Hi Herb,
I believe a Jag is the way to go. Have you seen the new XK8? It a cool
car, and very fast. Comes in a convertable roadster, leather, very
plush. It's even english, well sort of. If you can afford the
payments, this has my vote.
Rick
Herb_Goede@amsinc.com wrote:
>
> List,
>
> The car collecting malady is not limited to LBCs. My wife insists that I
> do not have a car buying problem. I am forty years old and have personally
> owned only 5 cars. (My wife's cars do not count.) The cars in order of
> appearance, '59 Sprite, '69 Firebird Conv, '75 Monza, '79 RX-7, '89 Alfa
> Spyder.
>
> Not bad you say? My problem is with selling them. I still own the Sprite,
> RX-7 and Alfa. And given the opportunity to correct the mistake would
> still have the Firebird. My justifications are 1) the Sprite isn't really
> a car. It's a pet. A pet is a member of the family. And you can't sell a
> member of the family. Right? (If I'm wrong would anyone like my well
> broken in 50 year old sister.) 2) The RX-7 isn't worth much. It always
> starts and we might as well keep it for bad weather and when one of the
> primary drivers is acting up. 3) The Alfa is my daily driver (unless it
> has a problem in which case see #2).
>
> You may have noticed that all of the cars that I have retained were made in
> the last year of a decade. The only decade of my life not commemorated
> with a car is the '60s. Remember the Firebird. Filling that hole
> shouldn't be a problem. Lots of cars made in '69 are appealing (E-type,
> TR6, MGB, 'Cuda, Firebird, Shelby, Mach I). My main concern is that I
> have not seen anything made in '99 that I am even remotely interested in
> buying let alone holding on to.
>
> Car makers take notice. You have seven months.
> Herb G.
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