You Might Experience This When Buying Your Dream Car
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Happy new year! Thought I'd start the year off with some thoughts on what you might experience from buying your dream car.. at least what it was like from my perspective, especially the aftermath. There's plenty of videos on reactions and first drives, but I've always been curious on that deeper dive and it turns out there's some unexpected aspects to that experience. I ordered these from most subjective to objective but results may vary. Enjoy.
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Congrats on the supra! I'm in the same boat as well. I bought an mk4 supra a couple years back as well...definitely overpaid and wasn't the wisest financial decision for me, but i felt if i waited longer i would miss the opportunity to own one as clean( mine has 27k miles) . I had tunnel vision for this car and it was an obsession, but I love it! Goal accomplished and lessons learned
Wow 27k miles, nice! Yeah man, best way to put it: goal accomplished and lessons learned. Couldn't agree more. And really, if you love these cars they're pretty amazing.
I got my dream car but damn the insurance and gas is killing me 😂
haha what'd you get?
Indeed. Same here
What did you get? I plan on getting a older 3,4L Porsche Cayman, they are not that bad on the fuel consumption if you drive on the highway at steady speed. But when you rev them out to 7500 or 7000 rpm they are NOT fuel efficient, so then you measure it in smiles per liter :)
I got my dream car in 2001 for 500$, I did not know it was my dream car lol ;) It was pretty much same car my dad had a 1976 Ascona B 2 door RWD family car with 90hp. Most fun car to drive I ever had until I ruined the steering on a gravel road hitting a stone while drifting sideways having fun :) Now a car like that cost 25000 to 45000 $ ;( (same as a used Porsche Cayman so I am getting a Porsche...).
Trick is to actually drive your "dream car" first, it is not certain you like to drive it and not even sure you like it when you see it for real. The real dream car is a car you like when you get to test drive it. Unless you are only into how it look, then buy a model of it lol ;)
I'm happy with my black on black 01 Honda prelude. Bought it in 2007
I love that era Prelude. I almost bought a 97 back in 98 but couldn't give up my Firebird.
I recently bought what I thought was my dream car. Ever since I was a kid, I was obsessed with 90s Japanese sports cars.
It all started when my older brother showing me the fast and the furious movies. When we watched Tokyo Drift, I fell in love with the Veilside Fortune Mazda RX-7.
At that time, I was living with my grandparents. One day I was talking to my grandpa about my new found obsession. He told me we had a neighbor with a car like that. He walked me over to there house and had them open the garage. I then feasted my eyes on the first Acura NSX I had ever seen in person. It was love at first sight. I was obsessed with the sharp lines and timeless styling.
In my early 20s, I worked up to a position where I had about $30K to spend on a "dream car". My love for the RX-7 and the NSX had me looking for either of the 2. I quickly learned that NSXs were out of my price range. They were my favorite stock body cars between the 2, but I only had enough money for a USDM RX-7. So, I bought one.
The RX-7 was great and everyone(including myself) loved it. The original design of it just wasn't my style. So, I ordered the Veilside Fortune Widebody Kit from Japan and committed to transforming the exterior of the car.
A couple years ars later, the build was complete. I was thrilled with it other than the fact that it was no longer as functional as it was before modifying it. I hated the air suspension. Ultimately, it became to complicated to enjoy on a regular basis. I no longer had the ease of use like any other car I had ever owned. So, I listed it for sale.
Before I let it go, I managed to find what I thought was my dream spec NSX listed for sale. It was a RHD 1992 Honda NSX from Japan. It was advertised as having ultra rare Nuetron White Pearl paint "1 of XX" as the seller claimed. So, I jumped at the chance to buy it before he decided to follow through with listing it on carsandbids as he was considering that alternative.
The car arrives and appears as described. I was so excited that I committed to having it undergo the entire legal process to be registered in my home state of California. 3 years and $20K later it had California plates.
I then sold the Veilside RX7 and awaited my appointment to customize my NSX to my liking.
When the time finally came time to lightly modify the NSX to my taste, I was informed that I greatly overpaid for the spec. The lead bodyman/painter showed me that the entire exterior of the car had been repainted a different pearl white(likely do to an accident). It still looked great, but not the way it should. It was way off, but it was still the color combination I wanted.
I tried talking to the seller about what we could do to right his wrong of falsely advertising the car and overcharging me. I waited months for him to follow through on his promise to make things square so we could continue our friendship, but nothing ever came of it. He instead told me to share my experience with everyone I wanted to. I did, and we no longer talk.
All of that left a sour taste in my mouth. I no longer have a passion for car culture, and my dream car is just a car to me. Don't get me wrong, I love it. I just don't feel the way I should've felt with what I was made to believe I was getting.
