Official "Your Favorite Vehicle" Appreciation Thread [Archive]

Qonfused

12-05-2008, 03:45 AM

Huntley Sport
http://images.wikia.com/gtawiki/images/9/93/HuntleySport1.JPG

Best car (http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Huntley_Sport) in the game.

- Fast
- Great handling
- Looks fantastic
- Fun to drive

And that last point is the deal maker. I can pick up a Comet or Infernus any day, but they're not really fun to drive. They're too... exotic. The Huntley Sport... now that's a realistic car that's also fast.

Also, it's the only car that I find to handle full hand braking acceptably.

Honorable Mention: Blista Compact
Fun, small, handles well, relatively fast.

...So what's yours?

Wanted Bob

12-05-2008, 03:49 AM

Ice Cream Truck. Hands Down.

- Big and Powerful, great for smashing through barriers.
- Handling is good enough for me.
- It has the style, and the hilarious chime.

FINALLY, by far the best bit is the name. Seriously, how could you not want to drive the "Cherry Popper" Mobile???

PvtRyan

12-05-2008, 03:52 AM

The Sultan.

Fantastic handling, great sound, great speed.

TheAntipop

12-05-2008, 04:28 AM

I've forgotten it's name, it's something like the PCP 600 or P0P 300? Is it PDP 600? Honestly, I'm crap with cars so I really don't know. It's the fairly low down model, usually found around Ray's hangout, quite boxey but pretty sporty. Handles like a dream.

TCfromBN

12-05-2008, 04:31 AM

Turismo. Mine has a gray sparkely paint job and it is teh sechs.

Ren.182

12-05-2008, 04:42 AM

Banshee all the way.

Or a Sentinel.

Raziaar

12-05-2008, 04:56 AM

Banshee.

But I'm really loving the Turismo in this game too...

I actually enjoy all the cars. They're lots of fun and handle differently.

The Sentinel is a ****ing rollover waiting to happen. No car have I taken a turn in before caused me to roll over, but it's happened to me twice in a sentinel.

Qonfused

12-05-2008, 05:04 AM

The Comet is a bitch when it comes to roll overs.

I've forgotten it's name, it's something like the PCP 600 or P0P 300? Is it PDP 600? Honestly, I'm crap with cars so I really don't know. It's the fairly low down model, usually found around Ray's hangout, quite boxey but pretty sporty. Handles like a dream.

PMP 600

AtomicSpark

12-05-2008, 05:32 AM

FIB Buffalo or Annihilator. My two main forms of transport.

Geogaddi

12-05-2008, 06:57 AM

Sultan RS. Eats Infurnuses and Comets alive.

Also, THE PATRIOT. Pfft, and people complained that they took the tank out of the game.

Cpt Tenacious

12-05-2008, 07:00 AM

Comet, it has great handling and is very fast. I've gotten very good driving around corners at very high speeds with that car. Mine has a phat yellow paintjob.

Raziaar

12-05-2008, 07:04 AM

Sultan RS. Eats Infurnuses and Comets alive.

Also, THE PATRIOT. Pfft, and people complained that they took the tank out of the game.

I know man, that thing is a ****ing beast. hit cars from the sides and they go rolling. Not even the bus rolls cars that easily.

Bad^Hat

12-05-2008, 07:17 PM

Blista Compact. Can't beat it for chases, speedy enough and handles like nothing else.

Honorable mention goes to the Faggio, just because.

Minister

12-05-2008, 07:37 PM

Blista Compact is the dog's bollocks.

Sultan RS is pretty nice also, I like the sound it makes when it shifts gears.

Hectic Glenn

12-05-2008, 07:40 PM

I'm in agreement with the Huntley Sport, I do like driving it due to it's balance of handling / speed and strength. I also like the PMP 600 as already mentioned above - http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/PMP_600

My favourite though is definitely the Super GT, which looks just like an Aston Martin DB9, excellent handling, accleration and speed. Not with the strength of the Huntley but many a time has the S-GT drifted me around corners and out of trouble.

Cavalry

12-05-2008, 10:24 PM

Blista Compact or Blista

Yes. I like the minivan.The Blista helped me out big time on Three Leaf Clover.

Cormeh

12-05-2008, 10:40 PM

Faggio

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/gtawiki/images/thumb/a/ac/Faggio_LCS.jpg/120px-Faggio_LCS.jpg

(Can't find a pic from IV).

