I really do like this generation of A6, but buying a $5k car that you will likely spend another $10k to keep running because of mileage just doesn’t make sense. Reluctant CP here.

Fair price as this is surely the most pristine 8th gen Cougar left on the planet. Someone out there is looking for this car for whatever reason.

As someone else mentioned this is a very fair price for a running car with no dents in the body panels. Also this is one of the few Buicks from the 90's that has the potential to achieve collector’s status. The looks were certainly polarizing, but the Riviera, Lincoln Mark VII, and the Eldorado from this period…

Though I prefer the proportions of the sedan, a clean, running 505 has become so rare that this is a fair price. It will never be collectible, but I have fond memories of them. The local Cadillac, Peugeot dealer in my home town moved a good number of these during my teen years, so they were fairly common sight in the…

The low miles and reasonable condition combined with a price just low enough, and a car that is just obscure enough to make this a what the hell, NP.

I’d want to get a look under that protective dash cover, but if it doesn’t look like the San Andreas Fault under there, I’m going “Nice Price” all day

This definitely has the potential to be NP, but it would require an extensive test drive by the potential buyer and some time at a trusted mechanic on a rack to make sure the conversion wasn’t some sort of Frankenstein’s monster under the hood.

Hearkening back to the Golden Age of military flight, how about the B-21 Invisible Fortress or Invisi-Fortress for short.

This gets a Nice Price from me simply for being a survivor. The Subaru XT must have been a fragile car because they disappeared from the roads quickly. I love the eighties-tastic styling. Bonus points for having the factory stereo still residing in the center stack. I slightly prefer the over the top digital dash and…

They should have called it the Crosstour Coupe!

The 80's era 6 Series is my favorite BMW, but this one needs a little too much TLC. I’d rather save my pennies and get a slightly later one. Preferably one with larger engine and the letters CSI after the “635.”

Thanks for enlightening me. I am going CP simply because there are too many unknown quantities regarding the whole Plasti-dip exterior. Otherwise, I might have forgiven screws in the door cards, and the fact it wasn’t a Quattro.

How difficult is it to remove that Plasti-dip from an entire car? The effort required might determine whether this car is NP or CP...

There are two important things to glean from this new development.

These late model Firebird Convertibles were the best looking of the 3rd generation F-Bodies in my opinion. That said, I’d have liked this car a lot more if the original buyer had coughed up a little more for the leather interior. I can still remember the unpleasant feeling of that nubby, almost terry cloth type…

“Yes....Yes I do...I believe that....I know it’s not pretty to look at....but It’ll get you where you want to go.”

I have always wanted the Mark Cross edition Chrysler LeBaron Convertible in Del Griffith Green with the wood paneling.

If this rumor is true (not ready to believe it yet) then I think it is likely Toyota is planning on leveraging the recent Daihatsu acquisition to reintroduce that brand back into the United States. Probably in standalone dealerships. Don’t know how that is going to work out though.

These were good but safe picks. They were all well regarded cars. I am more interested in future collectibles that were less successful when they were new. They were flawed, or less sucessful, but still have some measure of collectibility. For example:

This Spider sat in a barn for 10 years before being acquired by my MiL on a whim. It has 47k miles on it, and while there were thousands spent on the suspension, brakes, electrical, air conditioning, and intake, the engine and transmission remain uncracked and original other than new plugs wires, and hoses. I have…