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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Every time I'd go to a wrecked 'em yard, I'd spot cars that made me wonder about the stories behind them. Also kind of saddens me that the Brit Roadsters (MG, Austin Healy, Triumph, etc.) have a limited following and are low value. More could be saved if they were as sought after as air cooled Porsches.
As the kids say, It is what it is.
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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
To me a sad ending is some high dollar, low production, technological marvel of science and engineering e.o.l'd because of fatal flaws between design and production (or poor maintenance or both.) This BMW Alpine is an example. Headed to the scrapyard because, reasons. Disposable supercars. THAT's sad.
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That just needs a LS swap!
One of my buddies bought a used 740iL I think it was, 12 cylinder really pretty car. When he took it in for any service it was $1,000 or more every time. He finally tried to give it away and ended up selling it to a scrap yard as a parts car. It too was over 100K when new. I just can't imagine why anyone would buy a new one, or a Bentley or Rolls. Just horrible depreciation and maintenance costs.