Has the world gone mad? Car prices...

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by JRC99

If you ask me, it went nuts over 20 years ago.

I constantly wish it was back in the day. Nothing grinds my gears like hearing someone brag that they bought a muscle car for $500 back in the day. Thanks for reminding me those days are dead and all most of my friends can do is look at this stuff wistfully.

I don't know, what I'm typing here and my actual thoughts are a touch different, as out of respect for everyone here I'm toning it down, but the whole "collector/investor" mentality has never sat well with me. I realize that puts me at odds with many here (although I hope it's 'agree to disagree' odds) These cars were built to race and destroy tires at a decent price for a new car at the time, not sit in a bubble or get trailered from auction to auction while people speculate on them. Hence why my signature ends the way it does. The most fun I've ever had is wringing these cars out. That's why my grandfather bought them and that's why I always admired them.

I'm on board with you there. I've always felt these cars were meant to be driven, raced, and enjoyed. We daily drive our stuff, although with current prices I'm wondering if I should rethink my wife driving a 69 RS Z everyday.
Either way, I love racing the cars. Beat the snot out of my bird at the track at every muscle car event I can find, then drive it every day. Also love racing my Chevelle and a couple others when I feel like it. I've always been all about driving these cars and not the least bit interested in anything new. We don't own a new car.

Current prices though I don't complain. It's the same thing I've seen progress and happen since the first surge in the late 1980s. And everyone on the market to buy complains and wants to buy stuff as cheap as possible while everyone that wants to sell wants every penny :shrug: I've even seen the same person on both sides of that coin and just shake my head. I don't care, I'm not selling anything and have no desire to buy something else. I'll just continue to drive them until I'm gone or until gas is gone, which ever comes first.