Wish this could get more stars. HELOC was likely a lower rate than an auto loan for it. This is smart financing..

The obvious example: Lotus. We’re talking parts from different companies, not parts from within the same company just a different brand..

Evora, Exige, Elise, Emira...

If you’re actually looking at a Celica GT4, consider a 2GR swapped SW20 MR2 instead. Can push 400hp light weight and NA mid engine. There’s even a DCT swap option now as well.

If you wrench yourself the Cayman is a great platform.

GT86 and S2000 should be on your list as well.

I did own this Evora S...for awhile. It was the scariest 8 months of vehicle ownership to date. I’ve never thought a vehicle could actively try to murder my savings, but this one might’ve if I’d kept it. Thought maybe I’d be lucky to escape the “lots of trouble, usually serious” by picking one up with low miles, but…

I believe I remember seeing number 8 as being a brake failure.. So maybe not an idiot.

I watched the TMP vids though.  Holy crap, the whole lot of them are idiots.

Everyday life changing tools instead of specific case tools....

Came to comment section for this. Looks like I’ve been beaten to it. Love my 400. Little less obnoxious green though.

This is the first red interior i’ve like on literally any car in history. Well done Lexus.

Magneto and Sidewinder 2 seater Jeeps.... We need to update our JK, take my money.

Much more useful graph. Same source data with Dec 2019 as the basis for the index. Jan 2022 was peak at 67% higher. Prices have started to rebound again since Oct 2022.

No way?

So this is basically Corvette’s version of a 911 Turbo (S). Phenomenal street car, faster in a straight line, but not track oriented.

BGB’s website:

BGB and FlatSixInnovations will both do a 4.0L or 4.2L swap on a BASE Cayman with credit for the stock engine (atleast back on the 981).  FlatSixInnovations has been doing 4.2L since 2010 also.

So buy a high milage base model for ~30k (or find a front end collision one for less).
Front end GT4 conversion is ~$6k.
Suspensi…

Some things to note about Antarctic cruises (source, I went on one last December).

Your point was “Ain’t nobody riding these unless they can monetize the footage.” and the compare other vehicles with the same power to weight. Your point was that you can buy something cheaper that does the same physical thing, but that excludes the things that makes the Aston bike the price it is.

As you said: “We’ve…

It’s not about power to weight, it’s about the value of elegance and prestige. Which an Aston carries and a Kawi does not.  Doesn’t need to be a track monster, or a content creator piece.  They will get ridden.

you can also buy like 4 (or more) k swapped, stripped, and boosted honda shitboxes with the same power to weight as Ferraris...

You’re right, it is a turbo on the redline, not a supercharger. My memory forgets me.

People did however, commonly put a SC on the base model to have higher numbers than the redline.

The Saturn Sky (Not the solstice sister with the ugly face), had hugeeee potential if even a little bit of development went into work over the next few years.

Saturn Sky 2007-2010
2,940 to 3,071 curb weight
2.4L 177hp (24.7k msrp)
2.0L SC 260hp (28.3k msrp)

Mazda Miata NC 2006-2014
2,450-2,542 curb weight
1.8L 126hp (22.4k…