Why The "30 Year Rule" of Classic Car Prices is Broken - FOREVER 

@BEEF SUPREME The worst thing is that planes and ships have much more emissions than cars, but yk, politics...

By worrying about buying a car at a good deal to see appreciation, you are speculating, even if you intend to drive and enjoy the car as an enthusiast.

it's a real shame these dealers don;t say "You;re not worthy to drive this exquisite piece of engineering unless you drive it 5,000 miles a year"

@@Seethenhagen cars are a hobby for me not about money. The saying has been forever that you will never make back what you spend in tuning/upgrades.

@@fuzzblightyear145 as good as that idea sounds to you it's a nonstarter. They are in it for the money. Allowing them to place restriction/requirements on buying generally leads to bad places.

Comment of the year. 👆🏻 Much love from Germany. 😘

Spot on on spares. But that will change. What prevents cars from being great investments in the long run except for the very best is the cost to repair maintain and store.

@@fredbobberts5753 As an investment it probably doesn't make sense. It might make more sense to just put it in a barn and restore it when you want to sell it. This is obviously bad for enthusiasts for reasons the OP has described.

The most environmental car you could have one for life

awsome, this way to go

Yeah sad really. My dad bought a Rover P5B in 2013 and drives it but won’t sell it for money

Hurray. Saab 9-5, bought for 500 euros. Saab 900ng convertible bought for 600 euros. Saab 900i (2.1i) bought for 1000 euros Saab 9000 2.3 turbo bought for 300 euros And my VW Corrado VR6, bought for 1500 euros. Think i've got the buying cheap down well. 😅😜 The only non runner atm is the 9000, wich i'm fixing up in all the spare time due to that superflu.

@@tim1polman Wow. That’s lucky

My son, not old enough to drive yet, his dream car is a Tesla. ICE cars should be cheap to convert to electric in 15 years. Just get a great looking one and you'll be OK.

Legislation and blind chase after numbers combined with other superficial aspects killed off excitement in cars too. Already vast majority of cars from 2010 up are increasingly more sanitized and artificial and it just gets worse and worse as time goes on...

Fuck the environment I want to redline a Ferrari on Mars

I agree with you. If you are 50/60 something and mortgage free and bored you can buy these sorts of "classics". It is a bit like the born again bikers of a few years ago who always wanted an insanely powerful 2 wheeler and could now afford it.

@JoleFin how many decades ago, and how much bigger was the population?

I disagree with this idea that young people are priced out. They are priced out of owning Ferraris just like everyone else. You can go out and buy a 3L Lexus or Subaru for less than 3K and have an insane amount of car for your money as long as you are over 25 and held a license for at least a few years it won't be as expensive as driving a gash 1L Dacia on finance.

You have to remember the events of the last 2 years would unfairly influence the data pool of new license uptakes. And I dont think they will ever stop enthusiasts from driving collector cars, theres simply too many wealthy and powerful people who are in the hobby who have enough sway to make the powers that be think twice. I mean what do you see in every 2nd Rap video anyway? blinged up homies riding in and bouncing on the bonnets of Bugattis, Mercedes G class and Ferraris, it seems they didnt get the memo..

To be fair, if we are talking general capital in circulation, the 1980s Countach poster car was almost as high priced. So I dont think thats the problem really. Sad truth its probably more down to other factors.

Yep.... I have two Ferraris and I'm sure many people would consider me "A rich man" (I'm not, I can assure you) but even for me something like a Pagani is just impossibly far away

The “problem” of Unobtanium has always been in cars, that’s what a supercar is. Car magazines drove this as it increased their market and it became a symbiotic relationship with manufacturers. Todays real issue is the falling value of currency and where to put your savings. “Compulsory Autonomous”is what will kill our classics on the open road not the combustion engine.

Completely agree, I can’t be bothered in the slightest anymore about those supposedly special multi-million dollar cars - while I should be, being a car enthusiast. Watch the video where some German guy shows maestro Gandini the result of the cynical cash grab called the new Countach. His indifferent response is telling, and he since issued a statement saying he was pretty much tricked into doing this video and he wants nothing to do with it.

