The title alone hurt my heart.

@izzakhar2226

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@WeAreCurated

5 жыл бұрын

Hurts my inheritance... hahaha bad joke

@alecvolkert9794

5 жыл бұрын

My grandpa owned one after he got divorced he married a new wife who was a gold digger when he died she sold the car for a mil it’s worth 70 mil now

@vargohoat9950

5 жыл бұрын

i hope it doesnt haunt them, but how could it not

@mm-vs1zt

5 жыл бұрын

@@alecvolkert9794 why the fuck aren't you on a VinWiki video, then?

John also passed on the McLaren F1 + Zonda + 360 Spider for $900k package. I guess it runs in the family.

@cowpker4life333

5 жыл бұрын

damn. that has to hurt.

@aadityatiwari2561

5 жыл бұрын

Hey did you owned a land rover earlier?

@KeenanStyles

5 жыл бұрын

Damn Ed savage lol

@norgepalm7315

5 жыл бұрын

Get this dumbass off the channel.

@Druid_22b

5 жыл бұрын

How long ago was that? Was the Zonda even out when the F1 was valued under a million?

He sold a 70 million dollar car for 80,000 (adjusted for inflation)

@1nvisible1

5 жыл бұрын

@04:59 *What's the silver car in front of the red #20 Ferrari?*

@FUNZO1975

5 жыл бұрын

@@1nvisible1 Maserati or Lamborghini I think.

@brunovazquez1

5 жыл бұрын

Well it wasn’t 70mill at the time

@jarennotjaren9453

5 жыл бұрын

Bruno Vazquez im just saying what the 9500 is worth and what the car is worth

@ziomel105

5 жыл бұрын

@@1nvisible1 Roof line/windows look a lot like Ferrari 365, but taillights resemble a lot of early Maserati Sebring. Looks nothing like an Lamborghini thats for sure! Tough one but looks a lot like European most l likely Italian design.

In order for cars to be extraordinarily valuable, they need to go through a period of time where no one cares about them. For every super-expensive car, there are usually a few owners with stories just like this.

@dominicbavaro3043

5 жыл бұрын

Here's to hoping Roadmaster wagons follow that trend.

@arevo8702

5 жыл бұрын

Hey ed should I sell my socks on eBay or will will i make a mistake and the value of my sock went up to 1 million

@alanolvera6927

5 жыл бұрын

So is there hope for the Audi I8?

@deanchur

5 жыл бұрын

No-one cares about the Chevy Aveo now, but just you wait...

@DigitalFP001

5 жыл бұрын

The McLaren F1 is a great example of this. Jay Leno has a great story about going back to the dealership multiple times before he bought his F1.

*Tyler Hoover:* *buys high end hoopties for a huge amount of cash, sells it at a 80% loss *John Temerian's grandfather:* Hold my beer.

Lamborghini Miura at the age of 16? DAMN

@parsasalmasy

5 жыл бұрын

Ikr factssssss

@clcampbell85

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah sounds like their family is rich enough they didn’t need the 70 million anyway

@sentinelcheese3420

5 жыл бұрын

Thing is Lamborghini was like what Tesla is today. It was a recent start up and had been around for just a few years as a sports car company. People went down to this... "random" sports car company and just bought a car that they thought looked good. Who knew they'd appreciate so much in value today? Going by that logic, it could be the same for Pagani and Koenigsegg today. :D

@ScotSteam47

5 жыл бұрын

@@sentinelcheese3420 Ye because Paganis are real affordable *rolls eyes*

@seanpburke

5 жыл бұрын

@@sentinelcheese3420 it's absolutely nothing like that at all.

Then there's the guy Wayne who sold his Apple stocks for $800 (10% stake in Apple). That would've been worth $95 billion by now.

@xUsuSx

5 жыл бұрын

Same with the basketball player that could have taken shares in Nike and took a few grand instead. It's just one of those things, pretty much every car guy has or will have a story like this because its just not possible for most to hold onto these cars and enjoy others. Albeit not quite as bad as a 250gto.

