[king_midas]

Someone asked what I like about the old stuff-- Uhh, get my hands dirty a few times a month; go to the garage, smoke a few cigarettes and drink some beer, and hang out. Maybe take a drive once a month when work and responsibility don't have the golden handcuffs on me. Fun a couple of times a month should not cost me $75K, which doesn't include garaging, parts, GAS (yikes!), etc... Doesn't quite seem worth it to me...

But, in reality, it goes even further than the stupid prices and non-drivability factor... I think the kids of today simply think that old people hoarding parts and treating them like idiots have caused them (the kids) to do their own thing. And maybe even out of spite, they purposefully steer clear of all things SS and v-8. Put simply, they have the choice to buy Mustangs, Camullets, and Corvettes-- Late models are priced similarly to the hot imports... But, they don't buy those cars. They're not interested. Even futher, they're flying their own flags, and that's that.

If you guys were smart, you'd all start buying early '70's imports, like BMWs, Porsches, VWs, Datsuns and Toyotas... Those cars are cheap, fun, modern construction, and the kids are all into modifying heritage cars of what they drive and hotrod today. I said it first-- King Midas, the Oracle.

I lived and worked through the dot-com crash, and do you know what one of the major factors was regarding the dominoes tumbling? All of those businesses were inner-connected-- They sold their stuff to each other. Once the market started to fall, they went like dominoes because they lost their business network. That is a likely analogy as to what will happen with musclecars.

And yes, my father taught me how cars worked and how to take care of them. How a cluster gear works, how to set point dwell, what abuse will break a u-joint, etc... I now know more than him, and I probably know more than some of you. But, does that mean that I'd step up to the plate to buy that 7-second '69 Z that gets 10 mpg, idles like it's mad at something, no A/C, and is akin to being in a relationship with a hot chick that you cannot trust, and though she looks great, she doesn't really run or handle all that well. Maybe if she were priced under $10K and you could actually have fun with it on a budget... At present prices, it's the old man vs. the kid-- That Z will be traded between home equity borrowers until the money runs out, and the last guy stuck with it will wear a frown.

There is still hope that I can pick up that Z for under $10K....