My dad had one of these, he hit the 155 on the speedo and said it kept accelerating.

For 1991 150 HP was a lot for a smaller car. 

150 hp in 1991 is a pretty impressive figure. Here is the hp rating from other similar cars from that period—performance versions of economy cars & sporty coupes based on economy cars:

The car only weighs 2700 lbs. 150hp wasn’t bad for the common people of the 90’s.

I may be in the minority but I have a soft spot for these Daytona Shelby’s. I’d be scared with this one without having a better idea of why it won’t run. But if the body and interior are still in that good of condition it would be worth looking.
I had a friend buy a blue one of these brand new, it was the IROC version…

The hard stuff is done.  The body and interior are beautiful.  Track down the electrical problem that is keeping it from running and you have a deal.  The engine cranks, so it is not blown up.  Buy fix it, drive it for fun, or list it on Bring a Trailer for a profit.

Agreed.  We have other things to spend our money on.

*Rich people and the financially illiterate.

I can’t imagine when buying a new car makes sense. My family take home is >200k and I wouldn’t even consider getting a new car. 

And as usual the middle class took the brunt of the burden. Bitch about million and billionaires all you want, but they didn't drive up the cost of a Camry. 

Dealers stocking only high end cars, Manufactures only making high end models. They both say “see people are not buying lower priced cars”

You know those things where people are always going off about squeezing the middle class to help fund the lower income people. Well right here is the results. Congratulate yourselfs. You have achieved your goal of equality.

I’d argue that just because you can afford to buy a new car, doesn’t mean you should.

Yes, but, if you read the article, automakers have killed lots of lower priced models. It’s not just a question of auto makers pushing higher trims, they have straight up gotten rid of their lower priced models

Back in my day we had a better class of rich person, either driving a magnificent luxury sedan or a sports car like a 911. Now we have people spending 80k on a Tahoe that drives like a fancy U-Haul and that has such poor forward viability that every child or rock within a 10-foot radius is in imminent danger.

I don’t doubt that “some plurality” of buyers think a Challenger or Charger may appreciate in value. In my case, I bought a Challenger, used, about 3 years ago and at this point I would most certainly get my full price paid back again if I were to list it for sale today. Possibly even get slightly more. But that’s not…

“Dodge is the latest company to be caught up in woke-ism”

Nissan has been using the same platform for their Z models (and Infiniti) since 2001 and people STILL buy that shit.

One of the problems I see is that people aren’t willing or don’t want to work on their own cars. I have a lift in my garage and I offer to let anyone I know use it and I will help them do the work or flat out do it for them. I have had 4 people take me up on that in the last 8 years or so.

I wonder how much of this is a matter of convenience/ ability to take off work or securing child care to tend to some of these things. Cause if the most that the majority of people could afford to spend on an emergency car repair (based off of the maintenance tasks that people were deferring) was $765, common sense…

As far a the actual vehicle is concerned and not safety, fluids are by far the most important aspect of car maintenance to keep up on. Filters go hand in hand with that as well as low interval maintenance items like plugs/ bearings. But really if you drive a basic level, or older (15+ years) vehicle keeping the fluids…