Easy answer: I want a fun car. Last year I bought a 2006 BMW M3 for around $25k. It is an absolute joy to drive. No electric car available today can do this for anything I consider a reasonable price. The used market is also questionable as battery longevity is not well known yet.

It won’t be cheap to maintain, but keeping in front of things should keep you out of “omg what have I done” territory. I went a reluctant ND as I think it’s just a little high. (depreciation on these top models is brutal). If a PPP shows it’s in meticulous shape and seller has all the maintenance records, I could be…

You are probably right. I was just cringing as I felt like I could hear the body flexing as it pondered over an RR track. (shudders)

Well I believe any car can be at least kinda fun with a manual. And the whole “better to drive a slow car fast than...” is true.  I still got a kick out of your first reply... appreciate you sharing a laugh!

This isn’t an Omni GLH. The auto is awful, the chassis flexes more than a wet noodle, the reliability is horrendous and the engine (although ok torque) is not the “riot” you think an 80's turbo is. Think more turbo diesel than “80's turbo”.  And modding? Talk about throwing money into the garbage. You’d be 100 times…

That’s funny, did you just make up that line on your own?

If you think THIS turbo is fun, you desperately need to drive more vehicles. Like now.

Ok ok, I like this reply!

And let me guess, someone large sits next to her and expects to get some of her “space” because she is small. 

I won’t argue your vote, but I don’t believe there is anything “fun” about this... open top is not enough.

I was trying to think of what is the lowest acceptable price these days for a running car in decent looking shape, (I used to think that’s about $1k, but today’s market it’s higher I suspect). Is $2500 the bottom? If so, then I’d go NP.. but I went ND as well. Maybe I’m too harsh on it, but I just see these as a bad…

That’s a good point. I agree 20k miles on this would be a bigger flag than 100k. However, I still think “unknown mileage” is just an absolute killer for value. A thorough PPI would be even more crucial for this.

The unknown mileage part also kills value. I’m not spending even $5k on a car where the seller simply shrugs when you ask the mileage.

There is no chance I’m going to argue that this is in fact “special”... but I don’t think $7500 would be out of line if, (and that IF is doing a lot of work here): running (obviously), and the mileage would have to actually be relatively low as well here. The “unknown mileage” part makes this car much more valuable as…

You are speaking my language here. I do actually think these were pretty cool cars, and look pretty nice. The Shelby would likely even be pretty fun. However, at no point do I believe they were “good”.

I’ve been in one accident when the airbag went off, didn’t even feel it. (and it happens so fast). However, I have long arms, so even with my arms comfortably bent for easy control, my chest still 16 plus inches back from the airbag cover. My guess is the pretensioner kept me locked in the seat so I barely made it to…

See it all the time, people think modifications add value. (Yes I know there are rare examples where they can). In general, mods lower the value of a car, but clearly this isn’t known (or ignored) by a lot of sellers.

I had a Mk6 Golf R for about 5 years, loved it and would have truly enjoyed this gen: But I agree. If it was near perfect (without mods), maybe close to this price. But this seller seems to think modifying the car makes it worth more.

I put a tune on mine and knew full well that it wasn’t adding value to the car when…

Audi jumped the shark when they brought about the weird power numbering on the models. A6 40 or A6 45 anyone? (I honestly don’t even know if those are relevant to the A6 right now, nor do I care). It was unnecessary and pointless. Used to be naming made sense (and Audi is nowhere near the worst offender here), but now…

I’m not going so far as to say this is “good” or a solid buy. However, what I like about it is if you are going to make a fake or replica-type car, make it silly. Trying to get an MR2 to look like a Lambo is just sad. But make your kid’s power-wheels look like a Dakar rally car... now that’s fun.

Agreed... I really like these cars, but it’s just not worth a lot of money in my opinion. From the point you made, add in the mileage, I just don’t think this is more than $10k. I saw another commenter saying the turbo upgrade is better than original, which I’ll have to take his/her word for it, but either mods don’t…