@@GoldenCroc The issue isn't just the unobtanium of these cars. It's how many of them there are and how many keep popping up. Sure, a Countach would've been completely unobtainable to most, but it was one of a handful, new and used, that was such. That made it a holy grail vehicle and an event every time you even saw a picture of it in a magazine.

Try keeping a £100k Porsche 911S on the street in Hackney.

Do young people know what a spark plug is ? They've got no chance of keeping a classic on the road.

This is true, and If it's s pita, isn't cheap on gas, they aren't interested. It's not the environment they're worried about, they have no funds.

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@@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 Of course there are young people who know what a spark plug is, you dolt.

you're lucky to have it mate, probably be worth a lot in 5-6 years

@ James - I'm after a mk1 mx5, so you made a good choice. Just bought a Daimler v12 6.0L yesterday as a project and have a classic Mini I bought in 2009 (94 1275 spi model) being put together. I have limited money for food and heating, but I grabbed them before they became completely ridiculous in price.

@@nissanoo0393 commenting today in 2023, a mx5 probably *won't* be worth a lot at all. As the video stated, you will be hard pressed finding petrol and it's price will be extortionate, the road tax will be extortionate and the government will have socially engineered most people into 'electric is what you want'. More and more of these cars are going to plummet in price near 2030 wait to you see. 2030 and beyond is for the super rich and only very *very* special pristine classic cars will ever be seen on the road. Why would a millionaire buy an mx5? Something they never appreciated ever, when they can buy a pristine supercar or something that always had pedigree and hype. An mx5 isn't any of those categories and nobody with the means will even consider it. The government want it off the road. Try fighting the government.

@@RU-vidSupportTeams electrics cars will be dead even before the ICE ban, they gonna have to either go petrol or hydrogen emissions are a pure money maker, apart from us, (the eu) no one else does this shit (usa/africa/asia?) so yeah goverments will have to come up with something new ;p

@@nissanoo0393 I'm only talking about the UK though. There is a possibility that there will be mass export of ICE vehicles to other countries that dgaf about emissions bullshit

True. I'm Pro and my complete RZ system was sold for about 5p about twenty years ago - now its worth 5K - and even though I use a 50K Digi Hass system (H6D100) - its just not the same. Similar thing with vintage Hi-Fi

The thing is those companies already had the product (film) - at not much additional cost. To keep the ICE going you will need to pump millions or billions into R&D to come up with any kind of eco friendly combustable fuel - with a high chance you may fail anyway. And that's with severe marketing headwinds owing to the pro EV / anti petrol lobbying happening last couple years. I can see it being a very tough call for big business take that risk.

I used to shoot film. But with film and developing becoming so inaccessible, my cameras just sit in storage. For cars, inaccessibility of gas stations will rapidly take combustion cars off the road.

@@lastminutesolutions 100% yes they will. However whilst I do not know where you live, I am in UK Stroud - I have 3 places near to me which can do processing and printing - all pro labs and not much more expensive than they used to be. Darkroom in Cheltenham, Photographique in Bristol and Concorde in Cirencester.

The value of a car and a camera can't be compared. The government aren't banning the manufacture of film. But they are banning the production of I.C.E's in 2023. Fossil fuels and road tax will be extortionate. Only the super rich will have an ultra special supercar on the road. All these hoarders of mediocre classic cars will get a big shock when nobody wants them as millions of electric vehicles take over the road.

I bought a DB4 in 1973 for £250, when I was 19, knowing it was only going to go up. Kept it at my parents house for 5 years without doing anything with it ( I also had a Daimler420 and a hill climb 1340 Cooper 'S' , as well as a Suzuki GT750, but knew it was a great investment, and didn't need it for transport - I was working in the oil industry, so, with living at home, had a few quid spare most weeks, although my mate came in as a half share as well). 5 years of nagging later, I reluctantly sold it for £750 (it needed a bent valve or two fixed), my mate carpeting his new house with his half. I told my mother at the time that it would be worth more than their house in time - needless to say she didn't believe me. Their house was on the market recently for £370,000..........

Yeah that was then though. The market is completely different now and the whole topic of the video

Agree, but the price of entry to the Festival of Speed is also pretty high!

Fingers crossed the government stops messing with the free market🤞

Synthetic fuel is the real future hopefully the government will realise this soon.