@nightvisiontv1847

5 жыл бұрын

I just threw my phone in anger.

@DavidDavid-jb1cy

5 жыл бұрын

stock not stocks

@AceBoogyStacks

5 жыл бұрын

@@DavidDavid-jb1cy we're listening

@harshbhoi8141

5 жыл бұрын

$100+ billion mate,apple is a trillion dollar company

My grandfather bought my mom a Shelby cobra years back, she sold it for like 3 grand, Hates whenever I talk about it😂😂😂

@justinprohm

5 жыл бұрын

Kyle Fanjoy damn

@J.G.Wentworth69420

5 жыл бұрын

Women...

@kylefanjoy4966

5 жыл бұрын

J.G. Wentworth 😂😂😂

@wv4776

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who believes this is as dumb as your fictional mother

$9,500 in 63’ is worth about $80k today.

@SoulTouchMusic93

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's not a mistake really.

@colmfarrel4742

5 жыл бұрын

@@SoulTouchMusic93 In hindsight it is a mistake it would have been a better decision to keep the car.

@uttkarshsuri553

5 жыл бұрын

Colm Farrel to be very honest the car itself isn’t the best looking or the car that people at that time thought that it will be worth 70 million after 50 years

@colmfarrel4742

5 жыл бұрын

@@uttkarshsuri553 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder the point I was making was in 20/20 hindsight it's a mistake.

@lunam7249

Ай бұрын

more in 1963 a ave. house was $3000- $4000!!

Had a 1967 GT500, decided to sell it in 96. Two weeks after I sold it GISS came out, "Eleanor cars" quadrupled.

@avatar94100

5 жыл бұрын

What a Shame...

@SlidTossedPissed

5 жыл бұрын

Umm... Eleanor was a 71 dressed as a 73 Mach 1. The other stuff... was plastic fantastic.

@FenixEventProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm..."Gone in 60 Seconds" came out in 2000, not 1996...so, unless it took you over 4 years to sell after you decided to sell it...

@Vintageguy73

5 жыл бұрын

@@FenixEventProductions yes it did take some time to sell.

@AC-wl7ve

5 жыл бұрын

@@Vintageguy73 took you 4 years to sell it and 2 weeks later it quadrupled in value haha. maybe someone saw the trailer...

"Probably" his biggest mistake??? (I cried a bit at this!!)

@johncook6609

5 жыл бұрын

Having kids was his biggest mistake 😂

A Ferrari GTO for $9500?!?!?!? Man I need to go back in time!

@WeAreCurated

5 жыл бұрын

Working on building the CURATED time machine...

@JayPee570

5 жыл бұрын

Go buy me some Microsoft stock while you are at it.

@KownKR7

5 жыл бұрын

@@JayPee570 amazon would be better

@VeyronBD

5 жыл бұрын

Only need to go back like 10 years and buy $100 of bitcoin

@basithph8958

5 жыл бұрын

Anton Zuykov oh yeah that makes sense But then I would have more moneys worth than today

I sold my Pontiac Aztec for $500, and now it's $90million

@cowpker4life333

5 жыл бұрын

you mean $9?

@alfyer5

5 жыл бұрын

Heisenberg?

@toyonda1

5 жыл бұрын

you mean 90 cents

@devin5531

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahah funni

@carabouttohityou6421

4 жыл бұрын

So funny i forgot to laugh

Damn see that's why you don't listen to your kids ;)

@oshkoshbegone

5 жыл бұрын

Jack liu buy cars for yourself, your kids can buy their own damn cars when they get older. I hate when people say they buy cars for there kids.

@jackielinde7568

5 жыл бұрын

It's just a sign of a father's love of his kid over his love of a car. Yeah, the kid might be a knucklehead, but his dad still loves him. ;)

@oshkoshbegone

5 жыл бұрын

Jack Linde gayyyyyyyyyyyyyy, I buy cars for myself not my kid

@estevanorozco3954

5 жыл бұрын

@@oshkoshbegone you're literally talking to yourself

@57250tr

5 жыл бұрын

As a young teen I urged my dad to buy a 246 GTS Dino instead of a new 911 Carrera before all the Ferrari price madness. He wishes he had listened to me on that one.

