Yahoo Autos Saturn LW200, Kawasaki Z1, Nissan Skyline: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Did you miss me? A full two weeks without a Dopest Cars slideshow, all just so I could go ride motorcycles in the desert. I think it was worth it, even with the heat, but I realize you all must have been so adrift without new listings.
Never fear. Dopest is back, with 15 shiny new vehicles for you to tap through — and, presumably, add to your massive garage filled with every other Dopest listing. You’re all buying all of these, right?
2001 Saturn LW200 - $4,750
Remember station wagons? Remember when you could just go to a dealership and find reasonably priced wagons, rather than having to seek out and pay through the nose for a long roof?
Those times may be over, but the cars still remain. This LW200 harkens back to a time before coupe-SUVs, when practicality could mean interior space without also meaning dirtworthy ground clearance.
2000 Porsche Boxster - $8,500
I love when a Boxster is a little ratty. We’re all used to seeing old Porsches like 924s or 944s in terrible condition, but those don’t really register as a ratty Porsche — they’re just old cars. The Boxster, though, is modern.
This one’s perfect in that regard, with paint and clear coat issues but no major mechanical flaws. It looks undeserving of its badge, and I appreciate that in a luxury performance vehicle. Especially when the performance is still there.
2014 Dodge Challenger R/T - $19,990
I hold no particular attachment to the Challenger, beyond thinking it looked cool back when modern retro muscle cars were just starting their wave, but I do hold a particular attachment to something else about this car: It’s purple.
More cars should be purple. Every car should be offered in purple. I swear that, if elected, I will use the powers vested in me to ensure that all vehicles are offered in at least one shade of purple — and that that shade will actually be attainable from dealer lots.
1972 Toyota Celica - $4,500
Come with me on a little adventure. First, just look at this photo of this Celica. Look at the dust on the windows, the odd ill-fitting front bumper, the weird wheels. Got that all? Now pull up the ad.
To call this interior clean feels like an understatement. The door cards look like they’ve never seen sun, the seats look unblemished by passengers. The seatbelts show use, but the car remains so well-maintained inside.
1974 Volkswagen Beetle - $4,800
Do you ever wonder what the oldest license plate still on the road is? I don’t mean the oldest plate design, or the oldest plate number, but the oldest physical license plate. How long has it been out there?
This VW, with its layers of registration stickers and faded colors, seems like it may be a competitor for that title. Oh, what, are you not fascinated by the possible ages of mundane objects? When did your childhood joy leave you?
1995 Nissan 240SX - $30,000
I know, I know, this is not a particularly well-loved style of vehicle. The body kit, the air ride, the massive chrome wheels — it’s a lot. The thing is, it’s the exact right amount, because this S14 goes incredibly hard.
The fitment on those massive wheels is superb, with the stretch on the tire barely tucking sidewall beneath fender. The air ride gets the car’s front lip nearly touching the ground, like the whole body is growing up from the road. Should you daily this? Probably not. Would it rule at a meet or a drift event? Absolutely.
2002 Ford Mustang - $4,800
These wheels, however, do not go quite so hard. I’ve long said that this is the best-looking Mustang body style, but it’s also a shape that’s very easy to do very wrong. These deep wish wheels with approximately 7,000 spokes fall under Wrong.
If they were bigger, I actually think I’d like them better. At some point, the dish and spokes create a near-donk look, but that only works with larger rim sizes. Here, it’s just not quite enough to work.
2006 Suzuki Hayabusa - $5,850
I have a confession to make: The Hayabusa holds little appeal to me. I understand that it’s probably the most Fast for the least Dollars of any motor vehicle, but no iteration of my dream garage has room for one.
I do, however, want to ride one once. Let me suit up in full leathers, give me miles of unbroken empty pavement, and let me see how nearly 200 miles an hour feels on two wheels. I think I will either meet God or become them.
1995 Toyota Tacoma - $12,650
We’ve had many a Tacoma in Dopest by now. What can I say, I love a reasonably-sized truck. Especially one with a mild lift, a color-matched bed cap, and a supercharger. Wait, what?
Yep, this Taco is supercharged. Better yet, the seller claims the engine is fully CARB legal in its home state of California. Your pod filter intake may be a crime, but this supercharged pickup is totally kosher. That’s freedom, baby.
1974 Kawasaki Z1 - $14,900
Every so often, a Z1 comes up for sale in this color scheme. Every single time, I’m always enraptured by the paint and the shape. My dream garage may not have a Hayabusa, but it absolutely has one of these.
The stripes, the shade of green, the little tail section above the fender — everything just plays so well together. It’s such a beautiful bike, it’s really more like art than a vehicle. You should absolutely still use it as a vehicle, though.
2000 Ford Ranger - $19,500
Speaking of pickup trucks with unexpected engine setups, this Ford Ranger has an LS under the hood. Sure, the truck’s whole deal lets you know there’s something going on — trucks with stock engines don’t often have neon and bucket seats — but an LS? In a Ford?
I can’t really fathom the thinking that went into this, but I’m very glad it exists. Just, maybe throw some stock belts back in if you want to drive it on the street. You really shouldn’t be running harnesses without a HANS.
2017 Yamaha FZ09 - $5,900
I realize I kind of threw all the bikes together at the end here, and I swear that wasn’t an intentional move to bury them. Anyway, this FZ09 is a bit of an enigma. It’s a naked bike, usually meant for bopping around on low-speed streets, but it’s got a raised windscreen and an aftermarket diamond-stitched seat — touring stuff.
Then, you look at the shorty exhaust and the tires, and everything just gets even more confusing. Is this someone’s daily rider, that they also have to ride for long periods to reach their track days? It’s an all-in-one bike, but what’s the use case that ends you up here?
1986 BMW 325e - $4,500
The seller claims this E30 has no rust, which may well be true in the corrosion-free heaven that is California. Clearly, though, something is happening with the body of this car. The front bumper is askew, the pinch welds look wavy, and plenty of trim is missing.
Still, that all pales in comparison to the benefit here: A genuine E30. People love the coupes of this generation, but I have plenty of space in my heart for the four-doors as well — all that practicality in so little space.
1996 Honda Civic - $8,000
You can tell me that there’s a better color for the EK than Midori Green. It’s legal, free speech and all, you can say that. The thing is that you’ll be wrong, and you’ll be letting the whole Jalopnik-comment-reading world that you’re wrong.
Midori Green is a fantastic color, and it should come back on the current Civic. Make it a limited edition or something, that’s fine, just put it on the current body style. It’d look so good.
1995 Nissan Skyline - $44,500
Before you bring it up, no, this is not a GT-R. But that’s not a bad thing, I promise. This is a GTS-25T, which loses a whole tenth of a liter of displacement from the GT-R’s engine but gains the advantage of rear-wheel drive. Don’t you just want to see this thing slide?
The R33 has a reputation for being the boat of the ‘90s GT-Rs, but you could prove all those naysayers wrong. Go drift this around, build up your skill until it’s fluid and fast, and then ask them in their all-wheel-drive R32 GT-Rs to do the same.
