another way to look at it: if you could afford the car at the peak you can afford the financial hit of future depreciation. let’s be real – we’re all fortunate to be in the position to own these cars and 5-10k or whatever isn’t going to break most of us. life is short and you can’t win every time or time everything out perfectly. count your blessings.

I always recommend his analyses. he’s got it down, no fluff.

my car is much older than this and none of the bolts are rusty. I think something stripped the corrosion protection off, likely a cleaning product.