Why Buying A Car As An Investment Probably Won’t Work Out: COTD

Some folks buy cars, never put any real miles on them, and then store them away for decades. One day, that car is exhumed from wherever it was stored and then usually sells for a pretty penny. I like cars like this because they’re perfect examples of what used to be. But maybe they aren’t great investments.

Brian wrote about how Doug DeMuro went on The Smoking Tire to talk about how the way you ordered a 2000s Ford GT could impact its value by six figures today. But honestly, it’s almost purely academic, because buying a car as an investment usually means you lose in the end. 05LGT:

I looked this up so I wouldn’t feel bad:
An investment of $140,000 in an S&P 500 index fund at the beginning of 2005 with all dividends reinvested would be worth approximately $1,201,069.17 as of January 30, 2026.

Keep in mind that you can’t drive your car investment, but you still have to store it, maintain it, and maybe insure it. So even if you ordered your Ford GT in just the right way, you would have still made more money investing in something that wasn’t a car. Of course, not all cars are like that, and some will make money, but you have to wait a decade or longer to figure out if you were right.

Brian also wrote about how the British made a truck that deployed roads. Username Loading….:

At first I was concerned that this setup wouldn’t allow the driver to see the road, but after further analysis it seems all the driver will see is road.

Matt wrote about how Toyota is unstoppable, and how people living longer means less money for Ford. Spikedlemon:

They’re living longer! Well, the retirees are living longer

RFK to the rescue!

The Bishop wrote about how even MotorWeek was disappointed in the Pontiac T-1000. 4jim:

I was just a teenager in 1982 and:

100% it was only Patriotism that sold the junk cars the US car companies were making. I keep telling younger people, no matter how bad you think cars were back then they were actually vastly worse.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Top graphic image: Ford