17: Maintenance
Muscle cars are expensive to buy but even more expensive to maintain. You can best believe that you are going to have some costly repairs in the first year of ownership alone. Likewise, finding a professional to work on a classic car is also a challenge in itself. Few people know to completely rebuild one of these cars, and that knowledge is pricey. The classic car market has evolved a lot in the past few years, turning into a bubble.
The costs of maintaining a muscle car are not cheap depending on the model and rarity. Even if the parts are easy to come by finding someone who can work on them isn’t easy, adding to the long list of drawbacks. It’s important to factor in the costs associated with keeping a car like this on the road. Before you plunk down such a large chunk of change to live out that childhood dream.