[Shotimes] Woes...

David Rosicke d.rosicke@snet.net
Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:03:26 -0400


Thanks for the info.  I'll keep this in mind!

Dave R.

-----Original Message-----
From: Leigh Smith [mailto:leighsm@concentric.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:52 PM
To: David Rosicke
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Woes...


David;

I was in the same boat. I figured my total costs would be lower over the 
next 2-5 years if I bought a younger car for a keeper.

Just replaced my 250k mi. 89 after 10 years for maintenance issue 
reasons. It was my daily driver, and I just couldn't keep up with the 
maint. fast enough. Not the mechanical stuff, which was regularly 
addressed by me at home, it has never even been to a shop for that stuff.

It was the the paint, interior and cosmetic items that are much more 
time consuming / expensive to fix and finally drove me to replace it. 
Dash has bad cracks and couldn't get replacement piece, couldn't find a 
good junkyard piece, and patch pads just didn't look right to me. 
Interior leather has been patch paneled 3/4 times already, more on the 
way. My 5 year old $2400 repaint looks great but needs touched up on two 
panels, $500 each... etc.etc.

I looked for a while and found a cosmetically clean 94 with a couple of 
minor used car maint issues. Looked like it had been detailed regularly. 
Figured the mechanical issues were less than my 89 and I could sort them 
out easier anyway. Most Gen IIs were priced higher but with patience I 
only paid $3500 for a clean stock 94 MTX w/92k mi. Actually needed less 
work than the higher priced ones, but they typically had more mods.

My .02

Leigh