[Shotimes] The list shrinks and shrinks

[Zach Leahy]

I think part of it is that this list caters a lot more to the adult type
crowd who typically owned the car for the early part of it's life.  The
Shoclub website seems to cater more to those that have owned the car as a
seconds, third, fourth, tenth owner who got it cheap and want to make it go
fast for cheap.

I really have no plans to get rid of either od my SHOs, but I realize
neither one is really worth all that much.  The red one is a designated
everyday driver in the wither and acts as a backup in the fall/spring
months.  In the summer it gets driven very little.  The green one gets
driven most in the early spring and late fall.  Before the major snow hits,
but after riding the motorcycle is impractical.  In the summer, I will ride
the bike 90% of the time, and try to push the season as much as possible.

While I realize that my repair bills are high for a SHO, there are lots of
used parts around to help that.  another thing is that sometimes I am
willing to live without certain stuff, like neither car has a parking brake,
but in Indiana, that's never a huge issue really.

The green car is starting to have pieces removed, for good.  I realized I
never used the back seat... so why carry it around with me all the time :)
It's going to get turned more and more into a track car, but deep down I
don't wanna see that car go.  It's a project, and spends more time broke
than fixed, but hey, it's just a hobby.    I have a hard time giving up on
that one.  The red one I could see me selling in a few years for something
newer, but still filling the role of simple daily driver.

As far as parts, I have not run into too much that has been hard to get.
The occasional part, but there is a good stocking at Autozone for most
normal components.  Outside that there are a lto of junkyards with SHOs in
them.

Z


On 12/7/05, G Kerby Haltom <g.kerby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Well, there is the problem of most any semi-major  problem costing twice
> what the car is worth to fix.  It gets hard  to justify that expense...
>
> Kerby
>
> Shylo McKinsey <mrfluffy02@yahoo.com> wrote:  Whether it means anything to
> anyone or not...
>
> I know I just don't drive my SHO very much anymore.
> Doesn't help that I go to school 4 hours away from it
> either. My father still drives her from time to time,
> but mostly she just sits. In all honesty, if I can get
> time off of work for Christmas, I'm gonna go do some
> much needed work on her, then most likely sell her. I
> just don't have the time or the $$$ to keep her up and
> running like she deserves. For a 200k mile car, she's
> in ok shape. Still runs good, looks pretty good, etc.
> But she's definetly worn. I'm hoping to get between
> $1k and $1.5k for her. I wonder if these reasons are
> why the SHO following is slowly dwindling...
>
> Shylo McKinsey
>
> '91 White MTX (I love her, but I just can't justify 2
> vehicles)
> '99 Chili Red Jeep
>
> --- G Kerby Haltom  wrote:
>
> > Well, a lot of those messages were "Is Topica down
> > again?  I'm not getting any messages."  Or "The SHO
> > SHOp  hasn't shipped my order yet, it's been 5
> > months." etc.  Those I  don't miss.  I do miss some
> > of the others though...
> >
> >   Kerby
> >
> > Al Fitz  wrote:  Is it just me or
> > are there others who miss the daily messages on this
> > list
> > that numbered in the hundreds. I'm new to this
> > message board, I've only been
> > here since 99, but I do miss the larger
> > participation of years gone by.
> >
> >
> > AL FITZ SHO SPECIALS
> > alfitz@alfitz.com
> >
> > SHO PARTS AT: http://www.alfitz.com
> >
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