpast.com.au/red-dust-revival

The last one wasn't ever on my list but is one I'll always remember.
It was an EV test day at the driver training centre near Perth airport.
We paid ten bucks entry and got to drive four cars around the track. I'll never forget the look on the instructors face and the following reprimand my old man got for spanking the Holden Volt. It was the last car so he figured he had nothing too loose.
I didn't think it at the time but I'm glad we ticked it off now.

So whats on your list?
__________________
Escort RS2000 Restored factory a/c and alloys.
TD Cortina Unrestored 35 000km 6cyl manual.
Mk1 GT Cortina Project.
FG XR50 Daily.
Rallye Sport is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 17-09-2021, 06:10 PM   #2
98TLS
Donating Member
Donating Member3
 
98TLS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 8,584
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Top of the list for me features only two wheels ie Isle of man,years back had an opportunity to go inclusive of a loaner bike but didnt,hopefully one day eh.
__________________
Be the man your dog thinks you are.
98TLS is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
6 users like this post:
Old 17-09-2021, 06:13 PM   #3
PG2
#neuteredlyfe
Donating Member2
 
PG2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 10,625
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Variety Bash

https://fundraise.variety.org.au/event/bash/home

Great people doing it for a great cause.

One day when AUs are eligible to enter I will give it a go.
PG2 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 17-09-2021, 06:15 PM   #4
DFB FGXR6
Donating Member
Donating Member3
 
DFB FGXR6's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 12,554
Valued Contributor: For members whose non technical contributions are worthy of recognition. - Issue reason: For the excellent car-care guide 
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

This list of cars is probably one that I don't necessarily want to own but would love to drive one day. Some cars offer a awesome driving experience but can be a nightmare to own.

Aston Martin DB9, DBS or 2012+ Vanquish - The looks, the sound of that V12 engine. I left the earlier 2000's Vanquish off the list due to the horrible single clutch transmission. These are cars I don't think I would have the nerve to own.

BMW E46 M3 CSL - I would also take the E46 M3 or Z4M, all fitted with that glorious inline 6, probably the best ever made. The CSL's induction note is to die for. Again, these BMW's are a minefield to own.

XY Falcon GTHO Phase III - No doubt these are a pig to drive but I think I would love to experience the legend that is the GTHO.

Mazda MX-5 - These are slow but that's not the point, would like to see what they rave about with these cars.

Porsche 911 GT3 - any of them although the 997 RS 4.0 would be the pick. Again, this one is for the engine sound alone, I'm sure I would never approach it's dynamic limits.

Jaguar F-Type SVR - I have come so close to driving one of these on a couple of occasions. If the regular F-Type R can blow me over, I can only imagine how good the SVR would be. This would be the only one here I would roll the dice of reliability to own. The looks! The sound! The unrelenting power! This is my lotto car, would buy one in a heart beat.
__________________
PX MK II Ranger
FG XR6
FG X XR8
Mustang GT

T3 TS50 - gone but not forgotten
DFB FGXR6 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
7 users like this post:
Old 17-09-2021, 07:20 PM   #5
slowsnake
Banned
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Perth Australia
Posts: 3,618
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Mmm, you know what, I think I've satisfied all my motoring desires, cars anyway, but I would of loved to own a Norton Manx, 350cc or 500cc no matter, but such a beautiful machine, graceful and sleek, I could imagine riding the IOM TT, laying into corners hanging by a thread of rubber, the so called " chicken strip ".....wow, I can see it in my minds eye, old black race leathers and a Cromwell helmet, WW2 flying boots with long white socks folded out over the top of the boots, and a WW2 sheepskin lined Spitfire pilots flying jacket and white satin scarf around my neck blowing in the wind behind me, geez I can get lost in these thoughts.....lost forever!
Just close your eyes and imagine.....lost forever!

Cheers Billy
slowsnake is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
2 users like this post:
Old 17-09-2021, 09:03 PM   #6
Falcon SXR8
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Falcon SXR8's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,203
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Ford GT40
__________________
Had
EB XR8
AU XR8 220 (awsome car )
AU Fairmont
BA MK2 XR6 Turbo
Now
XDUB
Falcon SXR8 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
3 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 07:27 AM   #7
roKWiz
Cabover nut
 
roKWiz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Onsite Eastcoast
Posts: 11,270
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Sorry RS but.....



