They left it out- why cover a vehicle which basically doesn't exist in N America? ... View more

Absolutely the same as I,except a Toyota dealer- but we had no access to colour sales data. Had constant battles with the owner who wanted me to order in a dozen bright red Camrys, purple Tacomas etc. which I knew no one would buy. Also Toyota in those days had some odd option packages that made little sense, so I never ordered them. ... View more

Exactly, I contemplated buying it when the auction was on. Took a good hard look and asked the right people about it,and very quickly changed my mind. ... View more

As you must know then, the Astre was for Canada- and IIRC was only in the US for 1 year. So yes, very rare car you have. ... View more

I've spent a summer in Texas and California each, and no one has explained to me how they expect to charge millions of E cars on top of everything else- when they can barely manage to handle air con running all the time in every single dwelling. ... View more

The Testudo- pull up some pix of a Miura ... View more

Looks like the designer of the Vector W8 had a really close look at the Bertone Alfa Carabo. And the Testudo...go look at a Miura ... View more

In regards to the first photo, I actually do know where there is a Mangusta that has been parked in a warehouse for many years. A friend found it while out walking around. Solid tips, and with having been in and out of the car biz for 30 years probably the most important thing is to NOT fall in love with cars while inspecting them... and end up paying too much or buying trash. The first year or so in the biz, I had bought several cars I thought were awesome- but then the next morning they certainly didn't look as great. Similar things have also happened at the pub and nightclub, but I'll leave it at that. ... View more

I just posted this, and I'd like to add to be sure that it has metal gears and highly recommend to get one with a milling machine as it's even more useful ... View more

Also an old upright vaccum cleaner is great to zip up all the dust and rust without raising a cloud ... View more

Could go on forever, including a parts washer, sand blaster cabinet etc etc but a small 7" x 12" to 14" metal lathe. The cheapest ones, brand new from China are $400 and good for very occasional use but spending double that to a grand with metal gears and an attached milling machine is best. Plenty of Tube videos doing reviews. Couldn't get by without one nowadays,make new bushings, clean up small rotating items, etc and made new nuts and bolts of ones which are hard to find. Also ratcheting wrenches are now indispensable- stubbies,normal and long length, also the swivel heads and the S Curve ones. A swivel head ratchet, but this one also swivels left and right. ... View more

You must have posted that,while I was typing my reply as it wasn't there. At any rate, there are turbo/super charging packages for the GM 3.6, that put out 500hp so maybe you saw one of those ... View more

I saw the Nardo at the Tokyo show and thought it rather nice except for the badge. Has to be the most modular engine ever built, with VR and W 5,6,8,12 and 16 cylinder variants. ... View more

ABS was mandated in 2000 for passenger cars. ... View more

Nope, no V came with AWD. And the wagon and coupe came out in the second gen in 2010/2011...they're talking about the first gen. ... View more

You haven't mentioned timing chains- get them looked at and check with BMW if they've been replaced under recall. ... View more

Yep. I figured that out 20 years ago and have made a fortune buying up cars before they appreciate. I was buying Supras and RX7s 5-7 years ago. Also consider the Barrett Jackson effect: a couple guys get into a pissing match over a car, just so they can show off on international TV how much money they can spend- and drive a car's price up. Within a week in ads all over, those same cars have jumped in price to match. Doesn't mean they're worth it. Then there's this covid price jump. Remember during the 2000's guys at BJ would almost get into fist fights to pay multi 6 figures over generic gaudy hot rods? Now unless they are historic or built by the best names,the buyers have mostly died out and generic hot rods have crashed. ... View more

That's why I prefer positive displacement blowers over anything. In the stoplight Grand Prix, I'm across the intersection before they've even built any boost and gone 10 feet. Gear or RPM doesn't really matter- it goes.  Sure,after almost triple digit speeds the turbo with same hp/weight will pass me- but those are the speeds when you get arrested, and I never go over that.   ... View more