In 1976, Ronald Wayne sold his shares, a *10% stake in Apple, for $800. Today that is worth close to $100 Biliion*

@toyonda1

5 жыл бұрын

F U C K

@davidviner4932

5 жыл бұрын

He did a good deal, saved the 800 and bought shares in Google back in the day

@theorange1729

4 жыл бұрын

It'd probably not be worth so much. New investers dilute his shares.

If I was your grandfather I would punch someone each time I see a Ferrari ....

Same with my grandfather, a car dealer for 48 years, and some of his cars: Year 1982: had a 300SL Gullwing, sold it for 30k, today 2 Million Year 1992: had a Karman Ghia in pristine condition, sold it for 2k, today 45k

@Sube-Tube

5 жыл бұрын

I have never seen a karmann ghia go for over 20k

While the story was definitely compelling, John's sentiments at the end really stirred something in me. I really appreciated his reflections about what a cars' value should really be based on, the love for the car.

Another car that was hated (from what I've read) was the Plymouth Superbirds and Dodge Daytona Chargers... now look at where they're at.

@cgmoog

5 жыл бұрын

Guy at work passed on a $1500 Superbird during the 79 gas crisis

Pouring one out for his grandad.

read title OOFED REALLY HARD

@von...

5 жыл бұрын

your profile pic makes me OOF really hard

@neonplays3123

5 жыл бұрын

Von Hassen yeah its really old haha oof

That has to be the most expensive purchase mistake in history. Damn.

@Superkuldud

5 жыл бұрын

Well he bought it for $6800, so someone else made a bigger mistake

@HG504X

5 жыл бұрын

@@Superkuldud Yeah, but 6800, was like 60k-70k in those days. Lot of money back then, todays day and age $1000 is nothing tbh

@mrflyingsourcer3515

5 жыл бұрын

Well he sold it to an acquaintance of mine in 1967. It can be had via me if an offer is presented..

@toyonda1

5 жыл бұрын

10% APPLE STOCK FOR 800 DOLLARS BABY

@AC-wl7ve

5 жыл бұрын

@@HG504X yeah, because the guy that sold it for 9500 was only like 9500 back in those days.

Dad doesn't mind... He still has his Miura!

@jth_printed_designs

5 жыл бұрын

Typical spoiled rich kid.

@davidlow7832

5 жыл бұрын

He couldve bought so many Miuras for 50 mil

This is truly a heartbreaking story! The 250 GTO is an automotive symphony of sound. Six dual throat Webers breathing, chain driven overhead cams whining, and transmission gears buzzing as you shift without any digital automation. All this joy with a live axle! An era that many will never know.

All this is, is disposable income 1-upsmanship. I still remember when they hit the $1-mil mark and thought THAT was insane.

This guy is really awesome and cool to hear. We need more from him!!

My grandpa was offered a Mercedes 300sl gullwing as trade for his 56 thunderbird in the usc college parking lot but he declined and I still have that thunderbird today.

@toyonda1

5 жыл бұрын

WAT WHY DID HE DECLINE???????????????????????

@davidviner4932

5 жыл бұрын

I'd have the Thunderbird over the merc anyday, maybe because I'm British

@davidviner4932

5 жыл бұрын

@Rusty Shackleford I'm with you on that Rusty

@aviationlba747

6 ай бұрын

@@toyonda1Because they were worth a lot less back then.

John, missing out on a 7000+ percent profit would turn just about anyone into a madman or a philosopher, take your pick. Glad to see your family handled it so well.

@intellect4840

Жыл бұрын

add a few zeros and you're good

last time i was this early the courthouse had a drive through child support payment window

That man’s dad got a miura for his 16th birthday ?!?

@Ryankellr

5 жыл бұрын

I’m happy with 100 bucks but this mans getting a lambo😂

@thebizness5596

5 жыл бұрын

Rich kids

@AC-wl7ve

5 жыл бұрын

@@thebizness5596 yeah i suddenly dont feel too sorry for selling the 250.

