[DeTomaso] Hmmmmm-just curious-do any Panteras exist with a 100K+ miles o...

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FWIW, my 1973 L Pantera, which I purchased new, has about 110,500 miles on  
it.  Basically problem free.
 
I am sure that the fact its' color is orange has absolutely nothing to do  
with that fact.  :>)
 
Kent Snyder
 
 
In a message dated 1/13/2009 6:52:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
garth_rodericks at yahoo.com writes:

FWIW,  the Banzai Runner had 84,000 miles on it when I purchased it in 2003. 
It was  the 
highest mileage Pantera I looked at, BUT it was the BEST driving,  handling, 
shifting, 
stopping car of all of them that I looked  at.

Cars are like airplanes; hangar rot kills em!  I'd much rather  have a car 
that's been driven 
regularly and well maintained than a  low-mileage example that's had nothing 
done to it in 
over a decade.  

As far as anyone "turning back the odometer" - I don't think it's an  issue 
that plagues 
Panteras as their values are seldom (if at all) tied to  their mileage; there 
have been a 
couple of ULTRA-LOW mileage cars that  fetched pretty good money at auction, 
but I 
speculate they were purchased  by investors NOT knowledgeable in Panteras.

IMO, the well-maintained  properly upgraded car with everything working is 
worth more than 
the  low-mileage time capsule that needs $15,000 of upgrades before it can be 
 safely driven 
across town.

Cheers!
Garth




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