Nope. Everything about this car says “there’s a huge repair bill coming up, and I’m not going to talk about it” - especially those godawful badges and the wheels.

Potentially ... since it seems to be a little delayed in getting to market ...

The Lotus Esprit is a thing of beauty.

1st Gear:

NP for a new project. At a glance, there’s enough good bits to this car to make a decent donor for another project if it fails the first inspection on a hoist - that’s the worst case scenario.

I think of it as coming out of the same space that gave us “more cubes always wins” thinking.

It’s a $1000 ... worst case it’s a parts donor for something else.

I only have a small amount of knowledge about aircraft maintenance and the associated regulations. From what I understand of that world, it would cost far more than this craft is worth to get it airworthy again.

I agree.  I’m not making assessments of specific options.  Some cars will always be better buys than others.  

Although the author’s advice in its specifics is naive, he’s making a point that far too few people seem to recognize. If you’re spending $40K+ on a car that you’re probably going to replace in 5 years, your capital burn rate on that car is $8K + interest annually, offset by whatever you might get back when you sell…

I don’t know what libel law looks like in the US, but that blog post on the company website looks to be more than enough to warrant suing for libel.

almost like a subway or something ... 

Looks a heck of a lot better than the giant schnozz appearance on today’s BMW SUVs ... and the cars aren’t a whole lot better IMO - their current design language is almost as awful as Acura’s “beak” era.

Nope. Nope. Nope.

They were, to their credit, quite popular.  The problem here (on the prairies) was the common affliction of our winters on European cars ... they tended not to run well in our winters. They ran, just not particularly happily.  

Apparently the owner spent some time on BAT and decided to park his specimen at the high end of the selling prices there for early 90s Mustangs. (Perhaps not the best barometer to use?)

This is still evolving technology. All of it. I’m hardly surprised by what’s described in the article - it’s not like any of the mapping services out there really don’t account for road conditions.

$4500 is probably more than the thing sold for new. That said, it’s a survivor, and there aren’t many of these left on this side of the Atlantic.

Haha ... no ... quite a ways north and west of that ... 

My grand prize winner will always be the one I saw on a BMW 8-series sedan a few years ago, being driven by a balding, middle-aged man whose entire demeanour screamed “douchebag” (and not just the usual “I drive a bimmer” type of douchebaggery).