I think the lesson here is don’t finance a 5 year old car over a five year period unless there is no chance of it being worth something after paying for it.

I agreed with everything you said until your last sentence. I would only consider leasing for business vehicles, and even then I would question it depending on the vehicle and the terms. I certainly would not advocate having a car payment forever, but a 3-4 year term at very low interest for a reliable car I really…

It was overpriced back then, and would still be today. For nearly 60 grand today, there are a lot of better cars available.

Ridiculous.

The handwriting is on the wall regarding “affordable” sports cars, and it is not good. Porsche is actually considering killing off the Boxster/Cayman models, leaving the 911 as its only sports car, not counting the 918 which is so exclusive and expensive that it should even be considered one.

Still miss our new in 1982 Civic DX hatch.

There were other choices. Honda, Datsun and Toyota were all making higher quality, more economical cars that eventually killed the full size Detroit boats for all time.

I have a BRZ now, and really enjoy it, but the Supra was such a great long distance GT car. Loved that smooth straight six engine.

Since you said “dream” car, and I just saw one of these at the Petersen Automotive Museum, it would have to be a Ferrari 250 GT California.

One of the best summer trips I took was from Minnesota to California and back in my 83 Supra.

A neighbor had one of these new in 1973-74. I had seen more than a few nice cars by then, since my dad was a mechanic, but this just seemed to be everything a sports car should be. Over forty years later, it still does.

I really don’t have a problem with the older models, but I am not willing to buy into either the hype or the mystique of the newer ones. In fact, I would seriously look at a Cadillac ATS or a Mustang or Camaro before shelling out twice as much for a BMW that doesn’t keep up with any of them.

Nope. A thousand dollar BMW is the worst car in the world.

Less than five years ago I was thinking it might be time to break down and buy my first BMW. Now my goal is to never buy one in this lifetime.

Except each Mustang would lose control and end driving over him and into each other. Which works just as well I guess.

Unless he was referring them as if they were articles of the constitution or some other large document. Except he wasn’t.

Some dumbass in a pickup yelled at me in my BRZ at a stoplight, “Hey, do you actually like that thing?”I said, yes, and drove off.

Wonder how many young people now would have given up on driving if they had to learn to drive on a vintage Packard.

Perhaps, but the percentage of those that did or still do(both male and female) is much higher, although I am not sure what you mean by “old”. Over 30?

These will get sucked up 60 year olds for “investment” purposes or to make them hard again. This takes everything that is great about the GT350 engine(flat plane crank, 8,000 plus rpm redline) and neuters it all in the name of more power.