If you pick up and deliver the cars, you will be spending 50% of your time
doing non-revenue-producing stuff.
Doug
On Dec 30, 2011 10:15 AM, "J.C. Hassall" <jhassall at blacksburg.net> wrote:
> I dunno, man...there's absolutely NO WAY I want to drive someone else's
>> car.
>>
>> Well, I'd *like* to tool around in someone's Ferrari...but I don't want
>> to 1) pay to fix it when my right foot overtakes my frontal lobe, or 2)
>> carry that kind of insurance.
>>
>>
> A buddy of mine in high school worked on weekends for an Italian fellow
> who was a cracker jack mechanic and had a sterling reputation. My buddy
> talked him into letting him drive a customer car "around the block". Short
> story long, Bill hit some gravel and slid into a telephone pole. Of course
> the mechanic was livid, as he saw his reputation go screaming into the
> dumper. After many calls and cajoling, Bill managed to talk the owner into
> selling him the car without ever learning of the new body style. Bill and
> his parents took out a loan to pay for the car. He parked it in a local
> barn and we'd go look at it now and again. He had plans to restore it, but
> who knows what happened to it. It sure screwed up his future, as he had to
> postpone college to pay off the loan.
>
> --
> Jim Hassall
> Blacksburg VA
> '63 TR4 in autox preparation
> 99% finished, 90% to go
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