this car is a pile of hot garbage.  Not even if seller paid me would I take title to this...

NP - here’s the deal - this isn’t as much a car as it is Art. What’s the value of Art? eye of the beholder and blah blah blah....It’s well executed, as most comments affirm. I’d buy it and have a custom emblem made and call this the FerrDashian - it’s kinda hot, and surely better than it once was - only slightly…

verrrrrry little - and most of its ‘needs’ can be largely ignored or deferred - then when getting it fixed, it’s cheap as hell.   these cars are cockroaches.

McParland is spot on - the single lowest cost per mile vehicle, with the absolute least drama, and utterly dead simple is the right answer for this kid. An 05+ would be ideal. A mid-late 90's example with a dry undercarriage should be had for half his budget - pop on a fresh set of tires and a set of front brake pads,…

the newest civic under $5000 has $2000 in ‘soon’ expenses to factor in. I can spend less on an entire extra Crown Vic than the repairs on a sub-5K civic.

we’re also the smartest people on the road with the least amount of money spent on transportation. The maintenance and parts cost savings on a Panther more than make up for the small difference in fuel for the vast majority of people.

they have gotten a little big for their britches - 

THIS is what Bring A Trailer is all about - and I would. Hell, I just might - it’s not that far from Joliet, and I’ve got a half a pack of smokes. This one will be a HOOT at the local shows for short money. Nice price will be had in the driveway. Oh, and this is why we all quit with the solenoid door popper…

that’s Daffy Duck, Bozo

my kid always gets excited about cars like this at dealers like this - then I piss in his cheerios and show him why too good to be true is always at the end of a CRACKPIPE

that lasted about as long as it took to pull up the tarps from painting that monster.  can barely walk in there now that snow season is upon us.

Even Richard Pryor at his worst would run from that pile of crack.

no bungie cords..where are you seeing bungies?    WTF did I get myself into was exactly my thoughts as I built it...and the first time I drove it.  LOLOL  The looks I got from the neighbors were priceless on the shakedown run.

interesting story - the main frame was one of three very different pedal powered ‘bike’ type objects originally commissioned for a TV commercial - then afterward, they were raffled off. I re-engineered the whole thing and fabricated the go-kart portion.  He uses it in parades and such - sort of the anti-Shriner kart -…

turning radius is about 25 feet...you can do it in the street if you go wide enough curb to curb

indeed

You think that’s stupid? LOL - I’ll see your stupid, and raise you 9 feet (custom built by me for a really cool dude who commissioned it. It pedals, it karts, and yes, it pops one mother of a wheelie)

a brand new gasser Jetta gets the same mpg with cheaper fuel.   Crackety crack crack crrrrrrack

you can get a brand new Jetta with an actual warranty for that amount of money - this isn’t crack...it’s a John Belushi grade speedball. 

Brad, you’re the David Tracy of crappy campers...you two should hang out.