[DeTomaso] NPC Collective question

[Will Kooiman]

Viper - lots of fun, around $35K for early models, but not cheap if you
break it.  Head gaskets on a Gen 1 are about $800 each.  At least they
were.  Tires are $450 each.

Porsche Boxter/Cayman - fantastic performance value for the price - gets
expensive for repairs, but very well balanced, very comfortable, and very
fun to drive.

Lotis Elise - I haven't driven one, but probably more fun than Porsche,
and probably cheaper to maintain

2003/4 Mustang Cobra - lots of fun, can get 500 hp to the tires with
minimal mods, prices are in the $20K's.

C5 Z06 - the closest thing to a modern Pantera, prices in the $20K's.

--
Will





On 2/5/13 9:14 PM, "Bill Moore" <Bill at incendium.com> wrote:

>Mike/Wrench, but will she let you drive it ?
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bill
>Calgary
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
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>Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 21:05:49
>To: <spkorb at gmail.com>; <detomaso at poca.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC Collective question
>
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>In a message dated 2/5/13 17 49 26, spkorb at gmail.com writes:
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>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>
>>>>And you don't need a supercharger either.   Despite not having a ton
>>>>of 
>power, they are also light, and thus they can carry a TON of cornering
>speed.   A nicely prepared Miata will run about the same lap times as
>much more 
>powerful cars, because the bigger cars pull away on the straights but
>have to 
>slow down so much more in the corners.
>
>Miatas are plentiful and dirt cheap, and the aftermarket is just
>incredible 
>for them.   Parts are cheap as chips too.   You can buy a decent one (I
>happen to prefer the NA models, 1990-97, with the later models being the
>best 
>of the bunch) for well under $5K, or a really tricked out car for not
>much 
>more.   And then you can modify it to your heart's content, for next to
>nothing, and have a blast with it.
>
>BTW, Miatas with the convertible top are widely dismissed as 'chick
>cars', 
>but a Miata with a permanently affixed bolt-on hard top and a roll bar,
>Sparco racing seats, five-point harnesses, and 15x7 wheels with Spec
>Miata tires 
>(Toyo RA1) is definitely semi-studly.   If it's wailing around a 35 mph
>freeway onramp at 75 mph, it is definitely studly!
>
>Mike (and yes, Lori's 1997 Miata has a permanently affixed bolt-on hard
>top 
>and a roll bar, Sparco racing seats, five-point harnesses, and 15x7
>wheels 
>with Spec Miata tires (Toyo RA1)...)
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