@@benbuchanan672 Keeps all the chavs out though

They don't care about keeping ICE cars on the road lol. But hold on the fantasy.

Yep, it's the worst possible form of virtue signalling

Hear hear.

Well, never say never - there are now manufacturers looking at synthetic fuels (Porsche for one) and others looking at ICE using Hydrogen. Its early days for all this, but maybe our 'interesting' motoring days are not yet over. I'm not sure about the idea of not being allowed to use old ICE vehicles either. Once we are at a point where the majority of everyday vehicles are 'clean' I do wonder if there will be a relaxation of being allowed to use 'classic' vehicles, maybe with restricted mileage. For instance, we can still drive a 1927 Austin 7, 900cc, 7hp, does less mpg than a large saloon car, no exhaust filters, no modern safety equipment. You wouldn't really want to use it as a daily driver anyway, so they tend only to do a few hundred miles a year, but it keeps our motoring heritage alive and people enjoy seeing these old things. I think we are going to be allowed to use old vehicles, but maybe limited miles so they're not daily drivers. There's lots we could say about doing our bit and where that fits with china and India (and do remember that we have basically outsourced lots of our carbon footprint to china to build the things we buy!). But that's perhaps a topic for another time.

The ironic fact about banning ICE cars and going fully electric is that it takes 7 years for an electric car to become truly green and only from then has cancelled out the environmental footprint it took to build it - but by then it’s battery pack is getting to the stage where it needs replacing- then the whole cycle starts again- Surely we should also be looking at other ways of fuelling power units in cars as electric vehicle manufacturing is pretty polluting.

@@rogerbarrett9920 Plus, due to the average length of the popular PCP arrangements being 3-5 years, its unlikely that the car only has one owner for that 7 year battery lifespan anyway

Im 27 and i have just 2 out of tens of 20s of friends which are interested in cars and has a real answer to a favourite car rather then just saying "ferari"

I'd say this is pretty much accurate, the rise in inflation and lack of wage match is just starting to alienate younger people from what is essentially just a really expensive hobby, I'm turning 25 in a few days and have had a fair few enthusiast cars, mx5, fiesta ST, 3.0 Z4 and I've had to give them up for a van as I'm now self employed. I've more or less accepted that I'll probably never be able to afford cars like those again at least for a long time, by which point there will be a severe lack of combustion enthusiast cars left that won't have a hefty premium on top. On top of that rising fuel costs are starting to get a bit out of hand and it's seeming more likely I'll invest a grand or two on a simulator setup and stick some nice wheels on the van and learn to love with it because like you said there's not a lot of jobs out there for younger People that pay enough to have a nice car and a house.

I'm jealous of your friends lol

@@jamiekirkpatrick96 Sounds like you have it together. I think you will be successful.

23 myself and I'm huge into cars (and know alot of people who are). The problem is all the cars I'm into are very expensive indeed, basically anything over 20-25 years old is hugely expensive now with really only the lowliest spec of everyday car being affordable. Its at the point where the £5k cars in 2014 are now £15k+. Japanese cars especially, with the only thing remaining being automatic base model saloons for £7k...

Anytime David. Mine's a Diet Coke.

Because they’re heavily invested in EV companies and want to appear as though they are green conscious. That way they aren’t left with their pants down and banned off the face of the planet when most cars are EVs. The hive mind doesn’t understand technology they just want it to change and get rid of gas. I think Synthetic fuel is a good bet for the near future because gas prices are about to go ballistic and there aren’t nearly enough EVs to replace everyone’s car.

I suggest you watch Rory’s video on the Autotrader channel. I don’t think anyone will be getting synthetic fuel

I read an article on a report today about synthetic fuels. They have been found to have higher levels of pollutants than petrol. So while being theoretically carbon neutral, they take enormous amounts of electricity to make which has to be renewable for them to be carbon neutral and burning things still pollutes. As someone already posted, check out Rory’s video on Autotrader channel.

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Good luck with that being at the pumps when pumps are gone.

Someone did the same for me back in the day with a Viper R/T. Good way to get the dream instilled in the younger generation.

