Anyone own any Exotic cars?

You had an NSX 15-20 years ago if memory serves me right, and a F-250 Pick-up truck that somebody stole, and now a 4Runner, going downhill..?
(2 of those F-250s were stolen at night from my small street in Fort Lauderdale, popular vehicles, jeez..)

I don’t need anything complicated like a hybrid NSX myself, but I may give in as the new AMG E-63 Wagons supposedly have gone hybrid getting read of the V8 but gaining oomph from the hybrid/electric drive train. Tempting to explore exotics on my old days.

You have a good memory, Dag. Yes, I sold the NSX about 8 years ago to keep YF afloat. A couple of years later, I sold my F250 and downsized to a 4Runner. The past few years have been pretty lean so I'm sorta stuck with the 4Runner. I'm not willing to pay the ransom on a new car and at this point, I'm not in the position to make payments. Rarely does a day go by that I don't question my career choice!

Yeah, cars are a bit of hobby, I like them, most of them anyways.
(Worked at car dealers in my teens and drove cabs to pay for school, I got some milage)

I wouldn’t have remembered your girlfriends.

Never had Exotic Cars, but a few rare ones, like these:


They only made 1060 with the V8: a regular Firebird was sent to California to have the top chopped off and a custom soft top was fitted.
Bought one like in the picture brand new for $22,5k in 1992

This one was also rare:

2018 Buick Regal TourX:
Built in Germany as an Opel Insignia Wagon, then they slapped on a few Buick badges and shipped it to the US of A, it kind of flopped, not many were sold: I picked it up cheap for $28.5k brand new, drove it for 1.5 year and 6k miles, then sold it to CarMax for $27k cash, cheap transportation.
It was quick with a 250 hp turbo I-4.

North America's aversion to estate cars baffles me to no end. I blame SUVs, of course.

Yeah, Station Wagons in the US is out of vogue hence the manufacturers try to disguise them as “Cross Overs”, like the white wagon in the above picture: GM raised it a few centimeters and added the awful plastic cladding on the wheel arches and voila, here is a Cross Over and almost an SUV.
Some of the US owners of the Buick Regal TourX (Also called a T-Rex by affectionate owners) were purists and tried to lower the vehicle and remove the cladding to make it a pure Opel Wagon again, which looks a lot better than the Americanized Frankenstein.

Did we lose 2018..?
I went back in time to look for a picture, no cigar.

I remember that as well,...and I think you loved it?

I think the thread was dormant for about a year before being resurrected.

Absolutely loved the NSX. I've owned three of them. Not fast by today's standards and they had a bit of understeer on the track, but a truly enjoyable driving experience. There's a reason that good examples are fetching 6 figures. I held on to my last NSX for 12 years and reluctantly sold it to fund YF.

Santa was good to me this year and now I have new wheels, kind of exotic anyways:
An electric truck, not a hybrid, pure electric with a big 123 kw battery.
536 hp, 0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds, a nice driving thing it is, but heavy @ 6,000 lbs displacement.



Thanks Santa.

Cool but gotta have sound and smell...wife got me the green thing, first American in the garage but supposedly the Last Call....

Maybe you can see those pics on a laptop gir some reason all i see on my mobile is bricks lol. Way outsized. Does this site not automatically adjust files?

Nice collection but no sound or smell needed while traveling.
(Got that out of my system with the Harley’s I owned)
New chapter, let’s try electric for a few years, see how that shakes out..
Already signed up to use the Tesla Supercharger network, planning cross country drives and this
Electric truck has a big wheel house with room for the dog behind the helm chairs.
All good.