Dear Mr. Robber, I’ve looked forward to your morning dose of what-if for years, but for the love of god, PLEASE go back to full-on cardom and leave out the politics. ‘Murica is sick of it and comes here to not be smacked upside the head :-D

Can verify, a bit sad I passed on a needy SEC for <$3k last year..... BAT has had several lately go for close to $10k.

I’m going to offer up the NP counterpoint (since there appear currently to be 40% of us that think so)....

This is apparently a “thing” in the Nissan community, I was half a grand of negotiation away from buying a Z32 with a 75% complete conversion to a VH45. Did a lot of reading while talking to him about it, they are evidently incredibly smooth and happily withstand a LOT of turbo.

Believe it or not I 100% agree with your logic there. I got stuck on that initial time slip and the “how” of getting past that first 18 months of broke that badly. There are 2 Hyundai’s in my garage less than a year old that agree with you on that point also, neither of which are leased but both have payments…

I fail to follow your math, and that makes me fail to substantiate your point or fully believe your result.

Hunches should be listened to ALWAYS if one is putting down actual cash, and I can’t deny your logic. I was spending internet dollars, of which I have a plenty so I offer up the counterpoint to your argument :-D

You haven’t experienced many Honda Civics have you? These little bastards will be street racing the nuclear enhanced cock-roaches after [insert your hated presidential candidate here] wins and the world burns.

He’s right, very little douch-baggery on here compared to many other car related internet sites (forums I’m talking to you). People seem to enjoy stories and those who don’t seem to have the decency to not comment.

These were miserable, rattley pieces of shit when they were 5 years old, that was more than 25 years ago so I can’t imagine it’s gotten any better. I spent a lot of time in a friend’s hand-me-down one of these in high school, you couldn’t pay me to take this car!

Ummm.... I believe you missed the point

Porsche 996 fellow Gulf Coast Dude. $20k will likely get you a decent one with the IMS issue addressed, a little more may get you out of the cracked eggs. Please don’t add to the local Must-Maro population!

I’ve done 6 or 7 applications of Plasti-dip, you could have the materials for <$300 and done over a weekend. Every one I do gets a little more like the pictures on DYC.

This was my exact thought, these aren’t actually providing much extra space, the profile looks ultimately very similar. Aftermarket repair panels avoiding VW authenticity or some other foreign market version meeting a pedestrian crash certification (several dozen years early)?

I inherited 2 half grown kids a couple of years ago, it only took 2 examples of your decades old trick for me to make them ALWAYS seat belt users. Couple of tears is a MUCH smaller price to pay than having them dead in an ACTUAL car crash.

Good on you man for your risks & your willingness to exhibit them for the public to use as entertainment, food for thought, tales of what not to do. Truly I salute you, I enjoy all of your posts.

That is just a wrap on the latest rebuild of Brian’s car because Dom’s going to teach Brian’s son how to drive in it in F&F-10. It was overnighted from Japan.

This popped up on nicoclub.com several months ago after the new owner was certain he’d just scored a unicorn that might be worth tens of thousands. Thought it was a turbo, He put it in a storage container for a little bit then pulled it out. The folks on that 300zx board quickly got him around to the fact that it was…

Is it not plausible (even though just plain odd) that the Accord WAS “his baby” but the Civic was his daily driver that he took to Harry’s to haul spoon engines home in?

Black is sinister, classy and sporty all at the same time. It takes way more effort to keep it looking that way but folks are drawn to it for a reason.