First car to buy if you hit the lottery??

[jgerock]

Just curious, since I rarely play and the economy has me off from work this week...

For me, it would be a two-way tie between:

'74 2002 Turbo

2002ti "Diana" Edition

Absolute first thing to buy would be a wooded lot with nice house and huge garage. Those ads in the back of Hemmings for "auto estates" make me dream of winning.

Yes, I'm a dreamer!

[TimSullivan]

I'd like to own a 2002 Alpina and an early seventies 911S.

[72Golf]

Mine would be a 1949 Ferrari 166M Barchetta........yum, yum!

and then, to get the groceries back to that secluded house and monster garage, a 1937 M-B G4.

[Otis]

You can have the Ferrari'ies, and the turbos, and the Benz'es and the Alpini-ies. But chics dig a big weiner. Ergo, there is no contest, no question:

[ClayW]

Probably a `55 Mercedes 300SL, and Paul Cain's 3.8CSI.

EDIT: Add in a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO (if the winnings were enough), an early Jaguar XKE and an Aston Martin DB5.

Then I'd buy a new/possibly totalled Euro BMW 118d and strip the drivetrain out for transplant into my 02.

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[72Fjord02]

The weinermobile can't corner for anything, I back up Clay, go for a CSL. When I hung out at Casey Motorsports there was an Alpine built CSL there, was an amazing car.

Kurt

[deschodt]

Plenty of choices, car wise, but I tell you what I'd do FIRST !

I'd get me a fractional ownership on NetJets, and never *EVER* fly commercial again ! yes sir, your jet will be ready in 5 minutes. No sir, no TSA, no clogged toilets, no delays... Then you can go car shopping across the states !

[c.d.iesel]

246 Dino

and while driving - think of Phil Hill winning a GP in his Dino

[HBChris]

Except Phil Hill's Dino 246 F1 was obsolete by 1960 and was replaced by the Dino 156 Sharknose.

I have always admired the Aston Martin DB4 in any configuration, of which there were many.

[WBeaumont]

"First" is the word that makes this so hard.

For starters:

Lancia Stratos

Peugeot 205 T16

Lotus Cortina

Alfa Romeo GTA

Ferrari 250 SWB

I am refraining from doing anymore as I could go on forever.

[dubois]

I would honestly say that the first thing that came to mind was an Unimog. There is one for sale in Hollister for less than 20K.

[ClayW]

That reminds me, I've always wanted a VW Double Cab Transporter.

[Jon_uk]

Chevron B8 (with a Lester Owen M10 of course )

[HarryPR]

Absolute first thing to buy would be a wooded lot with nice house and huge garage. Those ads in the back of Hemmings for "auto estates" make me dream of winning.

Yes, I'm a dreamer!

I torture myself by subscribing to weekly emails from this site:

http://www.carproperty.com/

I would probably make a collection of '02's of every iteration (1600, 1600ti, 2002ti, cabrio, Baur, etc.) for starters. Then an E9 or three, a 3.0Li, and a smattering of non-BMW's I've always liked (Triumph Herald Vitesse, Lotus Cortina, Alfa GTV). I could go on all day.

[FunElan]

I would probably have my '02 restored and be driving Lotus Exige while it's out.