I'm Done Buying Cars! But What If...?

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00:00This is Doug DeMuro, and today I'm going to talk about what if.

00:05I am done buying cars.

00:07I keep saying on the podcast I'm not buying any more cars.

00:10I haven't bought a fun enthusiast performance car for myself in coming up on two years now,

00:15and I don't have any plans on the horizon to get anything else.

00:18I am off it.

00:20No cars.

00:21It's not happening.

00:22But like every car enthusiast, I sometimes think, what if?

00:26What if I was going to buy a car?

00:27What are the cars that would make me end my no car buying moratorium?

00:32I don't plan to buy any of these cars, but if I was going to buy something, what would

00:37it be?

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01:14Okay, so the cars I would buy if I wanted to buy a car.

01:19I actually get asked this question a lot because a lot of people watch the pod and they hear

01:22me swear off buying cars again.

01:24They say, all right, well, if you were going to get something, what would it be?

01:27I thought about this a lot.

01:28We actually got the question on the pod the other day, and I was kind of on the spot,

01:31and I didn't give a great answer.

01:33I thought about it more, and I decided, all right, what are the cars that I really, really

01:37am interested in?

01:38Still not buying, but I used to have this long list of cars that I wanted, and over

01:42the years as I've had different experiences in cars, it's gotten whittled down and whittled

01:46down because I know, eh, I had one of something like that, I know I'm not going to really

01:49enjoy one of those.

01:50Eh, I'm not interested in that car anymore.

01:52My tastes have moved on, but there are still a few.

01:55There are still a few.

01:56And so, these are the six cars that I would buy if I was buying.

02:01I'm going to do these alphabetically, and I begin with the Audi A2.

02:05Yes, that's right, the Audi A2.

02:09Europeans are rolling their eyes.

02:10Americans think I've made a mistake.

02:12The Audi A2 was a hatchback.

02:15We would call it in the States a hatchback.

02:16In Europe, they call it sort of a mini MPV.

02:19Basically what it was was like a small, almost like a van, that Audi made in the late 90s,

02:23early 2000s, that was weird.

02:26And it looked weird, and it was all aluminum, and that made it even more weird, and there

02:31were versions of it that were tuned for like amazing fuel economy, and supposedly would

02:34get 80 miles per gallon, which is pretty impressive in a car with five seats.

02:38These were not popular cars, primarily because the all aluminum construction made them more

02:42expensive than their closest rivals, which was stuff like the Mercedes-Benz A-Class,

02:45other kind of hatchback-y things, like the Ford S-Max, cars like that, like they're little

02:51five-door cars.

02:52This was supposed to be Audi's sort of luxury take on this segment.

02:54I owned, a couple of years ago, a Mercedes-Benz A-Class from this era that I imported from

02:59Europe and I thought it would be fun to own, and it just wasn't.

03:02And that experience put me off of having a lot of cars that I just want to try out but

03:07probably wouldn't be great.

03:08I realized when they come, they're actually not that great, and the novelty wears off

03:12fast, but I have this feeling that the A2 novelty wouldn't wear off quite as fast.

03:16I think it's a cool car, I've always felt it's interesting, there is a cult following

03:20for them, especially in Europe, of people who are just like devoted to these cars, and

03:24there are service centers that just do A2 servicing, and I think about this car more

03:28than you might think.

03:29I think it's a very, very unique and interesting vehicle.

03:32Audi has never reused the A2 name, it will always sort of be this weird vehicle, and

03:36I love it.

03:37Now, when I bought my A-Class, a lot of people ask me, why didn't you buy an A2 instead?

03:41I've always preferred the A2.

03:43The reason is the A2 wasn't legal yet in the US.

03:46Car has to be 25 years old, basically, in order to be imported to the States.

03:50And at the time I bought the A-Class, which was two years ago, the A-Class had just become

03:53legal but the A2 was still two years away.

03:56Now the A2s are starting to become legal in the States, and so they can be imported, and

04:00I definitely have thought about it.

04:02But I'm not buying any more cars.

04:03Okay, next on my list of what if, Ferrari.

04:08Something my supercar garage is missing is certainly a Ferrari.

04:11I have Lamborghini, Porsche, Ford GT, no Ferrari.

04:15And I'm very interested in the 550 Maranello, the 550 Barchetta, and the 575 Superamerican.

04:22I love those cars, I follow that market religiously, I know exactly what they're selling for, I

04:27know exactly where they are, where they're positioned, where prices are.