@adamgraham6265

4 жыл бұрын

@@AC-wl7ve it's not nice to say that. That's like someone saying, your misfortune doesnt count because you can afford XYZ.

@AC-wl7ve

4 жыл бұрын

its not really a misfortune. he sold the car for what it was worth at the time. a misfortune would be losing your job and having to sell your house or something.

$9500 was enough to buy a house in 1963. He did alright.

@RCFourFive

4 жыл бұрын

Correct.

Can't blame your dad for his passionate love affair with the Miura, inarguably one of the most beautiful cars ever made, but....wowzer.

A Miura for his 16th birthday, Jesus Christ!

Back in the 70's, I found an original ferrari 250 gto sitting on a trailer, in a field; close to my neighborhood. The car was just a shell, and was eventually sold back to Enzo. The owner of the ferrari also had a DeTomaso Mangusta, a Gullwing Mercedes, and a Lamborghini Miura sitting in an old barn.. I also found and bought an original 289 AC Cobra.

My dad in the late 60’s had 3 1966 GT-350 Shelby’s, one was his DD, one parts car, and one as a track car he used to win several New England SCCA titles. He obviously regrets selling those, but this is a whole new level!

Fantastic story and perspective, John. Thanks for sharing!

"I'll take never ending gut punch for $800 Alex"

Great story John, that would just make me sick to ever think about it, but your dad is happy with his decision, so that's all that really matters. Thank you for bringing us this story Ed!

THE FACT HE WASNT A CAR PERSON BUT AT SOME POINT HAD THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR IN THE WORLD 😂

Love the vids and stories

Great story bro! Love your passion!

Once I get my time machine from the Area 51 raid ik what I’m doing

@J.G.Wentworth69420

5 жыл бұрын

Army is going to disintegrate all of you. No trace.

@fullytoxic

5 жыл бұрын

No cap you pass that line they will shoot ON SIGHT no questions your dead. If you really going spend time with your family bfor you do so..🖤

@MarloSoBalJr

5 жыл бұрын

Go f*ck those aliens bro! *FIST BUMP*

@Dsneedy

5 жыл бұрын

@@fullytoxic wow really?? here i was really thinking i was about to storm a military base and live.. how silly of me

@Dsneedy

5 жыл бұрын

nah ur drunk drunk

I love seeing John, I’ve met him once in real life at a car meet, such a cool guy with his company, and he told me a whole story about him and how he started his entire business, which buying and flipping insane cars, such a epic experience

Thanks for another great story

I never thought the Miura was a cool car I didn't even like the looks but the more I learn about these classic cars through you guys the deeper I fall down the rabbit hole. Now my lifes goal is to work hard enough and get myself a Miura. Your channel is so powerful!

Amazing story... WOW! The purple SE30 and XJ220 are the cars for me as well.

2 things: 1, the Miura is my unicorn and I’d take one any day of the week over a 250GTO. 2, I’m 41 yrs old but from 21-24 I had a 1971 Porsche 911T Targa, numbers matching that I paid $9k for and sold for $8k. The are now bringing triple digits 😖😖😖

Curated is the best car dealership I’ve ever been to, period. Saw 3 paganis at prestige afterwards but Curated was still better, just had the kind of cars I would love to fill my garage with. Hope to some day do business with them.

@WeAreCurated

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!!

Very well done and interesting car story

Not only in value, but overall, I much prefer GTO much more than Miura!

Amazing history, but you cant blame your grandfather. The Lamborghini Miura is a beautiful vehicle. GTO will always be a GTO. Both sexy.

This guy has an amazing dealership in Miami. Mint cars showcased like a museum. Also very friendly by the way.

My Grandfather sold the 1969 Shelby GT500 convertible he bought new in 1987. It had very low mileage and was in mint original condition when he sold it. Wish it was still in the family.

