[Shotimes] The list shrinks and shrinks

[James White]

Well, if the average SHO ownership age may be going up, count me out!

I refuse to get any older!

regards, Jim White (actually older than most anyone on the list)


At Wednesday, 7 December 2005, "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net> 
wrote:

>I would NOT say that SHO interest is dwindling, just the number 
of folks on
>these mail lists. Lots of folks on the Forums and the number of folks
>attending the Conventions has remained pretty constant (and not 
always the
>same people, except a few of us who just keep showing up every year!!).
>
>IMHO, the interest will dwindle in the next 5-10 years, when the 
cost of
>keeping one up with become a lot more expensive. The SHO group will 
again
>move up in average age, much like it was when the cars were sold new.
>
>Ron Porter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.
team.net]
>On Behalf Of Shylo McKinsey
>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:55 AM
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] The list shrinks and shrinks
>
>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 <g.kerby@sbcglobal.net> 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 <alfitz@alfitz.com> 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
>> 
>> FREE ONLINE POKER AT: http://www.cardplayonline.com
>> 
>>
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