[DeTomaso] 2nd car to pantera

[Ken Green]

OK Dave,
 
    I bought a new 98 Buick Regal GS, put 180,000 miles on it without much going wrong, and bought a use 03 when it started to have issues.  "Personally" I think it's one of the best looking cars ever made.  Here is an 04 on ebay with 36K miles with a buy it now of $10K:
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GS-JOESPH-ABBOUD-EDITION-SUPERCHARGED-VERY-CLEAN_W0QQitemZ230328108320
 
     I get 31 MPG cruising at 70, but only about 16 around town.  I love the interior, and the front seats are very comfortable for me.  The rear seats are marginal.  0-60 is like 6.6 sec, and I assume you can tighten up the handling.
 
    Being a $30K car, it obviously does not have the quality of a Mercedes or BMW, but it hasn't had parts fall off either, and the interior looked OK for a long time, but there were splits in the "cheap" leather seats of the 98 after 120,000K miles.
 
    I think it's a great car, and the only other American can I would consider is a Vette, but not the current production.  I think due to the economy, 03 Vettes with low mileage are becoming $20K cars.
 
    Of course, GM in their infinite wisdom, replaced the Regal GS with a car that looks awful to me, which is why I bought a used 03.  I think if they had called it the "GS" versus "Regal GS", it would have sold better.  People just don't think of a Regal as a fun sporty car.
 
Ken

--- On Sat, 2/28/09, Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com> wrote:

From: Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 2nd car to pantera
To: "DeTomaso Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 2:10 PM

Well come on guys.
I've just heard lots of jaw about where stuff should be made
 and I haven't seen any suggestions that are built in USA; or Canada for 
that matter.
dave

rtaspl at aol.com wrote:
> looking for a 2nd car to my pantera, daily driver for work, must be fast,
cheep(under 10k),corner well,?good gas mileage, some cargo room, good looking,
what do pantera owners think is a good back-up car?
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