Just because that was spent making this, doesn’t mean it is worth that. This is a five grand frankencar weirdo project.

Sadly, ND. No way Im spending $15k on anything with that reliability reputation.

Counterpoint: The maintenance required to get an Alfa to the moon means that pretty much any wear item has been replaced at least once. Someone kept this running.  An ‘87 Alfa with 230k miles is no more likely to be a ticking time bomb of deferred maintenance than one with half as many miles.

This is the Quadrifoglio version which gets you the cladding, those phone dial wheels and the hardtop but not performance jump. If its solid and not rusted and that engine was done by a reputable shop, then the price is good. All Spiders (even the least desirable 75-82 era) are now fetching prices at or above this.…

This one is testing my resolve. I have a trailer, it’s only about an hour away from me, and we’re coming up on a three day weekend.

Its a Chevy, you can get everything you need for this at Rock Auto and Craigslist. NP

I agree, rust seems like a repair area; the underside for a NE car looks fine. Just too much money. $10k and I’d be in (I don’t pay BMW name tax). I’m cheap and don’t much care for comps. Because others are jumping off a price cliff, doesn’t make me want to follow.

I loathed this era of severely squared-off rooflines, but if it doesn’t bother you, here’s a livable runner that’s unique enough for your local C&C for less than $5K. Easy NP.

CTRL+V, CTRL+C, CTRL+V, CTRL+C, CTRL+V, CTRL+C,

Jack Walsh/Midnight Run should be much higher. The movie is great, and DeNiro is tough, funny, and seems to be having a blast.

This reeks of OPP, other people’s projects. There are simply too many modifications, for me, especially the rubber-band tires. N.D.

NP, $6k for a running and driving classic/enthusiast car is a good deal in today’s market. Mileage isn’t a concern at this age - this car is 40 years old and it would be far worse to find one with 30k that hadn’t been driven. Expect it to need work, and treat it as a guilt-free canvas to modify as you see fit.

Look under the hood of any car built in the Seventies.  This is what you will see.

I am going to go with NP. I know, I know, but in this case the rarity and condition of the car seem to point to NP. I would fix the seats and front end, change out all of the fluids, add a few other things to update it, and enjoy it.  It’s just odd enough to be worth preserving.

I can’t argue with that price in this market, parts bin special or not. Look at what you can get in the Accord/Camry market for $4,000 and this also-ran Saturn starts to look pretty damn good.

This is not the car to cater to your desires, but it is a great way to meet your needs. It’s a car. Being a wagon adds utility.

Even if it’s secretly a grenade, you can probably get your money’s worth of rolling around in it before it blows. NP.

Calling this ‘cheap thrills’ is a bit of a misnomer, isn’t it? It was cheap thrills as the 370Z when you could get a 332 HP V6 sports car for a bit over 30k. IMO it went from a performance bargain with some issues for being a pretty old platform with a pretty cramped and dated interior, to being overpriced compared to…

I’m trying to figure out just how in the hell $48000+ is “cheap”.

I don’t seek out her music, but I respect her a lot. I don’t know if these sort of stories are who she is as a person or a wise display of being wise about how to spend money wisely. Regardless, there has always been a maturity of how she does things with Tayl0r that is refreshing to see in today’s world.