Hard to untangle the why?

At $18,500 the car better be damn near perfect and the miles much lower to even think about it. Now that I am thinking about it, seems like too much money for any 20 year old Excursion. Huge No Dice on this one.

I was all in until I got to the SMG issue. Cheap MR2. Somebody finally figured out that the mods don’t make it worth more, they make it worth less. Then we got to expensive transmission problem. Don’t want this bad enough to have to fix it. I mean, when people ask “what the hell is that?” It is one thing to be able to…

Well I guess laziness really doesn't pay off then.

Beautiful rare car. There was a time when Japanese cars were pretty low on the collector car totem pole. Recent prices of old Datsuns and even Hondas and Toyotas that aren’t that old reflect a seismic shift in this thinking. This is easy nice price,and should only go up over time. It’s obscurity is probably holding…

I think the car is gorgeous, or at least more interesting than the current trend of hypercars that all pretty much look the same. However, I think the interior is gaudy and awful.

I read a couple more stories before I found it, late model Nissan Rogue. So it is not like he was driving one of these huge trucks (normal new full size) or SUVs you can’t see pedestrians from.

All of them, cars should be operated via tactile switches, looks better, safer.

I will take the middle road here, some cars at 100,000 have a very high chance of becoming money pits at any moment, think German luxury brands. Most Hondas, Lexus, and case in point here, 90s 3.8 Buicks, and many others, if well cared for, are still reliable transportation.

I think it was supposed to be a general interest article because people often compare the cost of different means of transportation, and with the higher cost of gas lately a big part of the driving equation has changed, so maybe people would be interested in reading real world, recent cmparison. I kind of pulled that…

Came here to post same, very cool logo and a lot of history behind it.

Here are a couple slightly nicer, all things being relative. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/304140078409599/?ref=facebook_story_share

I know S2000s have gone nowhere but up the last few years, and it is a Honda, so probably still has some life left in it, but can't quite get past the miles and mods.  If it looked like it was pampered and kept stock I might be able to get past the miles.  As is a reluctant No Dice.

Yes, not an expert, but lived the era, Earth Wind and Fire needs to be on the list, maybe multiple times.

I will try not to go negative here, and just add some helpful suggestions.

Looks like it is all done right. I have totally different feelings about these than say, VW based MG replicas, because the original 356 was basically cobbled together with VW parts.

It is a big project, people take these types of things on because they like the work or the challenge, or they can’t afford to buy in nice shape and they have always wanted one, or they have their own way they want to do it.

Not a car tool, but caulk guns.  I hate using them, I always plan on laying a perfect bead, but something always goes wrong, then I end up using my fingers and making a mess on both the pieces I am working on and myself.  Then I have to clean it all off.  Just looking at a caulk gun pisses me off.

Here is one on Car Max, year,model and miles match.  https://www.carmax.com/cars/preview/22514985?store=7270&adcode=SEMGVLAY2&vzmadcode=SEM92700064352402116&utm_source=sem_google&utm_content=sem_carmax_shopping&utm_term=&utm_campaign=121277634657&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnNyUBhCZARIsAI9AYlH9zi6CwhT9R3TWQXSq6bOa3oqGOw8xXUnLs_JTloH…

Interior stripped to take a second or two off your track day time, but you are not actually racing so you could have just about as much fun with a car that had actual insides, and it would be much more enjoyable on the street.  No Dice.