This is Collector Car TL;DR: a weekly recap of what happened on Collector Car Feed, plus car auctions, listings, automotive news… Things of interest to someone who might watch Collector Car Feed. You know, you.
And you can get it weekly by giving me your email address.

The Videos

This past week in Collector Car Feed videos was Readers’ Rides: the viewer car review segment. Please don’t send your car right now, we’re a little backed up. But if you do send it to the right email address, we will have no choice but to take a look eventually. We’re currently working on Q3 2023.

Unheard of: he said he was going to turbo his car “some day”, and then he did
This episode highlights a young New Zealander’s JZX100. In his email from 2023, he states he plans to turbo the NA motor “soon”. The cohosts universally agree “soon” means “never”, but what happens next will shock you.

Got flexed on by a high school kid. Is this the hardest slammed Toyota on earth?
The cover truck here speaks for itself; a Subaru DL owner also builds an engine from a box of scraps.

The Subaru WRX you can drive without letting people know you drive a WRX
The Legacy GT is presented. Quoting the owner: “I have had this Subaru for two years. I have honestly learned quite a bit [about] how reliable Subarus really are: they are not.”

This video includes my favorite email of the bunch, so, watch this one if you’re only watching one.

The News

If Americans Don’t Want Small Cars, Why Did This Honda Fit Only Depreciate $1,180 In Eleven Years?
The Autopian reports on a Bring A Trailer listingin which a 1600 original mile Fit sells for $18,000. It’s even a CVT. Gross!

Yes, It’s Going to Be Much Harder to Get a Nissan Z in 2027
Nissan is switching to a “made to order” system for the Z. Considering I’ve spotted three outside of SEMA since they entered production in 2022, this basically means we’re never going to see another new Z ever again.

Stellantis reports first annual loss, no profit-sharing checks to UAW employees from 2025
Year over year sales are down 2% for Stellantis between 2024 and 2025, and if you’re surprised… how? All the leftover Challengers and Chargers are gone and peak Jeep Wrangler was what, a decade ago now? This begs the question: when will the aftermarket start making angry eyes and grilles with cheekbones for the Bronco?

The Cars

1988 Nissan 200SX
Already sold, this was an S12: the Cope 240SX. This also wasn’t a turbo model, just a base, and it even has a salvage title. But at 31,000 miles on the clock and a $4500 asking price with the guarantee that it “runs and drives great”, anybody can see how it sold quick. Expect to see this one up for auction soon, probably on Cars and Bids.

1,600-Mile 2015 Honda Fit EX
As mentioned, this CVT dorkmobile sold for eighteen grand, proving there is a market, at least to one guy, for a sub-$20K subcompact.
This was actually proven last summer when a 2019 Fiesta ST sold for $18,250. What a better purchase by every imaginabe metric.

Ongoing Auctions

2016 Ford Fiesta ST
This FiST just looks good on those RPF1s, and it has the optional Recaro seats. I kind of want to buy it and swap those parts over to my black Fiesta ST (also a Cars and Bids purchase). This one is kind of a basket case and I expect the price to stay low, even though it won’t, because Cars and Bids bidders are mentally ill. A statement by the owner: “The car was tuned from 5k miles up until 75k miles when I installed a big turbo; that engine ate cylinder 1 around 93k miles due to a bad tune.” Classic.

2000 Toyota Celica GT
This 7th gen Celica GT auction ends today. At time of writing, it’s at $6850. It has 48,400 miles, somehow wound up on aftermarket wheels, and almost certainly burns tons of oil regardless of its mileage (this is a 1ZZ powered base model, not the desirable GT-S). But you never see 7th gen Celicas with mileage like this. I’m guessing it doesn’t really have legs and will stop around $8500.

2003 Nissan 350Z Coupe
Worst year, worst trim, worst color, timebomb transmission, mediocre mileage (~110,000), accident on record, known flaws include basic work you’d expect to be done before sale at auction. And yet, somehow, this will go over ten grand.

