An exotic was Re: [Shotimes] High Mileage Vs. "Remanufactured" Car Values.....was: 94 Moonlight Blue MTX FS

[Ron Porter]

I'm sure that Joe will chime in..... FWIW, I know it's a stretch calling my
911 an "exotic", but overall I can maintain my 911 for less money than any
SHO.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of John Weidenbenner
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 1:06 PM
To: van Oss; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: An exotic was Re: [Shotimes] High Mileage Vs. "Remanufactured" Car
Values.....was: 94 Moonlight Blue MTX FS


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
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