Jeff - re: "...the price is getting up there..."
I know that people buy $350,000 Gullwings and $700,000 Ferraris every day, and
that to many, $70,000 or more is not that much money to have some fun with.
To old money, smart investors in the stock market, Y2K consultants, top
Herbalife salesmen, $70k is chump change; I'm glad for them: hope I'll get
there some day.
I guess I'm just at that economic level where $15,000 for a vehicle represents
a decision that takes years to make. The most I've ever paid for a car of any
kind was a Ford van for $17,430, and now it has 110,000 on it and I'll
probably try to keep it running forever so I won't ever have to buy another.
I look at $28,000 Austin Healeys and $37,000 XKE roadsters and the price is
getting away from me faster than I can catch up to get the money together.
And now Morgans are getting to be the same way.
Don't get me wrong; I'm not some socialist. I love being around people that
can afford nice things like a stable of vintage race cars or a $50,000
childhood dream. It's just that the current economic boom and concurrent
inflation in the price of toys, along with two teenagers, has left me a bit
behind the curve. I'm going to keep my Morgan running a piece at a time and
keep digging for that pot of gold........!
Lannis
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