Although I really like tearing up and down Algonquin in a banshee, I've had more fun using the Faggio. A mere novelty in previous games, I found that the Faggio in IV is reliable and handles like a champ.

If you lean forward on it, you can reach a modest speed, it's great for weaving in and out of heavy traffic, particularly with heat and I got my 500ft wheelie achievement with it. :D

PvtRyan

12-05-2008, 10:48 PM

Acepilotf14

12-05-2008, 11:08 PM

Sentinel. 'Tis my favorite car in all of the GTA games.
I got the 500 ft achievement easy with the Faggio. D:

GordonFreeman911

13-05-2008, 04:54 AM

Bad^Hat

13-05-2008, 07:49 AM

I got the 500 ft achievement easy with the Faggio. D:
The faggio wheelies like a dream. Just get it at speed, keep holding the accelerator and pull right back on the stick. The other bikes you'd have to tweak the accelerator or thumb the left stick a bit more delicately to hold it up, but you can keep the faggio up for entire stretches of road with no problem.

Just wish I knew that before I spent all that time going up and down the stretch in Broker with a Sanchez trying to get the achievement. :|

Wanted Bob

13-05-2008, 03:02 PM

I thought it was Mr. Tasty?

Maybe the name changes, but the one I got was called the Cherry Popper.

Dalamari

13-05-2008, 11:14 PM

Faggio or the Sentinel

Geogaddi

14-05-2008, 05:56 AM

The Futo is actually quite good, comparable to the Blista Compact.

Bad^Hat

14-05-2008, 06:18 AM

The Futo is actually quite good, comparable to the Blista Compact.
Yeah, that's another one I'm always keeping an eye out for. You always see them driving around Alderney city.

So I've been trying out the Huntley Sport since a few of you seem to like it. Speedy enough, handles okay and I'm loving the sense of weight it has, but damn that thing is slippery. Doesn't take much to put it into a slide, god forbid I actually touch the handbrake. For the first time since I was still getting used to the driving I'm sliding side-on into walls again. Couple of times I've flattened pedestrians against a wall going a little too fast, not particularly pleasant. :o

Edit - Oh, another awesome little car, bit like the Blista Compact/Futo but a bit sportier - the Ruiner.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x111/bad_hat/Ruiner.jpg

Raziaar

14-05-2008, 06:34 AM

I want to drive the Cognescenti a bit more. It looks like a neat car.

Bad^Hat

14-05-2008, 08:03 AM

It's shit. Pretty slow and corners like a rhino... with hemmoroids.

Reginald

14-05-2008, 01:07 PM

the Ruiner.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x111/bad_hat/Ruiner.jpg

My favourite. :E

Also love the Faggio and the Cavalcade.

EDIT: Since when did the Sanchez become so shit? On that mission where you chase some guy on a motorbike for Gerry and I fail because the bike keeps being sucky.

[Matt]

16-05-2008, 06:07 PM

Shitzu NRG 900.... not great at cornering but nothing else can weave through heavy traffic nearly as well.
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3457/shitzuwg6.jpg

It also looks like its meant to be an ingame representation of one of my favourite bikes... the Suzuki GSXR1000

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20%20A/Suzuki%20GSXR1000%2005%20%206.jpg

Shamrock

16-05-2008, 06:55 PM

I also love the Sentinel.

Nicky 0123

16-05-2008, 11:21 PM

I can't remember what my favourite car is, it looks similar to a Mercedes, it is available in convertable and hardtop and is fast, handles well and is fun to drive. Man I love that car...

I'll get a pic when I can (it begins with a T)

Minister

17-05-2008, 01:15 PM

^^ Feltzer maybe?

I now love the cop cars, really fun to drive :D

Also, nothing beats getting in a big ass truck gaining 3+ stars and going on a rampage.

riomhaire

17-05-2008, 06:02 PM

I haven't played GTA IV yet but my favourite car in the GTA series is the Banshee (except the VC version).

bigpapa400lb

17-05-2008, 08:15 PM

Sabre GT and the one that looks like 1986 Monte Carlo

Cavalry

17-05-2008, 08:19 PM

Gave the Futo (Corolla AE86 2-door coupe?) a drive last night.

