1971 Dodge Dart Rancho Cordova, CA. Pick-N-Pull (Not Mine)

MidnightSwinger said

I’ve never spoken about this with you or anyone on this board.

Yep, I was there for that too. Vehicles that were less than 25 years old that got bad gas mileage. In other words, cheap used cars. Once they were gone the demand for what was left IE cars that didn’t fall within the parameters of the CFC program, went up.

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my apologies, i had conflated the conversation with somebody else. i'm sorry about my flippant tone.

i should have couched it as more of an overall "did we not collectively have this conversation just a few months ago".

however, i don't see a direct correlation of old cars being in that "demand segment" of what was left, thus driving up the prices. that stuff by then was already considered classics and the market demand was more for "commuter cars" than hobby cars.

at least here, in my market, there wasn't a noticeable market correction for those cars. but the days of $500 beater hondas and toyotas was for sure gone.