Still have my '99 Grand Prix GTP, bought it very low mileage in 2005 while in the car biz. Now has 270k on the original trans, probably 85% city driving- they don't like abuse and you have to change the fluid every couple years. I don't baby it but I don't run foot flat/heavy boost through the gears all the time either. All I've done outside of regular maintenance is a fuel pump/injectors, water pump, and intake manifolds- as preventative maintenance even though they were all still doing fine. Burns maybe a quarter litre oil between changes. Looks like new,can't sell it and still enjoy driving it on occasion. ... View more

Has more to do with the Cologne V6 being 60 degrees instead of the GM at 90 degrees. ... View more

Wasn't on YouTube.. ... View more

 Low interest rates, basically free money. ... View more

Cheap money ... View more

Agree. But that's why I prefer Mecum over BJ, as Mecum always has a ton of cheaper/less exotic cars- and multitudes of cars as BJ as well. Problem is Mecum didn't have their auction feed going on You Tube this year, and Motor Trend just showed small random snippets here and there. It's nice to go to Mecum's website, find interesting cars and watch them go through, or later on go back to the Tube channel and watch them run through. ... View more

Obviously people will stick with what they know, but your reasoning is incorrect to compare Mustangs and Camaros with Miatas and Integras- as you will see and why I never mentioned in the last post- as is scapegoating Corvettes while ignoring the more expensive RX-7,Supra etc.  A Mustang GT/Camaro Z28 was maybe a grand cheaper than a regular Integra RS and $2-3k cheaper than a GS-R. A Mustang GT convertible was the same price as a similarly optioned Miata and that's not even counting rebates and finance programs which would make them thousands cheaper. $1500 down and $225 a month was the usual deal for a GT coupe. Corvttes definitely were an older demographic, but Mustangs and Camaros definitely not. Ford sold more GTs each year than what GS-Rs sold in the entire production run, world wide, over 8 years. I'm pretty sure- without looking- that similar number (or even more) of Corvettes were sold in '94 than the entire production run of all the Japanese cars listed above, world wide, over their entire production run from '93 to '98 or whatever. So production numbers are also a huge factor. And of course it was Boomers and Z buying them all- Millenials would have been 14 years old. FYI I got out of high school and started right away in the car biz as a dealer and broker and was dealing in this stuff when they were new. ... View more

No, I worked in dealership management for 20 years the dealers don't control demand- if you wanted one just order it. And yes you have to wait, just like any other special order or colour that's not in stock- and sticks were very rare so we wouldn't order them. They'd sit out on the lot for a year or two and ended up losing money them. ... View more

Why are you comparing Civics and Corollas etc to Corvettes and Mustangs? They're talking about expensive sports cars not commuter cars.. ... View more

Neither is the orphan TC ... View more

Well the Fiero was dead in '88, and the other 2 are NOT sports cars. ... View more

Speaking of quality- have you ever owned and tried to keep an RX-7, M3, 968 or 300 running cheaply once the warranty was up? I foolishly did. ... View more

Not mentioned- the top 5 vehicles for price, not coincidentally are also the top 5 for being unreliable,having expensive/unobtainium parts, and known to blow up and/or be a continual repair project. Back in the day- once the warranty was recently up- they were all bank account busters to keep going even with parts being semi available. I've owned all the top 5 on the list,some of them multiple times and learnt my lesson. But once I got my hands on a C5 Corvette those all vanished from my though processes. ... View more

Yeah too bad. Maybe they they have built something totally different and crazy- with maybe 10 cylinders. ... View more

Maybe 10 months ago, I emailed the same message twice in a row, so it would be noticed along with a request to email me back for more info. There's a huge warehouse in NY full of C2 Corvettes, mostly 427s, a bunch of C1s, exotic Italian cars from 60's and 70's muscle cars, Mercedes, Jags etc etc- hundreds. Undoubtedly the ultimate find. Never heard back ... View more

We were neighbours of her family when I was a kid,and remember her coming home to visit after becoming famous. ... View more

No...just no. As for Cadillac, they are the worst teases in the world, make gorgeous show cars but then don't put them into production. ... View more

"classic motorcycle insurance is not available in Canada" That's not true at all. I have lots of bikes and are all fully insured to declared value, backed up by appraisals which are updated regularly ... View more

No, there's plenty of insurance companies around. He either needs to do more research, stop lying, or stop being dramatic. ... View more