I think Edd is awesome, and his bits are often my favorite part of Wheeler Dealers. I can see his stuff not being the most exciting part of the show to a casual viewer, though.

Last time I checked, you couldn’t get any of those new at the local dealership.

In fairness, I just lumped beard dude in there since he’s on the show. I can’t stand Richard.

It’s all about the people. The best shows have the best people.

Ahh, I misread the question.

Picture being a kid going to his first track day in his DD $3000 Miata. Maybe he has to borrow a helmet because you can’t afford one. He just wants to have a little fun, and maybe learn something.

Too real man, too real.

A sports car? He’s trying to be flashy.

944 turbo. Particularly the ‘89 turbo S - it was faster than the 1989 911 turbo, and more user friendly to boot.

Yeah, I keep looking and want to grab one NOW. Many really extremely nice ones have already gone up in value, I’d grab a “nice driver” quality one, they are next.

Oooh coachbuilding. This is what Maybach should be been, all one-offs on the same chassis.

A $13k Mirage isn’t cheap enough?

I’ll counterpoint by insisting car prices haven’t gone up relative to inflation. Also, today’s cars seem to be built to last a lot more trouble-free years than the cars of yesterday. That leads to both not needing a new car as often, and also higher residual values to counteract the longer loan terms.

I went to the auto show with friends, showing them every single CUV on the market, explaining why I would choose either the Escape or CX5 first, the Sportage would be a good “value pick,” and that even though the CR-V is ugly as hell it’s both brilliant inside and would have the cheapest total cost of ownership if you…

Also related, but when talking about used instead of new:

I saw that guy do standup once.

‘You like cars, what car should I get?”

AFR gauge hooked up to a factory 3-wire sensor. Not going to give you anything but a useless light show.

There’s room in the market for Miatas to Hellcats and everything in between.

A little bit more power, it’s an FR-S. A little more it’s a 370z, a little more it’s a C7. These cars already all exist. Hyperbole? Maybe, but only in small degrees.