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1. Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: "Jeremy Kinney" <kinneyjr@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:48:27 -0500
I would like to get the collective wisdom of the list if I may. I've noticed a nice Triumph at a local garage. The garage owner says the car's owner has "disappeared" and cannot be located and the ga
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00195.html (8,236 bytes)

2. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: BearTranserv@aol.com
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 20:54:12 EST
Is there anything I can do to speed the process along or do I just play the waiting game until if and when the car actually becomes available? I want to do everything above board and would like to kn
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00198.html (9,514 bytes)

3. Re:Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: Craig Foch <cbfoch@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:16:48 -0800
When I was a mechanic, I once bought a BMW 320i that had been abandoned at my shop by a former employee. The shop owner got a lien on it, waited a legally-required period for the owner to claim it (I
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00224.html (8,566 bytes)

4. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: James Ruffner <jar@aldermanroad.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:20:14 -0500
I own a couple of BMWs that have been superb cars, very low maintenance, and great performers. My latest acquision is a Z-3 3.0L, which I got because it is so much a kindred sprit to my 1960 TR-3A, i
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00238.html (9,221 bytes)

5. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: BearTranserv@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:26:59 EST
I own a couple of BMWs that have been superb cars, very low maintenance I often comment that one of the best things about my 1985 divorce was that she got the BMW. We leased an 84 318, and I was less
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00239.html (9,951 bytes)

6. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:27:52 -0500
Aha! YOU'RE that guy in front of me that drives with your left foot riding the brake pedal all the time! Anon == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00245.html (8,378 bytes)

7. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:55:03 -0600
Your comments about BMW's are hitting close to home with me. I thought I was the only one who had this experience. I purchased a BMW 525 from a friend, one owner, 60,000 miles, not one mar on the bod
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00247.html (10,137 bytes)

8. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: "T. S. White" <tswrace@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:03:05 -0800
For decades I dreamed of buying a Countache. A year ago I went and looked at one. After reading online about their maintenance I decided against the purchase. It seems a minor tune up is $10,000.00.
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00248.html (8,492 bytes)

9. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: Steven Newell <steven@newellboys.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:56:02 -0700
Tom, you're not supposed to drive a Countache in your barn boots. ;) Steven Newell Littleton, CO USA '62 TR4 x 2 etc. == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00255.html (8,719 bytes)

10. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: "pethier@isd.net" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:14:16 -0600
You can get that from a Lotus Europa for a lot less money. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier@isd.net http:
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00257.html (8,969 bytes)

11. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:28:41 EST
Why not? Wasn't Sr. Lamborgini in the business of building tractors? Dave == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00264.html (8,326 bytes)

12. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: zoboherald@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:54:33 -0500
Why not? Wasn't Sr. Lamborgini in the business of building tractors? ==AM== Good point, Dave. Same with F. Porsche, David Brown (he of the "DB" in the Aston-Martin line).... ;-) --Andy Mace *Mrs Irre
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00267.html (8,775 bytes)

13. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: BearTranserv@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:20:07 EST
Aha! YOU'RE that guy in front of me that drives with your left foot riding the brake pedal all the time! Actually, it was the wife's car...but the BMW service manager told me 15K was longer than norm
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00268.html (8,752 bytes)

14. Re: Buying an abandoned car from a garage? (score: 1)
Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:50:22 EST
The Story I heard was that Sr Lamborgini was a successful tractor manufacturer who bought a Ferrari and was having trouble with it so he went to see Sr Enzo who told him that he should stick to tract
/html/triumphs/2005-12/msg00283.html (8,505 bytes)


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