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Real Boomer Content: Mecum Orlando 2022 Coverage
Today, we try to attract some boomers to the site, to help even out the overwhelming weeaboo population, by watching Mecum Orlando 2022. It’s the final hour of the final day: what will roll across the auction block? Probably some cars from the 1960s and 1970s.
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Would you pay HOW MUCH for this S14 240SX? Nice Price or No Dice #3
It’s another Nice Price or No Dice game where you guess if that’s a NICE PRICE on that Bring A Trailer auction or not. This may be a divisive video as Nice Price or No Dice is subjective and determined by the host. WHO WILL WIN?
In this one, we check out an S14 240SX SE, a low mileage 986 Porsche Boxster, a 2G Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX, a 996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, a Mk3 Toyota Supra Turbo, and a 4th gen Chevrolet Camaro Z28 SS. Something for most everybody in this one.
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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.