A rare 1976 VIT 200 Bicentennial Aerodyne.

and drive it along route 66 or to the ATHS National Convention.

WARNING ! 48min of truck drone footage below.

__________________
heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration
In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752

roKWiz is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 18-09-2021, 08:06 AM   #8
five 7
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
five 7's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,617
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Bonneville speed week, lsle of Mann TT and any Speedway meet in Poland.
five 7 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
4 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 09:40 AM   #9
DJM83
Barra Turbo > V8
Donating Member3
 
DJM83's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 25,938
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

As far as events go.
Daytona 500 in 1990 but even still today I reckon it would just be awesome.
Cars.
Ive fulfilled one (driven)
Audi RS6, bonkers fast.
Cars I'd like to drive.
Group B Audi Quattro
Nissan GTR 32 and 35
Manual T3 T Series.
Koenigsegg CCX, in manual of course.
__________________
-2011 XR6 Turbo Ute - Lux Pack - M6
-2022 Hyundai Tucson Highlander Diesel N Line
DJM83 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
4 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 10:00 AM   #10
Franco Cozzo
Thailand Specials
 
Franco Cozzo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,433
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

300km/h+ across the Tullamarine Freeway, Bolte bridge through the Burnley Tunnel and down the Monash Freeway

Oh and drive a tram as fast as it will go and not stopping any stops on the 59 route Elizabeth Street Melbourne CBD to Matthews Avenue Airport West - Franco Express.

Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 18-09-2021 at 10:07 AM.
Franco Cozzo is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
3 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 10:23 AM   #11
Metdevil
Regular Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 440
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

I don't think I'm asking for much, I just want the car I already own back
It's been in the shop since April.
Metdevil is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
4 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 10:38 AM   #12
cycle myth
Regular Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 276
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

1) Nurburgring - in well powered, rear drive manual - maybe M3

2) Western europe tour of best roads, Auto bahns and Motorstrade in an Aston Martin

3) bathurst laps (in a Falcon Sprint 6 of course)

4) round australia in well fitted out 4 WD

5) Cliche Route 66 in a Mustang

Could go crazy here but keeping it attainable.
cycle myth is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
3 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 01:06 PM   #13
Tonz
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Pt Lincoln far side South Oz
Posts: 5,839
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Quote:
Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo View Post
300km/h+ across the Tullamarine Freeway, Bolte bridge through the Burnley Tunnel and down the Monash Freeway
Not in this you wont .... Thailand Speciale Bianco Bravo Due Porte - Franco's TDM WEAPON - El Cheapo 'Thailux' but them dreams are free
__________________
Dont p i s s off older people. At our age the term Life in Prison is not a deterrent
Tonz is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
5 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 01:20 PM   #14
Rallye Sport
RS The Faster Fords
 
Rallye Sport's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Westralia
Posts: 1,694
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Quote:
Originally Posted by roKWiz View Post
Sorry RS but.....

image

A rare 1976 VIT 200 Bicentennial Aerodyne.

and drive it along route 66 or to the ATHS National Convention.

WARNING ! 48min of truck drone footage below.

All good mate. Top of my list when I was 18 was getting my truck license. I didn't need it at the time I just really wanted to drive a truck.
Its served me well later in life though.
__________________
Escort RS2000 Restored factory a/c and alloys.
TD Cortina Unrestored 35 000km 6cyl manual.
Mk1 GT Cortina Project.
FG XR50 Daily.
Rallye Sport is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
2 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 01:52 PM   #15
Franco Cozzo
Thailand Specials
 
Franco Cozzo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,433
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

This Clubman complete with an LS1 looks perfect for my casket

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...7077620/?Cr=20
Franco Cozzo is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
This user likes this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 02:06 PM   #16
jaydee
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
jaydee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Perth
Posts: 7,206
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Hands down for me is the Goodwood Revival (my brother and I have it on our radar for "one day").
Cars, motor bikes, girls and Spitfires.
https://www.goodwood.com/motorsport/goodwood-revival/



__________________
jaydee351
4DV8
jaydee is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
7 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 03:02 PM   #17
DJM83
Barra Turbo > V8
Donating Member3
 
