10 Iconic Movie Cars It Would Suck To Actually Own

3. 1959 Cadillac Meteor- 'Ecto-1'- Ghostbusters

Now I want to make it quite clear that this is the car I have always wanted - ever since I saw its humongous form lumbering around the streets of NYC, serenading people with the visual cacophony of its Ghostbusting power, I have wanted one more than my next breath. In fact, I even tried once. When I passed my driving test, my Dad gave me his old 'G' reg Citroen BX GTi Estate in white, and I then went about converting it into the Ecto-1 using some red fence paint and some hoover pipes. It didn't end well and my virginity was still up for sale to the most desperate bidder. The 1959 Cadillac Meteor is a monster vehicle; it is bigger than Argentina, and its engine I'm pretty sure is lifted from an ocean liner - these are the first two bones of contention. In 1950's America the roads are big and American, in modern day England the roads are still expecting highwaymen and the Roman army, which leaves the navigation of said roads as a slight conundrum. The pure size of the thing will surely leave you scratching your head and wondering how on earth that multi-storey is able to be parked inside your car, and the MPG rating on it will ensure the purchase of Saudi-Arabia is on your Christmas list. Add to this the various appendages, and you've got yourself an insurance nightmare, considering if you hit anything you're going to have to write your own Treaty of Versailles to say sorry. In the film, Ray has to make the following repairs to it: suspension, shocks, brake system overhaul, transmission, steering, a new rear end, mufflers, piston rings and a 'little' wiring. That's only when the car was 25 odd years old. So nowadays your mechanic will be living with you, because those problems will be perpetual, and your wallet will lie weeping in the corner of a Bailiff's pocket. Yet still it remains a most remarkable machine, even if you can't drive it without fear of committing mass genocide.