Possible recession changing your Car hobby purchasing plans?

[crawleyscobra]

Yes this downturn has delayed my plans. I was looking at this early fall to order, but now I am going to wait a while longer :-(

[Silverback51]

Nope, not affected.

I'm still going to enjoy my life.

[Historybuff]

I am not in any position to buy a Cobra replica yet but if I were, I'd still think about getting it in the garage while the Good Ship america is heading into recession because by the time we as a country get out of this mess, the ecogreenies might have found a way to outlaw replica/kit cars though those already licensed will probably be
"grandfathered in." (though in California legislators are talking about eliminating the exemptionf or smog testing on older cars).

So what I am talking about is , as time goes on, the eco-weenies will try to eliminate any large engine-powered thing that's fun and I still want a Cobra of one sort or another to blast up that 5,000 ft. mountain that I can see from my front door...

[Historybuff]

am not in any position to buy a Cobra replica yet but if I were, I'd still think about getting it in the garage while the Good Ship america is heading into recession because by the time we as a country get out of this mess, the ecogreenies might have found a way to outlaw replica/kit cars though those already licensed will probably be
"grandfathered in." (though in California legislators are talking about eliminating the exemptionf or smog testing on older cars).

So what I am talking about is , as time goes on, the eco-weenies will try to eliminate any large engine-powered thing that's fun and I still want a Cobra of one sort or another to blast up that 5,000 ft. mountain that I can see from my front door...

Also bear in mind the sheer genius of those guys who went out and bought used 427 big block Cobras (real ones) around 1973 when we were all in line
for gas because of the OPEC oil embargo. While the worried were thinking we'd never have gas again, the smart guys bought Cobras for ten grand that are now worth fifty times more. They were looking at the big picture...

[michel schryer]

Waiting for the doctor to say you have two years to live. I was gonna wait 'till i'm retired but as the years go by,my arthritis is catching up on me so I decided to go ahead and bought my Cobra kit with the support of my wife. We'll be in the hole a little but as long as we work,the money is coming in so nothing to worry about except my health degrading. Life is short,don't wait for tomorrow,you never know what's gonna happen to you !

[Bxx1]

i'm thinking the 'downturn' might reduce prices/or get better deals on cars I might be interested in. I remember in 1987 when the market took a 500 pt. hit (and that was huge in the day) John Templeton (mutual fund CEO) told the media he was on a buying spree... less than 6 mos. later he was proved to be a genius. Turned lemon to lemonade.