DJM83's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 25,938
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Quote:
Originally Posted by jaydee View Post
Hands down for me is the Goodwood Revival (my brother and I have it on our radar for "one day").
Cars, motor bikes, girls and Spitfires.
https://www.goodwood.com/motorsport/goodwood-revival/
image
image
image
image
How could I forget Goodwood.
I nearly ended up there a cpl years back, spewing I didn't.
Definitely on the bucket list.
__________________
-2011 XR6 Turbo Ute - Lux Pack - M6
-2022 Hyundai Tucson Highlander Diesel N Line
DJM83 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
2 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 04:07 PM   #18
mondeomatureguy
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Goulburn NSW
Posts: 513
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Hi Guy's
Well my Motoring Bucket List has a few thing's I still want to do.
Ive nearly Been around Australia with my wife the only places we haven't been is the Top End of Australia and driven over the Nullarbour Plain as yet.

The next one would be drive a GTHO around Bathurst race Track and do 10 flying laps.
mondeomatureguy is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
This user likes this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 04:17 PM   #19
Franco Cozzo
Thailand Specials
 
Franco Cozzo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,433
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tonz View Post
Not in this you wont .... Thailand Speciale Bianco Bravo Due Porte - Franco's TDM WEAPON - El Cheapo 'Thailux' but them dreams are free
That thing struggles to do 100km/h let alone 300km/h
Franco Cozzo is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
2 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 05:16 PM   #20
CyberWasp
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
CyberWasp's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: In Front of a Monitor
Posts: 1,651
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

I would love to drive this NASA Concept whilst exploring Mars.

__________________
2004 Mercury Silver Falcon XR6T - 5 Speed
2017 Platinum White Mustang GT - 6 Speed
2022 Blue Thai-Special for Daily Duties - Auto
CyberWasp is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
3 users like this post:
Old 18-09-2021, 08:15 PM   #21
Big_Daz
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Brisbane (Southside)
Posts: 1,168
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

For me:

- Nurburgring at full tilt in a 911 GT3RS (991 or, my personal face, 997 4 Litre)
- Goodwood Festival of speed - So many epic and rare cars in 1 place
- Highway 1 San Fran to LA. Had intended on doing it when we where in the USA in 2016 but where forced to prolong staying with friends so had to come back to LA the direct route.
- Monterey Car Week
- F1 at Monaco
- Drive a proper supercar (765LT/488 Pista/Huracan Performante)
__________________
2008 FG XR6 Turbo ZF In Sensation - Gone, but not Forgotten....

Hers: 2024 Ford Everest Platinum in Equinox Bronze
His Daily: 2020 (MY21) Kia Sorento GT-Line in Mineral Blue
His Weekender: 2017 Commodore SSV Redline manual in Light My Fire Orange
Big_Daz is online now   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
This user likes this post:
Old 19-09-2021, 07:12 AM   #22
roKWiz
Cabover nut
 
roKWiz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Onsite Eastcoast
Posts: 11,270
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Surprised no one has mentioned Sturgis



And I'm not into motorbikes.
__________________
heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration
In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752

roKWiz is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
6 users like this post:
Old 19-09-2021, 09:23 AM   #23
jaydee
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
jaydee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Perth
Posts: 7,206
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberWasp View Post
I would love to drive this NASA Concept whilst exploring Mars.

image
Have you seen Matt Damon in The Martian?
NO THANKS
__________________
jaydee351
4DV8
jaydee is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
2 users like this post:
Old 19-09-2021, 08:42 PM   #24
Jastel
Donating Member
Donating Member1
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,532
Technical Contributor: For members who share their technical expertise. - Issue reason: Has much experience with taxis and always jumps on here to explain things simply and help out the new guys in B-series and Contemporary... 
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Got a few things out of my bucket...

Round most of Australia a few times on the black stuff...more 4wding needed.
SEMA a couple of times.
Done Autobahns - rental car nothing special but still going fast - plus another 10000kms around Europe.
Hwy 1 - LA to San Fran plus another 10000 miles around USA. Route 66 (not all of it) in a Mustang once and in a Challenger once.
Seen Kounts Kustoms, Welderup, Shelby Museum in Las Vegas. Ford Dearborn Plant. Toyota Plant making Priuses in Japan.
Drove Supercars around a track in Las Vegas, can pick what you like...I did Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari 430 and some Porsche...the Aston was broken.
Seen races at Bathurst, Nurburgring, Phillip Island, Texas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Speedway, Silverstone, Abu Dhabi, plus many street tracks.

