Our cars will be worth a lot in just 50 years from now

[NOHOME]

Originally Posted by ToySub1946

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-toyota-2000-gt/

Remember: Each one of ours which does not buff out, brings the future price up. You can help right now by driving in winter with no snows.

Hard to tell, but you are trying to be funny right?

In case you did NOT know, Toyota only made about 300 of those.

I own a rare collector car very much in the spirit of the FRS of which only 8000 were ever made and 40 years later you can still buy one in top condition for $25-30,000. So, to be "rare" your have to be "Really Rare" before it counts.

If you want to know where the FRS is going to be value-wise in 50 years or so, just look at the Datsun 240Z since it would be the most comparable to the FRS niche.

[ToySub1946]

"Hard to tell, but you are trying to be funny right?" Well, yes. (Possibly my Rochesterian humor, or just me, somewhat dry).


Yea, I would expect by now, the Z would bring more than current bids on this car:

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-datsun-240z-20/

Edit: 12-20-16. Sold Today 1973 Datsun 240Z for $25,500. This car would have cost around $4000. new. With inflation to 2016, that's about $22,261 in today's dollars. So it sold now for a little more than it's new car price.


Though surprised I am, what some Porsches from 60s to 80s are bringing right now...really seemingly big money.

[synchromesh]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Get out of the bubble the internet has created for you re-affirming your unfounded biases.

A. There are millions who do understand mechanical things.
B. The vast majority of the 'older generation' didn't understand those things at all and had their head up their ass with their radio soap operas browsing department store catalogs for frivolous shit instead of Amazon or whatever was trendy that decade that time forgot because it was just as stupid as caring too much about buzzfeed articles.

Look, I told you I didn't want to battle. They aren't unfounded.


If you want 20 dollars now, I wont hesitate even though they are hard earned.

[Yardjass]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Please tell me what tires, oil, radiator fluid, rubber hoses, rubber belts, batteries, and lubricants never need replacing, especially after 50 years. I'm sure many of us would greatly appreciate the tip.

Not to mention your free mechanic to do a tune up on a 50 year old super car.

All cars need maintenance, the ones worth money usually double or triple the costs of the ones that aren't.

And here I was thinking that was all maintenance costs, not storage, which is what I said.

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Get out of the bubble the internet has created for you re-affirming your unfounded biases.

A. There are millions who do understand mechanical things.
B. The vast majority of the 'older generation' didn't understand those things at all and had their head up their ass with their radio soap operas browsing department store catalogs for frivolous shit instead of Amazon or whatever was trendy that decade that time forgot because it was just as stupid as caring too much about buzzfeed articles.

This isn't just a car thing. These clowns can't do things like fix a toilet or operate a lawnmower either. If this isn't more wide spread now, I'd be very surprised.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Yardjass

This isn't just a car thing. These clowns can't do things like fix a toilet or operate a lawnmower either. If this isn't more wide spread now, I'd be very surprised.

There has always been and will always be a majority of the population that does not know how or WANT to know how to do everything. The very first records of humans (cave paintings) show people doing very specialized activates with some hunting, some performing ceremonies, some prepping food, etc.
There are currently millions that do indeed do their own car work but the majority do not. Why should they fix their own car, toilet or lawnmower? Are there not professionals for these things? Have there not been mechanics, plumbers and handymen for all of history? It isn't even a matter that people "can't" do it but many just have better things to do. To look down on people because they do things themselves that you do is just foolish. Do you not pay anybody to do anything for you at all? For the past 10 years I have paid people to do things that I used to get paid for and that is just the way it is.

[NOHOME]

Originally Posted by ToySub1946

Though surprised I am, what some Porsches from 60s to 80s are bringing right now...really seemingly big money.

It is a Darwinian thing...There has to be a "Stupid Tax" or else these guys would breed too fast.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by synchromesh

Look, I told you I didn't want to battle. They aren't unfounded.

If you want 20 dollars now, I wont hesitate even though they are hard earned.

Anecdotal evidence is as good as a fart in the wind. Feel free to link any studies and I'll change my mind (hard to do, this stuff wasn't being studied 30+ years ago, not much valid data pointing back that far). So anecdotal vs. anecdotal, I wasn't around 40 years ago, but tcoat and humfrz were, my parents were, things weren't so different.

Originally Posted by Yardjass

This isn't just a car thing. These clowns can't do things like fix a toilet or operate a lawnmower either. If this isn't more wide spread now, I'd be very surprised.

lol you know 'handyman' used to be a valid profession right? Maybe grandpa could unclog a toilet or clean a carburetor, but odds are his neighbor couldn't and either called someone or paid his neighbor a case of beer to get the lawnmower going or replace the heater coil in the dryer.

The vast majority never had a clue, don't let nostalgia fool you.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Anecdotal evidence is as good as a fart in the wind. Feel free to link any studies and I'll change my mind (hard to do, this stuff wasn't being studied 30+ years ago, not much valid data pointing back that far). So anecdotal vs. anecdotal, I wasn't around 40 years ago, but tcoat and humfrz were, my parents were, things weren't so different.



lol you know 'handyman' used to be a valid profession right? Maybe grandpa could unclog a toilet or clean a carburetor, but odds are his neighbor couldn't and either called someone or paid his neighbor a case of beer to get the lawnmower going or replace the heater coil in the dryer.

The vast majority never had a clue, don't let nostalgia fool you.

The distractions were the same only the medium in how we received them was different. Whole cities would shut down for TV shows or sporting events since you only got one shot to see them when there was no way to record it for later or pull it up on demand. Commuters (and drivers) had their noses buried in newspapers and magazines instead of phones so still did not even acknowledge each other's presence. All in all pretty much the same as now.


When I got out of the Army I worked in a hardware store for a couple of years. It was a very popular one that drew people from all around the city. I bet that less than half were actually doing the work themselves though. Many were buying materials for others to do the task or looking for somebody to do even the simplest thing for them. I more than doubled my income by doing "handyman" type jobs. Some of these were as simple as putting a new flapper in a toilet for $5 or as complex as running all new plumbing or wiring for a project for several hundred. In many of these cases the customer had more than enough skill to do the task but they just didn't want to have to do it for one reason or another. Now I am the guy walking into a store and asking if somebody can do the work just because I don't want to. The others had no clue and had no reason to want to learn since there was people to do it for them. Ability and desire are two totally different things and should not be confused.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

It isn't even a matter that people "can't" do it but many just have better things to do.

You shut your whore mouth!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

You shut your whore mouth!

Well they do! How can I fix my toilet and be here at the same time?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well they do! How can I fix my toilet and be here at the same time?

I thought you had a team here. Or are they currently fixing your shitter?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I thought you had a team here. Or are they currently fixing your shitter?

They get two weeks off for Christmas. Something to do with having to build toys.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

They get two weeks off for Christmas. Something to do with having to build toys.

Well played, sir.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

... Now I am the guy walking into a store and asking if somebody can do the work just because I don't want to. .....

Yea, I find myself doing this as well. I have definitely moved over the years from a do-it-yourselfer to a pay-someone-elser. There isn't much I can't do around the house, it's just at some point I'd rather just get it done, and MomHawk is much happier when it gets done in one day what would take me a month of weekends to get done by myself.