Every Friday, I collect the automotive news that makes you feel better about your own car problems and keeps you in the know about cool car sh!t that's happening around the world. If people are deferring car repairs, Nissan is selling their headquarters to survive, and you need $30 million to get a free Pagani, your parts store anxiety is pretty justified. Think of this as proof that everyone in the car world is just as confused as you are, myself included.

Auto Parts Stores Are Feeling the Squeeze
O'Reilly Auto Parts CEO just warned that DIY customers are backing off from bigger repair jobs. Translation...people are putting off expensive car fixes because everything costs too much right now. The company's stock dropped nearly 7% after the announcement. Between tariffs making parts more expensive and customers deciding that weird noise can wait another month, auto parts retailers are watching people walk past their stores. Your procrastination isn't just you being lazy...it's apparently a whole economic trend.

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The Prelude Debate: Internet vs. Reality
The Honda Prelude is doing its job in getting people talking. The thing about it is... everyone I know in real life thinks it's awesome, but the automotive internet is having a meltdown about it. MotorTrend actually drove it and loved it. They said it felt like it was "gliding" through corners, the steering is sharp, and the new S+ Shift system that mimics a real transmission actually works. It's a hybrid making 200 hp that costs around $42,000 and handles better than a Civic Si thanks to Type R suspension bits. But sure, let's keep arguing about whether it's a "real" Prelude while Honda quietly builds something fun.

Nissan Sells Their Headquarters to Stay Alive
This one hurts. Nissan just sold their iconic Yokohama headquarters for $630 million in a sale-and-leaseback deal. They get to stay in the building but they don't own it anymore. The company is projecting an operating loss of $275 billion (with a B) this year, cutting 20,000 jobs, and consolidating from 17 factories down to 10. When a car company has to sell the building with their name on it just to keep the lights on...that's not great. 🥺

Buy a $30 Million Penthouse, Get a Free Pagani
If you have $30 million lying around, Pagani will throw in a free Utopia Roadster when you buy one of the two penthouses in their new Miami residential tower. The "Miami Edition" Utopia was personally designed by Horacio Pagani, makes 852 horsepower from a twin-turbo V12, and you get a trip to Italy to tour the factory. The penthouse has five bedrooms and six bathrooms. If you can't afford that, regular units in the building start at just $3.7 million...Pagani not included. This is the most expensive "with purchase" promotion I've ever seen.

SEMA Gets Its Own Email
SEMA is happening this week and there's way too much cool stuff to squeeze into this email, so I'm doing a standalone SEMA roundup tomorrow. Consider this your heads up.

Keep driving (even when parts get expensive),

- Nick
Founder, PURSUIT OF SOMETHING

Currently wondering if my parts guy will accept payment plans...

About Pursuit of Something: I'm Nick, and I'm building a community for everyone who's ever had a complex emotional relationship with a machine that doesn't care about them. Through YouTube videos, this newsletter, and way too much time in my garage, I document the beautiful chaos of automotive ownership.