By the spring of ’24, I felt like I was ready to tackle the part people actually looked at. $35-45 will buy you any number of varieties that you’d typically only see in much larger sizes if you went shopping locally. And we’ve also arrived at my broader point: Like many other modern businesses, the car market relies heavily on FOMO. Traditionally, the enthusiast market has relied on replacement and depreciation to keep a healthy surplus of options circulating in the secondary market. ‘Ryusen’ (spring color) -Byron HurdMy Bloodgood was my gateway tree the way my 1995 Volkswagen Passat was my gateway car.