rev up your engines, Scott Simpson says what do you think about modern v8s
Camaros and challengers are they worth the money, well I don't think any new car
is worth the money cuz they charge too much money for them, they are good
engines, you know if you're talking about Camaros and challengers, realize that
those are still old fashion designs those v8s, those aren't even overhead cams
those are pushrod engines and that pushrod technology has been around a
long time, they put on a lot of horsepower, they're pretty strong engines
now that said they're complete gas hogs cuz they're an old fashioned
pushrod engine that weighs a lot, old technology, they're gonna go through
gas like no tomorrow, and as for are they worth the money
that's the thing, you pay a lot of money for those things, as they age their
resale value goes down, I personally can't see that a lot of them are gonna
be collectors items because they're pretty much cookie cutter mass-produced
cars, you go way back and get a Dodge Challenger or hot charger those things
are worth a lot of money, but most of them got wrecked because they didn't
handle that well, so if there's any of them left
that are in original condition they're worth a lot of money, but these modern ones
the kind of cookie cutter like the Dodge Challenger, those hellcat engines, now
you can buy it what's called the hell crate engine, they now sell them like dodge
that they'll fit any of the older trucks from
the sixties and the seventies, they'll just bolt right in, so a lot of guys are doing
that their getting the old ones putting the new
engines in, they're good engines there's no arguing, Abe from an 83 says, if
I baby my engine can the timing belt go longer,
interesting question cuz changing the timing belt on some model cars cost a
fortune what wears out timing belts are two
things, one is the torque of the engine as you accelerate real fast the crank is
pulling the cams on the top and there's more stress and the other is just
flat-out age, their rubber base timing belts, as they age they crack they
stretch and they start bouncing around inside and the more vibration they have when
they bounce around of course more friction eventually they snap off, so
to some extent if you baby the engine and drive it normally, yes it could last
somewhat longer, if you have an interference engine I would just go by
straight time and mileage if it's got you know 80,000 miles or more on an
interference engine I'd change it, if it's more than six to eight years old I
change it, just because you don't want to ruin
an engine, but if you have like a Toyota with a non-interference engine, sometimes
I've seen those things with 250,000 miles and they've never been touched and they're
still going and since if it breaks it doesn't hurt anything, then you don't
care, nike see says Scotty is it worse to fix a CVT transmission
or should I get rid of it now, see how much the car is worth on the
market, see what it cost to fix it, you'll probably see that the cost of fixing it
is more than what the car is worth, and if that's the case and it still runs
somewhat, sell it and get rid of it, but that's it all depends on the year, how much money
you have invested in it, you know if you're really upside
down in the car, you might want to try to get it fixed, because if you can't
even sell it for what you owe on it, then you know you might decide, gee
well I'll get it fixed and try to drive until the wheels fall off, but if you can
get any amount of money for it now and it still runs halfway decent, definitely
get rid of it, Adrian Lopez says do you think a 1983
Datsun 280zx is a good car, they were great cars back in the day, you know that
was revolutionary sports cars the 240 260 280, they were just they say the bee's
knees for sports cars, a sports car that was fast, fun to drive, and it didn't
break down, like all the other sports cars did in those days, you got to realize
that's old what are we talking about now, 37 year old cars
those are old cars, if you're gonna get it as a toy go right ahead
just decide what you're looking at, what you're paying and what you get for the money
if it's restored and stuff and a mechanic like me checks it out and says
yeah they did a pretty good job restoring it, go right ahead, or if it
still runs at least maybe looks a little ragged, pay a little bit of money for it
or if it doesn't even run, then you gotta decide, do I want to put an engine to
fix this stuff in it, depends on the shape it's in, but they were solid
cars and they are collectible item so, play it by ear to see how much you're
gonna pay what you're gonna get for it and how far you want to go fixing them,
Moika says, what do you think about Alfa Romeos are they good cars what are you
thinking about them, I used to work on them all the time, people thought Fiat
were bad, Alfa Romeos broke even more and had
even more problems, Alfa Romeo pulled out of the United States decades ago, I
suppose they're trying to sell them here now, it was always a high-tech company
if you have an endless supply of money and you want to buy one of those new
alphas, sure they're fun to drive around you know they're real zippy little cars,
but value goes down fast, they have no resale value and they're typical Italian
cars, you know they're gonna fall apart as they age cuz that's just how those
things are, so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos,
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