My dad had a mint condition 429 auto torino convertable that he sold for some measly sum of cash that nowadays would sell for around the ballpark of 35-40,000. He always tell me about how he kicks himslef for not keeping that car.

That's one of those cars I would always regret selling no matter what I told myself lol

Miura for 16th birthday? I got $500 towards a 1986 Mazda 626 GT.....in 1996. So pretty much the same thing I guess. Damn.

A user's grandfather on a community website I'm on had a similar experience. His grandfather was working with some company that had investments in some car dealers. So one day, his grandfather gets a promotion and gets to pick between two cars he was presented with as a promotion compliment - A brand new Ford Coupe of some sort and a used race winning Ferrari 250 TDF. His grandfather chose the Ford because it was new and that Ford was a reputable company. Fast forward into 2010s, that same 250 TDF that his grandfather was offered was sold at an auction for $14m! He says his grandfather regrets not getting the Ferrari when he could've 😂

John is the best at telling car stories.

I had the opportunity to work on one. One of the most amazing pieces of art I worked one.

I’m actually from the Springfield area in Ma and I’ve heard this story of the GTO before

@pinnaclemotoring8393

5 жыл бұрын

I believe Herb Chambers is the current owner.

@BB_deez

5 жыл бұрын

What shop did he own in Springfield? I’m from Springfield, very curious

Props to the current owner for still using the car and not getting distracted by the value.

Am I really watching a video where people are buying kids lambos for their 16th birthday like I got my salvage civic for my 16th birthday?

@rahulsudhir666

5 жыл бұрын

I got a slice of cake

@davidgarman1

5 жыл бұрын

Rahul Sudhir was it at least ice cream cake? Lol

@sforza209

5 жыл бұрын

davidgarman1 Ice cream cake is so good!!

@rahulsudhir666

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidgarman1 No.. Just a sad lil slice of chocolate cake

@joeljeffrey9139

5 жыл бұрын

@@rahulsudhir666 Did you save that slice of cake? Could be worth $100 billion in 20 years lol

Same thing happened to hemi muscle cars in the 70s and 80s. Thousand bucks or less would’ve bought you a good example of a 4 speed hemi cuda. And unlike the ferraris which were thoroughbred race cars with double digit production numbers, the old muscle cars were just regular mass produced road cars with big engines, and that reflected on how they were treated. People cut them up, painted flames on them, parked them in the grass outdoors. At the time they were just another used car. Now that same car is rolling across the auction block for millions. Just goes to show that whether it’s a car or a baseball card, you should always find out what it is you have before throwing it away or selling it.

My neighbor bought a KISS t-shirt in 1987 for $5 and now uses it to wash his mom’s 1993 Buick LeSabre in her driveway.

My dad owned a supra that he bought used in the United States and took it to Mexico he told me he liked the car but it was impractical because my mom couldn’t drive stick so he sold it to a family friend who he also sold a gran marquis too for 10k in usd which was just sad to hear he said it only had 9 thousand miles and was Stick and he only found out about the values when I showed him one on the internet that was going for almost 60k and he said son I used to own that car.

yay story time while I study , thanks VinWiki

That miura SV is worth a crazy amount too tho... so either way ended up pretty good. Plus to say that your family hat a 250 GTO is pretty darn cool.

@william_SMMA

2 жыл бұрын

Nah it's worth like $3m now Not even 1/10th

I wrote my masters dissertation on classic cars. They do outperform the S&P 500 for example but if you factor in maintenance costs, insurance, storage, etc. their only value as an investment is their negative correlation with more conventional assets. With that being said, that negative correlation disappears as soon as a a shock event takes place which means that they drop in value during recession (duh).

I had a similar story on a 1972, yellow 911. Unrestored and all original. Also, didn’t leak a drop of oil either. All over $2,000.

@VINwiki

5 жыл бұрын

Ouch

@VINwiki

5 жыл бұрын

Although it sounds like it was out of oil.

