In article <sa9b52a9.009@GWIA>, Nolan penney <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
writes
>Heck, many cars that were of interest to me in my youth have long surpassed my
>wallet. People here in the US are already determined to do that to Spitfires,
>overpricing the heck out of them and their used parts, and finding buyers to
>pay
>the ridiculous prices on them. If some oriental clients want to join the
>fray,
>so be it.
<boggle>
I bought my Spit because it was absolutely the cheapest fun car I could
find in AutoTrader - by a couple of thousand pounds or more. I don't
know what they go for in the US, but I bought mine (and you can see the
pictures at http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/Spit.html ) for
GBP1300 - about, what, USD1900? And no, it didn't help that I am a
professional buyer - I paid the asking price, as there was a crowd of
other wannabe-owners crawling all over it at the same time... I really
don't consider that overpriced.
Spare parts are ridiculously cheap (in comparison to my last two cars -
a Saab and a Citroen - at least).
ATB
Mike
--
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
to be published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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