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Well, if reliability/liveability is important, what about a 3er the same year as the M3? Less stressed, more modern suspension/equipement, etc :confuse:
That has pushed me towards an Audi, but Audis are a little less fun to drive and less reliable than BMWs, sometimes horribly so.
If I didn't require a rear seat, I'd likely be all over a early/mid '90s 300ZX. I've had one, and I know I love them. I know they came in 2+2s, but they are hard to find, not as good looking, a little heavier, and the rear seats look tiny.
I want a used RWD, reliable, fun to drive, manual transmissioned car with a back seat for $12K or less. I'm coming up empty. Help. Life is too short to drive a Camry.
I guess the final-gen non-turbo Supras have all been bid up by the tuners?
Cool newport at decent price
Neat wagon, curious to see what he wants for it
Corvair: I think it might need a lot more work than mentioned
I think he's out to lunch on the price
Car of the year, reliable until a month ago lol
Lada Niva Cossack. Asking almost close to what it was when new :confuse:
Nice Eldo
Clean Rolls Royce, i like it!
Guy tries making a Vette out of a Camaro, now he's given up, has no papers, and he's willing to trade for a lawnmower
Should have never started with a restoration
Neat Mazda you don't see very often, reminds me of a Datsun 510
Monster Festiva
Roadrunner
I guess if you have a shop it would be a snap to paint and finish it
I'm mystified as to how someone can park a car at 5k miles, and leave it sitting there for 30 years
2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
Newport looks like a fair deal
I bet the 66 Ford wagon owner wants a mint for it - people who use NADA as an old car reference are always dreamers.
Corvair is a parts car, but good for that.
Monte seller is on crack
For some reason I like the Lada Niva, and I liked the old school Signet models for their Fiat styling and crudity, but the Samara was atrocious. I remember I would see a green Niva every time I was in old town Langley. It surely can't be worth that much.
Eldo looks like a fair deal too.
Rolls is a suicidal money pit, but the price is decent. I suspect based on the year that it's a grey market import.
Frankencamaro is hideous.
The Mazda wagon is pretty cool.
Why do people want to restore a Mustang II? This isn't the first I've seen where someone bothered.
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That 60s functional design has its merits.
That Eldorado is nice, too. Those cars pretty much define pimpiness, but I think in the right color, like that blue, they look pretty tasteful.
That was basically the Toyota Camry of Poland.
The small Fiat, called 126 was the Toyota Corolla of Poland. Ton of them around too.
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I am already trying to condition her that when we get our on house it's gonna have to have a huge driveway, parking area, cause I'll be buying up cars like that. :P
I freaked her out a bit when i told her all of them will be rusty and parked on blocks in front of the house
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Were there many Trabis in Poland? I used to not like those, but I have viewed a lot of youtube videos about them,and I somehow find them endearing now.
We had quite a few Trabants in Poland, they were your 2nd lowest form of motorized transportation you could get back then.
The Syrena came in first as being the lowest form of transport. The photos you see here were of new Syranas being built in the mid 80s (85 I think). The earlier models from late 70s had suicide front doors and a three on tree manual trannies. Overall the car was about 30 years behind the times.
Still have the owner's manual from the one we owned, so here's some pics:
I've ridden in Trabants when I was a kid, but don't remember much, so can't give a proper review here :P
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2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
I find the Trabis to be amusing in their crudity, their engine note and smoke, and that they actually served their purpose. There's a good youtube video about Trabi quality control.
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On a side note I bought one of those Home Builder programs for my pc, and I'm toying around with designing my future dream home.
My wife thought it was a joke when she saw that one half of the U shaped house I designed was a 10 car garage. I said that's nothing, there's gonna be a garage on the 2nd floor above the main garage, where i'll keep all the high end stuff. :P :P
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"This is an almost complete(99.8%) restorable 1965 Corvair " Well, I thought that was the most amazing BS for a rusty car with a list of work needed a yard long, then there was the '99.9% complete' Roadrunner. If you're going to have to replace 30% of the parts, it's not 'complete', it would seem...
Speaking of the ideal living quarters...I'd be happy with a simple condo and a 2 car garage. If I have more space, I could easily see myself starting a MB graveyard, the sub-500 heaps hanging around would grow in number like rabbits.
You had to take a mechanic with you when you went to pick up your car so he can check it and make sure there's no problems with it.
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But, I've found that most modern hatchbacks, being FWD, oversteer like crazy when pushed to the limit. That's hard to avoid with a FWD machine and 60% or so of the weight over the front wheels. Of course, AWD's like the Subie WRX's and such are a different story.
