About $3k cheaper than my local dealer would go on an identical car.

No shenanigans myself! I've only bought a couple cars new and feel I did pretty well both times.

Ha ha! Nice!

That's a great feeling! I imagine it's even better for a woman since you're typically targeted even more for hi jinks by some salespeople.

When you get a bunch of time I recommend the following story. A guy applied for a job at three different dealerships and then wrote about the experience of selling cars. Very interesting. All kinds of tactics described.

Old-fashioned stealership routine. They take your keys to evaluate your car. Then they hide the car around back and say they lost your keys to make you stick around until they sell you.

Pinto Cruising Van!

That bridge looked like it was 8-bit or made out of Legos.

LATE ENTRY!

Lol! I was looking for this comment. I knew it was here somewhere.

Nice car! But are you sure that's an 81? Those taillights look like the earlier 124 Spider model. I believe the larger taillights were the later Spider 2000 (starting around 1979 or 1980?).

Nice car! But are you sure that's an 82? Those taillights look like the earlier 124 Spider model. I believe the larger taillights were the later Spider 2000 (starting around 1980?).

My family had one that looked exactly like this back in the 80s. It was a 1981 Spider 2000 I believe. Great, fun little car. I can still smell that fake leatherette interior! My friend taught me how to peel out in it. Yeah, we didn't deserve that car. Had a few great blasts back and forth from the beach through the…

Mid-engine is the future of the Corvette.

Exactly what I was thinking.

They can just arm some nutcase regime that they know doesn't care about self-destruction.

I tend to believe that as well. But there's always a chance that they launch a missile through a proxy (like Iran?). I hope I'm wrong about this.

Crap! I wish I had this a couple days ago! Leaving in a few hours after a teleconference. I'll see if I can sneak something in. I did enjoy what I ate so far! Never made it to the beach but will rectify that this morning.

Ha! I'm here now for the first time and took this photo yesterday! Taken quickly from a fast moving golf cart. I wish I got a better one.

For east coasters, Mecum starts in 2 days in Harrisburg. I'm taking off Friday to go.