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Originally Posted by digginfool
The question on my mind is why do so many people end up selling their Cobras after only a few thousand (sometimes not even a thousand) miles?
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digginfool -- my personal opinion is that if someone is wondering whether they should buy a Cobra or not then they shouldn't. This car is
not right for way, way more people than it's right for. Unless you're absolutely, 100% positive that you want a Cobra, then you should stay away from it. Most of the morons on this board that truly love their Cobras have done so for decades. They've saved their Car & Driver magazines that reviewed them (from the day they were delivered in the mailbox), kept old pictures of them, models, POS parts they got at swap meets, you name it. Frankly, it's almost like a mental illness. Unfortunately, a lot of guys are not sicko like that, and when they plunk down the money to get one, they end up unhappy pretty quickly -- sometimes right after their wife gets a third degree burn on her ankle.
Even if you do think you might fit in the nutso category that this car requires, you should still take a few months and read as many posts on this forum as you can. There's a ton of things to know about these cars, and, if you're really lucky, the desire to own one will pass.