Even better yet, I'd pay off 1/2 of my MORTGAGE first !
I own a 71 midget that I rescued, cost me 300 clams and another 400 in
repairs to
get it on the road. the body is solid and the paint looks like SH#T, so I
took some
paste wax and painted SUMMER BEATER on the back. For $700 US I can drive
and slowly
improve this car. much more than that, and I'm stuck driving a 92 grand
am. I am a tightwad !
and as long as the bottom line is practical for me, I'll keep this LBC
from the crusher ! ( I do drive it daily when it dosen't rain ! the top
is shot )
So 30K for a fwd mgf......thinking.......NOT ! I'd sooner get a rwd
Miata, I've seen used prices as low as 5-6k for
the older ones. But there are people to whom, money dosen't mean
anything, so if they
like the car, the'll buy it, no matter what it cost.
I think the 65 midget I owned sold brand new for about 2k , that was
more than a 65 Impala LOADED
so apples to orange factor= about 20-30k now HMMM , guess I would'nt buy
a new midget
either
MGF not ME !
john.kahoon@juno.com
71 midget
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:25:04 -0500 "Robert Allen" <boballen@sky.net>
writes:
>I do wonder how the MGF would sell to enthusiasts in the U.S.A.
>
>I wouldn't pay more than $5,000 for a Midget, $8,000 for an MGB, or
>$12,000
>for an MGA and, for those prices, I would expect one heck of a car. So
>would
>I consider $30,000 for an MGF? From eveything I've heard, $30K would
>be
>pretty close if in the U.S.A.
>
>For that kind of money we're talking a substantial loan plus insurance
>costs
>so it'd have to be the daily driver. And if its the daily driver, then
>why
>would I need my pretty nice "parts hauler" pickup? But I've always had
>a
>pickup for a daily driver! And then, if you have a new MG, why would
>you
>keep all those old MGs? I mean, if your driving a new MG everyday,
>what's
>the attraction of an old one?
>
>Sure, the MGF could be the hobby car but I just couldn't do it. If
>you're
>paying that much money every month, and a big junk of that to the
>bank,
>along with full insurance, I just can't see it sitting in the garage
>waiting
>for sunny weekends.
>
>So it's a conundrum. Right now MGs are a cheap sports car hobby where
>pride
>of ownership has as much to do with tinkering in the garage as it is
>showing
>it off out on the road. It would seem buying a new MGF would skew the
>hobby
>in a much different direction from how the 'enthusiasts' I run with
>participate in this silly hobby.
>
>Now some of the Healey boys (who think I am a cheap ass) contend that
>the
>price of the car isn't that big a deal if it is a collectable. That
>is, keep
>it in good shape, and you'll get the purchase price back. But I have
>yet to
>see a new car keep its purchase price for very long.
>
>At least that's the view from this humble social-economic position.
>--
>Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6
>
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