![]() ![]() Sure, the tops of the quarter panels could use wet-sanding and the trunk needs a respray, but those small details aside, this Maverick is visually perfect. A set of period-correct mag wheels up the curb appeal, while raised white letter Cooper Cobra tires are just the icing on the cake. From the pristine interior to the decent black paint, this is a remarkably presentable car. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a four-door Maverick this minty. ![]() The seller claims that it needs wiring done and engine accessories fitted, but that doesn’t seem to bad when you look at the rest of the car. Or at least, you could if this Maverick ran. Even better, it’s hitched to a five-speed manual gearbox which means you can slam gears with the best of them. We start in the engine compartment where we find not a Thriftpower inline-six, but a five-liter Windsor V8. This economical compact car succeeded the Falcon in North America, and it was normally regarded as perfectly ‘70s transportation. Normally, a Ford Maverick isn’t what most people would build a fun little street car out of. On the plus side, it does have a remarkably low 87,271 miles showing on the cluster, and it’s a genuinely usable sports coupe with decent rear seat access and all manner of modern amenities. Sure, this one has an oil pressure light that comes and goes, but forward propulsion is sure to last longer than the food at the Miami Grand Prix. Expect to do some light welding on the sills. This particular RX-8 is an Ohio car, so it’s on the crusty side of things. These powerplants make the process of internal combustion feel massless, freely surging to redline on command. If you’ve never driven a car with a rotary engine, it’s an experience worth having. You can keep your bump-steering AP1 Honda S2000s, I’ll gladly revel in the RX-8’s lithe chassis and willing two-rotor engine. Secretly, the RX-8 was the best-driving Japanese sports car of the 2000s. The batshit M12 F1 engine of the ’80s used the rugged M10 engine block as a base, maxing out BMW’s engine dyno at 1,280 horsepower. Best of all, the E21 320i has a distant F1 connection. Plus, the owner claims to have Euro bumpers, and those have a value on their own. Given that this one’s up for sale in Sacramento, I wouldn’t expect any huge rust problems either. That doesn’t sound like a lot, but with little mass to shove around and five forward gears to row, the 320i is still a fun little runabout.īeneath the heavily-oxidized paint lies a remarkably nice interior with nice door cards and remarkably well-kept seats. Being a late 320i, this one features fuel injection and a jaunty 101 horsepower. While Europe was able to enjoy inline-six power, American-market E21s came with the M10 four-cylinder engine. In fact, these little oft-forgotten 3-ers are fun, affordable classics, combining a little bit of 2002 charm with modernity more in-line with the vaunted E30. The E30 gets all the glory, but that doesn’t mean the E21 is a bad car. When it comes to classic BMW 3-Series models, there’s certainly a hierarchy. Motor1 wrote “ Nachos For $275 Were On Extravagantly Priced Menu At Formula 1 Miami GP.”Īnyway, you could buy an entire project car for the price of all the items on that small menu, so I went poking around the online classifieds for a few select picks. The world is abuzz about this, with The Daily Mail writing “‘ Fyre Festival vibes’: Miami Grand Prix is slammed for extortionate food prices as fan shares snap of awful $42 ‘Wagyu steak sandwich’ – and menu lists lobster rolls for a HUGE $450.” Wow that’s a long headline. If I’ve done the math correctly, every menu item together adds up to $4,565, which is a lot of money for what is essentially the menu for any restaurant with the word “social” or an ampersand in its name. Since the items are said to serve four, the nachos end up costing about $69 a person, and the empanadas are around $88 a head! I thought this was a different currency at first /CIyxjhBufe If you’re prone to sticker shock, you might want to avert your eyes. As one of America’s few Formula 1 events, its opulence is off the scale, and possibly best represented by this Tweet containing a picture of the official menu. The world’s fastest autocross event happened last weekend, otherwise known as the F1 Miami Grand Prix. ![]()
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