Now before you get all huffy and bring up my last post about those cantankerous guys who hate air-bagged vehicles - this is nothing like that. My beef with hyper-cars would probably be better described as a complete lack of interest.
Like - I don’t even care that they exist.
Whenever my friends are talking about them, I kinda just drift off and stare at the ceiling. And when they look to me for an opinion...
“You ever wonder why they decided to use nice embossed ceiling tiles with cheap looking T-bars?”
It’s an odd concept to explain as well, especially considering that I’ve been building custom cars for almost 20 years now; I’m almost required to like them. I mean, every auto enthusiast is supposed to have at least one unattainable car as a dream car, right? I guess the best thing to compare my apathy to would be jewelry. None of my friends care enough about high-end jewelry for it to even be a blip on their radar. However, they all own some form of jewelry. And just because someone enjoys a classy watch for those occasional nights out, doesn’t mean they dream of one day owning a Roger Dubuis Excalibur Quatuor.
A million-dollars for a watch? That's like spending a million dollars on a car..
The reason that I don’t care about hyper-cars is because they are so completely out of my league that I can’t enjoy them. Sure, they do 250 miles per hour, but top fuel cars went that fast in just over 5 seconds back in 1975. And what’s that? They can circle the Nürburgring in less than seven minutes? That was also done way back in 1975... Next?
Photo courtesy of: Sbocha
At least I could be inspired by the comparatively clunky super-cars of the 80s and 90s, but the technology used in today’s hyper-cars isn’t something that I can reproduce in my shop, which pretty much takes that last bit of fun out of them for me.
The point is that while they might be the juggernauts of the production car world, they really aren’t all that special to me. Literally, anyone with enough money could buy one, which is probably how a brand new minivan looks to a hippy who's still rocking a split-window, Volkswagen Transporter. So while the world pines over the next hyper-car with an awkward opening door, capable of Mach .33, I’m going to keep scouring Amazon for my next $200 watch…
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Give me a Ford ShoGun and I'll be super happy!!!!
Completely agree Max. My unattainable car is a 1939 Delahaye Type 165 Cabriolet. Beautiful sweeping curves and only two ever made. But I also have an old VW hippy bus (and Beetle) , so what the hell do I know?!
But wouldn't putting French coach work into a German body be sacrilege?!
I think it's pretty clear that your only option is to Figoni & Falaschi your bus...