Its definitely a drift car :D

CrazyHarij

18-05-2008, 10:53 PM

nothing beats the faggio online

Dalamari

18-05-2008, 10:55 PM

Qonfused

18-05-2008, 11:28 PM

I was driving around the Feltzer today and I'm really beginning to like that car. It's fast, zippy and looks nice. And yeah, Minister, the cop cars are really fun.

PvtRyan

19-05-2008, 12:02 AM

I was driving around the Feltzer today and I'm really beginning to like that car. It's fast, zippy and looks nice. And yeah, Minister, the cop cars are really fun.

Yeah, the Feltzer is great, but I've never seen beyond the first island though.

My new favorite car is the Turismo, awesome beast :)

Baal

19-05-2008, 03:19 AM

I gotta say I enjoy driving the Infernus, as well as the Aston Martin look-a-like, I think it's the TurismoGT, or something.

Oh, and the thread author fails at making an easy alliteration in the thread title.

"Official 'Your Favourite Vehicle' Appreciation Station"

VictimOfScience

19-05-2008, 03:12 PM

Gruppe 6 truck. Tough as nails yet very drivable and when it gets too damaged it explodes money! Woo-hoo!! :D

Combine Hybrid

20-05-2008, 01:31 AM

Sentinel

Handling is great and it's not overrated as much as sports and super cars.

nokori3byo

31-05-2008, 07:12 AM

My new favorite car is the Turismo, awesome beast :)

Seconded. I actually prefer this to all the other fast cars for various reasons.

--The Sultan RS is sturdy but turns like a birck on ice skates.

--The Coquette spins out way to easily, as does the Banshee (though not as badly).

--Haven't driven a Feltzer in a while, but don't remember being too jazzed about the handling.

--Lastly, I was a big fan of the PGR4 rendition of the Enzo Ferrari, which the Turismo reminds me of.

Cavalry

31-05-2008, 05:09 PM

What's the name of that car the blackmailers are driving in the 2nd Bernie mission (or 3rd, one of them)? I stole it and got it fixed up after they were finished with it but lost it, would like to know what it was called.

The base model is called the Sultan. The model you drove its also a Sultan, but its a sport model and has a couple letters after, I believe GT but I'm not sure. Just know that there are 2 models, and the sport model is VERY rare. Almost as rare as the Turismo.

Edit: Its the Sultan RS, I see nokori3byo used the name in a comparison.

PvtRyan

31-05-2008, 05:12 PM

The Turismo isn't rare :p

There's a car dealership in Algonquin that only has Turismo's in a variety of colors. Just smash in the window, run in and steal one.

It's to the east of Central Park (or whatever it's called in GTA4).

Cavalry

31-05-2008, 05:17 PM

The Turismo isn't rare :p

There's a car dealership in Algonquin that only has Turismo's in a variety of colors. Just smash in the window, run in and steal one.
I'll have to find that!
I never could find Turismo's anywhere other then Faustin's house, until I got to Alderney :/

PvtRyan

31-05-2008, 05:18 PM

If you didn't see my edit: it's somewhere east of Central Park (or whatever it's called in GTA4).

Cavalry

31-05-2008, 05:23 PM

ah thank you!
Only dealership I've seen thus far is Exoticar, and all they seem to have are Patriots and Uranus (yes, theres a car called Uranus).

Gave the Premier the once over, #3 on the best cars list :D

ShinRa

01-06-2008, 12:20 AM

Comet FTW

Geogaddi

01-06-2008, 12:26 AM

The Grotti Turismo dealership is around the corner from your Algonquin safehouse.

Hectic Glenn

01-06-2008, 12:43 AM

Comet FTW
I really like the comet but I've only found 3...ever. Where can I find more of them!?

My favourite car now is the feltzer I think it's called. I love everything about it. Closely followed by the Super GT

nokori3byo

01-06-2008, 01:59 PM

I really like the comet but I've only found 3...ever. Where can I find more of them!?

My favourite car now is the feltzer I think it's called. I love everything about it. Closely followed by the Super GT

I find when I park the Comet in my parking space in Bohan, there are usually several others parked around the block--the same way that you'll occasionally see other Infernuses (Inferni?) around when you're driving your's. If this happens, just walk over, grab one and go park it in another of your spots.

Incidentally, does anyone care to specualte about what the strange farting sound the Sultan RS makes might be?

