I'm siding with Mark. In the long run, a CM or FM ride is probably much
less expensive to run. You don't need to give up your fun street car
either. You don't even need to tow with it. Just find someone that has a
Mod car and offer to split expenses to co-drive. Most CM and FM drivers
would love to have co-drivers. It means warm tires for them every single
time.
Paul Zahornasky
27 CM
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Mark Sirota
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 4:57 PM
To: William Loring
Cc: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: New Miata
William Loring wrote:
> Well Mark, this is where the difference lies. There are those of us
> who can afford to own a Miata AND an S4 Avant AND a mod car (and all
> the stuff that goes with it), and there are those of us to whom this
> is only a distant fantasy. Not everyone has the same economic
> opportunities that you have.
Hey, our two current cars are not exactly all that expensive. A decent
Miata can be had for under $10K, and a capable tow vehicle for an FF
or F5 can also be had for under 10K (our Jetta is certainly worth under
10K now, though it was $20K when it was new over six years ago). Just
about anything with six cylinders or more will do, though there are
people who tow with Integras too.
The point is that between my wife and I, we need two street cars. If
one of them can do double-duty as a tow vehicle and still be fun on the
street, then that means you don't need to factor the cost of a tow
vehicle into the cost of operating a Real Race Car.
The garage space issue is certainly a real one, though.
Mark
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