Take a look at the ppt on my Linked In profile.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishussey

I take 1/24 scale race cars and build them as if they were in my on personal garage.

Enjoy.

Chris

1) Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale (for the F1 sound and the hand painted italian flag stripe running through the middle)

2) BMW Alpina B6-S convertible (as a daily driver)

3) 2009 Bentley Brooklands (In grey, grey wheels, and with saddle interior)

4) Rimini Red Range Rover V8 (not the supercharged cuz its pointless)

The alternatives:

Aston Martin DB9 Convertible
Ferrari 430 Novitec
Lamborghini Miura (although i wouldnt fit inside)
Ferrari Daytona
BMW 2002 Turbo
Aston Martin DB5 (reworked suspension, improved handling)
BMW 335i (Drove it, and thought it was better than the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder I had driven earlier that day)

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=WB6EY3ydcu0

My fantasy garage is as follows (no particular order):

1) Ferrari F430. Sex on wheels.

2) I’d love a DR650SE or KLR650. If it can eat speed bumps like the honda nx400 falcon I rode, I’d love to use it for urban commuting.

3) F4-1000 Tamburini or an F4-1000 Senna. Both super sexy!

4) Sport touring bike to ride two up with the wife: Either:
* ST1300
* Concourse 14
* FJR 1300

5) 5+ speed shifter kart 40+hp

6) Kawasaki ULtra 250 or seadoo rxt-x pwc

7) an rgv250 suzuki. Nothing like a 250cc two stroke with ~ 70hp in 309 pounds. Another 2 stroke 250cc racer might suffice as well.

8) A seadoo speedster 200, 430hp version

9) An RV of some sort.

10) A lotus elise or exige (always liked them)

11) Porsche Cayman (love the looks)

12) a 600cc 2004+ japanese sports bike.

13) A diesel beater truck for towing any/all of the above.

14) An ariel atom.

15) A pimped out passat diesel for the long trips where I don’t want to ride a motorcycle.

16) A freight elevator! I’ve always wanted my own multi-story concrete garage!

(edit) How could I forget? 2008 Corvette Z06 in that eye popping orange…

Porsche Boxster S – roadster

Porsche 928 S4 – GT car

E39 BMW 530i – Daily driver

2. Daily Driver: 2009 M3 Hardtop Convertible

3. Utilitarian Vehicles: 2006 Honda Odyssey and a 2008 Range Rover. (Just so I can say, “Ya, I’ve got a Range Rover in the garage, but the Odyssey does so much more for so much less.”)

4. Vehicle I’d buy for my parents: A late ’90’s Cadillac. They were better built cars then than they are now.

5. Errand-runner: Honda CBR1000RR.

6. Beach-go’er: Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon

7. Something Aston Martin (2008)

8. Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator. I would gut them and sink them off the coast of my caribbean home. Turn them into “man-made reefs” about 100 feet deep….to dive. I would name it “The beginning of the end”….and I would charge admission….which would pay for the maintenance on #’s 1 through 7.

I love this game.

Back to reality…

1. Bugatti Veyron
2. Black Cadillac Escalade
3. Bright Green Lotus Elise
4. Blue Audi RS6
5. Black Brabus Smart
6. White Lambo Versace
7. Black VW R32 (4-door)
8. Yellow Saleen Raptor haha
9. BMW 335xi coupe
10. VW Touareg V-10 TDI
11. White Bently Cont. GT Speed
12. Green Honda Insight
13. Orange Porsche 911 Targa S
14. Dodge Neon SRT-4
15. Izusu Vehicross
16. Rescue Green Jeep Wranger 4-door
17. Mercedes CLK Black Series
18. Land Rover Range Rover
19. Blue Ford GT
20. Silver Nissan GTR

1) Ferrari F430. IMHO (and not being a car lover more than a couple years), this car is just gorgeous.

2) I’d love a DR650SE suzuki bike. If it can eat speed bumps like the honda nx400 falcon I rode, I’d love to use it for urban commuting.

3) F4-1000 Tamburini or an F4-1000 Senna

A Wrangler Rubicon Unlimted TJ with the export VM 2.8L Turbodiesel with all the bells & whistles.

My daily driver/ commuter would be an Audi A2 with the 1.4L TDI.

I’d also take a 1.9 TDI powered Lotus Elise that Chuck Mentioned.

For home improvement and towing duties I would have a mid to late 90s Freightliner COE with a CAT 3406E, 3.80 rear and 10 speed. The bed would be modular so I could switch between a flatbed with cargo walls and a standard class 8 5th wheel.

With an intergalactic scale budget, I would have:

1939 Delahaye Type 165 roadster, Coachwork by Figoni and Falaschi. Truly one of the most beautiful art deco designs ever. Only 2 ever made.

Meanwhile in the realm of near reality:

1931 Bentley Speed Six ( I always loved the Meccano Supermodel Leaflet 1A Bentley Motor Chassis model)

1953 Buick Skylark convertible – another art deco classic.

1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertable (pink of course)

1961 Jaguar Series 1 E Type DHC

1973 Citroen DS23 Decapotable (Spelling?)

2009 Bentley Brooklands Coupe

And so that I can’t be accused of being Un-Australian:

1988 HSV/Holden VL Commodore Group A (The Walkinshaw as it’s known)

1977-80 HZ Sandman Panel Van with WB Holden Caprice Front and Interior – I have to do something to add to Australia’s population.

