Honda has a weird fascination/love with underbone motorcycles. The general rule used to be if it had the motor on the swing-arm, mechanicals almost fully-enclosed by the body work and tiny tires, you had yourself a scooter but there’s been more than a high big “highway” scooters that may as well be a step-through…

The Super Cub’s considered a bike, not a scooter. You apparently meet the nicest people on one, according to Honda. Anyway. . .

Nah, Pontiac is the way to go, given the number of nasty letters GM and BMW have exchanged over the twin-grill thing. I’m thinking specifically of the Cammer. It’s an obscure enough motor that virtually any Euro-enthusiast wouldn’t clock it. . . but plausible enough to fab up a new valve cover and sell the purists…

I’m pretty much referring only to the value and the notion this swap hurt it. When talking E30's, they’re all tasty slabs of beef and e>i>is>m is really just deciding how much you want to pay for a cut.

Eta’s aren’t bad at all; they’re just massively off-pace with the value of an “i”. My comment more about the OP’s perception that the car’s value was ruined when it was already undesirable and of limited “worth” to begin with.

You can do crazy fun things with these and I’d have no qualms grabbing one. My friend was…

Which is exactly why you buy an eta. I was more commenting on the OPs “classic Beemer that probably is worth his asking price if not more” remark.  I haven’t looked in a minute, but that “e” dropped four figures off the price.

Vintage BMW dream:  I’d build shark-nose 6 with a Poncho straight-6 in there and troll the…

From what I remember, “eta” is like the kiss of death when looking at BMW’s of that era.

I actually had an idea like this years ago, to build a troll given the number of jackwagons that roll the Confederate Flag here. . . in fucking Pennsylvania. Major difference in my line of thought was using something like a Chevelle.

I’ll go pour one out for our homie, the Tercel, since it seems you forgot.

“Don’t you think Charlie’s a little oooold to be takin’ karate?  He probably takin’ it with the little kids.”

The obvious explanation for that 1%. . .

I don’t know who would really want to daily something like this. I mean, apparently the Von Trapps drove this thing clean out of Austria and all over America given the mileage, but the person buying this beast now is buying a tool to haul their toys.

That said, whenever I had to drive a party barge, I’d just park it in…

Seriously. For any trailer that isn’t a fifth-wheel, this is the modestly priced tow vehicle of your dreams.

Unrelated tangent because I see Earthrise’s Cliffjumper: finally scored an Optimus at my local Target. I managed to keep my wallet shut for Siege, but this new line is aimed directly at eight-year-old me.

The SS in question is a fourth gen F-body; we’re talking specifically about the T56. Not sure if the later TR6060 in the revivals exhibit these quirks.

Came for this.  Faith in commentariat restored.

Seen here in happier times, with the obligatory bad license plate and dealer sticker edit. The lights were a small tweak but made a huge difference in my mind. Granted, I only bought them due to a single OEM replacement tail light being more expensive. On FleaBay. Used. Also underscores how much cleaner going wingless…

Forgot about that joy. Might be luck of the draw, or how the syncros wore, as far as the kickout goes. My friend had a 2002 SS that had the quirk too, and recognized it as soon as my GTO tried it with him.

And headlight housings are right up there unless you want the 2F2F ebay special. Depo made those, IIRC, which is…

There’s scarier things out there. . .

My god, this must be like looking in a mirror for you.  Just like society told you, feel free to come back to this conversation when you have something less banal to contribute.