Doug DeMuro

I mean, what an opportunity to be given a distribution network just as the car is starting to become like a big thing.

I mean, what an opportunity to be given a distribution network just as the car is starting to become like a big thing.

It's an interesting question. I suspect the answer is yes. more or less in some brands, I bet they were selling direct to consumer and some I bet they weren't. Some of the smaller ones maybe. I suspect the reason this worked out is because Volkswagen didn't, I mean, these companies didn't want to be the ones who were distributing all these cars across and doing all this.

It's an interesting question. I suspect the answer is yes. more or less in some brands, I bet they were selling direct to consumer and some I bet they weren't. Some of the smaller ones maybe. I suspect the reason this worked out is because Volkswagen didn't, I mean, these companies didn't want to be the ones who were distributing all these cars across and doing all this.

They were focused on manufacturing.

They were focused on manufacturing.

We got to make some cars.

We got to make some cars.

Do you think there was some guarantee that the tax rates would lower someday?

Do you think there was some guarantee that the tax rates would lower someday?

And you or I would not be able to even operate it.

And you or I would not be able to even operate it.

Yeah. Professional as it were in the time period.

Yeah. Professional as it were in the time period.

Yeah, real 550 Spiders. They only made 90 of them in the end. And so, like, it was a car that, in theory, you could go and buy. But while the 356 was, like, the sports car that you could gentleman race, the 550 Spider was for people who, like, were really, like, let's go racing and, like, do it. But like you said, you could. A person could walk into it.

Yeah, real 550 Spiders. They only made 90 of them in the end. And so, like, it was a car that, in theory, you could go and buy. But while the 356 was, like, the sports car that you could gentleman race, the 550 Spider was for people who, like, were really, like, let's go racing and, like, do it. But like you said, you could. A person could walk into it.

Not a dealership necessarily, but, like, just order one. Yeah. But it is an absolute legend.

Not a dealership necessarily, but, like, just order one. Yeah. But it is an absolute legend.

You basically buy them. Right, yeah. And that was kind of a special thing, but that was the point of those classes. It was that there were cars for people who could kind of go buy a car off the street and modify it.

You basically buy them. Right, yeah. And that was kind of a special thing, but that was the point of those classes. It was that there were cars for people who could kind of go buy a car off the street and modify it.