[DeTomaso] NPC Collective question

Tue Feb 5 21:05:25 EST 2013

You could always drop a SBF into a Miata.

Michael

3000 car. 1500 kit. 3000 motor
1500 tires and wheels. 500 roll bar.
Under 10k badass ride.
On Feb 5, 2013 8:50 PM, "Sean Korb" <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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