I’m DD’ing a Porsche 928 this week. If this were a great front-engined 2+2 GT car for $65k, yeah, I actually would be the buyer. As it stands, you’ve got the Audi S5, which sucks, the 4-Series, which also sucks, and the E-Class Coupe, which is wonderful but also not particularly sporty (although it *is* fast).

The Supra was the fastest of that 90's Japanese trio, and by a pretty big margin. But I agree, the RX-7 is the best looking of the 3 and the 300ZX close behind.

To my eyes, the ducktail is one of the best parts of the car. But overall impression is “meh.” I’ll be interested in seeing it person.

Eh. Cars that have been sitting in a garage for months or years will develop problems when you start driving them again. Especially if you drive them hard. That includes fuel leaks. I’ve had that happen (in fact am *having* that happen right now!) with cars I’ve bought.

Given that the von Trapps had to run from the Nazis, a heavily armed Julie Andrews would have made that a very different movie.

I’m pretty sure that most of these YouTubers are just able to swing the lease payment on these exotics, but don’t actually have a cash cushion to do preventative maintenance.

Ah, so that’s how he made his money. I was wondering. Dude has a collection that probably is $20k / month even if he’s leasing it. 

Oh yes you most certainly can.

$121k will buy you a perfectly nice low-mile FD RX-7 and a good Z32 300ZX Twin Turbo and a decent S2000.

My wife says that a lot.

At 135k I’d be more worried about rings and cylinder wall scoring on that motor - the metallurgy is not quite up to Metzger flat-6 standards. The upside is that those motors are relatively cheap - $1700 on eBay and way less if you run to the pick-n-pull.

Lexus should make a convertible ES350. It would be the spiritual successor to the LeBaron convertible, and they’d sell half a million of them in South Florida alone.

My eye says the opposite: The bronze on grey looks elegant. The grey on red is ... not right somehow.

FWIW, the spare tire is explicitly part of the front crash structure of air-cooled 911s. The factory warns against replacing the spare with any aftermarket rim.

Aha! I stand corrected.

I’m with Mr. (or Ms.) box rocket on this.

Looks good on a 944:

I’ve driven every non-truck vehicle in that 1990s lineup, and they were *all* fun to drive for their class. The Millenia and 929 were both mechanically delightful, more than a little BMW-ish in their manners.

Another fun fact: The healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente started as the in-house health plan of the Kaiser group of industrial companies.

Oh, I should add that (4) Alanis’ take on pizza is horrible and disturbing.