I missed the call for submission—think I had a shot at making the list.

Despite the rarity this is a pretty meh car.  You won't get driving thrills or a special experience behind the wheel, you won't wow the masses with its beauty or weird funky vibe, because it has none.  Pretty generic old car, not wildly overpriced, but can't quite nice price it.

I don't think many people are cross shopping these and Miatas, unless the only criteria is "convertible", not much similarity between the cars otherwise, I think maybe people looking at an old LeBaron might be a much closer match.  

While I agree the BRZ is sort of a spiritual descendent of the 240z, their are some differences. The power v. handling has already been mentioned. There is also the fact the the Z was more of a middle class or mid-range sports car, you could still get an MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire, Fiat 850 Spyder, MGB, in those days…

And there are a lot of people that didn't have the money.  When I was young kids that didn't go to college went out and got manual labor jobs, factory, construction, and bought new cars pretty much out of high school, who can afford to do that today? (Without mommy and daddy's help?).

The country club put on the event and promoted the prize, that seems undisputed.  The correct play is going after the country club and letting them and the dealer duke it out on who pays for the truck.  In the meantime, do all you can to crucify both in regular and social media (apparently already happening).

I was hell no when I saw it, I would have to undo the stance and paint it, not so much because of the condition, but because of the color. The interior is much better than I thought, but it would take a slightly better price and either a stock suspension or a better color in addition to the lower price to get it into…

An SUV used to match it's name and were bought as capable off roaders, now the majority are bought as big passenger vehicles with plenty of room for child seats and sports gear.  The definition has changed over time with the market.

I have kind of wanted one of these for years, and have shopped for them quite a bit. This looks like a good price even before the post covid market bump, even from a private party. Almost looks to be too good to be true. Definitely nice price as described, wouldn’t be surprised if there are some clunks in the…

Absolutely, there is a point where the pleasure becomes pain. That’s where you have to remember your safe word “theresnosuchthingasacheapjag”...

There is nothing, nothing, like the smell of an old British car interior. My wife calls it musty, I call it heaven. Old leather and wool and whatever they stuffed the seats with, a little oil and grease from the mechanicals, and I swear you can also smell the hint of early fall leaves, but maybe that is just memories…

Thanks for the article, looking forward to more.  Almost took a 1500 mile road trip to see the vintage races at the Glen this year, but work got in the way.

Yeah, the lack of context on that statement struck me too.

“A classic beauty whose price soared out of my league, or at least beyond my entertainment budget, during the years I spent looking and drooling instead of investing and restoring" Add Alfa GTVs and Jaguar E Types to the mix and you have the story of my life.  I did snag a big Healey and a BMW 2002 before they got too…

The answer is the original Ford Taurus. It was considered very aerodynamic and avant guard when introduced. But soon became viewed as a dowdy old used car.

Sorry, no

Nome of them, it is modern car design that looks like shit. So.ewhere in the 2000s everything got tall and slab sided and poorly proportioned.

Sorry, have to disagree, tbe coupes are beautiful, the 2 + 2 not do much, the V-12 coupes were ungainly, series 1 beautiful.

The interior with the extended console and buckets in the back was glorious though.

I haven’t read the comments yet, but no doubt a bunch of camper guys saying you can buy other camper things that do more better for less. But as a non-camper guy I think this camper is pretty cool, and the interior is pretty nice. Can’t be slower than an air cooled VW bus, and people pay big bucks for them. Nice Price.