Let us start with ease of obtaining. Obviously newer car parts will be easier to get than older ones. A friend of mine still has a 1975 Pontiac Lemans. To obtain parts for this car he has to literally go to junk yards and even online. No new car dealers keep parts beyond 10 years or so and even auto parts stores limit their inventory to cars under 20 years. A 30 year old vehicle is almost impossible to find parts for. Plus, if you can find the part, depending on where you get it, the cost could be anywhere from 20 to 100% over the original part cost. To say that late model car owners are taken advantage of would be a gross understatement.

Over the Internet, you will find online market for used cars. There are a large number of websites where used cars are traded. You can just make a posting and then when you find the right customer paying the right price then you can go ahead and sell of your vehicle. You always do not have to send your car to the potential buyers. However, if you want to get the materials from the scrap yard then you can very well choose this option.

When it comes to the "cool: factor, you can't really argue with armored cars. These autos are made to withstand bullets. Ford manufacturers a bulletproof Lincoln Town car that will sell for approximately $140k. So who drives these bad boys? It's mostly folks like billionaires, pop stars and government officials.

What do you do in a situation like that? You have a low paying job and you are driving around a 20 year old (at the time) clunker. What are you going to do in order to get that next car paid for? At least to get the initial down payment you might need to sell it.

As for the price of auto parts, aside from the age of the vehicle there is the make and model. In this case foreign car parts are much more expensive than domestically made cars. Most people who buy foreign cars don't realize this or even think about it until it comes time to get their vehicle repaired. Then they get hit with the bill and their eyes pop out of their head. For example, an oil filer for a 2005 Buick Century is about $2.98. The same oil filter for a Honda CRV is $3.98. It's basically the same filter for the Honda but it costs $1.00 more. That comes out to a 33% markup on a relatively cheap part. Imagine that same 33% markup on a part that costs $60 for the Buick. You'd be paying about $80 for the same part for the Honda.

Alright, enough marketing talk, let's get back to what the heck makes these die cast cars so cool. One of the first thing you'll notice is that the Cars 2 deluxe figurine play set contains 10 very colorful racing cars. And of course you have Lightning McQueen front and center in the package. In fact, what this set contains are the cars that Lightning McQueen will compete against in the first ever World Grand Prix to see just who is the fastest car in the world. Since the race will cover 3 countries, Japan, Italy and England, all the race cars that are involved are represented in the Cars 2 deluxe figurine play set.