It’s a different one today. You have to try something new every now and then. We’re usually down pretty hard on the cars we look at in these videos, but today, we’re going to stay positive and RESPECT ALL BUILDS on Reddit’s FT86 platform community (that’s the Scion FR-S, Toyota 86, and Subaru BRZ for you laymen). It’s not going to be easy, but we’re resilient.
Understeer
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Ranking 2G Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX listings on Facebook Marketplace
It’s the baby Evo. It’s the BETTER Evo. It’s the crankwalking nightmare. It’s some weird soap bar from the ’90s. No matter how you look at it, it’s the 2G Eclipse GSX, and it’s an tuner favorite, a cult classic, a drag racing legend.
None of these are stock. An unmodified DSM does not exist in 2022, probably hasn’t existed for decades at this point. Will we find any worth whipping? Click through.
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Skull Shifters, Boy Racers, and Broughams: Reviewing Your Cars
The fourth chapter of reviewing your cars for 5K subs. We’ll do more in the near future, promise! Some great ones in here today, including an S13 hatch, a Caddy Brougham, and a Phoenix Yellow E46 BMW M3 coupe.
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Dodge Magnum SRT8: Recession-Era Racing
Image courtesy of Bring A Trailer Born from a Whipple-supercharged concept unveiled at the 2003 LA auto show, the Dodge Magnum SRT8 hit the street in 2006, becoming the 4th SRT8 product offered by Chrysler, who always referred to it as a “sport tourer” and never as a wagon.
Image courtesy of Bring A Trailer The Magnum SRT8 was powered by the revered 6.1 HEMI, pushing out 425 naturally aspirated horses and 420 pound feet of torque. Like all SRT8 products at the time, no manual was available: just the beefed up 5-speed auto derived from the Mercedes 5G-Tronic, which was deemed sufficiently responsive by the motoring press and dependable by the passage of time.
Image courtesy of Bring A Trailer 14 inch slotted discs and 4 piston Brembo calipers sat on all 4 corners to help tame the big wagon, which delegated its 4200 pound curb weight to the 20 Inch forged aluminum wheels and the Mopar-tuned suspension components underneath it. All this standard equipment resulted in respectable road manners and impressive straight line performance, with a 0-60 in 5.1 seconds and a 13.1 second quarter mile.
Image courtesy of Bring A Trailer Despite the impressive performance figures, only 2970 units left the factory during the first year of production in 2006, followed up by a comparably sad 921 units the next year in 2007, before dropping down further to a fractional 239 in the final year; when the Magnum itself was dropped from the dodge lineup in 2008. In total just over 4000 units left the factory over 3 years of production, with the ultra rare 2008 facelift models being the most coveted by collectors.
Today the SRT8 Magnum holds up as a solid daily for a discriminating buyer, and as the second to last American V8 wagon ever made. With low production numbers, lead footed drivers and 14 long years having passed since the end of production, Expect to pay mid 20s for sub 100,000 mile examples of this HEMI powered family hauler…. That is, if you can find one.
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Nice Price or No Dice: The Bring A Trailer Auction Game
It’s a simple game: nice price or crack pipe? Today I’m presenting a handful of Bring A Trailer auctions to the boys and seeing if they can tell a good deal from bad.
Oh, and Puchii bought a BMW Z3 for a steal. Nice!
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Ranking Every MK4 Toyota Supra Turbo on Facebook Marketplace
Today we tier the Mk4 Toyota Supra Turbo, one of the most desirable Japanese sports cars ever made. Also, one of us pulled a beer before liquor. Fights break out about:
-Mk3 Supra’s place in tuner and collector car culture
-Which Japanese car has the best taillights? (Mk4 Supra vs. FD RX-7 vs. 180SX Type X)
-My cohosts’ disgusting taste in body kits (these dudes are stanning the Veilside catfish kit that Erebuni put on everything in the 00s, wtf?) -
Duncan Imports vs Zilvia.net: Shutting Down a Bring A Trailer Con Artist
Gary Duncan of Duncan Imports was caught bidding up an already shady Nissan 240SX auction by the 240SX detectives over at Zilvia.net.
We lay it all out in the video above, but basically, this 590 mile 1995 Nissan 240SX zenki had some prior issues that Duncan had failed to fully disclose when it was listed for sale on their website in 2020 for $39,000, and they sure didn’t bother to fill in the details this time, listing it on Bring A Trailer. Some OG 240SX gunners didn’t agree with that and took the auction to pound town.
In an attempt to save the auction, Gary Duncan bid up the auction himself, dropping $19,427 on the table and telling everyone to bid higher lest he walk away with it. Thing is, he was using an alt. That’s called shill bidding and it’s pretty much the shittiest thing a car dealer could possibly be caught doing, which he immediately was, because this boomer signed one of his old BaT posts “Gary Duncan”.
Would you ever buy a car from this absolute legend?
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[video] Ranking Every SCION FR-S For Sale on Facebook Marketplace
The Scion FR-S is one of three North American variants on the Toyota FT86. Synonymous with the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ, this front engine, rear wheel drive, four cylinder sports car was badged by Scion in the US from 2013 to 2016. The second generation 86 has since been released for the 2022 model year, helping to continue pushing prices down, or as far down as they can be considering the current used car market.
This has to be the most riced platform in recent history, with Scion practically begging purchasers to throw on a chassis mount wing and Rocket Bunny kit. In this video, we check out nearly forty Scions. Did we find anything worthwhile? Click through and find out.
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[video] Ranking Every E46 BMW M3 For Sale on Facebook Marketplace
The 2000 to 2006 E46 BMW M3 is the first North American M3 to get the same engine and power output as its European counterpart. This front engine, rear wheel drive sports car, available in coupe, sedan, and convertible, came with a naturally aspirated 333 horsepower 3.2 liter inline six, touting an 8000 RPM redline. Available in a six speed manual or clunky single clutch SMG that should be avoided at all costs, this is a Euro tuner favorite and has held its value quite well over the years. Today we’re trying to hunt down a six speed coupe worth buying. Will we find one? Click through and find out.
