GT cars forever! Never been a big fan of the exotics (even as a kid), always considered my little British sportscars as a stepping stone (I considered my Triumph GT-6 a "half-scale" Jag E-Type), and considered my BMW sedans "almost there".
High school? Graduated 1980. Dream car then, dream car now. BMW E9.
Weird thing is, it seems that they've been just beyond my grasp for my entire adult life. I bought an E3 in 1982 for about $1600, when rough, but not rusty E9s were going for about $5-7K. I was in college then, and just didn't have it.
Best chance I really had was in the early 1990s. Good ones with the rust repaired seemed to be going for about $6-8K then. I'd just got my first real adult-style job (and salary) then, but I decided to go SCCA Improved Touring racing instead. I got divorced in the mid 90s, and didn't do anything but keep driving my little VW Mk.2 Golf that I'd bought new (for $13K..we had a kid, and the then-wife insisted I buy a new street car in 1992 because my last BMW 2002 dropped a valve seat on the way to taking our daughter to daycare one day).
Even today, I'll bet I could buy a pretty good one if I sold everything I had (the Golf, both Corrados, and putting up some of my old racing souvenirs on eBay or something...
). Good drivers seem to be going for about $16-22K, even though perfectly restored later cars with the 3.0ltr engine and the CSL package often go for much more than that at auction.
Problem is, if I did that, I'd have to use the E9 as a daily driver. And in Atlanta traffic, that can be a death sentence for a cool car. I'm already nervous enough having to use one of my Corrados as a DD right now..I really can't imagine how much more neurotic I'd be if I was using my "dream car" in that mess.
OTOH, I'm seriously thinking about playing the lottery more often..even though I know there's a better chance of being struck by lightning than there is of actually winning the stupid thing..
(me in said FFR, its supercharged and has about 550hp 
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