On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Mike Ellsworth wrote:
> I got a call from a friend last night, asking for some advice. He is
> looking at a Mercury Capri roadster (can I call it that here?), and wanted
> my opinion on the car. Having never even sat in one, I said I knew a place
> where opinions were available on any car ever made. I don't want to start a
> Anti-anything thread here, but if anyone has any experience, good or bad,
> with these cars, please let me know. Aren't they mid or rear engined? Are
> they still being made (I don't think so)? Were they made by Mercury, or by
> some overseas partner? All opinions welcome.
>
> p.s. No I can't tell him to forget it and get an LBC. We've already had
> that conversation, and his wife said no cars that are older and require
> more attention than the kids. This may be as close as he can get to a REAL
> roadster.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Ellsworth
>
>
If it is the car I am thinking of, it is homely as a mud fence. I
believe the motoring press did not much like it when it was new; I would
look in back issues of magazines. If I remember correctly, and it was
unimpressive new, it is not likely to have improved with age. I'd think
a second hand Miata would be a far better buy.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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