Not all dealers are bad but you sure found a bad one. 

The modern 300C, at least the original one, was based on the Mercedes-Benz W210 chassis (1996-2002). Shame they are stopping their production on gas cars - Wonder what they will do if not that many want to buy their electric cars?

For those who watch the Car Wizard channel on YouTube he told of a customer with that very problem, and they will use any excuse they can find to deny the claim. Those Theta engines are so crappy even shops won’t touch them - no rebuilds - they are just crap.

They denied their claim saying it was “low on oil” and she…

I always liked the “Square Bird”, Ford realized that their sales would be far better if they offered a rear seat, and they were. And a neighbor who loved these too. He remembers when they were used in Demolition derbies.

I think those are already in collector status and heading up.

One thing  on the convertible -…

It is hard to guage what the market will want in the future. I had a 1st gen Toyota MR2 for 27 years - it was a blast to drive, always thought, like the 240Z, it would become a “collector” but so far, nothing.

Also have a Mercedes-Benz SL500, R129, all the experts say it will become a collector but so far...

But I…

I had, until recently, liked to watch these chases with PIT maneuvers on YouTube. But I would fast forward through the chases - you seen one, you’ve seen them all. The craziest state for this seems to be Arkansas, where it is a regularity to see cop cars blowing by adjacent traffic at 120 mph.

Wonder how many nasty col…

If I were him at this point I would at the very least contact the CA DMV - they should revoke his license - if he has one.

I think I would have at least done a background check on this guy and for $30,000 even flown out there. Maybe he kept changing names - which is in itself a red flag.

But that is all water under…

It would not surprise me in the slightest if that accelerator was stuck. Back in the 60s, I had a ‘67 Camaro RS with a 327 and a 4 speed.

For about a year it had an occassional (and perplexing) habit of coming full throttle - and I mean full throttle - usually from a red traffic light turning green.

Not that the…

A couple of years ago, they were nice enough to give my car club a tour of their Fremont factory. Public tours were not the norm but if you knew who to ask...

Anyway they said at the time that this was their “proof of concept” car - and I am certain that without a factory geared to produce these, they were pretty much…

All this is with the assumption that the AI version would be an accurate reflection of the actual driver. Used to be a saying from the 60s - GIGO - Garbage In Garbage Out.

I would say this would be mildly entertaining but certainly not an accurate representation.

The book Go Like Hell also paints a good picture of Enzo.You know what his car of choice was as he was being chauffeured around Modena?

A Fiat 500

Made more cense for that purpose than a Ferrari.

I see this portrayal of Enzo and I never saw him as a relatively thin man.

He did like to pit drivers against each other.

I nominate King Vanga for the Chutzpah Award of the year...

I saw one at the SFO airport arrival gate - although it had TX plates - a company prototype? Regardless I thought it was......different. I’m not yearning for one.

When I was in the Army all those years ago, I paid $25 in 1973 for a general admission ticket and the bus ride to the Nürburgring. The German bus driver could not find the entrance to the grand stands and with 20 minutes to start, said “pick a spot along the track” - I picked the outside of a corner and other than the…

And that can be a faulty assumption. I remember when Enzo Ferrari died, The market went crazy and any old Ferrari made under his time soared. Later prices went down. Way down, in some cases.

Nothing is “overvalued” unless the seller is asking a price that buyers won’t accept. It takes a buyer and a seller.

Now me, I think virtually all Porsches are “overvalued” - even Caymans. I’ve wanted a later air cooled 911 (80->on) for years but to me I won’t pay these current prices. I think they are ridiculous. 

But…

I remember Joel from the old MR2 list. I had my 1st gen for 27 years, put over 300,000 miles on it. You talk about some hard core car people, the MR2 generates that kind of loyalty. Never understood why the car didn’t achieve some collector status - the 1st gen was designed in part by Lotus (Toyota owned a part of it…

Start-Stop technology. Ridiculously complicated for miniscule emissions improvements. 

I love road trips. And Arkansas in the winter is by far not the worst place to be - try North Dakota. I like themn for the thinkgs you can see along the way - unexpected stops - like I did with the Corvette Museum in Bowlinkg Green - just from a billboard I saw along (I-57?) in MS.

I went to school iat UVA many years…

I can remember a time when GM had a 50% market share back in the 70s, and they were worried about intervention from the Govt. Then they couldn’t change with the times and declared bankruptcy. What is their market share today?

In part because of the costs (and rules) of the UAW and in part because of a multi-layered…