Well, now I know why I couldn't get Speedkore to layup custom carbon sheet stock for me. ... View more

Way less expensive than the equivalent Tacoma, but is it worth it? ... View more

You will likely have a plug on your campsite and if the EV wasn't lobbied out of favor the range issue would a moot point. The average vehicle today has a 250 to 300 range so you will have to stop for fuel if you take a car anyway. ... View more

I was racing over the road EV's back at the turn of the century and if anyone pulled off a 60 mile day using the best available tech from 1999 it was considered an amazing feat. GM was barely getting 120 miles from an EV1 on a good day in 1997 when that was the best production EV you could buy. The idea of an EV in 1957 with that tech and the mentality of the time just would not be possible, but if there was an actual effort then, the EV of today would be a far better thing than it is now and it would be more accepted. ... View more

It is for enjoyment, not for making a profit. As soon as I saw the value gains as percentages I wondered if I was looking at something about cars or retirement funds. I bought my car to enjoy driving it until it is no longer usable in my my retirement not to look at and think about how I will enjoy spending the money I get for it in retirement. ... View more

Lets do the grand tour but we are either going to have to shove the suitcases into the back or have the staff follow us with a truck for the luggage. This thing looks less practical than an MR2 Spider. ... View more

Please discuss in detail how much you spend each year on the care and maintenance of your horse. What's that, you drive a car? It's called progress, you might not like it but it is a move over or get run over world. ... View more

Flipping in and of itself is not a bad thing, but here is where it turns into a problem. The ones that scour every ad looking for bargains aren't all that bad, the ones that offer you 60% of what you are asking are funny because they think they will not have the same happen to them. A lot of the cars listed in this article were flipped at auction, and it was just luck that at least two people in the room that day wanted the car bad enough to run the price up. It is just the sellers good luck that those people were not there the day when they bought the car at a different auction. There are some Flippers out there that believe TV is real and they can do whatever they want to buy a car (houses for that matter), those are the ones that ruin it for everyone. If a guy that looked like the guy from Counting Cars tried to flag you down the first reaction would be to call the police, not make a roadside deal. There are flippers that will see a car in a garage or other location and go to the extreme of using a "Skip Tracer" (you know them as Bounty Hunters) to locate the owner to present them the "gift" of a low ball offer. The most common method of contact is normally illegally in violation of the Do Not Call list. They will knock on doors, contact family members of owners, tell people they are doing them a favor by removing the car that will never sell, tell people it is an environmental hazard, in short they do whatever it takes to separate the owner of a car from that car. look at the story of the "Wild Cherry" van, that is the kind of thing that the worst Flippers do in the name of profit. Yes, there are people that want cars and are willing to pay for them, I understand that middlemen need to make a living and that people who want cars don't know how to find them. I also believe that the people that are the make money at all cost people are not the people to buy from. Also I want to mention that if I have not put a For Sale sign on something the lowest price I will take for it is fair market value plus 9 times fair market value as a fee for bothering me, if I want to sell it I will put a For Sale sign and a reasonable price on it. ... View more

I have always loved the Duesenberg but of the three I would want the 1929 Duesenberg Model J “Disappearing Top” Torpedo by Murphy. My first car was a Barracuda so I'm pretty much over that. My biggest problem with the Duesenberg would be that I would want to drive it every day, and I know it is not practical enough for that. ... View more

I had a 1993 Mercedes 190E 2.3 5 Speed and while the fit and finish were great it was a **bleep**box in many regards. The Speedo worked when it wanted to, the parking brake and rear brakes for that matter did not work, Cruse only worked when the speedo worked, no reverse lights unless I stuck my finger through the hole in the shift boot and pushed the switch with my finger and the AC did not work at all, the stereo only kind of worked. The car also leaked all kinds of fluids. Finally it took pity on me one Valentines day about 18 years ago when a spring broke in the injection system and it pumped a couple of quarts of oil out the dipstick, that is when I decided to just junk it. Believe it or not I was an adult when I bought that car. I will admit that it did look good parked in the driveway, and oh the solid clunk of the door when I closed it, and it only stranded me that one time. ... View more

Lets look at another part of this. I own a 1993 Miata, not an amazing car but my neighbor owned a 1995 Corvette. I have had my Miata for over 20 years and I have put about 140,000 miles and $4,000 into it for repairs and maintenance. In that time I have owned it my Miata has left me in the side of the road once with a blown alternator. That Corvette in the 6 years managed to eat $2,000 in tires and $4,000 in other parts before a $500 tune-up and it stranded him twice with computer problems. He sold the car for $5,000 and 4 months later he bought it back for $1,500 with a blown clutch caused by a blown rear main seal. That car then sat for two more years until he managed to finally unload it for $1,800 and it would not start. The reality is that these owner experiences are typical for both cars, Miatas are fairly reliable while the same year Corvette is not. I was offered the above Corvette for $1,000 and I turned it down, not for lack of garage space but because I knew that not just that Corvette, but all Corvettes of that vintage are just as unreliable. Maybe it is a perception because a few bad cars get a lot of attention, but lets face it, that was not GM's finest hour by a long shot. ... View more