1991 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo
This is a USDM 300ZX TT. It has 6900 miles. It’s at $85,000 at time of writing with 3 days to go. I hope the high bidder is sweating bullets, because low miles or not, this is no Supra. Really nice car, hope you never make your money back.

Final Thoughts

It’s been a week of nothing but bad news from automakers, while at the same time prices soar at auction for both late model hoopties and neoclassic halo cars. Is it rose colored glasses, or is the landscape really just that bleak? Let me know at collectorcarfeed@gmail.com.
See you Soon.
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This is Collector Car TL;DR: a weekly recap of what happened on Collector Car Feed, plus car auctions, listings, automotive news… Things of interest to someone who might watch Collector Car Feed. You know, you.
And you can get it weekly by giving me your email address.

The Videos

This past week in Collector Car Feed videos includes bargain performance cars and one to watch out for if you’ve ever dreamed of a nice car flip come up.

Converting my Toyota MR2 into a Ford RS200 part 1: bodywork
I may have been a bit of a Scotty Kilmer with this title: a little too clickbaity. But the topic does come up: someone turned a second gen MR2 into an RS200, much in the same way Justin Long was turned into a walrus in Tusk.

The Ford Focus ST is bottoming out in price. Under $6500 on Cars and Bids
This starts a two video Cars and Bids roundup; in this one we find some cheap Focus STs. Vukos explains that he’s “a Scotty Kilmer” because he now owns two key Scotty-approved vehicles. We also discover the horrors of Burt Toyota Englewood, a thankfully defunct dealership and automotive torture facility. If you’re going to watch one video this week, make it this one.

Find one of these rare Toyotas before the Cars & Bids resellers take them all
This is a continuation of the Focus video: more Cars and Bids browsing. The title focuses on my favorite car in the video: a Toyota Corolla XRS, in fact the first and only XRS ever sold on Cars and Bids. It sold for $13,000 (low miles, ~7000 total produced in two year production run). If you find one of these for sale near you, email me: collectorcarfeed@gmail.com

The News

A Subaru Baja Revival Might Happen. Could It Come Here to Fight the Maverick?
The easiest fight of Ford’s life is shaping up as an Aussie Subaru exec says “There have been discussions of a ute”. The Drive really made a meal out of that sentence.

They Mocked Minivans For Years, Now Americans Are Fueling A Massive Sales Surge
…is a weird way to say minivan sales are up 34% in Canada (and 20% in the United States). 110,006 Pacificas sold in the US, 101,486 Siennas. Are there other minivans? Don’t know.

World’s Ugliest Car Manufacturer CEO Says the Era of Manual Transmissions Is Nearly Over
Frank van Meel says BMW’s current transmission is limited to 440 pound-feet of torque, and there’s just no way transmission manufacturers could make something stronger, as the power of performance cars increases. An absurd statement to get you ready for the day (coming soon) when BMW finally pulls the plug on the stick shift.

The Cars

2005 Toyota Corolla XRS
Like I said, this sold for $13,000. Fantastic find. Low production numbers, two year run, six speed manual, the best four banger they were making at the time, It’s a Corolla, this really does have it all. Absolutely the auction of the week.

1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
A viewer sent this in to collectorcarfeed@gmail.com and it’s nice to see a rare DSM, but this one is in standard Facebook DSM condition: a picture of a 471 peak horsepower dyno sheet is included, but it “needs a tune”, has an oil leak “coming from somewhere”, is a salvage title (whatever)… But it’s OBO, so go lowball this guy and ruin your spring.

1980 Looney Tunes El Camino
Included for the faded hood artwork in which Taz looks like Blanca from Street fighter. There’s more on the sides. Not bad, worth a click.

Ongoing Auctions

1999 Toyota RAV4 Convertible
It’s the perfect first gen Rav4: two door, 4×4, stick. This one has 121,XXX miles. That’s low for the year but not low for the earth, and you can still find similar examples floating around. It’ll be interesting to see what this goes for.

2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
880 miles, blessed by Doug Himself, and the best facelift of this generation? No wonder it’s at $67,000 with three days to go. MSRP was ~$32,000. Will we see it tripled? Will we see six figures? Definitely one to watch.

