I'm Josh from Dallas, Texas
I bought my '92 Capri about a month ago, because I was looking for a drivable car with good gas mileage so I could fix up my '97 Ford Thunderbird. Also, was looking for a car under $1000. After looking at a rusted out '86 Escort, and a wrecked '94 Corsica, I saw Misti (the car) sitting in the back of a high end used car alot, so I said to my girlfriend "I know I can't afford it, but I always wanted one since I first one". I offered the guy $900, he took $1000, then I spent 2 hours making it driveable enough to get across town (Yeah, I bought it without even test driving it.) Had to replaced the alternator belt/water pump belt to get it to start (yeah, it disintegrated as the last person drove it in, strips of belt were still hanging from underneath) Got halfway home and noticed there was no water, and a 6 inch crack in the top of the radiator - stopped and filled it with tap water to get it home. Fixed the radiator, rebuilt the headlamp motor, fixed the windshield wipers, replaced the valve-cover gasket, changed the oil, buffed the heck out of it, and it's a great car, I'm having a blast with it. You know how you buy a car, any car, and you noticed that everyone else has one? Since I've bought my Capri, I've only seen two, and being Dallas with a high population density, that's remarkable.
It's hard to narrow down to one dream car. If I absolutely HAD too, I'd go with the new model Thunderbird, in that Graphite metallic color, but I'd ditch the regular v8 and put in the DOHC 4.6 from the Cobra Mustang, and a supercharger. Yeah, I could probably live with that and be happy.
Or a Capri with a 4G20T Turbo Eclipse engine.