And last but not least – my 2002 Holden Monaro with the LS1 ripped out and LS7 put in.

Daily Driver: Audi RS4
Supercar: Ford GT (Gulf colors please)
Beater/project car: 1963 International Scout

the rest of the money shall go to hookers and blow

Catastrophic frame failure? You’re lucky you didn’t end up singing in the soprano section of the choir. The names come back – Bottechia, Bevilacqua, Colnago, Masi, Ciocc, Paramount, Cinelli, Raleigh Pro. All hand built, mostly Italian. As is true of cars, lightness comes at a price and the price is durability. I may just have been lucky and gotten a good frame, but I do remember that the Bianchi frame/forks were heavier than other bikes I looked at. That was true at the various price/performance points I looked at. Thicker gauge tubing, more attention to the joints, etc. Think of it as a Jeep CJ frame. With steel, modest reductions in stress extend fatigue life dramatically. There’s an engineering mantra – when in doubt, make it stout, out of stuff you know about. We still know more about steel than Ti or carbon fiber or any other new new thing.

Daily Driver:
E46 M3

Car for flossin’ & sinnin’:
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder w/twin turbos (with me AND Angelina Jolie in the driver’s seat …)

Truck for towing and offroading:
Last gen toyota tacoma

Project/sunday morning car:
Datsun 260Z

Wild card:
VW Tiguan ~ the most attractive CUV, available with a manual, & really comfortable seats front & rear

As for the vehicles:

Steve McQueen’s 68 Mustang fastback from the movie Bullitt. Not a replica, the actual car.

Toyota Tacoma pick-up, 4WD with extend cab.

Mazdaspeed 3.

Mazda Miata.

BMW F-800.

Original Schwinn Stingray painted that disgusting lime green color that was so popular during the 1970’s.

I whole heartily agree. Three is the magic number.

1) Keep my ‘07 Sonata but replace the stock 17″ wheels with lighter 18″ X 7.5″ BBS’s. Install the Eibach Pro coil-over kit. Install a free-breathing cat-back exhaust kit. Cold-air intake and HID headlamps. That’s the daily driver.

2) Still a debate with me. Evo X or an Infiniti G. I’m leaning towards a G as sometimes you need to keep it classy.

3) GT-R. There is no substitute… [get it? wink, wink, nudge, nudge]

If you can’t tell, I don’t buy German. They’re high maintenance, overpriced and the people who drive them are usually dicks (not all of them though).

1964 1.6 liter porsche 356c cabriolet
1966 4.2 liter jaguar e-type coupe
1970 2.2 liter porsche 911t coupe
1997 2.5 liter porsche boxster
2007 2.7 liter porsche cayman

other times, i go completely overboard. option [b] would be comprised of a totally-unattainable array of the finest cars i have ever lusted after:

a big, black 1949 cadillac coupe
1956 porsche 550s spyder
1962 porsche 356b carrera 2 coupe
1973 porsche 911s
1973 dino 246gt
and either: one of those super-swoopy, french talbot-lagos coupes from the 1930’s, a jaguar ss, an aston martin db4 zagato, a mcclaren f1 or a porsche carrera gt [can't decide yet, cuz i'd really have to drive em all, first].

plus – in either garage – i would absolutely have to devote one bay to one of the old wooden bucks porsche used to fabricate early 356 coupe body-panels. surrounded by top-notch, vintage garage memorabilia, including a large sinclair gasoline sign with the big, green, brontosaurus in the middle; and an old porsche factory work-apron, hanging on a hook nearby.

I would love to someday add:
1956 Continental Mark II
1958 Edsel Citation
1959 Cadillac Sedan de Ville
1971 Cadillac Sedan de Ville
1971 Lincoln Mark III
1976 Lincoln Mark IV Bill Blass Edition
1977 Lincoln Versailles
1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V Collectors Series

and my own oil well

Honda CRX Si
Nissan Sentra SE-R
Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo
Suzuki Swift GT
Isuzu Stylus XS
Toyota Corolla GT-S
Acura Integra Type-R
Mazda MX3 (V6)

Then there’s the idea of the Rally Lounge. Everything here would be a production version of a Group A or WRC car.

Peugeot 206
Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
Toyota Celica All-Trac
Mazda 323 GTX
Nissan Sunny Pulsar GTI-r
Ford Escort RS
Ford Focus RS
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
Subaru WRX STi 22B

There’s also the Monster Garage. Everything would not have it’s original engine.

Nissan 240SX powered by a Skyline RB26 engine.
Monster Miata (Miata w/ a Ford 5.0)
The Volvette (you’ll find it on YouTube)
Mallett Solstice
Honda Fit powered by a K20 from a Civic Si
Fiero powered by a Chevy 350
Supra (Mk II chassis, Mk IV engine)
Focus RS8

I am a man of of simple needs.

Of course this will change again, and again. My real fantasy garage would be where I can try something different all the time. Too bad I can’t write worth a crap or I’d find a way to review cars for a living.