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steve2470

(37,468 posts) Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:00 PM Dec 2023

Last car post: Don't care about the environment ? * I present, 1979 Pontiac Trans Am at $135K **

https://classiccars.com/listings/view/1691573/1979-pontiac-firebird-trans-am-se-for-sale-in-miami-florida-33186

* - I had this car back in the 80's. It got about 9 mpg in town, hence the "don't care about the environment".

** - Of course not final sales price and this car, I assume, is in "mint" condition / restored etc

Pontiac Trans Am

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Last car post: Don't care about the environment ? * I present, 1979 Pontiac Trans Am at $135K ** (Original Post) steve2470 Dec 2023 OP

It comes with a cowboy hat and memories of the car one did not have in '79. The price for buying back ... marble falls Dec 2023 #1

this one ? 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix convertible steve2470 Dec 2023 #5

Get my hopes up and then you pull the rug!!! That is a beauty, though, isn't it? marble falls Dec 2023 #6

This* is hands down the least comfortable car I ever rode in, front or back seat. ms liberty Dec 2023 #2

With the screaming chicken on the hood.. Permanut Dec 2023 #3

It's not. rubbersole Dec 2023 #7

I dated a guy who had a similar car and when I stopped seeing him I missed the car more than him! kimbutgar Dec 2023 #4

lol louslobbs Dec 2023 #8

Way too much money. Emile Dec 2023 #9

Stupid money for a terrible car. flvegan Dec 2023 #10

marble falls

(64,870 posts)

1. It comes with a cowboy hat and memories of the car one did not have in '79. The price for buying back ...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:05 PM

Dec 2023

... one's youth is a very stiff price.

I want an early sixties Dodge Dart slant six convertible in blue. My youth wasn't such an expensive proposition. And I wasn't in much of a hurry back then.

steve2470

(37,468 posts)

5. this one ? 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix convertible

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:18 PM

Dec 2023

https://www.classic.com/veh/1961-dodge-dart-phoenix-d-500-5317121966-ZpPERX4/

I see it's no longer for sale

marble falls

(64,870 posts)

6. Get my hopes up and then you pull the rug!!! That is a beauty, though, isn't it?

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:24 PM

Dec 2023

ms liberty

(10,153 posts)

2. This* is hands down the least comfortable car I ever rode in, front or back seat.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:06 PM

Dec 2023

* Firebirds are included in this designation, since they were so very nearly the same car.

Permanut

(7,039 posts)

3. With the screaming chicken on the hood..

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:13 PM

Dec 2023

I have no clue why this thing would be worth so much. To each his own.

rubbersole

(9,713 posts)

7. It's not.

Reply to Permanut (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:33 PM

Dec 2023

You can get a lot of antique car for $135K.

kimbutgar

(24,906 posts)

4. I dated a guy who had a similar car and when I stopped seeing him I missed the car more than him!

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:16 PM

Dec 2023

louslobbs

(3,416 posts)

8. lol

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 09:51 PM

Dec 2023

That’s too funny 👍🏻

Emile

(34,174 posts)

9. Way too much money.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 10:03 PM

Dec 2023

flvegan

(64,916 posts)

10. Stupid money for a terrible car.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 10:37 PM

Dec 2023

I get it, nostalgia for the "car you lusted for in your youth" or whatever. Sometimes, heroes are better left unmet. I see that 6.6 sticker. That means that boat anchor made all of what, 200 horsepower? Sure, low miles, looks like 11,500 from the ad. 11,500 miles of literally doing nothing well. This isn't even the Bandit year/version of the TA.

However, even after all that, if it's your money and it's what you want, enjoy!

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