Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
>
> "pws" > wrote in message >
>> Just one more sports car that bit the bullet, at least for the
>> American buyers, during the mid-1990's.
>>
>> Pat
>
> If you recall (and you probably do), all of the sports cars gone fat GT
> cars, decided to get serious at about the same time. Similar philosophy,
> don't worry about what it costs, make it perform and they will buy it!
> Well, one or two companies might have been able to pull it off but with
> Mazda, Nissan, Toyota and even Mitsu (iirc), there just weren't enough
> serious car guys willing to spend serious cash (they were all about
> $40k) for a high end Japanese sports car and they all died like the
> dinosaurs :-(
>
> When they (RX8 and 350Z) came back around, they were similar performance
> at about what, $25~$30k and about 10 years later. You gotta love
> technology!
>
> Chris
> 99BBB

So true. The Supra is another one. I never did like how they looked in
general, but I rode in a modified Supra once and it was pretty fast.

The most expensive car I have bought to date was under $15,000, and the
cars that I am looking at now are ranging from $11,000 to about $16,000.

Those $40,000.00+ vehicles are still nicely out of my range. I'm not
ever sure what I would buy if I had 40 or 50 grand to spend on a single
car.

Pat