Used Cars

No, this blog is not about that 1980's, R rated, T and A, movie that is probably still running on cable every week or two... rather this is about a sweet used car I just saw on the bay (that means Ebay if you are too old to know what the bay is). Trading emails with D-latz up in P'town who gave me the link to this beauty. Dude is a BMW nut. We traded some emails about some sweet old rides as BIG Drew, out in Jersey, is looking to get a cool old car. BIG Drew has always been ahead of the curve with cars. I gotz to give props where props are due. I used to think he accidently was ahead of the curve but I will say it's raw street smartz and good genes.

Let's see first BIG Drew had the VW bus. He was 16, took the rear seats out, and put in an air mattress. Very smart! I wonder if picked that one up from the hippy brother on Eight is Enough!? Anyway, he followed that up, in about 1989 with buying about a 1970 cutty convertible. Long before every pro athlete and rap star had one, BIG Drew was rollin' around Riversidddddddddddddde in the cutty. Then he went for the big Chevy truck; again before everybody under the sun was driving a truck or SUV. When he bought his truck pretty much only contractors and outdoorsey types had full size trucks so, again, props to BIG Drew for being ahead of the curve.

Then, his best move ever... about '97 he bought a mid seventies El Camino for five hundo out of one of my probate estates. Thing was not in gem mint condition (ok, it was rust color with some gray primer mixed in)... but it ran. Actually I think he paid $500 for the car and about $700 to ship it to NYC as he was living right down by the twin towers at the time. So he was rockin' the El Cam around NYC, met his wife to be (amazing she didn't live him for driving such a piece) and as usual was ahead of the curve on cars. In fact, he sold it to a cop, who was down at the twin towers, after 9/11, for $2,500 as by then they had become more popular. That sale was made more amazing because it wasn't too much before that he was driving down the turnpike (or whatever they call a FREEWAY out there) and he had fire coming out of the wheels (chrome Crager wheels of course). I said, "oh you had some smoke...?" He replied, "no... FIRE... BIG ACTUAL FLAMES." Good stuff selling that for a profit!

Ok, so now what is BIG Drew talking 'bout as we fast forward to '08? We had a 40 minute phone call today about it. We went through countless cars... with BIG Drew even pointing out an Audi 5000G. Here is where the focus is right now:

'87-'93 - Ford Mustang GT (maybe get one of those rare T-top editions!?);
'82-'85 - Mazda RX7 (the little one);
'82-'87 - Datsun/Nissan 280ZX (I would go Datsun as that is much more old skool);
any year Vette - of course you probably want to get one about '77 to be like Corvette Summer!

Anyway, we had a good time looking at these old rides on the net today. Don't worry, I found a client to double-bill, while we did that work so I didn't fall behind on my billables (just kidding of course). I probably wasted another hour looking at more websites but it was fun. Also traded emails with D-latz since he has much car knowledge.

Though I like the list BIG Drew is focusing on, I think there are other used cars to consider, like this one that belongs to D-latz, one of his many BMW's in the stable right now.



Others to consider:
ANY year BMW M3;
Many years 3 series - like D-latz' ride up above;
V-dub Scirocco or GTI ('bout an '84 before the body style change!?);
Certain Alfa's from early 70's;
Delorian - or any gull wing door car for that matter!

Or this beauty... 2002 BMW M5. That is a sweet used car. $45k on the Bay. SWEET!

With that, I better get cracking on some real work.... Peace and Audi 5000G!