I've since moved on. I'll take care of my car until it becomes more trouble than it's worth. If I ever trade up, it'll be for a Murcielago.
Sorry to hear bro, but appreciate you sharing. Still cool you got to experience a few legendary cars and a Murcielago certainly wouldn't be a bad reintroduction into the culture 👍 Good luck man.
You got to eager and got burned...
@a64738 yeah. You gotta watch out. Some low lifes out there :/
I have mentally prepared for having feelings I don't expect when I finally lay my hands on a red R32 GTR or bright yellow FD RX7. That feeling of "now what?" After I've finally got the thing I've wanted for so long. I already thankfully have an answer. Mod the shit out of it and track it and enjoy it and rub it in the face of people that doubted me.
The best revenge is living well.. or living with an R32 and/or an FD RX-7 - super choice cars brother 👌
@ yeah my definition of living well is having a 30 year old hunk of metal from the land of the rising sun lol(to be fair I got one of those already but it's slow and shaped like a toaster). But there's other reasons behind it. My dad is a huge rotary guy and he always wanted an FD RX7 so I wanna give him that experience while he's still sharp enough to do so. The r32 is more because I had a super vivid dream I bought one and felt emotions I can't describe and have been chasing that high ever since.
Thats a great point that the Chase is a different experience from the Ownership. Enjoy it man!
Thank you! 🍻 Will do bro, this car won't just sit in the garage
I have one of the lowest mileage and cleanest R34 GTR's in the country and I still wish I had a 1998 White Supra Turbo 6 speed. That fleeting feeling of the chase being over is a phenomenon called the "Hedonic Adaptation" or "Hedonic Treadmill", you should read about it, it sheds a lot of light on why we feel that way as humans when pursuing something...achieving it... and the elation subsides.
That's funny, I have a white Supra turbo 6 speed and wish I had an R34 lol. I will definitely look that up, thank you for the suggestion. I'm super fascinated when it comes to things like that; I've had more subdued instances with a few other things in life, but definitely stronger with the car. I'm sure others have felt that also, but nice to see there's an actual phenomenon behind it.
@@AlwaysSummerGarage Yeah if you read about it and understand it, it will change your life moving forward in all aspects of life. Also read about the "Diderot Effect". If you master these two things, you will be in control of the rest of your life moving forward. I'm proud of you for achieving the Supra, look at it more of the power of manifestation than just buying a car.
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Totally feel you and agree with you.
I had old BMW that i constantly messed with, sold it, leased brand new MX5 that i wanted badly.
I did not enjoyed it until i paid it off and started putting my own mods on it. It's not yours until you make it yours.
100% agree 🍻
I finally bought a Porsche... For less than the going rate, for a very well maintained version and I got lucky when I found it. And being a true Honda guy, something in my brain is really causing me to nitpick it and that's pissing me off.
100% feel you.. I'm nitpicking everything on my Supra, down to the very mildly rusted radiator mounting brackets that I'll be replacing. I kind of hate it, but at the same time kind of love it as I see it as an excuse to work on it and make it mine, even if it's just replacing OEM parts.
I feel like this is with every goal in life. Whether its having a million in the bank or getting that dream car (for me it was a rx7 fd that i ended up selling after a few years). Once you get it the question of "now what" is always there. What's that saying? Its not the destination its the journey?
Beautiful car man. Don't be like me and get stressed every time you drive it and let it sit in your garage for months at a time.
Definitely the journey. I feel like sometimes the destination can start a new one (like turning this car into whatever I want it to be) but there was something great about that journey that will be missed. Thanks brother.. it will definitely not get locked up in the garage 🍻
I bought my dream project 84 E30 and I had the same experience.
100K miles on a Supra, or just about any Japanese car is nothing. I had my dream car at one point, a 93 NSX. Bought it with around 70K miles and it was my daily for a few years. I think it got it up to 130K miles before I unfortunately wrecked it. I was still in the Marines at the time in the middle of moving across the country. Had I known they were gonna go up insanely in price, I would have worked to get another sooner than later. Here we are now in 2025 and NSX cost as much as they were new back then or even more. No way can I afford an NSX in this economy. So I'm getting an S2000 next and soon too because those have gone up in price as well.
Yeah I take some solace knowing that they last a long time if cared for. Plus I didn't buy it for a collection; it's going to get driven. And yeah if only we knew then what we know now.. I just read a Hagerty article show the price of Supras up almost 150% since 2018 and NSX prices are proportionately as insane. I feel like the reintroduction probably boosted the prices even more. S2000 is a solid purchase though.. my neighbor has one and it always looks amazing.
The Toyota MR2 generations are a great option as well and they haven’t gone up in value yet. I’d recommend any of them, especially the second generation (1991-1995)
My dream car since I was a kid was the Supra. Once I was able to afford one, I got my first in 2006, another in 2007 and then my last one in 2015. Enjoyed the last one till last year when I decided it was time to try something I couldn't get before, an R34 GTR.