04:29I think those are very, very, very special cars.

04:32The 550 Maranello, the initial one, was only available with a manual transmission.

04:36The later 575s, there were some that were offered with a stick, and I'd be interested

04:39in one of those too.

04:40The convertible versions, the Barchetta and the Superamerica, I think are very, very cool

04:45cars, very exotic, very neat, very exciting, and tremendously limited production cars.

04:49In fact, the Barchetta was Ferrari's last numbered car.

04:53There's a little plaque that tells you which number your car is.

04:55The Superamerica was also limited production, although slightly more were made, and they

04:59didn't individually number them anymore for various reasons.

05:03Regardless, I just think those cars are really, really special.

05:07People don't realize quite how rare they are.

05:09The 550 Maranello is actually rarer than the 300SL, the vaunted and beloved Mercedes-Benz

05:16that cost millions of dollars in the 1950s.

05:18You don't see a lot of 550s, and I kind of view it as sort of the Daytona of the modern

05:22era.

05:23I think it's beautiful, it drives well, the V12 is cool, and I've often thought about

05:26getting one.

05:27If I was to get a Ferrari, it would be a 550.

05:30They are in the $150,000 range in okay shape right now.

05:34The Euro versions that are being imported from Europe are cheaper.

05:36I would have no problem buying a Euro.

05:38I'm not into the whole collectability thing.

05:40I would want to buy a car that I could use and drive, and so an imported one wouldn't

05:43bother me.

05:44I have considered even a F1 paddle shift Superamerica and maybe doing a manual conversion for that,

05:50which some people have done.

05:51That would be very cool.

05:52Regardless, the 550 is definitely something I think about a lot, but not quite enough

05:56to pull the trigger because I'm done buying cars.

05:59Okay, next car I would buy if I was buying cars, Lamborghini Diablo SE30.

06:06The Diablo was a cool car, sold from 1992 to 2001.

06:11I have the Countach, and I've loved the Countach more than I ever could have thought loving

06:15an object was possible.

06:17I think it is a truly amazing experience, and I'm so thrilled that I have it.

06:21The Diablo came after the Countach, and I never thought it was quite as good.

06:25It's really good.

06:26It's better to drive.

06:27I never thought the car itself, the experience, the feel, the amazingness.

06:31The Countach was groundbreaking, and the Diablo was sort of an evolution of groundbreaking.

06:36Better to drive.

06:37Again, more modern, more reliable, but I never really felt the Diablo was that much, you

06:41know.

06:42I would rather have the Countach.

06:43It's the big kick in the face.

06:44It's the splash.

06:45However, the Diablo SE30 is a totally different thing.

06:49This was Diablo, Lamborghini's 30th anniversary car.

06:52To celebrate their 30th anniversary, they made a very focused, high-performance version

06:56of the Diablo.

06:57And specifically, the color that was famous in this car was this purple called, people

07:01call it 30 purple, 30th anniversary purple.

07:03And I absolutely am obsessed with this car and this color.

07:06I think it's absolutely amazing, and I think it's one of the coolest Lambos around.

07:09Now, it's kind of interesting because the other anniversary Lamborghinis were not particularly

07:13desirable.

07:14The Murcielago 40th anniversary car was really just a paint scheme.

07:18It was a different blue.

07:20They sell for a premium because collectors aren't really sophisticated and think that

07:23those cars are more valuable, but they're not.

07:25And the Countach anniversary is actually a less desirable version of the Countach.

07:29But the Diablo anniversary, the SE30, is the most desirable Diablo.

07:34Although I do not have as high of an opinion of the Diablo as I do of the Countach, I still

07:38love the Diablo.

07:39I think it's really special.

07:40And the SE30 in particular was the most focused, most hardcore, raw-edged, crazy Diablo.

07:46And they don't really come up for sale.

07:48And when they do, they're often kind of propped up and talked up by certain people who sort

07:52of control the market on those cars.

07:54I'd love to see one of those cars come up on the open market in 30 Purple and we could

07:58see what it's actually worth.

07:59And I'll tell you, if it's worth what I think it's worth, I actually might consider being

08:03a buyer on a car like that.

08:04I think they're very, very special.

08:05I think they're incredibly cool.

08:07And I've been so much more astonished at how much I've enjoyed Lamborghini ownership than

08:11I expected that I would consider a Diablo SE30 is a very, very, very special and desirable car.

08:18It's certainly the best version of that car.

08:19I would be very interested in having one.

