[DeTomaso] 5000. car

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Sat Jun 26 16:42:10 EDT 2010


I'm going to hate myself for making this public, but here's a third take - my take.--------
     -----I am not a mechanic.  I have ADD (they didn't know that term when I was young in school, or later in life when I tried a desk job).  I do not like working on cars.  I am great at what I am good at.  I can spend hours doing that.  I will not spend hours sitting around talking about cars.
     -----However, I do love cars.  I'm eternally grateful for people like Mike, Rob, et al, up to Jay Leno, who spend thousands of hours and/or dollars on cars - making them road-worthy, or preserving ones-of-a-kind forever.  I think the Pantera is one of the great wonders of the car world, and ranks in the top five of best looking sports cars.
     -----My car has been transformed by John Taphorn - all the credit goes to him.  My wife tells me everyday have you told John thanks!!!  I can hardly wait to get it and drive it.
---Bill Lewis





> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:39:31 -0400
> From: rob at dumoulins.net
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> CC: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com; deserttwist at juno.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 5000. car
> 
> Mike
> 
> I can appreciate your position, but do not share it. For me it is more about
> learning everything about a car's engineering than what it costs me in the
> long run. I am one year into my ten year plan and if it takes me 15, I just
> hope my personal health will permit me to attend to my car's health.  My
> best weekends are when I can spend them in my garage.  I wish there were
> other Pantera owners near Jacksonville FL I could network with.
> 
> On Jun 25, 2010 8:11 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/25/10 13 38 38, cars at wt-inc.com writes:
> 
> 
> >
> > Long story-short; if I had spen...
> I did essentially the same thing; my car was undriveable for 17 years (!)
> after I bought it.
> 
> I always tell prospective buyers that no matter what they want, determine
> the absolute maximum amount of money they can afford to spend up-front, and
> then go buy a car at least $5-10K MORE than that amount.   Just do whatever
> it takes.   You will be MUCH happier and save a LOT of money in the long
> run.
> 
> Mike
> 
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