Generally, I like turbo Volvo’s. This has the wrong transmission, is not a wagon, and is priced too high. ND

Irrational NP. It’s not a sensible Scandanavian machine or price but I want it anyway. 

They know what they’ve got, and should keep it.  ND.

Anytime we’re asked NP/ND on a car more than 25 years old, it must meet a specific requirements. It either must have great utility for the buck (a good truck in great condition, nice Saturday top-down cruiser, etc.) or ostensibly peaks on the “rule of cool” gage. For under $7,000, this is peak rule of cool. Nice Price.

Far left is a Citroen SM, then a Maserati Quattroporte SIII. 

While he is somewhat of a Tesla Fanboy, really he is an EV fanboy and also has a few other EV’s that does long term tests. He has an Rivian R1T as well so he isn’t just a Tesla nut hugger. He gets them and puts them through a lot of tests and he test all EV’s and covers the EV industry like charging tech and charging…

Rover 

I’m with you. Everybody wants to bitch about Jags here, but 1. This IS rare, so the guy does know what he has, 2. LA has plenty of mechanics who can fix these things, 3. LA has lots of expat Brits who could drive this to afternoon tea in Beverly Hills. It’s not an unreasonable price—somebody out there will be very…

My thoughts on the manual were similar. Like the older Merc SLs I keep eyeing, the manual is arguably the worse transmission for the car, but that doesn’t stop me from really really wanting one. But I’m not paying this kind of premium for one when I can get an automatic with more cylinders. So ND from me.

Arguably an automatic suits the nature of this car better, as it is more of a boulevard cruiser than a sports car, but certainly unique enough that it adds value for someone who really wants a manual XJ-S.

“Garaged, but I try to make it more like a barn when I can.”

“Here’s the condition I keep my cars in until I clean them up for sale.”

Are we going to talk about this?

They’d run small turbo-prop passenger planes out of my hometown for regional connecting flights when I was a kid.  I used to love sitting in the back of the plane because of the turbulence. :D

American doesn’t have Business Class domestically. So Economy, and First. International gets Business Class, which is infinitely better than domestic first, which is just a bigger chair*

This is a 4-5000 dollar Mercedes, don't hate the modifications/look but it doesn't add value.  As Rob noted these cars are admired, but they don't bring big bucks on the collector market, an overpriced no dice (as opposed to certain pieces of stuff we see on here that to me are no dice at any price).

...and it is in California with that rust. That was a hard no. 

Yeah, I could almost get there if it was just kind of ratty survivor, instead of a survivor of bad choices.

If you keep it far from road salt or significant moisture, the rust should be a slow burn. And the interior looks nice. But I wouldn’t want to drive around in (or have to explain) somebody else’s joke. I’d want to restore it, and for that, the price of entry needs to be far less.

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