[mullen2]

Total original cost for my car was around 230,000 for the first owner. I own the car for over 300K. I was after the car for a while and it took a lot of convincing to own the car, so its a good bit over the 300 mark. One gentleman owns a hand full of the first 13 CSX1000 cars i'm told, so they are not easy to get. I would guess the other owners know what they have. At the time of production, who knew there would be so few made, so not as desirable at the time, like most classics. Like the Ford GT for instance. I almost bought a brand new Midnight Blue-Stripe Delete car from a dealer in Ohio in 2006 for 160K but now same car with no miles is what? 300K? Who knew? I was a day late wiring the deposit for the Ford GT. Some lucky man beat me to it. To this day a Ford GT is still on my list.

As far as the Aluminum thickness. I really don't know. I don't have any dings in my car yet but I also tell everyone don't lean on it! I am guessing the owner of the car you spoke about told the auction house don't let anyone lean on it! Im just careful with it. I have taken it to dinner on Marco Island and could not go in to eat because of the crowd around the car. Everyone wants to tap on it and see if it is Aluminum. Its fun to talk about the car but I was afraid to leave it with everyone wanting to leaning on it and take photos. So after 30 minutes I took her home with a empty stomach.