Used Superformance or New Backdraft from Vintage

[madmaxx]

Ace, How dare you!!!!!!!!!! How dare you considering a Cobra purchase looking at the "return on investment", how rude and inconsiderate that this is not your only dream in life to own a plastic replica, how dare you that you do not splurge wildly and excuse it as a dream. You my friend are an asssssshole!!!! just like me than again neither of us had to wait until we were well past 50 to buy one, maybe because we look at the economics. I bought my first Cobra to make money, which i did $10K in 8 months and got to drive it just for grins. My streak continues.

Anyone that pays $5k to maintain one of these painfully simple cars should not be driving or owning one. I have not spent $3K over 7 years on 4 different Cobra's including three sets of tires, ceramic coating headers and side pipes, a multitude of gaskets, an oil pump, brake shoes, one wooden steering wheel, one steering wheel emblem, but i have spent well over $3k in fuel.

[itstock]

Originally Posted by madmaxx

Ace, How dare you!!!!!!!!!! How dare you considering a Cobra purchase looking at the "return on investment", how rude and inconsiderate that this is not your only dream in life to own a plastic replica, how dare you that you do not splurge wildly and excuse it as a dream. You my friend are an asssssshole!!!! just like me than again neither of us had to wait until we were well past 50 to buy one, maybe because we look at the economics. I bought my first Cobra to make money, which i did $10K in 8 months and got to drive it just for grins. My streak continues.

Anyone that pays $5k to maintain one of these painfully simple cars should not be driving or owning one. I have not spent $3K over 7 years on 4 different Cobra's including three sets of tires, ceramic coating headers and side pipes, a multitude of gaskets, an oil pump, brake shoes, one wooden steering wheel, one steering wheel emblem, but i have spent well over $3k in fuel.

$5k to cover maintenance AND parts that might have been abused and/or neglected in 10k miles at time of purchase, not simple annual maintenance budget. It's part of the gamble when buying a used car, especially one that likes spirited driving.

Do you have ADD?

And what tires are you buying? 3 sets of any decent tire should hit or be right at your $3k mark.

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by itstock

Do you have ADD?

I know people who do... and for mine, its often not them with the problem.
It's those others who feel they have to restrain them, because THEY can't keep up, or deal with the fact.

Just sayin' - No need to be hating on Max.
Perhaps we shouldn't restrain those who are better than the standard deviation.

MAX Good luck to you and keep on keepin' on.

[itstock]

Originally Posted by Dimis

I know people who do... and for mine, its often not them with the problem.
It's those others who feel they have to restrain them, because THEY can't keep up, or deal with the fact.

Just sayin' - No need to be hating on Max.
Perhaps we shouldn't restrain those who are better than the standard deviation.

MAX Good luck to you and keep on keepin' on.

4 cobras in 7 years is a good run. Heck,if it were ADD I guess he would just be getting different cars, not sticking with cobras.

I'm not sure where the hating comes in.

[jcam]

For the record, my SPF has over 20K miles on it and is doing fine with the original parts. I personally, hope to be sitting behind the wheel when it hits 100k.

[Cashburn]

Originally Posted by madmaxx

Ace, How dare you!!!!!!!!!! How dare you considering a Cobra purchase looking at the "return on investment", how rude and inconsiderate that this is not your only dream in life to own a plastic replica, how dare you that you do not splurge wildly and excuse it as a dream. You my friend are an asssssshole!!!! just like me than again neither of us had to wait until we were well past 50 to buy one, maybe because we look at the economics. I bought my first Cobra to make money, which i did $10K in 8 months and got to drive it just for grins. My streak continues.

Anyone that pays $5k to maintain one of these painfully simple cars should not be driving or owning one. I have not spent $3K over 7 years on 4 different Cobra's including three sets of tires, ceramic coating headers and side pipes, a multitude of gaskets, an oil pump, brake shoes, one wooden steering wheel, one steering wheel emblem, but i have spent well over $3k in fuel.

What do you pay yourself an hour? I've had eBay and cobracoùntry buys shipped to us and the obvious stuff gets to 3k quick before the owners make changes to make it theirs.

These simple cars pose a huge challenge for modern shops to maintain, it's comical what they can no longer do.