Tomsaudi200@aol.com wrote:
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> Whoaaa.
>
> Chevy Sprint convertible?? I can't even recall the last time I saw one, but
> fear not, there's always the Geo Metro Convertible.
I thought those were the same? ;> ;>
> Then again, I recall hearing about how used E-Types used be really cheap, and
> the owners would buy them and practically run them into the ground.
Indeed. A local Jag club member paid $1000 for his E-type when
he was a teen. He drove it into the ground a bit, but kept it
shacked up somewhere.
Now, as a grown man, he's restoring it fully. Neat story.
There is the other side though. I believe my E-type's
PO was a "frustrated investor". He owned the car during
the period when it was worth close to twice what I paid,
and lavished a bit of cash on it while driving it very
few miles.
I suspect he eventually gave up thinking it would ever
recover in value, and sold it to buy a boat.
So some people get a super car for $1000, some people
get the other end of the stick.
--
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
"A car is fine, but a truck is a force." - Peggy Hill
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