Re: [DML] Disputing the $25,0000 rule

[Soma576@xxxx]

In a message dated 11/7/03 7:22:55 AM Central Standard Time, 
DeLorean5000@xxxx writes:

> Please don't misread my posting, I am in no way flaming or trying to pick a 
> fight here, I just want some "visual proof" for lack of a better term, 
> and/or an unbiased opinion from a person other than the owner of the said car(s). 
> I mean, I could also boast about the condition of my own car on this list 
> and all the time, money, and effort put into it; but I wouldn't dare think to 
> do so without some form of tangable proof. Again, I am in no way picking on 
> you guys here, in fact, I am just as anal about my car as you two are; maybe 
> even more so. I am just curious as to how the cars actually look. Thank you 
> for your consideration in this matter. 
> 
> Regards,
> Darren Decker
> #5000

Darren,

for my part, i have a nice little cardomain site listed at:
<A HREF="http://members.cardomain.com/soma576";>http://members.cardomain.com/soma576</A>

page six are my most recents pics. to qualify my involvement in this 
discussion, i am not saying my car is 'perfect' - however from the beginning i have 
had an obsession with everything being just right, and i feel that the current 
condition of my car is representative of what you get for a $27,600 
investment.... and i am still not done. remember that my frame needs replacement, i 
need to straighten my eyebrows, and i still need some new steering parts (worn 
but not bad yet, would rather replace them now before they get too bad). surely 
there are people who will find that gem of a car for $10,000 and it only 
takes $5,000 more or whatever to get it to the same level as someone who paid 
$35,000. but for the vast majority of us, that opportunity will probably never be 
presented. 

to be truthful, is a car you are restoring which you call your baby, ever 
REALLY finished???????

in my case it will cost about $35,000 to get every teeny tiny thing on my car 
the way i want it. and from what i have seen at other events, i'd say that's 
about right for most other owners too, but maybe they do not mind a faded 
interior piece, a bad marker light gasket, or a rusty screw showing around the 
headlight? I do, when it comes to MY car. is their car something to ridicule 
or shrug off as 'worse'? of course not. what really matters is if you are 
enjoying your car and having fun with it. but i am the kind of the person who 
isn't personally satisfied with my car until it is clean, efficient, and looks 
better and performs better than new. if we were all the same, how much fun 
would that be?

Andy


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