As far as I am concerned, once the Lotus Elise is eliminated, there is only
one (new) car I would spend my pennies on:
Caterham Super Seven w/Zetec engine and 6-speed. As goofy to own as a Bugeye
but WHOA! What fun!
Daniel58612
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick/Carolyn [SMTP:walters@mail.softcom.net]
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 12:01 PM
> To: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Commemorative Cars
>
> Hi Herb,
>
> I believe a Jag is the way to go. Have you seen the new XK8? It a cool
> car, and very fast. Comes in a convertable roadster, leather, very
> plush. It's even english, well sort of. If you can afford the
> payments, this has my vote.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> Herb_Goede@amsinc.com wrote:
> >
> > List,
> >
> > The car collecting malady is not limited to LBCs. My wife insists that
> I
> > do not have a car buying problem. I am forty years old and have
> personally
> > owned only 5 cars. (My wife's cars do not count.) The cars in order of
> > appearance, '59 Sprite, '69 Firebird Conv, '75 Monza, '79 RX-7, '89 Alfa
> > Spyder.
> >
> > Not bad you say? My problem is with selling them. I still own the
> Sprite,
> > RX-7 and Alfa. And given the opportunity to correct the mistake would
> > still have the Firebird. My justifications are 1) the Sprite isn't
> really
> > a car. It's a pet. A pet is a member of the family. And you can't sell
> a
> > member of the family. Right? (If I'm wrong would anyone like my well
> > broken in 50 year old sister.) 2) The RX-7 isn't worth much. It always
> > starts and we might as well keep it for bad weather and when one of the
> > primary drivers is acting up. 3) The Alfa is my daily driver (unless it
> > has a problem in which case see #2).
> >
> > You may have noticed that all of the cars that I have retained were made
> in
> > the last year of a decade. The only decade of my life not commemorated
> > with a car is the '60s. Remember the Firebird. Filling that hole
> > shouldn't be a problem. Lots of cars made in '69 are appealing (E-type,
> > TR6, MGB, 'Cuda, Firebird, Shelby, Mach I). My main concern is that I
> > have not seen anything made in '99 that I am even remotely interested in
> > buying let alone holding on to.
> >
> > Car makers take notice. You have seven months.
> > Herb G.
>
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> 60 Bugeye, Puddles 58 MGA Coupe, Ruby
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