Cavalry

01-06-2008, 04:43 PM

I find when I park the Comet in my parking space in Bohan, there are usually several others parked around the block--the same way that you'll occasionally see other Infernuses (Inferni?) around when you're driving your's. If this happens, just walk over, grab one and go park it in another of your spots.

Incidentally, does anyone care to specualte about what the strange farting sound the Sultan RS makes might be?
blow off valve, I believe the Sultan RS is turbo-charged.

[Matt]

03-06-2008, 01:20 AM

Indeed. The Sultan RS seems to be a GTA style rendition of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo (probably 7th or 8th generation) and that sound you're hearing is the blow off valve from the cars turbocharger which sounds very similar to the one the Evo has...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mYEA3i3b3mI

Also i still love the games sport bikes but I would go with the Sultan RS for my favourite 4 wheeled vehicle thanks to its speed/handling/rarity/coolness factor... :)

nokori3byo

03-06-2008, 12:07 PM

Hey, speaking of vehicles what did people here use for the game's harder jumps--across the river in Alderney and so on?

Jangle

03-06-2008, 11:41 PM

Hey, speaking of vehicles what did people here use for the game's harder jumps--across the river in Alderney and so on?

I think for the river one I just used a banshee or something. Works with most cars so long as you get enough time to build up speed.

Cavalry

04-06-2008, 12:09 AM

I think for the river one I just used a banshee or something. Works with most cars so long as you get enough time to build up speed.
Unless your using a bus.

Most exotics will work on extremely long jumps, average jumps can be done with average cars (Futo, Feltzer, Sentinel, Taxi, Primier, Primo etc...)

nokori3byo

06-06-2008, 07:10 PM

Wow. After more than 60 hours of play, I took my first spin in the SuperGT today. I'm guessing it's kinda rare?

Combine Hybrid

08-06-2008, 06:32 PM

Can someone tell me all the locations of car dealership? I still haven't found none.

Cavalry

08-06-2008, 07:17 PM

Took this custom looking Sentinel (had a hood scoop, spoiler, and those things on the rear window) its much better than a regular sentinel.

Combine Hybrid

08-06-2008, 07:29 PM

That's the mafia sentinel. I jacked the mafia sentinel in Little Italy and the guys who were driving same car near me pulled over and started shooting at me.

By the way, I've noticed that most of Sultan drivers are asians...

Also, isn't the secret car Sultan RS?

Cavalry

08-06-2008, 07:35 PM

The Sultan RS isn't really secret, drive around in a normal Sultan and many Sultan RS's will show up. It's a beautiful thing when you have a Sultan RS and call Brucie to do a race against five other Sultans/Sultan RS's.

I wish those tuner shops were in GTA IV :(

staticprimer

08-06-2008, 09:17 PM

There's an RS that is always parked behind a garage next to the old abandoned mansion near Pegerino's house, so there's no need to drive around in a regular Sultan. Its on the Northeast corner of Algonquin.

Geogaddi

08-06-2008, 11:28 PM

I don't think tricked out models of cars are any faster than the regular ones, with the exception of the RS.

Hazard.Squared

12-07-2008, 02:31 AM

My favorite car has got to be the Ruiner, I've abandoned Infernus's for Ruiners man.
:thumbs:

GordonFreeman911

14-07-2008, 04:17 AM

You assholes.. I have to play some gta now.

AmishSlayer

14-07-2008, 05:49 AM

Tourismo hands down.

Unfocused

14-07-2008, 10:36 AM

Where can I find a SuperGT? It was in one of the missions but it got wasted in the process :| Now I can't find it anywhere.

Trevelyan

15-07-2008, 04:30 PM

Turismo or the Infernus

bam23

15-07-2008, 11:47 PM

sabre gt fosho

Hazard.Squared

27-07-2008, 05:58 AM

pay no attention to this post it is accidental

riomhaire

14-09-2008, 01:59 AM

Holy crap the Banshee in this game! I'm in love!

Geogaddi

14-09-2008, 05:04 AM

Holy crap the Banshee in this game! I'm in love!

You say that, until you get your ass handed to you by a Sabre Turbo.

jerkasaur

14-09-2008, 05:33 AM

banshee is fine for me.

riomhaire

14-09-2008, 03:15 PM

But the banshee has always been my favourite car in the series anyway (except the VC one XP) and I think it just looks perfect in this game, as well as handling great. I'm a Dodge Viper fan :P