Great way of sharing the experience and making kids or even teenagers want to be part of our passion. I remember when I was a kid in a parking lot drooling over a brand new f430, the owner walked up to the car and he almost killed me with his stare, almost as if I was deemed unworthy of standing near his car, which kinda sucks as it certainly made an impression on me at that young age. I try today to be the opposite - if I see someone staring at my car (a Lotus, not super exotic) I'll smile/wave and try to encourage them as much as possible to take a look at it, as with everything in life, the best things in life are shared.

@@LifeOfACarNerd Lotuses have such eye appeal, so timelessly sleek - they are wonderful cars to introduce young people to.

@@davidsherley2652 Definitely, kids (and grownups) love them because of the mini super car looks - beautiful cars that everyone should try! Love sharing it with people.

A kid will sit in anything unusual. Unlikely that they will want it or be able to afford it in their adult life. Hopium

Usually when a home appreciates it is taxed on the new valuation, at least that has been the case everywhere I've lived.

@@3ducs in the UK the home you live in is capital gains tax free

The house is of course the better safer investment. Which would you rather have a nice car and pay rent or a home and a beater. A roof overhead on a rainy night and ride the bus or living out of a nice car. Plus houses are less likely to be stolen or jacked by force and have a bigger pool of prospective buyers. If an engine blows up on a rare car it can instantly become almost worthless and even something little like a broken turn signal or headlights can render them unsafe to drive. Houses don't get in traffic accidents they just sit there making money. So don't buy the dream car while you pay rent but is it worth it if you already have a house...no. Another property will hopefully earn income while appreciating and the car won't unless you wear it out ubering. That said there's no reason not to enjoy an affordable classic that just might outperform a supercar in performance and appreciation. Here's my fun short list. Most anything Japanese from Initial D or fast and furious. 240sx,Rx-7, Eclipse gst,Evo, Bug eye Wrx and even a well done Civic. 60's American muscle cars, Mustang Camaro,GTO, Corvette. Most any old British car with racing history. Triumph,MG, Jaguar and of course Lotus. All the cool shapes found from Alfa to 240z. For under $20k most anybody could dabble in the collector car market without taking out a second mortgage. Some people collect coins,stamps or paintings. Anyone who doesn't see a fine motorcar as art is blind to the finer things in life. It's an investment you can drive to the bank.

74 yes you are part of the golden generation in the UK where your home has appreciated as much you have earned but tax free especially in the the South. However politically this wealth remains untaxable unlike many places around the world

@@jeffarcher400 A lot of waffle, but there is some sense in it.

Old cars are a staple of free transportation. Individualism. Things not part of the future written for you.

The idea of recycling something like let's say jay's 550 here is just painful to think of.

All my Saabs have a sticker on it: "Think Green, repair don't replace" Its something I firmly believe in.

@@boundish1 You are very right.

I read somewhere something within these lines: "The best car to help the planet and environment is the car that you already own".

If this is the case a good workaround could be to get a HSV maloo if it counts as a utility vehicle.

In our company MAHLE (on the sunny side of the Alps "Slovenija") we are cooperating with Porsche on synthetic fuel for the last 3 years. Synthetic Fuels Complement E-Mobility - MAHLE & Porsche ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t1Ixwasl-CY.html

Damn right. As China and India become more wealthy, expect to see them enjoying historic motorsport at weekends.

WHAT ! ?

It's not Australia is it? Or Scandinavia

@@JayEmmOnCars Australia is wayyyyy cheaper. Tiny island south of the Equator - venue to the ONLY night F1 race in the world - Singapore.

@@JeremySee hmm. Singapore's regulations and car taxes are crazy right?

@@JeremySee you haven't been watching F1 this weekend have you?

I really hope you are right otherwise my retirement plans are scuppered.

As are mine @@adogmcdizzle and my man math

This

There will be little need for a ban, most people who drive cars do so to get from A to B and will in time naturally switch to electric vehicles as prices come down and the infrastructure improves. Range anxiety will eventually become a thing of the past, this, along with cheaper prices will see most people switch naturally without overbearing pressure from Gov. Younger generations will grow up with faster, quieter and far more advanced electric cars that will consign combustion engined vehicles to being little more than an uncouth less desirable novelty. The widespread availability of petrol may become an issue though.