Final Thoughts

I’m going to leave you with this edit of Netgear57 saying which cars he would and would not drive. “I’d drive it” is a philosophy we can and should all get behind. What does it mean to you?

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This is Collector Car TL;DR: a weekly recap of what happened on Collector Car Feed, plus car auctions, listings, automotive news… You get it.
And you can get it weekly by giving me your email address.

The Videos

This past week in Collector Car Feed videos features Facebook Marketplace listings hand-picked by our Discord users. Atlas, Feed, Puchii, and Vukos discuss and observe (Netgear returns this week).

He put gull wing doors on the Hummer 6×6 features a bluetooth third axle, gullwing, six-wheeled Hummer H2.

Tom’s Refurb Jeep for sale on Facebook Marketplace features a v8 swapped and slammed CJ Jeep that might have been owned by Tom’s Refurb (I think it’s a tribute, but you be the judge)

Sold the Donk Monte Carlo SS on Facebook Marketplace but kept the rims had one of the best listing videos we’ve ever seen. If you only watch one, watch the Monte Carlo video.

The News

StopTech, Raybestos, and Centric have ceased operations, effective immediately.
Their parent company (First Brands Group) filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. These are recognizable names, but so is Shaq, and he sold basketball shoes at Walmart. Just a thought.

Jony Ive says cars should have physical buttons.
He’s not wrong, although, man, I had to drive a new Toyota for a little while recently and they really need to relax with the buttons switches and on-screen data. Driving a modern Toyota is like driving a physical manifestation of Yahoo! Auctions Japan.
But hooray for physical button advocacy.

Despite anti-Musk protests, Californians cannot stop buying the Tesla Model Y in droves (nothing ever happens).
Tesla sold almost twice as many Model Ys in California in 2025 as the runner up, the Rav4 EV.

The Cars

2003 Toyota Celica GT-S
Humina humina. New Mexico has the best license plates in the game. This one is incredible and thechili pepper one is arguably even better. But the car, man that’s nice. A hair under 100K miles is a rare find. Blue is the best color these came in, and sets off the GT-S badge perfectly.

But, as always. buyer beware. Keep in mind this is just speculation: the front grille is painted blue, indicating, to me, a respray has occurred. Not the end of the world, but not original.
And $13,000 is an astronomical price. The seller is dreaming on that one; maybe if it’s immaculate.

2005 Honda Civic Si
Puchii found this one. It’s a “single-family-owned” (read: multiple owners on paper) 2005 Honda Civic Si EP3. Most if not all of the CCF crew has a soft spot for this car, and I’m pretty sure none of us have ever actually owned one. It sold on Valentine’s Day for $9,200. I think that’s a pretty great deal right at 100,000 miles.

This generation of Civic Si, the EP3, is notably unloved. But 160 horsepower is identical to the EM1 that preceded it. This time it’s a K instead of a B, and McPherson instead of double wishbone. But you gain a weird shifter that sticks straight out of the dashboard at you, so that’s fun.

I do feel like $9,200 could buy you a fairly nice 8th gen (that is, the following generation). And the 8th gen has serious perks: 197 horsepower is a big bump, and the 8th gen Si came standard with a limited slip differential. But it wasn’t on sale on Bring A Trailer this past week, so who cares.

Ongoing auctions:

2006 Mazdaspeed6 Grand Touring
The Mazdaspeed6 is too sick. It’s like an Evo or STi, but from a respectable brand for a lot less money. The red is absolute fire. Mileage isn’t “low”, just “low for the year”. Nice car though.

1993 Dodge Grand Caravan SE
This would be a great find on Facebook, but it’s on Cars and Bids, so you can bet it’s going to go way too high, and for good reason: ~67K on the clock of a minivan from 1993 is actual “low mileage”. Single owner, clean, nostalgic.

1997 BMW M3 Coupe
A perfect E36 M3 with under 100,000 miles. This is going to go for a small fortune.

Final Thoughts

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