I guess my point was lost young guys see my wife car as a solid start.
They always comment just needs some wheels, exhaust, subwoofer, and a few stickers.
And ya,know they woukd be chick magnets end we,all know ricer guys get the Honeys. Piles of um.
In our market I can not find a starter used old truck or A Body to bounce around town in. Done cars or If.
REPETE hey are all 'If"
IF’ was a Skiff, We Would All Be on a Boat Ride.
If I sell it I need big bucks for the car because done itg is worth 100k.
Like it is a crime to just drop aittle coin on fixing some stuff on ome. To bounce around town in a mid 70s car are truck with 318 2bbl or slant.
Maybe that is why I like the Road Kill Show so much

I think the younger group was pushed into the import cars because it's easier to get a car payment and modify a running car vs buying an old car. The old cars in their price range would be rough and need serious help. Add in the fact that a lot of those guys likely had limited tools and knowledge and it was easier to buy something new. How many older guys would even give a younger guy parts or advice with an old car project? Not many I know of.

Girls that age are going to hang around with the guy who has a nice paint job and stereo vs the kid with a primered old car, no ac, scruffy interior, etc.

I think the younger group was pushed into the import cars because it's easier to get a car payment and modify a running car vs buying an old car. The old cars in their price range would be rough and need serious help. Add in the fact that a lot of those guys likely had limited tools and knowledge and it was easier to buy something new. How many older guys would even give a younger guy parts or advice with an old car project? Not many I know of.

Girls that age are going to hang around with the guy who has a nice paint job and stereo vs the kid with a primered old car, no ac, scruffy interior, etc.

I do not get it either. But that is the facts like it or not.
So it is not just New Muscle.
The thoughts of a Barn Find Honda. MAKES me want run screaming.

BUT at our age we've all been through this 5 times now and know the world is not coming to an end. It's called a buying opportunity; stocks, CARS (did I mention I'd like to find a 74 Challenger 360 4sp), homes, INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. Personally I am secretly waiting for a correction. Industrial building are TWICE what they "should" be around these parts.

When I worked as an engineer a coworker that made about what I did, $110k, LOST HIS $150K HOUSE during the great recession. I kept my house worth 3x as much and bought a small $50k industrial building and bought $50k of equipment to start my business. Some people will always be fools with their money.

I get it on the Honda stuff. Not anything I would be interested in, but I have had that conversation with my next door neighbor. He has a one-owner '97 Acura 3.0CL coupe. It's a bit worn around the edges, the sunroof doesn't work, and it's got a lot of miles, BUT it's a two-door coupe that's loaded. When he retires in a couple of years there will be a line of young kids who WANT his car. At least that's what I think. He's not buying into it, yet...

I get it on the Honda stuff. Not anything I would be interested in, but I have had that conversation with my next door neighbor. He has a one-owner '97 Acura 3.0CL coupe. It's a bit worn around the edges, the sunroof doesn't work, and it's got a lot of miles, BUT it's a two-door coupe that's loaded. When he retires in a couple of years there will be a line of young kids who WANT his car. At least that's what I think. He's not buying into it, yet...