The 2030 ban on sale of ICE will NOT happen. The UK & Europe (and indeed the whole world) simply is not ready, and will not be ready for millions of new EV's on the road every year. 8 years is not enough time for the infrastructure changes required. There is not enough electricity generation, and not enough grid capacity to deal with the load, and it will take at least a couple of decades of intensive infrastructure upgrading to get to this point - AND they haven't even started working on it yet. In a couple of years this will become apparent even to the idiot politicians, and they will push the 2030 date back, probably by a few years to make themselves look less foolish - then when another few years have gone by and it's still untenable, they'll push it back a few more years, and so on.

Its hideous. It has got to be one of the ugliest cars ever produced. Someone should have told the designer to put the pen down and back away from the desk.

The modern Civic Type R is only an attractive car to a tiny minority of Honda fanboys. To petrolheads, they are only an attractive idea as a trackday car, in which case they will get thrashed and end up worth nothing. It's just another FWD hatchback, along with dozens of others, it's not luxurious, it's not particularly fast, and it's certainly not a good looking car, and as such it doesn't appeal to a wide range of buyers.

You sound like you daily one 🤣 💀 😂 🤔

@@helmetculture Me ? My avatar tells you exactly what my daily is.

LoL Honda 🤣

2030 pal. It can happen and it *is* happening lol

couldnt agree more....the thing is that even the cost of the production of the EVs, is that it takes so much material and energy to produce them in the first place you literally are better off just doing what you said, keep your old car running. and then the recycling process takes as much energy to recycle the batteries ect.

@@trippy_boxer_dog2170 exactly. You can see why manufacturers would want us all to go down the EV route. They'll be like smart phones on wheels. Most will lease and once on the used market, they will quickly become obsolete, before you even start on battery degradation. Good game.

Did EV sales double or did the percentage of their sales double? A very important distinction.

I suspect the modern car last longer mainly due to improved rust-proofing in their cars since 1993. Back then in the 80's and earlier, it takes only 3 years before you start seeing rust bubbles in your car. A lot of cars in UK made in 70's and 80's were getting scrapped because of rust and instantly failing the safety inspection. It is a lot easier and cheaper to fix bad brakes or clunky engines than a rusted out structural undercarriage.

Converting them to electric would be expensive and counter-intuitive to why people prefer an ICE car. As you said, mediocre petrol cars will drop so low in price they will be forced to scrap. It's all in their agenda.

Get a classic fun car that is not hugely popular...that is the secret. I am enjoying the heck out of my 1996 Chevy Camaro Z28 6 speed manual convertible with less than 70k miles on the clock. For reference, I am 26...I had a Miata at your age as my first car and loved it.

You had to wait until your mid 20s to get the cars you wanted? Boohoo, most of us have had to wait until we were in our 40s to 60s.

@@3ducs not true don't be poor

Since Brexit and the Americans wanting Japanese cars all interesting cars in Ireland have increased in price x5.

I thought this sounded familiar lol

@@Will_M600 Most of us start with nothing, we have to survive first. Find a roommate or two to be able to afford a place of our own. Then there is a wife, hopefully a kid or two. Life imposes its own rules. Others are born with a silver spoon. Don't be poor indeed.

They likely won’t be banned - but they will be effectively forced off the road. In an ever reducing pool of ICE cars that have minimal (if any) driver aids they will represent most accidents… insurance premiums will skyrocket. Governments will subsidise EV’s and penalise ICE car registrations in the name of emissions. Chinese EV’s will become cost effective and quality will increase. ICE cars will be play-things for those willing to pay through the nose.

How does everyone charge their EVs at night? It's not feasible to have all EV based on our infrastructure. California is already stealing power from us in Arizona. All EVs will never, I repeat, never work on our current power grid. So unless major cities start overhauling that, which will never get done, I'd say our ICE cars are safe in the future

Also, you can make your own diesel...and even gasoline...and yeah...

Great cars!

Keep enjoying them. This is what all these people forget and it goes over their heads all the time. Thinking of these cars like investments has had a terrible effect on the market.

You can get a great first gen RX7 for around 10 grand in the USA....do with that what you will.

Dont agree fully, You get a good car at a better price than ever. More likely, its shifting interests that are driving the decline.

