who has Shell Valley or A&C in Wash, DC area?

[cobeywan kanobe]

yeah Clay - the 'ole buying used VS new quandary - it's been a battle the whole time.

Sure I think one probadly would do better buying used (as long as the car's in good shape - (all the way down inside the engine for e.g.,)) That's my problem - been swearing by 'used' all my life but recently I've gotten burned buying used because of hidden problems that didn't crop up 'til later on. (Most of which were directly related to how the previous owner treated the car (as oposed to factory issues)).
Problem is I don't know how most Cobra owners treat their cars. (I pretty much figure - even if one is cosmetically in good shape - you and I both know that the owner HAD to have at one time or another pushed the envelope at least once or twice (can't really blame them) - just makes me nervous. I'm thinking I'll want to know the history of the car intimately, and the only real way to be sure may be to be the one to put the first miles on it. . .

It is a quandary. . .