In a message dated 12/12/2007 10:00:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, atm655@verizon.net writes:
But in my case owning and maintaining 2 late model Ferraris (that cost more than my 5 bedroom, pool home) plus a 2007 Aston-Martin, these gadgets are more than a bargain.
When I was young I had a '72 Dino, a 59 XK-150 Fixed Head Jag, 9 Porsches and a Pantera. Now I have a 99 Expedition with 165k miles on it, a Escape with 30k miles on it and a scratch built Harley. I don't give a shit about cars anymore. Can't drive more than one at a time. I'd sell the Expedition, but I probably couldn't give it away. I had a 2003 Jag S type with 400 HP. Sold it and bought the Escape. The neighbors are still scratching their heads over that one.
I can fit 4 M-400s in the Expedition and have done so. It also holds 3 Dobermans just fine. They drool and shed all over the inside. Dogs were never allowed in the Jag. That's why it had to go. I like dogs better than cars. I like Mellotrons better than cars too.
I wish I had kept the Dino and the 59 XK-150. They'd be worth a whole lot now.
The old Jag was the best chick magnet ever. Like the Dino, I did a complete restoration on it. I'd drive into Georgetown (DC) and young women would run into the street and ask for rides. No one knows how to build testosterone into cars more than the British and the Italians.
Working on #386... the Phallotron. Bigger, bolder and harder than hell to get around to.
Frank