An exotic was Re: [Shotimes] High Mileage Vs. "Remanufactured"
Car Values.....was: 94 Moonlight Blue MTX FS
John Weidenbenner
johnjweid@earthlink.net
Sat, 10 May 2003 12:05:53 -0500
Help me out. What are "the repair issues of an exotic" for a SHO?
John W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] High Mileage Vs. "Remanufactured" Car
Values.....was: 94 Moonlight Blue MTX FS
> My 92 SHO has 68K, many mods, and has been stored winters. There are two
> ways to view its value:
>
> -- What I could get if I were to sell it (ubiquitous Taurus, manual shift,
> yet the repair issues of an exotic)
>
> -- What it would cost me to replace its level of features (leather, ETAC,
> etc.) and capability (catches Porsches at BIR)
>
> Those numbers are far apart.
>
> Bear this in mind: George has known the Lowrider since it was a puppy.
In
> cars as in life, "the devil you know is worth more than the devil you
> don't." Sure, George could walk out tomorrow and buy a lot of nice used
> performance cars for what he will spend to fix the Lowrider. But then he
> would be driving a stranger, with many questions about what's been done,
> what hasn't, and what will break. Worse yet, George knows SHOs. If he
were
> to acquire a Lowrider replacement other than a SHO, he'd be kissing away
the
> value of what's he's learned about SHOs, and that's a lot of tuition.
Same
> for me. With both my SHOs, I know what's secure and what needs attention.
> I would gladly get in either SHO and take off on a long road trip. That
> kind of trust is worth something. Many people would think they were able
to
> place such trust in a brand-new car. Old guys like George and I know that
a
> new car is an unknown quantity to be approached warily. We trust what we
> know, and that's how we attach value to it.
>
> Don't mean to put anybody off, just expressing how I see things.
>
> Joseph van Oss