Oldtimers, Youngtimers and Vintage Motoring

Hi guys, I recently took a trip to Italy to see my friend who purchased a 1997 Mercedes about a year ago, which is extremely comfortable and pretty reliable - he swears by it. We got into a chat about advantages, reliability and comfort of the older over newer cars and he got me kinda excited to get into classic motoring. I currently have a 2017 Honda Civic for which I pay a pretty penny every month (its a lease) and my contract runs out in two years. I started looking around for a classic alternative I could maybe get outright cash in hand or with a little help from a financing company. I see a lot of Jaguars XF and X-Type on the streets of UK, I looked them up on autotrader and they can go for anything from about 2k to 10k depending on the milage etc. - still about 5k less than price sticker of my Civic. So here is the question - is it worth looking into? What models/makes I could look into? What should I be aware of? Any tips? Tricks? I'm looking to expand my family in the coming years so a 3 doors sports car are out of the question :) Thanks

More info and higher resolution here:

https://www.justanother.com.au/portfolio/drez/

https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/australian-artist-drez-creates-one-off-mercedes-benz-190e-2-3-16-cosworth-art-car/

These where actually quite common too!

Inflation does not exist yes

Still not sure why it was right hand drive though.

Side rear view in comments.

If you copy this link in the Templet URL ( https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1172266379806789742/1262037019643613265/TramsOldtimes_v4.5_small.jpg?ex=66952310&is=6693d190&hm=70e4bff561576fc9554bf345a3c4042ccfdde08de3cade34f66ae495f1e0b37a& ) at the cords X: 501 Y: 384 with a Templet width of 66 you can help me in putting it there!

Do note that we only gonna do the Trams and Oldtimers without the Text or background tho. It'll look better without it! Also the original pixel art wasn't made with the colour limit in mind, so we gotta get creative~

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

I know its a bit late now, but it did just get extended by 24 hours! And I think a little cooperation with my Tram community could be cute!

This is Canvas

Would you folks wanna do it?

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Its now official, my OEM Transmission is screwed. It no longer shifts past 2nd gear... if it even gets to second gear that is...

So its time for a new Transmission! From a different vehicle ofcourse. I ain't putting another one of those Doomed and slow OEM ATs in there. Though for various reasons I do wanna stick with an Automatic. Preferably something with 5-6 gears, since 4 is honestly not fit for a car like this.

I'm looking at Legacy and Outback ATs from around the same time period atm, but im curious if perhaps you folks have some recommendations or maybe Tipps for a Transmission Swap?

I did also look down the holes but couldn't find any sound thing in there at all.... What a weird thing for them to leave out

These are both 1988, a friend's Cadillac de Ville and my Trabant 601. The cars available in the USA and East Germany at the time were a bit different.