08:22But I'm not buying any more cars.

08:24However, if I was, the next car that I would consider buying, this one is probably the

08:28most likely for me to buy.

08:30The Mercedes-Benz C43 AMG wagon from the late 90s or the C55 AMG wagon from the mid-2000s.

08:38I've always loved Mercedes-AMG cars.

08:40I've had quite a few of them over the years.

08:41I've also always loved station wagons.

08:43I've had quite a few wagons over the years.

08:44In fact, right now I have a Mercedes wagon.

08:47One car that was never sold in the States at any period ever was a C-Class AMG wagon.

08:51In fact, we only ever got one wagon version of the C-Class, which was sold in like 2004 to 2006.

08:58Very uncommon.

08:59It was 302 to 06.

09:00Very uncommon.

09:01And even then, they only gave us sort of base model type engines.

09:03I have always wanted an AMG C-Class, and when you go to Europe and you see those cars there

09:08as a fan of hot wagons, they eventually gave us the E-Class AMG wagon, and I've had several

09:13of those.

09:14But it's bigger.

09:15And when you go to Europe and you see the C-Class AMG wagon, and it's littler and it's

09:18more tossable and it's more fun, you just think, I want that.

09:21And I want it.

09:22Bad.

09:23I was in Vienna this last summer and I saw a C32 AMG wagon, which was like 2002 to 2004,

09:28and I just, I took a picture, I mean I get so excited when I see that car.

09:32But the ones that I want specifically, the C43 was the end of the line of the W202 C-Class,

09:38which went from 1994 to 2001.

09:40Initially the AMG version of that car was the C36, which used a 6-cylinder engine, more

09:44power, but eventually they put in a naturally aspirated V8 to C43.

09:48And a 5.4-liter naturally aspirated V8 bolts right up, and that's probably what I would

09:53do.

09:54Import a C43, find a 55, donor motor, put it in, and have a very, very cool car.

09:59Or you could just wait a couple years, Mercedes-Benz did that themselves beginning in 2005, they

10:05made the C55 AMG wagon.

10:07And this was the 5.4-liter non-supercharged V8, 362 horsepower, and it was just, there

10:14was too much engine for this car, but that's what made it so cool.

10:17The regular boring-stained C-Class that people drove around in Germany with their hat on

10:21their rear shelf, that was made into a 5.4-liter V8 with almost 400 horsepower, it was absolutely

10:28ridiculous.

10:29And the cool thing about that car, it is very subtle, the way it looks, most people would

10:32have no idea, and the powertrain is tremendously reliable, it is known for being reliable.

10:38And I really, really, really want one of those.

10:40Now that car is not legal to import yet, I've said on the podcast before that when it becomes

10:44legal, I will import one of those, I do think that's the kind of car that I would break

10:47by no more cars pledged for, but I still have like four more years to wait before a C55

10:53becomes legal.

10:54And in the meantime, if the right C43 came up, especially on Cars and Bids, I think I

10:57might, I think I would probably consider going down that road.

11:00Either way, they're both very special cars to a Mercedes enthusiast, an AMG enthusiast,

11:04and a wagon enthusiast like me, the forbidden fruit I've always wanted.

11:08But, I'm not buying any more cars.

11:10However, if I was, still two more cars on my list of cars I would get.

11:14One is 993 Porsche 911 Turbo.

11:16I've always said I'm not a Porsche guy, and that's true.

11:18None of the other cars on this list are Porsches, I've only ever had two Porsches in my life,

11:22I'm not really that into Porsches, but there are a few, because Porsche makes great cars

11:26that I really want.

11:27And one is the 993 Turbo.

11:28So this was the Turbo version of the 911, was sold from like 96 to 98.

11:33This was the last of the air-cooled cars, which the Porsche people make a really big

11:36deal out of.

11:37Personally, I like it because it's the last car that really felt little and analog, while

11:42still offering the kind of power that a modern car would have to feel fast.

11:47In other words, you have the old-school, little, throw-it-around Porsche feel where you're

11:51just totally connected to the car, but you have modern performance.

11:55And that is a very special combination.

11:57Not that many cars offer an analog driving feel and modern performance.

12:01Typically, if you want an analog feel, you have to go back so far to an older car that

12:05it's slow.

12:06If you're talking about modern performance, you're also talking about plug-in hybrids

12:09or automatic transmissions or all this stuff.

12:11Combining the two is hard.

12:13Carrera GT does it, 993 Turbo does it as well.