Not that hard, just don't drink and smoke. Easy.

The hell? Are Manchester people so rich they can afford electric vehicles?

@@MagicNash89 They are going to have to be! If they cant find the money for an EV its time to sell up and get the bus/train.

@@strongerandwiser2023 there will be the issue of self driving cars. The roads will be optimised for autonomous vehicles and it will be deemed too dangerous to drive a car yourself on them.

Classic cars are exempt from ULEZ though.

@@Punisher9419 At what year is a classic exempt, do you know?

This rings true imo, but fuelling hobby cars gets pretty tricky. A horse can just eat grass grown anywhere. Extracting, refining and delivering petrol/diesel is a whole different ball game. It may end up being a hobby that is eye wateringly expensive to fund.

@@Traktion1 Very true. I can see a day when all those gas/petrol stations are electric charging stations with coffee shops.

@@Traktion1 My guy have you ever owned a horse? They often cost as much as a Ferrari F430 and with a doctor that comes regularly and ESPECIALLY the space for the horse that you need to rent upkeep is also comparable. The comparison as a hobby for the rich is perfect

Well right now, leasing ends up being more pricey for most models

Thanks very much

Thanks Michael

"Force me to stay" - Depending on how pessimistic you are, I am not sure a future government would agree. Historical and current precedent abound all around the world.

I’m thinking the exact same thing. Although I’ll take my cars with me to the US, driving a RHD over there isn’t a big problem. My wife has family in the south so that’s where we’ll go.

Get out of Europe the civilisation is being destroyed by the eu. The states will either defeat Washington or secede 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

ive aready started on it. . . .

I think the issue will be the supply of petrol/gas, if there are few cars on the road left using it then there will be very few filling stations and the price of petrol will skyrocket so only the wealthy could afford to run a classic car. This is likely 50+ years away though.

@@1183newman haha yeah, £100 a gallon or the like!

‘Don’t forget the urge to control something visceral in a sanitized world’. - Well said! Once you’ve driven a visceral driver’s car, it’s hard not to get hooked on the experience. No comparison to a PlayStation at all. Sharing the experience of our cars is an essential part of our stewardship of them.

@@davidsherley2652 Running from the cops in a video game just does not give the same thrill.

Thanks, glad you agreed with the assessment although I hope we are both wrong!

Unfortunately the new generation don’t think any type of ICE car is required, even if it’s an occasional use vehicle. They see your expensive toy as, unnecessary and just a symbol of your generational excess. They all want to sit in the back of a Tesla and text and Instagram all day while the car “drives it self”

I think you're right , the smell and feel of an old car will be so unique that some will always want that over an autonomous , electric platform which is purely a means of transporting you to a different location, classic cars are about style, smell, noise and enjoyment which will be a rare thing in the future for sure.

I agree with you, until Petrol becomes too expensive, Petrol stations close, and you can no longer use your petrol car (unless you import your own fuel personally). But this will probably be 40-50 years in the future

How many people have enough money for a weekend car, really?

@@sjoroverpirat i think you need to move the goal post of “weekend car” in your mind in the context of if everything was hybrid or electric and gas cars were weekend cars. Something as mundane as a ford focus might be someones weekend car in the future, like how big american boats here in north america that were just normal cars became weekend crusiers

I think it's those late 90s early 00s cars which will be hardest to fix - not as reliable as modern stuff, but far more complex than 80s stuff and impossible to re-make certain parts

That is a terrible and completely unnecessary idea

Lmao no way dude they’re making so much money off taxes it’s unreal. Keep the $200k Skylines coming!

@@markm0000 no used car tax in the U.K. if that’s what your referring to

If they ban sales by 2030 it’s not that far off to expect every ICE car can be banned off 20 years afterwards. Most people can’t afford to keep repairing a 20 year old car. The general population is very stupid and politicians are very corrupt.