@johnh2349

5 жыл бұрын

VINwiki, it was as close to my dream car as I could get. I wanted a ‘72 911, factory fly yellow with a black interior. This had the light brown interior. I found the car in Marco Island, FL in 2007 and it was not for sale but the security guard for the building knew the owner and called him. He came down and I was prepared to go right to the bank and get him $10k (my hard #). He was willing to sell it but his # was $12k. Like an idiot, I walked away. Near as I can tell, that car, in the same shape, is $150-160k. If it had a black interior, I don’t know what I would have done.

@hurricaneheli79

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnh2349 Wow, those keep going up in value too. If only you had a crystal ball & knew.

@johnh2349

5 жыл бұрын

hurricaneheli79, if only...

I lived in San Francisco back in the 1970s my stepdad had a 1965 Ferrari convertible, I seen one. Sell for a million but back in 70s this Ferrari was always breaking down

This guy is my spirit animal.

Can well believe this. In the mid 70's passed a garage showroom and there was a 275 GTB in the window for around £2500 !! Even the crappy new fibreglass Marcos next to it was dearer !

My grandpa had a car dealership in the 70s and once passed on a w198 300sl (the convertible not gullwing) at $3000 because it needed paint.

Thanks for such a well done interview .... Lotus Esprit for me

This was a pretty good story and the ending sort of brought everyone back to where the story began. Buying what you like.

But at the time the Miura was better looking car then the 250GTO even for this day standards looks gorgeous, they didn't know the what the value will be 30-40years after.

YOUR FATHER GOT A MIURA FOR HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY....? lmao thats insane.

Hindsight is wonderful!! Never regret a sale if it suited you on the day..

Great video

Or you could have purchased Apple (AAPL) at $0.95 per share in 2003 ($205 today)..

My parents bought a chevy spark for $10k, now its $3k, we would've been rich by now

I have the same strategy when dealing with collectibles.. i only buy stuff i personally like.

Could’ve lived like a king with $90m in the bank but they wanted a Mura

I found a 61 LWB 250 GT Spyder on a local car lot in Baton Rouge, La for $5500. I was a senior in college and had just bought my first new car ever...a 67 Pontiac GTO for $3250. I knew the car as it had been owned by our plant manager and I often road in it when the guy that handled our fleet took it out for its Friday exercise. Given I had financed the GTO there was no way I could actually buy the car, but I have often thought about it.

Ouch......., just ouch. Now I'm going to watch the video.

Miura just looks breathtaking, i wouldn't say that his dad made a mistake.

A more compelling thumbnail title would've been "The 2nd biggest mistake in my family history" as if a bigger mistake could have been made.

Your dad could buy every Lamborghini ever made for the price of the 250

@gumpertapollo7945

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you exclude the super rare special editions then ya you could

Almost didn't click the video because the title was such a painful read.

But the Ferrari 250 gto tho.

Oh man that’s the same thing with the Supra Mk4 They used to be worth $10k now it is $100k

Man the 60s were wild: -someone was picked up from school in a freaking 250 GTO -someone got a Miura as a 16th birthday present

I don't think anyone could top this "The one that got away" story.

Good morning, have a great Tuesday!

My dads buddy sold the shell of a real Mercedes Gullwing in the 80’s for $3000. after he sold it a man offered $20,000 not knowing he had already sold it.

So, what you're saying is there is still some hope for my 1966 Chevy Corvair Monza 110?

Several car collector friends have given me the same advice about buying cars. Don't buy purely to try to make a profit or as an "investment". Buy what YOU like. If you get lucky and the car appreciates, good for you. If it doesn't, well, you had a lot of fun driving around in a car you're passionate about. They all DRIVE their cars too! Taking their EB110, TdF, GT40, or Miura to go get the groceries, or to run an errand. Any excuse to drive them.

My buddy's grandpa didnt mess up that hard but it still hurts. He sold an all original, numbers matching, perfectly mint (even factory tires on it still) 1969 superbird for $10k about 15 years ago and wow is that sad to hear today.

It is 4 wheels and a motor but it tugs at your heart . I will always have a soft spot for my first car a 79 VW Rabbit!! It is crazy how hard it is to find them now.

Even my DOG is whimpering over this story