3 Supras and a Skyline. Not bad man.. not bad at all 👍
Thing is,my dream car cant be bought at the moment since it doesnt exist. Im in the process of designing it then building it now
That's kind of awesome.. good luck bro 🍻
@AlwaysSummerGarage thank you and congrats!🥂
Quality video. My dream car is a miata/e30 m3. It's hard to find one in a mint condition that's not at a ridiculous price. I hope one day I'll be able to get it and afford it
Thanks! Man I can't believe where E30 prices are. I keep hearing the market has cooled and prices have come down but there's plenty of cars to which that doesn't pertain and I feel like the E30 is one of them.
@scrwd8301 just build a E30 as close to a M3 or euro spec that way you can afford one.
I absolutely get what you are feeling. I felt in love with the 6th gen Camaro ZL1 back in the days and finally bought one two years ago after saving all my spare money for a year. As much as I still love it and it's a blast to drive on weekends, I doesn't get more attached to it then the daily driver I wrench on and drive all the time.
I still wouldn't sell it for anything else but after the 'what now' phase the search itch still came back. And bought a second daily last summer. Please send help😅
Haha I know the feeling.. I can tell that itch is right around the corner for me. It won't be as insane as for the Supra, but an itch nonetheless.
Supra was my dream car since I was 9 years old in 2001, watched them drop from 100k over 2 decades and saved up enough money to buy 3 supras before I even got my license, started seriously looking 2015 and found a single turbo 95 RZ with factory recaros that slipped through my fingers because I was under 25 years old the insurance was over $600 per month
looked at a couple other stock supras but none compared to the first supra I looked at and then in 2017 the same supra came back up and I bought it and driving it was even better than I imagined the steering feel the v160 you feel closed off in a cockpit all the noises from the turbo and cams and clutch can't take the car without it getting attention now after owning it for 7 years I hardly ever drive it went from being a unicorn that I would see on the road maybe once a year to seeing one every day and idk if I want to put the money into building it up or save that money and sell the supra and buy an evo 5 and a sequential transmission and build a street time attack weapon since supras are really heavy and laggy but I don't want to regret it so I feel stuck with it
Damn that's wild you were able to get it.. I could see feeling regretful selling it but I might be inclined to if I really didn't enjoy driving it anymore.
@ get ready to pay Supra tax too it’s not as bad as gtr tax but it’s still real I converted my s1 front end to s2 it was 1500aud just for the headlights 300 for the front indicators 100 for a plug and play no solder wiring harness led halo taillights are even worse whereas you can get evo headlights for like 300
your car is stock and a lot cleaner than mine so you don’t really need to worry about buying oem parts unless you want oem recaro confettis they are thousands now but it completely changes the driving feel
@@UrGumped changes the driving feel good or bad (bad as in like a race car setup)? I figured one of the first things I'd do is change out the seats but I had no idea how comfortable the stock Supra seats were. Drove it about 1k miles home and never once felt fatigued.
@@AlwaysSummerGarage Changes the driving feel in a good way you're lower and more sunken in and held adding to the cockpit feel and the seats are really comfortable I've done 4 hour drives in it just fine definitely worth it
@@UrGumped dig that sunken in feel.. might have to look into those. Thanks for the heads up 🍻
Supra is beautiful. Congrats
Thank you! 🍻
Once the build is finished their will be a new void.
Without a doubt. Hopefully by then I can afford an R34 lol.
Got my dream car..F82 M4. Still love it a year later. The G82 is the next car..but the the prices are outrageous. Not worth it. Regardong the "now what" ...felt the same..i still keep looking for the next deal..99% of the time..i just try and get the dealer to submit..but wont buy..my car is a great spec.
I've come around to the G8X but the F8X is still such a sexier design imo. I may be biased
Thank you for not saying, car guys. Yea, I want my dream car but scared I won't like it. Because I put it so high & up there.
I was a little worried that might happen too.. it's weird when you build something up for a long time conceptually.
@@AlwaysSummerGarage Yes.
For that price u can buy a house
Maybe its time to acknowlege I love hondas and stop playing with my bmw
nothing wrong with that 👍
100k mile is nothing especially on a Toyota don’t get caught up in this mileage craze
Yeah it doesn't bother me too much; I didn't buy it as an investment or a flip. Well cared for Toyotas can last an eternity and I'm gonna drive the hell out of it. 🍻
@@AlwaysSummerGarageif you drive the car hard..it will give issues. Same with BMWs..they driven hell hard.
@@jldp24 when I say "drive the hell out of it" I just mean it's not going to sit in a garage.