drinking and driving was culturally fine even into the 90s. i remember in the 90’s flipping coins for who was going to drive - not for a designated driver, this was after the bar/club for who would drive the gang back drunk as fuk. remember the saying,’ i’ll take one for the road?’ that was a drink and to drive home.

then around here (greater toronto area in mid/late 90’s) the madd campaigns and whatnot… then the police took a zero tolerance and the game was over. get caught and you are screwed.

if you put in a extra workout check out the behindtheglass podcast. it is the seenthroughglass guy and tony who is a old school guy who owns a dealership trading used cars… they work really well together.

largely the car industry learned a lesson courtesy of our friends at ford. ford pinto

The Pinto, a subcompact car made by Ford Motor Company, became infamous in the 1970s for bursting into flames if its gas tank was ruptured in a collision. The lawsuits brought by injured people and their survivors uncovered how the company rushed the Pinto through production and onto the market.

• the article continues on with more info about them… the cars were ‘pop culture’ punchlines for shitty cars etc.

f1 had ferrari v12’s with a 1.5L back in the 50’s. 3L and 3.5L v12’s were around in the 80’s

jags, bentleys, rolls and mclarens… some of the worst offenders. hmmm. something seems similar but i just cant put my finger on it.

4 wheel traders video about the supercar market in general - also talks about where porsche is. 13:19 youtube link

he also has a couple model specific porsche videos recently. a gt3, turbo s, cayman and taycan… all within the last 2 months.

link to his youtube page

I would highly recommend his channel if you are considering buying/selling porsche or high end sports/supercars. he doesn’t talk to the feelz… all is based off fact/data in the market.

curious why people refer to these as $200k+ cars.

i tried the ‘build’ option on audi’s website in canada and with the most expensive options and including every single thing to increase cost it was $187,958 canadian / $137,000 usd.

now, i get it is sorta close to 200k but normally people refer to pricing as an average spec not with a optional $7999 special paint colour, a optional $5,000 stereo or the $2500 night vision etc etc etc.

not picking on you… seems everytime this car is mentioned it is somewhere from $200k to $250k.

link to audi canadas build site where it gives pricing

seen similar from putting things on the roof so as to free up a hand to open the door. doesnt take much to do these small scratches… but they will buff out easy so it is not that big a deal.