Musclecar prices and the possible recession

[69LM1]

Originally Posted by Astock

Just pissed off since yesterday, after leaving the supermarket, and seeing and feeling the panic. Sheep scurrying for their lives, trying to stay up with the herd of other scared sheep. So ridiculous!

Btw: The first community acquired C-19 reported yesterday in Orange County. There's like 3.5 million plus that live here, yet the shelves are empty, and I still don't have cream for coffee in the morning?

Now yall know what it's like living in the south during hurricane season!

Joking. Cream is important!

/Rich

[Astock]

We took two direct hits from Frances and Gene months apart in 04, after 3 months of living in Fl. The 68' Harry Mann Camaro came 3 feet away from being crushed dead center, by a 100 year old oak. Hurricanes are inconvenient, to say the least.

[Crush]

Back to the topic of this thread. I was talking with my 25-year-old son tonight who is a professional automotive photographer, And an absolute car nut! Him and his buddies are mostly interested in some of the older European cars like Nissan GTR’s, Datsuns even some V dubs as well as Porsche, Ferrari etc.. lots of his buddies are buying these, along w Supras etc and fixing them up. They are not interested in “ muscle cars” except for a few Vettes. Needless to say he has been around and driven a ton of high end cars old and new and just loves the foreign jobs.
PS he’s not panicking about the corona virus either.. good kid!

[32KZ]

My son and his wife, both mid 20's, both engineers. Starting off ahead of the curve, he has no student loans, her's all but paid off. Both pretty frugal, but spend smart money. He's into the old stuff, but not so much his inner circle of friends, just too out of reach. Has a pretty clean 90 F150, highschool truck, hanging onto for a future project. And will eventually get the keys to the Z, but I think he's in the minority. I just don't see his generation having the disposable income to keep supporting this hobby, overall. Unless prices start dropping(like old gassers) plus their kid's college prices....my cousin is a pretty successful electrical engineer, talk at his alumni reunion was the fact of trying to afford sending their kids,,to the college they graduated from. Without mountains of debt.

And like yours crush, not panicking corona. Aware, taking preventive measures, more concerned about spreading to certain target groups vs. actually contracting it.

[Mr70]

Does anyone know what the over/under is on the BBQ?

[32KZ]

That's funny!

On a good note, not out of Jameson and Guiness at the stores, 1st floor remodel full steam ahead, my Camaro is still worth more then it was fifteen years ago, according to Haggerty anyway. Sucks 814 alternators aren't coming down in price. I guess not accepting tp rolls as barter just quite yet. Heard a big sale on hand sanitizer down in Tennessee. Eighteen thousand bottles need gone quick??

[JoeC]

I heard on the local news that some people who "over purchased" are now donating some items to those in need

[70 copo]

[Zedder]

I guess some find this situation funny...

I laid off 20 people today...retail customers keep cancelling orders for store fixtures. Likely will lay another 20 off next week and be totally shut down by the end of the month. The 65 year old woman crying in my office was the most difficult part. Her retirement investments are in the shitter and now she has no job. I hope this doesn’t last more than a few months or a company that has been in business since the 1920’s might go under.

[427TJ]

Originally Posted by Zedder

I guess some find this situation funny...

I laid off 20 people today...retail customers keep cancelling orders for store fixtures. Likely will lay another 20 off next week and be totally shut down by the end of the month. The 65 year old woman crying in my office was the most difficult part. Her retirement investments are in the shitter and now she has no job. I hope this doesn’t last more than a few months or a company that has been in business since the 1920’s might go under.

Sorry to hear that Mark. The next two weeks will be crucial as to how the virus effects us here in the U.S.