@@markm0000 why should they be banned? When it will just be more expensive to own a gas car and the average consumer won’t care what engine their car has, as long as it’s moving them to a coffee shop or to the mountians? Less folks will be enthusiasts of ice cars because race cars are electric. All these factors will squeeze the interest of owning a gas car. You will see a gas car as often as you see a 964 on the road currently. Oh another factor. Autonomous driving. 30 years from now. No one will want to control their cars. Just use them as taxi. Which is why I think ownership will also diminish because they will be used kind of like those rental city bikes. To move from one space to the other and leave it alone. I think a ban won’t be necessary unless people will be really pissed off by the noise. Possibly only farmers or mountian goers will need to own a car. There will be even less ice car enthusiasts. Even if money isn’t the factor.

I expect the politicians to back track on this especially for classics considering the industry is worth hundreds of millions to the economy

@@tommycarradice3146 that is possible, my state Washington just ended emissions testing. But what’s interesting is lots of catalyzers are being stolen now. Very unpredictable what the politicians do.

Its royalty free, I think. At least, I have heard it on other channels as well.

Techmoan has the best outro, no contest. I've put it on audio cassette to hear it that way too, while I was messing around with tapes. I believe both are royalty free music. Techmoan also a great channel for random audio and electronics. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VSSswVZSgJw.html

I think a limitation on converting old car are they are comparatively heavier, thereby significantly reducing range.

Fusion powered cars are the future 😮

We're IN a depression!

@@JayEmmOnCars You ain't seen nothing yet, replace depression with complete fiat currency collapse. Great insightful vid Jay and the reason I recently offloaded my entire collection. Fools prepared to pay todays stupid covid cash only come long once in a lifetime.

@Flaming Hedgehog Hi Flaming. Totally agreed with your comment. Despite already being in a depression, we still ain’t seen nothing yet! Environmental awareness and tackling climate change will require tremendous changes to our individual way of life, resulting in less consumerism and a slimming down of global trade, with less “real money” in circulation. It’s very complicated, but, essentially, the regular banks, the investment banks, and stock exchanges have, in the last two decades, created money out of money by creating “credit” (which is really debt) whilst at the same time manufacturers have been forced to reduce their workforce numbers by efficiency measures - giving rise to the gig economy that demands higher and higher participation from its participants with reducing returns. A Perfect Storm, if ever there was one. Iain.

Speaking as an American who's lived in the US my entire life... Don't do it, man. The benefits of being an automotive enthusiast in the states are there, I'd just say they're greatly outweighed by the downsides. Like, everything is pretty spaced out which is great for road trips and there are some great driving roads to be found simply because it's such a physically large country, and if you're into muscle cars you can probably find them cheaper than elsewhere... That's about all the positives I can think of. On the negative side of that coin... 1) You can't import a car legally until it's at minimum 25 years old (Thanks Mercedes!) 2) Even when all the paperwork is in order, legally imported cars have been ordered off the road (Kei trucks in particular recently) or even *impounded and crushed* (There's a video of a smiling cop destroying a legally imported classic Mini that's heartbreaking to watch) 3) Small cars are unsafe to drive out here due to the fact that more than half of the passenger vehicles you see on the road will be full-sized pickup trucks, usually slathered with at least a dozen or more provocative bumper stickers 4) Most of those pickup trucks are driven by either braindead morons or ego tripping aviator sunglasses clad wannabe cop assholes who act like they own the road 5) Depending on the state you live in, road laws can be very strict. Some states *WILL* crush your car if they catch you breaking the rules. 6) I'm sure this one is obvious but you're not going to be living in any of the big "cultural centers" and having a good time on your commute to work. San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, etc... Traffic in the big American cities is TERRIBLE. These have less to do with cars specifically and more to do with the US in general but... 7) Housing is in a really bad spot right now. Investment companies are buying up all the single family dwellings so that they can rent them out instead. 8) American politics are godawful especially if you're a woman, a racial minority or any form of LGBT. There are a lot of tensions around these topics in the US as of late and everything is pointing towards the conservative government clamping down and turning the country into a bigger version of Poland or Hungary. 9) You're likely to get shot by one of those aforementioned ego tripping pickup drivers, or by an angry teenager just for being in the wrong school, church or supermarket at the wrong time That's not to say that there aren't things I don't love about America, it's a beautiful country and the home to many people I love, but it's dangerous and it's only going to get worse over the next 20 or so years. Still if there were some kind of citizenship exchange program I'd gladly swap with you... :P TL;DR: It's kind of like living in a GTA Online lobby

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