Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Camaro SS post mortem

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Not going to spend the same money.  There's the rub.  I paid $26K for Mario
back in '98.  No way I can do that now.  I spent $21. on a PPI today in Sand
Springs/Prattville, OK. Guy spent about an hour looking it over AND gave it
a test drive.  :)  Vast amounts of time?  Yeah, but it's fun, kinda, but
it's hard to pin down as to what I want/can live with. And afford.  Yeah,
contradictory terms. Think I'll keep looking, now that I know that I like
that Hurst shifter and optional exhaust.  (But I'll know that when I hear
it.)
Jenkins is right-Magnaflow is great.  Brian, I'll just keep on socking it
away, maybe something will turn up.
Best,
Tom in Tulsa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian E. Buxton" <BrianBuxton [at] BuxtonMotorsports.com>
To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Camaro SS post mortem


> So I have a quick question ... if you liked the 308GT4, miss the 308GT4,
> are going to spend the same amount of money on some other car that you
> have yet to find, and are spending money on PPI's and vast amounts of
> time searching for Miatas, S2000's, BMW's, Mercedes, Camaros, Hondas,
> Vegas, UFO's (and various other shitboxes that should be left in the
> ghetto or traded for 4 nights with a cheap hooker in an even cheaper
> hotel) that you don't purchase, why not just buy another 308GT4?  The
> nicest one in the world should be $30K and everything else should be
> $15K to $25K.  And you can buy mid to late 70's 308's for under $20K all
> day long.  Hell, some people will even *give* you a Mondial just to make
> it go away!  Just ask ClYde.  I think the Hundred Years' War took less
> time than the Tom Reynolds car search!
>
> LOL.
>
> Brian
>
>
> Tom Reynolds wrote:
>
> >Well, heh, the Camaro didn't work out, coolant leak, could have been
intake manifold or bad head gasket, which would have been around $1800.
Didn't want to take the chance, especially since the car lot droids never
once agreed on a price, and after all the bitching, finally came down to
what I'd originally offered, but by then too many red flags had been raised.
The guy, when placing the ad, told me "around $10K" but when I went to test
drive it on Saturday, the other guy said $12,995.  ???  So, I drive it, then
Monday talk to the guy who placed the ad, he said that he'd had it listed at
$11,800 (??) and dropped it to $10,900 (??? again) and would have to get
with his partner (two head honchos).  So, he did, and he got back to me and,
without giving me a price, said "We're not too far apart, only a few hundred
dollars..."
> >So after all that crap, I really wasn't in a mood to alter my decision
and when they met the price, I told him that I changed my mind, didn't feel
right, and wasn't going to pursue the deal.  Geez...
> >Tom
> >Tulsa
> >P.S. The car was nice, though...Torsen LSD, SLP optional exhaust system,
Hurst shifter...
> >
> >
>
>
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