With my '87, even given the lack of power, I can goose it from understeer to oversteer in a turn (such as a freeway ramp) just by goosing the throttle. Most of the today's higher-powered cars will just go from some to a lot of understeer under those same conditions.
I'd have preferred the 1966 Ford Country Sedan as stock as possible.
Rolls-Royce is beautiful, but definitely a money pit. Best to avert your eyes from this dangerous siren who's about to lure you onto the rocks of fiscal suicide.
Who but a clueless nerd would attempt to restore the least desirable Mustang?
Mazda is neat. Never seen one like this before.
I love those 1968-70 Chevrolet Impalas and Caprices! The remainder of that car would have to be in mint condition and the body rock-solid and I might risk a top-notch paint job on it. I'd paint it the light frosty green which was probably its original color.
My lineup looks just a tad different, however. I should try and get a shot of them together ... but my wife would look at me funny (ok, funnier).
Besides, the Accord is a lame duck, so I'm not sure it counts.
I should have taken a shot when we had 7, just for posterity.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
Hmmm... didn't the bmw you sold meet those requirements? ;P
I can't think of anything BUT a BMW, personally, or one of the aforementioned japanese sportscars, but as you have found out, those are VERY tough to come by in nice condition at a reasonable price.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
In my local paper, there was a few days ago a private sale BMW 325 for ~12K. Think it was a 2002? Kicker was it had 105K on it, but it was a 5 speed! 4 door though.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I am really starting to think hard about the high mileage M3 again, or possibly an S4. I would take an IS300 or G35 but they are less fun and more expensive (just because they are newer), but those are hard to find too.
Maybe I can cram people into the back of a 300ZX 2+2.
I've actually thought about that, so that I'd have a car to take to the Ford Nationals in Carlisle. At one time, my friend with the two '78 Mark V's was thinking about selling the rattier of the two, and I'd actually toyed around with the idea of buying it. Glad I didn't though, because about a month or so ago he destroyed the engine. Threw a rod or spun a bearing or something, I forget now. I still remember when he first bought that car, back around early 2004. it didn't seem like it was in bad shape at the time, but it went downhill fast.
I don't get as excited over Ford products like I do GM or Mopars, but there are a few I like. I like the '63 Galaxie and Fairlane, and the '65-67 Galaxies. The '62-63 Meteor always appealed to me, as did the '65 Comet. I think I'm also one of the few people that actually LIKES the 1958 Fords! I think among the '57-59, most people prefer the '59 with that angular, T-bird-inspired style, but I always thought the '58 looked good. Except for the taillights.
My godmother used to have a really nice T-bird. I think it was a '79, and one of those designer editions, like a "Heritage" or something. It was burgundy, and the thick padded top obscured the rear side windows, so you just had the tiny opera windows. I didn't care for that little feature, but otherwise it was a beautiful car. She wanted to sell it back around 2000 or so, and I really wanted to buy it, but really didn't have the "play money" for it. Plus, this car really was nice enough that it deserved to be garaged, and I didn't have the space for it. She would've let me have it for $3000-3500, IIRC. I passed on it though, and I think she got $5K for it.
I remember the Ciera and S-10 Blazer my parents had new in the 80s did not seem to be put together very tightly. On the other hands, the period Fords in the family seemed to be of a higher quality, at least inside.
One need look no further than the low end S10 Blazer to the Oldsmobile Bravada. The Olds had AWD, but beyond that and trim, very little difference.
Too true, this kind of thing help result in Olds' demise. Judging by the headlines, Hummer, Saab, and Saturn may be soon to follow, or be spun off. Sad.
Not something you see every day
Maybe an andre or lemko-mobile
"Old Classic Car"
Between that, an 84 Chrysler Laser (Dodge Daytona) and a 2002 Ford Explorer, it is easy to see why my cars for the last 10+ years have been Japanese. The 02 Explorer will soon be swapped out for a 4runner. American quality may be getting better, but it still lags behind the Japanese. Worse than that, there are very few American cars I'd be interested in buying even if the quality was better.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I know it's listed at $15k, but it only has 28k miles!
'92 Supra
BTW, I finally made it to the All-GM Nationals at Carlisle and spotted your Grand LeMans! Very nice car! I didn't hang around too long, had my wife along and it was hot -- you must have gone on a break -- but I got a couple of photos. It reminds me of the '73 Monte Carlo my mother once owned.
The Ford dealer I talked to said that they would defer the first payment for 3 months ($150 per month!). My folks nixed the deal, since I had no steady income at the time.
So, I ended up spending $1100 on a '77 Olds (the model similar to the Nova) which, I found out later, was only running on 7 of its 8 cylinders. I sold it the day I graduated college for $250, which was enough cash for me to rent an '84 Country Squire to move my possessions home from Phoenix to LA.