Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: oilpsi2high
Some kind of collector's car that is appreciating in value.
Beat the rush and get something about 25 years old. That's when stuff bottoms out. 3rd gen F-bodies, Fox Body Mustangs, or even clean 80's Civics/ CRXs/ Celicas etc.
You want something that everyone wanted as a teenager and will want to buy when they're 50. Also something that was boring enough 95% of them were crushed but yet still unique enough to proudly represent the brand.
People like the top shelf K-cars with talking voice computers etc as a cheezeball 80's relic for example.
Recently we were at the beach and there was a massive classic car show. Lots of 30s-70s cars, with a big concentration of 50s-early 70s cars. Then a bimodal distribution with a bunch of much more recent mustangs and corvettes.
Made me wonder, will the 50s-60s iconic and muscle cars ever depreciate, as the next generation wants something newer/different, which unlike the cars from the lull of emissions strapped late 70s-80s, will actually be substantially higher performing and more comfortable?