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From: cigarsandy
Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002  12:23 pm
Subject: Re: My take on things...thinking out loud

Body:
I don't know, but I seem to somhow have been put on the defensive
herein.
I am not a snob, prude or whatever. I cannot recall herein ever
putting someone down for using their McLaren, for customizing it or
whatever....

I wouldn't do that - I may have said that, but to each his/her own,
No?

What I am judging it on is this:

I have seen many 1964-1989 Mustangs for sale. The cars that command
the highest dollar & the most interest are the cars with the lowest
miles, closest to original in content, and rare in some way.

Well, you can't deny that our cars are rare. That said, the
attention turns to originality & condition.

If I wanted to use one as a daily driver, "work" the engine, add
visual changes, I'd get a 1993 Mustang GT Convertible and begin!

Anyhow, that's just my opinion & feelings and if any of you do not
agree, that's 100% okay and you have as much right to your opinions
as I do to mine, and I will defend your right to express them.
That's called AMERICA!

YES, bring them back from "just a car" ststus, and use 'em and let
the world see them!! That's great! How could I, Sandy ever be
against such? More power to you!

S A N D Y



--- In ascmclaren@y..., asc709 <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Just a little rant....
>
> Be careful on how you approah a prospective seller. I played my
> cards wrong a few years back. I found a 5-speed Azura
blue/blue/blue
> Recaro car out here that had just about had it. I figured it'd be
> cool to fix it up over the next couple of years. A really unique
> street machine. Happened to be that a co-worker of mine was his
good
> friend. I contacted him and inquired about the "McLaren Mustang".
> He said he'd think about it. A few days later he told his friend
he
> would never sell it! He looked up on the internet and found out he
> could get $15,000!!! I tried to talk sense into him, but it
wouldn't
> work.
>
> The car had a slipping clutch, 117k miles, a rat trap interior, no
> spoiler, no foglights...a decent body. I've kept in touch and the
> owner says he going to fix it up. He parks his Lexus in the drive
> but keeps his ASC in the garage. No progress in 3 years....
>
> I let this one slip through my hands. Should have kept my mouth
> shut. Still working on it, though.
>
> Another co-worker of mine said he had a 30k miler. Black paint,
> black top, grey interior. He was driving his Typhoon...no time for
> the McLaren. He purchased it new in 1988, drove it a while, put it
> in "storage". Immediately visions of a near perfect McLaren danced
> in my head....would he sell it? He said he'd think about it....It
> had been parked in Juarez for years. The Southwest sun had baked
> the paint, deteriorated the top, tore up the interior. I lost
track
> of him.
>
> There are 2 ways you can see these cars. Need to be retired OR
> passed on to someone who has the time and "magic hands"? I prefer
to
> think of myself as the latter.
>
> I agree that it is becoming increasingly hard to find a decent
car.
> Almost every one will need some TLC. I guess the Mustang rage is
> what contributed to this. Everyone wants something rare. Take a
> look at the message boards and ads. Everyone has some kind
of "rare"
> combo. T-tops, rare paint, black interior, promo car, limited,
I've
> even seen one where the guy claimed FoMoCo pulled his LX coupe off
> the line and gave it snake badges! Mr "boy racer" finds a McLaren
> that needs no list of options to show it's rare and guess what
> happens. Unfortunately (and fortunately) these cas are
affordable.
> There is no prerequisite to own one. When I was looking at the new
> 2002 GT's the salesman was telling me that his previous customer
had
> been approved and was scheduled to pick up his car in a couple of
> hours, although he had just totalled his 2nd GT! Imagine if he had
> his hands on 3 McLarens so easily?
>
> Would I want a 2k mile McLaren in showroom condition? Hell yeah!
> I'd end up driving it, though. It'd end up a really nice 80k miler
> that served time as a daily driver. I don't have the patience and
> won't pretend to. It's my vice. I enjoy people
> pointing...talking...giving me ugly looks...admiring.
>
> I want a fixer upper so that I won't be so emotionally crushed when
> some jacka** in a mini-van plows the front end...or rear ends me.
> Sure I spent alot of time on it, but it's replaceable. It's not so
> much of a "crime" to the collector car industry. Plus it's a risk
we
> all take in driving. Even if you only put 20 miles on it a year!
>
> Back to my search for a fixer upper...if only I could find that
> yellow one with the Fronterra Chihuahua plates...
>
> Again, I was just thinking out loud. We're all different.
>
> Robert
> '88 #709

	Replies	Name/Email	Yahoo! ID	Date	Size
1013	Re: My take on things...thinking out loud	asc709	asc709	Fri  7/12/2002	7 KB
1014	Re: My take on things...thinking out loud	cigarsandy	cigarsandy	Fri  7/12/2002	8 KB
1017	Re: My take on things...thinking out loud	asc709	asc709	Fri  7/12/2002	9 KB
1018	Re: My take on things...thinking out loud	tasmaniac1	tasmaniac1	Fri  7/12/2002	3 KB