Yeah, for for the market and for what I was looking for. Read more

The plan is to keep it stock and offer it careful care and feeding. It’s a fun car as is, but still has a few niggling little things - like that paint - that will keep me busy and (hopefully) out of trouble. Read more

That sounds like a fun project. Easy to work on, lots of parts around. Well played! Read more

Ha! My wife told me she didn’t want me to buy the Boxster because she was afraid of what I might do to get in trouble on the street! Read more

I’m going to be selling my 1999 Audi A6 Avant sometime soon. I’ll remember to let you all weigh in on that one. Read more

He apparently shows up in something different at every meet. It’s an eclectic group! Read more

Here’s the thing: this body style was literally marketed by Cadillac as a sedan. This was to differentiate it from the open-top Phaeton. This particular model is the five-passenger sedan. There was also a longer-roof edition that could hold seven. Read more

They look a LOT better in person. Owing to their noise, vibrations, and general twitchiness, they’re are also kind of fatiguing to drive on the regular.   Read more

Piffle. My daughter had a classmate in highschool who rolled her Smart ForTwo on a windy bit of suburaban street. You can roll damn-near anything if you’re trying or an inexperienced driver. Read more

They were probably in a hurry to go shake their fists at clouds or women in the workforce. Read more

Just a couple of years ago that would have been a two-grand limit. Sigh... Read more

How’s it going fending off the Kudzu out there? Read more

Namaste. Read more

It never came here officially, but the Pick a Part lot is a magical place where hopes and dreams sometimes do come true. Read more

Hmmm, there shouldn’t be a Captcha on the poll. I’m not seeing it on my machine at all. Read more

Okay, fair enough. I live near the Los Angeles County Arboretum which maintains a flock of peacocks on the grounds. These birds can fly after a fashion and so they get out into the neighborhood and vex the residents tehrein. Read more

It’s my experience that Hagerty’s value tool is typically about 10% optimistic over current market realities. Maybe its a time lag thing, but I try and temper expectations based on that rule of thumb.
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BaT is the automotive equivalent to those restaurants that offer $25 hamburgers.
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There’s a shop near me that specializes in old Volvos of this ilk and condition, and this is about what they charge for them. That’s in Los Angeles, mind you. I imagine that a rust-free example such as this is like a golden ticket to Wonkaland for Volvo fans in the Northeast. Read more

At one point the company was planning a convertible edition of the Challenger. For wahtever reason, that plan was literally scrapped. Read more