What’s the range with the air conditioner at full boogie? For us Floridians , it’s a completely normal mode for 2/3 of the year.

Put me in the Mark Donahue camp also! If it can’t lay rubber from corner exit to the next corner entrance, it’s underpowered.

Marine duty is way tougher on an engine. Full throttle for hours on end , loading and unloading as the prop cavitates, it’s like a 100 hour Dyno test with a sadist at the lever.

You’re assuming the two children know how to drive a car with a manual trans.

Probably true , BUT , the performance gap wasn’t that much. The value wasn’t there.

I want to say about 3500 dollars in 1986 money, but it was a long time ago.

It was so much more expensive. The value still has to be there.

There’s a reason they call it “Resale Red”

Or “ hold my beer and watch this!”

I tend to keep them to about 7 years/ 160k mi., as long as they aren’t starting to run up repair bills. A 4 year note with a substantial down payment keeps the monthly spending reasonable.

Still annoyed that no one has come up with an eddy current brake system. No heat and force increases with speed.

Someone thinks they’re Steve Jobs. Remember all the nonsense about him and his license plates?

I remember it as Car and Driver , but probably all of them .

My dad a ‘ 63 coupe in poppy yellow. Miss him , miss the car

Methinks I’ll stick to buying for now. Maybe next time, I can sharpen my spreadsheet . Kidlet wadded up my wife’s LaCrosse, so I had to get a car quick. Ended up with an Avalon Limited for 40500 turn key.

Ok.. I thought so, but I know enough to know I don’t know everything:-)

How about us high mileage folks? My wife drives about 22k miles a year, so the return fees would eat us alive

So can foot fungus

Southerners refer to that as “gittin’ it WFO”

How did Nissan lose their way?