Yahoo Autos Nissan Silvia, Chevrolet Chevelle, Gas-Powered Scooter: The Dopest Cars I Found for Sale Online
Friends, Jalops, countryfolk, I come to you on this Friday-est of days with listings. Listings for cars, in fact, which really shouldn’t surprise you given the rest of the content on this site. It’s a car site. This slideshow is about cars.
But these aren’t just any cars. No, these are special. Unique. In fact, they’re the Dopest Cars for sale online right now. Exhaustive list. Don’t question it.
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1992 Nissan Silvia - $33,000
You know me. I’m a sucker for anything JDM, and anything with a turbo up front and two driven wheels out back. A Silvia fits the bill perfectly, with its SR20 ready and waiting for all manner of mods. The S-Chassis is known for its aftermarket, and this particular one seems to have dipped more than its toe into that pool.
Aftermarket paint, carbon body panels, coilovers and Work Meisters. It’s an extraordinarily clean S13, in the kind of shape that you rarely see any more. It’s almost too nice to take drifting — almost.
2014 Triumph Thruxton - $7,500
I know retro cafe-style bikes are on the way out, but there will always be a soft spot in my heart for Triumphs. There’s something that’s so in-its-time that it becomes timeless, an unchanging icon. The motorcycle version of a classic Volkswagen Bug.
This Triumph is technically a Thruxton, rather than a Bonneville, but the differences between them are so minor that they’re more or less interchangeable. They share the same flat seat, the same bubble-shaped tank — it’s a Bonneville in all but name.
2006 Honda Accord - $4,500
Remember when you could get a V6, manual, two-door Accord? Pepperidge Farm remembers, and Pepperidge Farm wants those days back.We may never get another Accord Coupe from the factory, but we’re in luck — we can still get them from Craigslist.
This Accord isn’t perfect, but it isn’t pricey either. The seller claims to have two of them, in fact, though it’s tough to tell which is which from the photos. Either way, you could have both for under eight grand. Why not go for it?
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle - $25,000
This Heavy Chevy, ironically, has the smallest photos imaginable in its listing. I kid you not, this is the full size of the image uploaded to Craigslist for this Chevelle. Why do people think this is okay? Would you buy a car based on photos this small and grainy?
At least the car in the pictures seems to be a good one. A 1970 Chevelle, the best year for the car’s looks, that appears to be a true SS. You’ll have to come up with the documentation confirming that on your own, though.
2009 Mini Cooper S - $8,000
Speaking of bad photos, there’s no way I can rotate the photo of this Cooper S in order to make it appear presentable. This is spun 90 degrees from the listing, but that’s not really necessarily better. But, like the Chevelle, the car itself seems better.
Turbocharged Minis are all well and good, but this one seems to have had a number of maintenance items addressed recently. So many, in fact that it would seem suspicious on anything other than a BMW-era Mini.
1975 Honda CB360 - $6,000
Okay, I know I just talked about cafe bikes being out of style, but this isn’t a cafe bike. Click through the pictures in the ad to see the flat, upswept seat, the equally oversized front and rear tires, and the empty triangle of frame between the rear wheel and the engine. This, friends, is a brat — and brats are always good.
The seller claims this bike was recently built up and restored, and it looks clean enough that I believe it. Look at that beautiful paint, matched on both the tank and the headlight. I love it.
1988 Toyota 4Runner - $27,500
Speaking of gorgeous blue paint, this 4Runner calls to me. There aren’t enough retro convertible off-roaders, especially in a reasonable size — smaller than the Blazers and Broncos of olde. To take one of these, and paint it this shade of blue? My kryptonite.
Unfortunately for me, this car costs nearly half of what I make in a year, and I still have pesky little expenses like NYC “rent” to deal with. So I, barring some sort of lottery win or mysterious untimely death of a heretofore unknown wealthy relative, will not be buying it. You should, instead. Let me live vicariously through. you.
