Well, I better hang on to my Honda Civic then.66moneypit said:You have to think about the cars that teenagers are going nuts for...whatever that is...that's what's going to be collectible.
Cannoball888 said:Well, I better hang on to my Honda Civic then.
wana bet. Old 70's Datusns and Mazda RX's already show up at the cruise nights.19simmons65 said:Ha. I don't think Honda Civics will ever be a collectors item.
Yep. In the future, old men will face a middle-aged crisis and yearn not for the stock Civic but the ricer with the hoopdy rear spoiler, blocked out tailights, and the fart pipe muffler.Jester67 said:My personal opinion is they will be classics if given enough time. Americans have a love affair with the car and everyone wants to have things that remind them of there youth.
lol power?dawtips said:Be careful having that as a daily driver. I drove the 07 Shelby GT-H (Hertz) for a night... and I could definitely see myself getting in trouble with that kind of power.
You echoed one of my favorite suspicions. Here's how I look at it: when my '68 fastback was sold new, it retailed for about $2700 brand new. Since my car was sold on Dec 31, 1968 I'm assuming it was a leftover and as such it lke likely sold for less. When I was in high school about ten years later, in 1978 my car would have been worth about the same as when it was brand new, that is, $2000 to $2500 or so. I bought it in 2001 for $7,200 and would have paid more if I had to. At that time the car was 33 years old. Now fast forward to 1988 when my '88 GT 5.0 was new. It cost $16,000 new and has every available option, including the rare T-Tops which were never really offered in '88 but a few were built from leftover '87 bodies, which makes it fairly uncommon. Ten years later the car might have been worth $5000 on a good day. Presently the car is 18 years old and in very good condition. It's never been wrecked and since the car sees very little use, and mostly by my wife, it's never been abused. Know what it's worth today? About $2500, give or take a little. My theory on this is lack of emotion over them is because of the complexity of computer controlled, EFI cars. I feel that the more electronics in anything, the less character or soul that thing has. Nobody gets emotionally attached to their laptop do they? How about your VCR? Nodoby gave a flip when they went out because they were replaced with something better. Same as the Fox-bodies 5.0 Mustangs, the cars that followed were better looking, rode better and were faster, so even though the Fox-bodied cars were the cars that brought back the modern musclecar to America, nobody cares these days. They are busy buying better cars and discarding the older ones. They are too complex for Joe Average to restore with his kid in the garage, so out they go. Ever see the wiring harness in a late '80's Mustang? Looks like something out of the space shuttle, doesn't it? Look under the hood, there's more stuff under there than you can shake a stick at, and none of it looks racy or interesting does it? And don't even think that bolting on a set of aftermarket valve covers is going to make it any better, even if it did, you hafta disassemble the EFI to even get to the valve covers!5.0zone said:How much is a 20 year old Saleen worth these days?
Or how about a Buick GNX or Mid 80s Chevy 454 SS truck or ZR1 Corvette or '78 Corvette Indy Pace car or 79 Mustang Indy Pace car or 93 Mustang Cobra...
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