Cars to Buy NOW ?

[tomster]

I guess this one never made it across da pond. But it's a really nice car.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_RS_2_Avant

One can get pretty good deals from time to time.
Owned 2 of it back in the days. One in Nogaroblue and one in Porsche Speedgelb with blue Alcantara interior. The latter is still running up in Sweden:
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2014...l/6ymu7ane.jpg

[sithot]

Somebody just paid $32,000 for an '84 300TD Benz on BAT.

[trdking]

I saw that. Great car and I am sure they are all driven to death. Not many low mile survivors and a big following = Metric dollars

[Bill Meyer]

I suppose, but as recently as a month ago I passed on two in similar condition, both in the 10-12K range. That BAT price shocked me

[sithot]

All pre-DEF MB diesels are doing well. The 300TD is on an upward trend since 2012 according to Black Book.

As for other diesel vehicles you'd be hard pressed to find a better truck than a "not rusted"(the hard part!)
5.9 12 valve Cummins/Dodge, Ford 7.3 or pre-DEF Duramax Chevy/GMC.

[LongRanger]

. . . coulda/woulda/shoulda . . .

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1997-acura-integra-5/

. . . Type R.

1997 to 2001

I know, I know . . . another FWD PoS, right?

No.

Seems like Honda, after expending no small amount of energy (and credibility) putting together their great-but-so-what NSX, decided to build something that everybody could actually afford. After NSX's weak reception, Honda was determined to get their next special car right, so . . . they kinda went nuts. Some features of the US-market (DC2) Type R include . . .

1) revised and strengthened uni-body --- including the rear wheel housing, rear pillar upper garter, rear roof rail upper, rear wheel arch extension, rear lower arm bracket, and rear damper gusset, aluminum strut tower bar . . . added just over 60 lbs.

2) comprehensive weight reduction --- including reduced sound insulation, 10% thinner windshield, lighter wheels, A/C and rear wiper delete ('97 only) . . . took off just under 100 lbs.

3) hand-built motors --- custom porting and polishing

4) Recaro seats and special upholstery

5) Helical limited-slip differential

Early cars ('97) were yellow only, while later ones were white or black.

Like a lot of 'affordable' Japanese cars, these things were bought, used, then disposed of almost as fast as Honda could lose money building them. Formidable cars, though --- zero-60 = 6.8 sec, 1/4 mi = 14.8 sec @93 MPH, 195 HP @8600 RPM all from a 1.8L 4-cylinder. Vehicle has double A-arm suspension, front and back --- pretty snappy spec, even today. Because of the need to meet homologation requirements for FIA certification for N-series and World Cup racing, most of the parts and assembly were done in small volumes by various outside specialty shops . . . so these cars are pretty much hand-built. Not the kind of car I'd wanna have to restore. Bon-zai . . .

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[sithot]

Great car!

There's a fellow I know who "tunes" Hondas. He's a sharp kid who does ECM work on the side. His Honda which I refer to as "Grandma" (stealthy like a Ghillie suite) is fast as greased lightning to about 130.
He's always up for a challenge from big bad V8 guys (or anyone else for that matter). Probably has $5,000 in the car most of which is in the engine.

[72targa]

Toyota Supras apparently...

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/t...pan-mountains/

[sithot]

They've been hot as a $2 pistol for a while. The trouble is finding one that hasn't been made into Fast and Furious special. Good luck.

[t6dpilot]

Tom, that 300TD price was sure out there. Two people had to have that car, I guess. I have watched the 300TD market for a few years and they are getting harder to find. I have watched the early 70's 280SE market also for a couple of years longer and they seem to be climbing in price too. Used to be you could find one pretty inexpensive, now good ones don't come on the market often and when they do, they are expensive. Not early 911 high, but still pricey.