>From: "Hugh & Therese" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx> >Subject: IML: Cheap is as cheap does. > >I realize that generalizations are always risky but, as > a group, many of us seem to be a bit unrealistic >when it comes to prices. In essence, I think >the majority of us are just plain cheap. We want >the best but don't want to pay the prices. This is >not an inexpensive hobby. I'm certainly cheap in the sense that I've never owned a new car (never will, barring lottery luck, or something), and the most I've ever paid for a car was $6500 - for my long lost favorite '62 Crown. I've had ten cars in my lifetime, and the other nine didn't cost as much combined as that one gem. On the other hand, I'm not terribly shy of dumping money into a car once I have it. Maybe we're not cheap, but just broke? I guess if I made a hundred grand a year, I wouldn't cringe when I saw an Imperial going for twenty thousand.... >I am pretty cheap myself but sometimes you just >have to take the bull by the tail and face the situation. > Imperials are gas hogs Gas mileage, phooey. Even super costs a lot less than milk - life's too short to drive little cars (unless they're little cars you like). >and parts for them ain't easy to find or cheap to acquire. I usually have just the opposite experience - parts seem cheaper than those for a lot of new cars, and more readily available than I once expected. Of course, the older they get the more this becomes the case - parts for a '55 are probably way more of a pain than anything I've had to find. >Financially, you ain't gonna get back the money you sink it to them. Too true. I'm always taken aback when someone says they're buying a car as an investment. I guess it can work out if you catch the popularity curve just right. >Mechanically, they are difficult to work on. Really? My mechanics are always happy to see my car, and you should hear the way they complain about Saabs, Subarus, VWs, etc. >But, and it is the biggest and best but of all, the upside is that >they are wonderful cars to drive. > >That's the way it is. Darn tootin' . -Kle. '69 Crown 4DHT Hugh ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm