I agree with both David and Peggy, cars were meant to be driven.
At the Pebble Beach auction this past week a very rare Alfa sold for $4
million and the person that purchased it said he planned on driving it.
Larry Miller
http://www.ado13.com
If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be
dead.-Johnny Carson
----- Original Message -----
From: <Lancer7676@aol.com>
To: <pbohler@wenet.net>; <cfchrist@earthlink.net>;
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 3:43 AM
Subject: Re: fate of the hobby
> In a message dated 9/1/99 1:00:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
pbohler@wenet.net
> writes:
>
> << I believe things are to be used and enjoyed and touched (respectfully,
of
> course). >>
>
> I agree wholeheartedly Peg. While I do appreciate the efforts of those
who
> keep their cares pristeen, new, and concours--for they provide all of us a
> standard to which we may always compare our cars--it just isn't for me. I
> will never own an undrived show car--a trailer queen--if you will--not
that I
> would never trailer my car, but any car that I ever own will be driven.
My
> '79 Midget is a daily driver--every day, regardless of season or weather.
> One of the standards I look at when judging cars at car shows are the
tires
> and the brake pedals. Drivers are scored higher in my vote. And if I
know
> or find out the owner did most of his/her own work (as opposed to hiring
> everything out to professionals at a price), that pushes the consideration
> higher yet.
>
> Just my loose change.
>
> --David
>
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