How realistically usable is the third row of seats?

I have lot of happy memories of hooning one of these in high school - it belonged to a friend’s mom. No idea how long it lasted, but frankly we didn’t expect cars to get to 100k miles in those days anyway.

The 2nd generation of that 626 was even prettier, and damn fast for its time:

With you on that. The 6 GC looks the business, and you can still get it in M form with three pedals as God intended. Damn shame about the price, though. It’s a pretty car, but hard to think of it as 25% more than the nicer-than-a-house S550.

Yes, but in India the trunk helps you find a wife.

Agreed, and let’s look at the Merkur Scorpio, shall we? I had one and thought it was quite handsome. It’s more like an A7 than 5GT: The roof peaks at the A-pillar then slopes back. Note also the belt line swoops up, so the greenhouse tapers from front to back. It also helps that the C- and D-pillars are hidden behind…

And the clownshoe is *easily* the more fun vehicle to drive.

My sense from watching the E36/8 market is that this is high 40's to low 50's. The color is really highly sought-after, any mileage under 50k is also going to draw buyers, and the Los Angeles market is a little pricier than other places.

FWIW, we’ve got one (an S52, sad trombone), and I get more positive comments on it from strangers than any other car we’ve had except the ‘75 Eldorado. That includes Ferraris, Porsches, Astons, art car Volvos, etc. People love them some clownshoe.

Dated in a different sense: Good luck finding a 360 that doesn’t have faded and tattered interior leather, switches that are sticking, dash covering that is shrinking etc. Whereas the Gallardos I see are all holding up pretty well, with the possible exception of the plastic coating on the HVAC buttons on early cars.

They seem to have stopped depreciating, too. I thought I’d see $50-60k Gallardos, but it doesn’t seem to be happening.

Please give that type of chick my phone number. I’ve had enough engine fires to keep them entertained for *years*.

IIRC, they’ve had that car on offer for *months* now. Probably willing to deal. I want it pretty hard.

That should be his *second* V12 exotic, once he’s tired of the first, highly silly one.

I think you’re right.

Nobody would bat an eye if a guy in his position leased an E-Class or 5-Series for $1k / month. But after 3 years he’d be out $36k with nothing to show for it. I would pretty much guarantee that 3 years from now, that Murcielago will be worth more than it is today, and the Testarossa would be worth no less than what…

It fits perfectly with the Porsche philosophy of subtracting matter and adding to the MSRP.

I know this engine is a gem, but the RC is eye-searingingly ugly, even in person. It’s also got an impractically small backseat. So it’s a Camaro for the hypothetical childless Gundam robot aficionado who can’t drive stick but can swing a $900/month lease payment.

I just spent a few laps on track in a 991 GT3, and then other drivers picked it up by the scruff of the neck and did 2 hours worth of additional laps without the car hiccuping at all except for an erroneous TPMS warning. I think the GT3 might be even more field-durable than an AR15.

As soon as industrial ore deposits are reported on Mars, the Chinese will send rockets. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation business plan is written, just waiting for Chinese capital to fund it.