I no longer have the interest in owning a dirt bike or a place to ride one, this actually sounds like it could be a good solution to scratch that old dirt bike itch without spending a small stack of money or having to deal with the police, or both at the same time. ... View more

When a School bus and a Geo Metro convertible are the cleanest looking vehicles under the hood there is something wrong with the universe as a whole. I'm actually kind of partial to the Geo because I thought they were cute and different when they came out, I actually know two people that owned these cars, one had a teal Metro, and one had a red Pontiac Firefly that he converted to electric, I really liked both of them but only ever got to drive the Electrifly. ... View more

Lots of Ute's on that list, you missed the El Camino. I don't know, perhaps America could use a Ute of some sort again, they really can be the best of both worlds. ... View more

But what if I just bought my car when it was reasonably affordable, in great driver condition, and my intension is to just keep on using it as often as possible until it or I die? At that point it will either be a worthless car that is going to be junked, or my estate will be lowballed when they try to sell it. Anyone that has slapped a For Sale sign on anything lately knows that the actual offer price is going to be about 60% of retail. The car is either for investment or enjoyment but unless you enjoy investing it is not both. I will mention that cars that become items purely for investment will eventually not be safe for road use because they will not be properly maintained, don't believe me, you can check with Paul Walker but he won't be able to tell you his opinion because of the way he was killed in an investment car that had tires on it that were too old to be considered safe for road use. ... View more

I always wondered if the 200 MPH car was real and if it was really given to George Wallace. I guess this answered both those questions. ... View more

Nice idea, this is how trains work now so scaling it down for cars should work. I'm still waiting for the article about how Porsche wants to get into the synthetic fuel game thus making every car a zero emissions vehicle, this is happening right now. This is how technology develops people. Once a law is passed saying that something is no longer allowed someone figures out a way around that law with technology. ... View more

it would be quicker and cost less to just buy a brand new car and hold it until it becomes a collectable car. ... View more

That is one of them looks good when parked cars. ... View more

Most Famous Bronco ever? I would bet on a plain white Ford Bronco that was involved in a low speed police chase being slightly more famous. This one is cool, but that white one is still known by a lot more people. ... View more

I was saddened when I read the news, she was one of those drivers who was really fun to watch not only because she was exceptionally skilled, but also you could tell she was genuinely having fun doing it. ... View more

I don't know about something under 600cc being "small". Back in my youth when I weighed in at just over 110 with boots and a heavy leather jacket on it took no effort at all for me to keep up with the guys on 750 Hurricanes and 1100 Katanas with a Honda VT500 Ascot, as you might imagine those guys were not happy about that but they put it down to their having a bit more weight on them than I did. When I was forced onto a Ninja 250 because the guy riding it had a few extra pounds on him I was still able to keep up it just took some actual effort but nothing that made the riding less fun. Now that I am older and weigh in at twice+ the poundage of my youth I still think that I probably wouldn't be all that fast on a fuel injected 250, but I would be willing to bet I would still have fun. I also have a feeling that a modern fuel injected 250 might be hiding a horse or two more than my carbureted 500 from 1983 had when new. ... View more

Wow, you sound like a real manly man, I bet you drive a real muscle car to show how manly you are. ... View more

There were a lot of pioneering women in the early days of motoring that have been forgotten. Thank you for mentioning a few of them. Something you might have wanted to mention is that when your wrist is broken by the starter crank hitting it that is called a "Ford Fracture", you can look it up. The Reason Henry Ford worked so hard to get a starter motor on his cars was because his wife refused to drive his car without a way to start the car without risking her wrist. She instead drove an Edison Electric car until Ford had an electric starter. ... View more

Reality check, at some point these will either be normal everyday cars or the EV will do what it did the last time when it was a better choice than an IC car for so many reasons until it wasn't. No mater what happens to the EV this time around you can bet that in 30 years these will be collectors items of some sort just like Edison cars are today. Not everyone can have nor do they want a Corvette, Mustang, Charger, Chevelle SS 396, or whatever some believe is a "Real Car". As the Woman that collects Saturns proved when she was featured here, If it can move people someone will be interested in it and if you want to ne a naysayer you will likely be ignored by the fan base. I personally like EV's but I also don't have confidence problems that I try to compensate for by owning a muscle car. I was once asked by a 440 six pack Supper Bee owner while showing a home built Hybrid "What if you want to go on vacation". I replied by asking him when was the last time he had driven cross country in his car, answer was never. Then I told him that I was at that time over 200 miles from home and had driven there and that if I wanted to go on a long distance trip I would do what 85% of people do and fly to my destination and rent a car. ... View more

