If it doesn’t shoot rockets, it’s not a fantasy.

Did someone mention flying cars?

But but but... they told me the answer is always “Miata.”

In reality, it’s just another mediocre econobox with different-drummer styling.
It’s not the quality of the car that inspires the hate, it’s the image; the haters see it as a challenge to their own feelings of self-worth.
If you can’t separate a piece of machinery from your masculinity, you need to grow up.
(Never owned…

Inquiring minds want to know: Exactly how many hours of labor — including chasing down parts and researching on the internet — did you devote to this project?

No, no, not really. The engine in the XJ I owned for 17 years never needed major maintenance. Keeping the AC cold, on the other hand, averaged about $350 a summer.

But I SO got used to total strangers coming up to me and telling me what a nice car I had...

THIS. It wants to kill me.

Owning a Viper is like owning a pet tiger; sooner or later, you will learn that it views you only as food.

And even if I luck out, first degree burns from black upholstery in a convertible.

I guess you’re too young to have known any Peugeot owners. My 404 _literally_ collapsed from rust before its tenth birthday. (Great car while it lasted, though; more comfy seats and better ride than my contemporary Lincoln Continental.)

Frogs’ legs.

“but the way he’s standing sure looks like he is.”
It’s a guy thing.

This is plain nuts. Twenty percent of the price of a new one for an 11 year old model of anything? Would you pay 20% of new for a - just sayin’ - 2004 Mercedes S500 with electrical problems? (That would be 19 grand for the S500!)
This is a really nice car, but it has no collector interest to justify such a price…