If I were to purchase a classic exotic I would want one with the lowest amount of mileage as possible. I assume that by committing to the purchase of a 25+ year old car that it will need a substantial amount of $$ and time invested in order to keep it at a desirable level of performance, prsentability and reliability anyway. If I'm going to invest any of my money on a car then that car must be perfect or well on its way to being so, thats just me. I bought my Delorean about 5 years ago with 89 miles on it and still spent thousands on it, a lot of which had little to nothing to do with non use. Today it has less than 1000 miles on it and I know when I send it up to Rob's that it will still cost me a few grand. It's the nature of the beast. Why would I buy a run down exotic? Being what they are they are already a losing proposition why start an uphill battle? The fun is in enjoying the ownership, not wishing I waited for the right car at first sign of a catastrophic failure. Sports cars are unreliable out of the box I know I've owned dozens. Buy the best you can a low- mileage great shape car that you are going into "Eyes Wide Open" They're great and costly. Haryy Vin 2696 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/