[DeTomaso] 150,000 Mile Club (or 241,000 Kilometer Klub)

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Sun Mar 2 20:26:24 EST 2014 

Man, I had no idea that some had that many miles!!!

Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 20:05:56 -0500
From: michael at michaelshortt.com
To: DtomasoCat at aol.com
CC: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 150,000 Mile Club (or 241,000 Kilometer Klub)

Nice read, Congrats to you and your car, here's to another 150k.
 
Michael Shortt
 On Mar 2, 2014 7:54 PM, <DtomasoCat at aol.com> wrote:
 
>    Well, I reached the 150,000 milestone a few days ago....I didn't notice
>    it for a couple days after the fact and snapped the photo of the
>    odometer. Funny thing about it though, you would never know that it
>    wasn't 50,000 unless I told you. Just goes to show you that driving
>    your Pantera doesn't make it show its age....the design is timeless.
>    I have always said that I would never sell the Pantera but on the day
>    it turned 150,000 miles, I was at a bookstore parking lot with it and
>    when I came out of the store there was someone looking at the car
>    (common occurance). Our conversation went something like this:
>    Him: Wow, awesome car!
>    Me: Thanks, I have way to much fun with it! (my normal response to most
>    questions about it).
>    Him: What's it worth...about $200K?
>    Me: (......pausing).......SOLD!
>    Would I have sold it for $200K? I would have been crazy not to, but I
>    would have immediately looked for a replacement. Although, I sure do
>    like my car....it has a million memories tied to it.
>    I can't think of another car that I would rather:
>    Take to the grocery store
>    Take to the race track
>    Go to the bank
>    Get free oil changes (OK, only once)
>    Road racing at the Silver State Classic
>    Go get fast food
>    Go drag racing
>    Carve up incredible mountain roads
>    Go to Walmart
>    Take the family to Disneyland (that was fun!)
>    Spend 20 minutes at the gas station fueling up and answering questions
>    (love that)
>    Keep up with (and passing) most any new exotic car on the road (now
>    have 15,000 miles on the 408 stroker!)
>    6000 mile road trip in 16 days
>    Meet some of the greatest people on earth because of this incredible
>    exotic car
>    Over the past 21 years of my Pantera ownership, I have done all the
>    above and so much more. To this day, I still get butterfly's in my
>    stomach in anticipation of the fun I will have driving it that day.
>    What more could I possibly ask of ANY car, let alone something as cool
>    as a Pantera?
>    After 42 years, the Pantera still looks like a million bucks (or at
>    least $200K)
>    You always hear about the LOW mileage Panteras out there but don't hear
>    much about the high mileage ones (for sake of argument, lets call 100K
>    "high mileage" for a Pantera).
>    I know of several Panteras that are 200,000 miles and over (I think
>    Mats Gorsky in Sweden has nearly 300,000 on his and he bought his new).
>    Anyone you know of out there who thinks they own or know of someone who
>    owns the worlds highest mileage Pantera?
>    I would love to hear about it!
>
>
>
>    Jim
>
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   Man, I had no idea that some had that many miles!!!
   Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 20:05:56 -0500
   From: michael at michaelshortt.com
   To: DtomasoCat at aol.com
   CC: detomaso at poca.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 150,000 Mile Club (or 241,000 Kilometer Klub)
Nice read, Congrats to you and your car, here's to another 150k.

Michael Shortt
 On Mar 2, 2014 7:54 PM, <DtomasoCat at aol.com> wrote:

>    Well, I reached the 150,000 milestone a few days ago....I didn't notice
>    it for a couple days after the fact and snapped the photo of the
>    odometer. Funny thing about it though, you would never know that it
>    wasn't 50,000 unless I told you. Just goes to show you that driving
>    your Pantera doesn't make it show its age....the design is timeless.
>    I have always said that I would never sell the Pantera but on the day
>    it turned 150,000 miles, I was at a bookstore parking lot with it and
>    when I came out of the store there was someone looking at the car
>    (common occurance). Our conversation went something like this:
>    Him: Wow, awesome car!
>    Me: Thanks, I have way to much fun with it! (my normal response to most
>    questions about it).
>    Him: What's it worth...about $200K?
>    Me: (......pausing).......SOLD!
>    Would I have sold it for $200K? I would have been crazy not to, but I
>    would have immediately looked for a replacement. Although, I sure do
>    like my car....it has a million memories tied to it.
>    I can't think of another car that I would rather:
>    Take to the grocery store
>    Take to the race track
>    Go to the bank
>    Get free oil changes (OK, only once)
>    Road racing at the Silver State Classic
>    Go get fast food
>    Go drag racing
>    Carve up incredible mountain roads
>    Go to Walmart
>    Take the family to Disneyland (that was fun!)
>    Spend 20 minutes at the gas station fueling up and answering questions
>    (love that)
>    Keep up with (and passing) most any new exotic car on the road (now
>    have 15,000 miles on the 408 stroker!)
>    6000 mile road trip in 16 days
>    Meet some of the greatest people on earth because of this incredible
>    exotic car
>    Over the past 21 years of my Pantera ownership, I have done all the
>    above and so much more. To this day, I still get butterfly's in my
>    stomach in anticipation of the fun I will have driving it that day.
>    What more could I possibly ask of ANY car, let alone something as cool
>    as a Pantera?
>    After 42 years, the Pantera still looks like a million bucks (or at
>    least $200K)
>    You always hear about the LOW mileage Panteras out there but don't hear
>    much about the high mileage ones (for sake of argument, lets call 100K
>    "high mileage" for a Pantera).
>    I know of several Panteras that are 200,000 miles and over (I think
>    Mats Gorsky in Sweden has nearly 300,000 on his and he bought his new).
>    Anyone you know of out there who thinks they own or know of someone who
>    owns the worlds highest mileage Pantera?
>    I would love to hear about it!
>
>
>
>    Jim
>
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