Hope to do next - CROSS THE F%$^% BORDER out of Qld!
Jastel is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 20-09-2021, 01:58 AM   #25
EBSXR6
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,547
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Quote:
Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6 View Post
Aston Martin DB9, DBS or 2012+ Vanquish - The looks, the sound of that V12 engine. I left the earlier 2000's Vanquish off the list due to the horrible single clutch transmission. These are cars I don't think I would have the nerve to own.
.
I cannot remember the exact timeframe but around the mid 2000's there was often an Aston Martin parked in Whitehorse Rd Balwyn Vic in the shopping centre.
The road is 4 lanes wide with a row of shops down either side with a couple of side roads either side breaking up the line of shops.
If you happened to be there when the Aston Driver started up he would give it a couple decent blips of the throttle, there was tunnel effect and the glorious bark would reverberate along the strip which is flat and around 400 metres in length.
EBSXR6 is online now   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
2 users like this post:
Old 20-09-2021, 10:04 AM   #26
slowsnake
Banned
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Perth Australia
Posts: 3,618
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

OK, there was a tunnel effect, a glorious bark......and then what?
Please don't tell me he idles up a 400 metre long shopping/drag strip?
Please tell me he layed rubber for a 100 metres and left two 12 inch wide strip's of black sticky rubber on the blacktop, please tell my he broke all the road rules for once in his life, and wasn't just a poser!......



Cheers Billy
slowsnake is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 20-09-2021, 11:37 AM   #27
Bossxr8
Peter Car
 
Bossxr8's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
Posts: 23,145
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Nurburgring. One day. A few laps myself, and one lap in the ring taxi with someone who can drive the track at near full speed.
Bossxr8 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
This user likes this post:
Old 20-09-2021, 12:37 PM   #28
PG2
#neuteredlyfe
Donating Member2
 
PG2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 10,625
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

I was going to delete this...

Quote:
Originally Posted by slowsnake View Post
OK, there was a tunnel effect, a glorious bark......and then what?
Please don't tell me he idles up a 400 metre long shopping/drag strip?
Please tell me he layed rubber for a 100 metres and left two 12 inch wide strip's of black sticky rubber on the blacktop, please tell my he broke all the road rules for once in his life, and wasn't just a poser!......



Cheers Billy
Please tell me he didn't.

You obviously don't read the news often enough to see that a few have tried this over the years with it ending with dire consequences.

A poser? Maybe yes, but not stupid enough to put other people's lives in danger.

Time and place Billy, time and place.
PG2 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
This user likes this post:
Old 20-09-2021, 02:52 PM   #29
slowsnake
Banned
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Perth Australia
Posts: 3,618
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Quote:
Originally Posted by PG2 View Post
I was going to delete this...



Please tell me he didn't.

You obviously don't read the news often enough to see that a few have tried this over the years with it ending with dire consequences.

A poser? Maybe yes, but not stupid enough to put other people's lives in danger.

Time and place Billy, time and place.

It was the " expectation" I followed the storyline, and anticipated that he took off like ..
A...A scalded cat!

B...He idled off and away!

C...He stalled the damn thing....

I was hoping for " C"...

I meant no harm.....you can delete it, no problems, but the lead up to the end of the story had me on the edge of my seat, sorry mate!


Cheers Bad Billy
slowsnake is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Old 20-09-2021, 03:31 PM   #30
PG2
#neuteredlyfe
Donating Member2
 
PG2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 10,625
Default Re: Your Motoring Bucket List

Quote:
Originally Posted by slowsnake View Post
It was the " expectation" I followed the storyline, and anticipated that he took off like ..
A...A scalded cat!

B...He idled off and away!

C...He stalled the damn thing....

I was hoping for " C"...

I meant no harm.....you can delete it, no problems, but the lead up to the end of the story had me on the edge of my seat, sorry mate!


Cheers Bad Billy
All good, and I am sure that you meant no harm, just maybe think twice and click once.
PG2 is offline   Reply With Quote Multi-Quote with this Post
Reply


Forum Jump


All times are GMT +11. The time now is 01:14 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Other than what is legally copyrighted by the respective owners, this site is copyright www.fordforums.com.au
Positive SSL