I'm thinking of an episode of Seinfeld where Kramer buys a car that belonged to Jon Voight and it turns out it was some guy that happened to be named Jon Voight and not the actor. ... View more

So what happened to the Hybrid drive? What kind of mileage does it get? If I was going to go kart engine a car it would probably be a BMW Isetta or maybe a Porsche 914 because why not? ... View more

1947–81 Citroën HY Van Probably the best of the lot because it isn't in any way pretending to be something it is not. ... View more

Years ago when I was rallying EV's and Hybrids (all home built) I remember talking to James Warden the owner of Selectria about how he was trying to get the contract to build EV's for the Post office. He mentioned that the reason the USPS wanted to look at EV's over IC was that they drove less than 20 miles a day and the number one breakdown on Mail Trucks was the starter. Lets see how these do. ... View more

This is what I do, but I tend to put about 2,000+ on the car and use conventional oil. I used to change it in the Spring when I took it out for the season, but I don't like all that contamination sitting in the crankcase all winter so I switched to a fall oil change. ... View more

While I totally understand why the new Corvette has, and should have, an automatic transmission, I was stunned to see that this car is a pedal short. I can only guess that the car was built to go one quarter of a mile at a time. ... View more

I used the 500 CI caddy from the 50's example as a polluting car example.    Your use of the word " derivatives" proves my point, we already use Biodiesel and Gas-a-haul in our cars, E-85 is pretty close to Zero Emissions already as it is pollution captured from the air by a plant that turned pollution into fruit or grain that was then distilled into fuel. Zero Emissions is not a pipe dream, we are most of the way there if people bothered to actually look. ... View more

For whatever reason this is not as annoying to me as everything else Chip has ruined. Probably because this shares noting with the original except the paint scheme. ... View more

You ended with Ford but I will start there, we have starter motors in out cars because Henry's wife wanted to drive Edison's car because she didn't have to hand crank it. that is progress by necessity. You are also forgetting that the requirement is Zero Emissions, not must run on batteries. What happens if a company like Exxon Mobil starts working on recycling pollution into fuel? That fuel by definition is Zero Emissions because it will, in theory, be turned back into fuel. In that scenario even a 500 cubic inch Cadillac from the 50's would be Zero Emissions. You have also forgotten that if it is more expensive or takes longer to do it the old way people will convert to the new way. While the future might not be EV, synthetic fuel, or Diesel I would be willing to bet it probably won't be gasoline either. Nothing is as dependable as change. ... View more

This car was bid up to $40,000 did someone actually show up with a check and take delivery? I will reserve judgment until I hear that part of the story. ... View more

I find it interesting that "The Spirit of Ecstasy" was inspired in 1909 by Lord Montagu’s mistress, seeing as Lord Montagu is the the other title of an Earl we all know as the Earl of Sandwich. The sandwich as we know it was popularized in England in 1762 by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, probably this guys third or fourth grandfather. ... View more

The worst thing about holding onto any "valuable" item is this, if you still own it when you die it made you happy but you are dead and odds are slim that your family will know how to properly market and sell it. I tend to buy cars that are priced well below modest because I have seen this too many times with all kinds of hobbies, I have seen model trains sell for pennies on the dollar, same with furniture, cameras, cars, boats, tools, housewares, and even whole houses. When you buy a car plan to drive it until it stops making you smile and for it to have zero value when you are done with it. ... View more

I really like the concept but I have a problem. It appears that they make only one "Skateboard". With present vehicle systems this system could be connected to any body and interior that you want with several bolts and a wire connector making this a body swap that would allow an owner to have several bodies but one driveline that is a huge plus. The down side is that the suspension and brakes stay the same. Great if you want several cars that look the same, and it looks like they are going sports car here. What if you want a sports car, a station wagon, and a pickup? You will have to pick how your skateboard performs and then any part of that performance that can not be changed by a computer is what you are stuck with. so you end up with a pickup that can't carry much or a sports car that sticks to the road like a pickup. As for the EV vs IC battle, I'm sure your great grandparents really saw no reason to believe that cars and trucks would ever be better than carts and carriages. Trucks will never be able to out haul trains right? ... View more

Just wondering if you actually read the article? These underpinnings are for new cars that look like old cars, not for resto-mods. ... View more

