[DeTomaso] NPC Collective question

[Sean Korb]

Corvette or an M roadster.  With the corvette, you can go to the
track, roast your brakes, change the rotors and pads out in the
parking lot for a predictable sum.

The M roadster will keep its value and give you all the gins you want.
 It has no soul though.  The motor is a potato with a pedal at one end
that squirts out power at the other.  Lot of enthusiasts and lots of
aftermarket.

Or a used Miata with a supercharger.  Sure it's not worth a lot but
when they've depreciated they stay at the same level and they are dead
nuts reliable so they don't depreciate *more*.  With your kid working
so hard, a MIata is great if you don't want to do a lot of wrenching.

Honestly a nice used Porcsche Cayman is a true sports car that will
reward you endlessly if you drive it well.  But you have to drive it
well.  You can also get a Nissan GTR and it will practically drive
itself and beat everyone while you're at it if you are skilled or not.
 It's super heavy but who cares.

I'm really jealous of the person who got your 351C Cobra.  That is a
perfect car in so many ways :)

sean

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Jerry Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com> wrote:
>
> 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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'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso