Why would you be against buying used luxury cars? CPO lux is amazing since someone else takes the initial depreciation hit and you still get practically new cars, and often within the same generation its practically the same as a brand new car. 

NP. These have hit the rad/nostalgia factor and have been going up in value quite a bit. I woudl like to see the engine bay, but everything else looks reasonably good. Even if moderately modded (going from A pillar gauges), thats a NP.

Drop in the turbo unit from a T bird or XR4Ti and you’ll have plenty of power. Depending on the kit, it could be a direct bolt-in. This seems like a fun build and fuck-it-why-not money if the rest of the pieces are there.

A leaf, with more range, newer tech (and really, newer everything) is cheaper. Why would you get this?

They did from 08 (I think?) onward on the drivers side. My 07 Sky redline doesn’t have it, but I got a spare set of seats with a power height adjustment switch and mechanism. The mechanism can be retrofit to earlier seat frames but tbh I assume that the non-adjustable ones are lowered as much as possible, so you’re…

Yeah thats still a crazy good deal. I’ve got a redline and been watching prices raise 15k+ for pretty much anything (at least asking). A RL Manual is also the highest sought configuration which factors into it too.

It takes about 10 seconds and its a breeze. 

I’m 6'0 and it’s fine? I mean its not a giant cavern, but it isn’t horrendous either. 

$8700 is an absolute steal in this market. Wow, I would have expected near twice that, which is where comparable redlines are landing. Great find!

The fender needs to come off. It’s not as bad as it sounds...just a few small trim screws and one in the door where you’ll need an extension. I’ve had to replace my sky’s battery MANY times thanks to a parasitic draw (which I think is linked to an old radio install)

Yeah I nearly lost my coffee when Rob mentioned the M103 as “torquey”. Granted the automatic trans that all the US spec models got was not doing it any favors, keeping revs pretty low (and 2nd gear start), but its pretty standard for the time (180ish, high in the rev range). Lovely engine, super smooth and sounded…

I guess this is NP for the person who wants a lifted forester? But I’m trying to understand the “why”...I would think its going to be limited to light offroading, plus it has a manual and peaky turbo engine which is not ideal for anything rough. If that is the goal 8500 gets you into some decent purposeful vehicles…

At least the GLHS you posted is a reasonable representation of something that was fast for the era. The base models were pretty awful, but then again this was the era of the iron duke camaro and lima mustang.

Man a 4k redline -- trying to think of what other non-diesel engines have such a low limit? Hell of a stump puller cam in there

That shifter is...unique.

While this hasn’t been totally completely hacked up, there is still a lot of jankiness. Wheels, exhaust, intake all aftermarket (easy to replace, if you can find originals), but under the hood those Tein, Injen, Mugen,Venom stickers...I think this thing has seen some shit.

I love these stupid things and would love to get one myself, if to mod and make more ridiculous. For 33k though? No way. 

As someone who has DD’d a kappa for 8 years, it’s really not so bad. Top takes 5 seconds to put up or down, space is fine for a small roadster, if a bit awkward shaped. Realistically anything you want to fit in the trunk is fine, aside from large solid luggage or something.

Even a built 2.4 would hit that pretty easily and cost way less

Glad to read a Rob article today.