Do I really have to list the names of my friends that no longer enjoy fast cars because of how dead they are so you understand that while driving at insane speeds is a whole lot of fun, it can also be a one way ticket to no longer driving fast cars? I can also list a few names of dead before 40's that overdosed because they got hooked on oxies after a huge accident. You might also want to do a quick search for "Bride killed on wedding day" to find out that breakneck speed doesn't always break just the drivers neck. Speed, especially illegal speed has a place, but that place is out were there are a lot less people, cars, or objects to hit. As for the rest of it, I will probably help a kid beat emissions, wire the crazy light show, or whatever other thing they want to do to make their car theirs, and if you want to drive grey market cool, but good luck with getting parts but that is part of the allurer isn't it? Ironically I am looking to score a set of European tail lights for a 2007 Sienna because I want yellow rear blinkers. There is almost no segment of the hobby that I really and truly hate, some things aren't to my taste but they are making people happy so that is fine with me. But one thing that I can not stand is open road coal rolling! I had a next door neighbor that used to coal roll up the street every now and then but in a residential neighborhood with almost no traffic that is fine and looked really cool from my porch. You know what isn't cool? Being inside that smoke when you are doing 75 on the highway in a convertible so you not only can't see, but also can't breathe. As for that kid at the car show with the less than pristine car, I was that kid once and I will probably stop by their car at every single cruise night just to see and encourage any progress they are making. This also reminds me that I want to do my own "Drive at dawn" this year where locals with whatever can make it get to hang out before sunrise. Lets talk Gates and Ladders, I believe it is Hagerty's policy that your "collector" car can not be your primary transportation, it has to be kept in a locked garage, and that locked garage has to have hard sides (can't be a tent). ... View more

My wife is a teamster, I will tell you exactly what the Teamsters have done for her. The Teamsters have made sure that they have collected $27 a week form her, that is more than I pay for family vision and dental at my job because the Teamsters can't get those benefits for her. The Teamsters promised to get the lot where she works paved 5 years ago but haven't done that, they promised they would get drivers new equipment in proper working order but my wife still has no heat on the handicapped van she drives, and while minimum wage workers in my state are enjoying 10% pay increases because of the "Fight for 15" my wife got a 3% raise last year. The Teamsters can't even get her employer to pay for her licence renewal that has to be done off the clock. It might be different with other unions, but I have learned, there are teamsters and there are Teamsters and I have a feeling that most unions only care about there weekly fees. ... View more

I was thinking power washer and rattle cans but you do you. ... View more

Most trikes have something like this integrated in the transmission already. I was kind of amazed the first time I ever saw one used. I guess something like this would be good for a retrofit but honestly I would prefer a retrofit device to engage the chain by way of some sort of toggle that allows it to disengage when not in use. ... View more

Thank you for the reminder that A. I do need AC in my Convertible just as I need my Milwaukee heated hoodie with the wire that hooks to the cigarette lighter (Power outlet) for it along with heated gloves. and B. If you hit something hard enough to make an obesity some out of your mouth then you probably have done significant damage. Case in point; several years ago I hit a pothole in my Scion xA with enough force to bring fourth a deity of excrement from my mouth, it also caused the power steering belt to flip over. Replace belt and that is the end of it right? Wrong, flash forward several years and it turns out that on that fateful day I cracked my exhaust manifold enough to cause the power steering pump mounts to move every now and then and toss a belt but not enough for me to know what was broken. That is until last week when the invisible crack opened enough to leak and just over $1,000 later, yes it was worth every penny on my 16 year old car, the problem is hopefully finally solved. There is no such thing as a "minor" accident. ... View more

This was another reminder that there really isn't a segment to the collector hobby that is wrong. It would appear from the comments that this "Orphan" brand might not have a huge collector base but does have a bigger fan base than one might expect. Also count me as a fan, I had two ex girlfriends that had Saturns and I have many happy memories of riding in, driving, and vacationing in those cars. ... View more

There are a million bits and bobs on a car that I have hit with a rattle can at one time or another. Bolt heads, screw heads, speaker grills, a bunch of engine parts, whole engines, a myriad of interior parts, brackets, wiper arms, calipers that I just couldn't get as clean as I wanted, the battery hold down, some hose clamps, ash trays, the list could go on for days. Who among us never spray painted a set of brake drums with some high heat paint? If it is small and needs some refreshing a rattle can might be your best friend. No, I have never painted a body panel with a rattle can of anything but primer. ... View more

This would make a great addition to a G-Scale train set. ... View more

Not sure what the problem is, that is a lot of heated garage space that you can rent out and pay the mortgage with the money. ... View more

Did we totally forget the Cadillac XLR, are going to ignore the fact that this actually happened and was sold to the road going public? ... View more

The Drum Disc argument can be solved with one simple question. How do you plan to use the car? If you want a perfect show car that will be driven on open roads and to local shows the drums are probably going to be fine. If the car is going to see a few highway trips a year, some back and fourth to work a few times a week in Summer, maybe a weekend getaway or two every year then the investment in at least front discs might be worth it. ... View more