[Shotimes] 94 Moonlight Blue MTX FS

[Kevin M. Bisch]

Whoever said "It's worth whatever someone will pay for it" hit the nail on 
the head.

Last summer I had a week off of work to acquire an SHO... after that my 
schedule became far too busy to look for one for a long time. I found one 
in great condition, and overpaid for it by a nice margin.

But in the big picture, we're only talking about a few thousand dollars 
here. Remember that a new car with comparable options is 10 times the cost 
of the used SHO's we are tossing around here. So from $2500 to $4500, big 
freakin deal. Seriously people, this is PEANUTS for a performance car. And 
yes, they are unreliable, but being a domestic and sharing a lot of parts 
with a car that sold 3 million copies seriously drives down the price of 
repairs. Mine is in the shop right now for a new starter and fuel pump. I 
thought the job might approach $1000, but it will cost less than half of that.

When I look for my next car, if I were able a Gen II in mint condition with 
low miles (<40K) I'd pay handsomely for it. $10K would not be out of the 
question for the right car, bone stock.

Also, I just bought a loaded 1996 V8 T-Bird with only 16K miles and paid 
almost 3G's over KBB because the car is like new... it is seriously like it 
just rolled off the showroom floor. The original brakes on it are still 
like new. How can KBB accurately reflect what a car like that is worth??? 
There are no other specimens of this 7 year old car in as good a condition 
to base an appraisal off of. When I slip into the pristine leather seats of 
that monster everyday and listen to my friends spending more $$ for new POS 
econobox imports, it thrills me.

Stop giving the guy a hard time because he thinks is SHO is worth $XXXX. 
Someone out there is willing to pay that number, it's just a matter of 
being in the right place at the right time.


--Kevin