12:15And I've always wanted a 993 Turbo.

12:17Never pulled the trigger.

12:18I've watched prices just kind of sail out of reach.

12:21And I wish that I had over the years, obviously.

12:24And these days, I still look at them longingly.

12:26I've probably wanted one of these cars for 15 years.

12:29And maybe someday I should just do it.

12:30But I'm not buying any more cars.

12:32However, if I was, the last car on my list, the Toyota Supra Turbo.

12:38The Mark IV Toyota Supra Turbo.

12:40I love the Mark IV Supra.

12:42It's kind of an embarrassing opinion, actually, because the Mark IV Supra has started to become

12:46the car of choice for people who don't know much about cars, but just sort of want to

12:50flex.

12:51Like, oh, this was the car in Fast and the Furious.

12:53And it's just like rich guys who just want a cool collection to show off have been buying

12:57these cars and showing them off.

12:59And in a lot of cases, I find they're not really enthusiasts.

13:01I've met a lot of guys who have these cars, and they sit in big collections just to be

13:04bragged about.

13:05I actually like the car from the perspective of, I think it's really cool.

13:09I think it was part of my childhood.

13:10I want to drive one and use one.

13:12And I've talked about the Mark IV a lot on the pod, on previous videos, that I really,

13:15really like that car.

13:16And I want one.

13:18I really want one.

13:19And I've noticed that prices have come down from their crazy peak a couple of years ago.

13:23But there's still expensive cars, and there's still Toyotas.

13:26I just have never bothered to pull the trigger on one.

13:28But I sit there and I watch.

13:29And every time one of them sells in the auction sites, or one of them pops up on YouTube being

13:33reviewed, I always kind of longingly look at it and think, oh, I want a Mark IV.

13:37But I never have done it, because I'm not buying any more cars.

13:41So there's my list of cars that I would buy, could buy, maybe, if I was buying more cars.

13:48You know, I thought about this list a lot before I made this video.

13:50This is like an exhaustive list.

13:52I used to, like I said, I used to have a long list.

13:54I used to have an E30 BMW M3, and the Lamborghini LM002, and all sorts of other vehicles.

13:59And I just, I don't want those cars anymore.

14:02LM002 is such a truck, and I already have the motor in my Countach, and E30 M3, I feel

14:07like it'll be slow in comparison to some of the other cars on this list, like a 993 Turbo,

14:10I'd much rather have.

14:11I've really kind of distilled this down to the cars I really, really want.

14:15And I'm sure there will be a time in my life when this list grows again, and maybe I sell

14:18some stuff and buy some other stuff, and really kind of get back into buying more cars.

14:22But right now, I just, I don't, I'm not interested for a lot of reasons.

14:26There's a headache to buying cars.

14:27You've got to do a lot of work.

14:28You've got to do titling.

14:29You've got to do registration, you know, servicing, maintenance, getting the car kind of prepped

14:33how I want it to be prepped.

14:34It takes a lot of work, and I'm just not mentally, I've got too much else going on to kind of

14:38do it right now.

14:39But I still think about it, and those are the cars I think about it for.

14:42And by the way, one more little side note here.

14:45It is, it shouldn't go as unsaid that also on this list is the Ferrari F40.

14:51I have mentioned before that when I went looking for the Carrera GT, I started off that search

14:56looking for an F40, and in the end, I decided I couldn't afford one.

14:59I don't regret that decision.

15:01They're very expensive.

15:02They were very expensive then.

15:03They cost about the same now.

15:04I still can't afford one.

15:06If I ever got into a position where I could afford one, I would skip all the cars that

15:10I just mentioned on this list, and I would buy an F40.

15:12I don't see that happening.

15:14I have decided that it's more important for my family's financial security to be secure

15:19than to go and do crazy stuff like get an F40.

15:22I would love one.

15:23It would be amazing.

15:24I think sometimes I could just have it for a couple of years and then get rid of it,

15:26and it would be okay, and I would have that memory forever.

15:29But I don't necessarily want to box myself into that, and financially, I just simply

15:32cannot take that leap.

15:33I could sell this car and get one, but I think that kind of, you're robbing Peter to pay

15:38Paul.

15:39I would drive the F40 and think this is great, but I really want a Carrera GT, and the dream

15:43would be to have both, and I just, I can't.

15:45It's just not possible.

15:46If F40 was ever a possibility, that would happen, but it isn't, and neither are these

15:51other cars on this list because I'm done buying cars.

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