Today it’s an S CHASSIS REPORT as we look at a ton of Nissan 240SX listings on Facebook Marketplace. We’ve got S13s, S14s, an S13.4, and who knows what else, but there’s plenty to pick from and you better believe those prices are all OBO. Lowballers will be ignored but that doesn’t mean you can’t try, hit them with 60% of their asking price, ask a hundred guys, treat it like applying for an entry level IT job, who knows what will happen. Worse case scenario you’re gonna own a 240SX bruh, get to work.
Understeer
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Zoomers can’t get enough of the AW11 Toyota MR2
The AW11 is the genesis of Mister Two: the first generation of Toyota’s mid engine trilogy. The AE86? that’s AW11 we have at home. This is a 4AGE just like that tofu car you love, but it’s in the back. Still rear wheel drive, still has pop ups, and it’s ready for you to fill with fidget spinners and vapes and whatever else you crazy kids like.
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The Cadillac CTS-V is the bloated Corvette of your cheeseburger-eating dreams
Today we look at some Cadillac CTS-Vs until we get distracted by the fact we all bought the Little Trees air freshener COLLECTOR’S BOX which contains every scent they currently manufacture. The CTS-V (2nd gen) is powered by the supercharged Corvette ZR1 engine of the same vintage and is pretty rad, except we can’t find a manual transmission in the wild. Boomers of the group love it, boy racers are indifferent, and really over half of this video is five grown-ass men sniffing Little Trees off camera and on mic, so buckle up because this is a rough video. WELCOME TO SMELL BADNESS ROUND ONE.
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THE JDM IMPORTING PROCESS EXPLAINED: How to import a Japanese car yourself
Kick rocks Duncan, because today Netgear is going to tell you how to import a JDM car or kei truck or Motocompo or whatever you want yourself, without having to rely on a US-based importer to do it for you. You pick your JDM dream car from Japanese auto auctions, you pay for overseas shipping, you do all the paperwork, and bam, you’re whipping a Toyota Sera on US highways and there’s not a thing anybody can do about it. You’re untouchable baby. You’re a JDM importing GOD. If you want to stay a mortal meatbag don’t watch this video because you’re going to ascend today just like your dad’s bag.
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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.
