[DeTomaso] NPC Collective question

[Jerry Knotts]

He is not particularly mechanically adept.  He works 50 to 75 hours a 
week, has a wife, has a child, has a house, yata, yata. He is looking 
for something to drive to work occasionally, is different and distinct, 
can be tracked occasionally.  The essence of the sports car.  It used to 
be an MG TD or TR-4 or Healey. Also that it won't depreciate and can be 
worked on by a local mechanic for big ticket items.  They also have two 
other cars for daily commute and grocery getting.

I just sold a Cobra kit car with a 351C.  I can't tell you the number of 
times people remarked that it was neat that I had a real motor instead 
of a 5.0 APU to drive around.

jerry

On 2/5/2013 1:50 PM, Julian Kift wrote:
> I don't think anyone stopped to ask what 'a good toy for him to start 
> playing with' actually means. Is it a project to wrench on? Is your 
> son mechanically adept and if so does he like to do it and have time? 
> If it's strictly to drive then is the intended use street, track or a 
> mix? Depending on some of the answers the recommendation could be 
> quite different.
>
> Buying something is the easy part, it's maintaining it once you've got 
> it. Used race cars are relatively cheap compared to their initial new 
> investment, but they only get more costly to maintain.
>
> Julian
>
> > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Jerry Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com> 
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > While in Dallas this weekend, my son asked what would be a good 
> toy for
> > > > him to start playing with. Since he is 40 I recommended a Panoz
> > > > Esperante. They seem to be down in value because of the economy and
> > > > have Ford power like my favorite cars. I am wondering if I have once
> > > > again given him a mental block to play with?
> > > >
> > > > Any insight would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Back in Oklahoma,
> > > > jerry knotts
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