Check this out if looking to by a KR-SAI stikes again

[poboy427]

I would like to see someone with cubic dollars take one of the 45 IaCOCCA Mustangs to SAI to see if they would do the $35K Super Snake suspension and the 725 hp drivetrain upgrades. Maybe even some stripes for added insult.

To upstage the chicken farmer's Super Snake version would surely PO the old man.

[Cobra Lite]

I have been following the KR Mustang repair thread with great interest.

Glad you posted the link as I believe all Shelby fans, owners and potential owners should read it and recognize that this is not a one time special condition but rather just a continuation of the typical Shelby greed.

It is so sad that a man with so much talent in many ways is one of the most greedy, self serving men alive. He can be a great and wonderful friend, but if you don't agree with him and/or give him all your money, he will turn on you and most likely sue you. He will long be remembered for what he has done, and to how many people....

[DAVID GAGNARD]

It won't take long until actuaries drive the insurance through the roof. The specialty companies like Hagerty will learn of these costs quick if they have not already.

What's gonna happen is this will spread thru the insurance industry sooner or later and when that happens NO ONE will insure them, leaving the owners high and dry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Much in the same way many companies are refusing to insure replica Cobras............

David

[Wayne Maybury]

David, would that not also result in the cars being just about impossible to sell? Can you imagine calling your insurance company to get a quote for the new GT 500 KR that you are about to buy? You are told that either they will not insure it at all or they will charge $$$$$ with a very high deductible. I think that most people would very quickly decide to buy something else. The KR's already produced will then just sit on the dealer's floor collecting dust. Due to this incident, this may already be happening.

Wayne

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury

David, would that not also result in the cars being just about impossible to sell? Can you imagine calling your insurance company to get a quote for the new GT 500 KR that you are about to buy? You are told that either they will not insure it at all or they will charge $$$$$ with a very high deductible. I think that most people would very quickly decide to buy something else. The KR's already produced will then just sit on the dealer's floor collecting dust. Due to this incident, this may already be happening.

Wayne

Wayne:

Yes, for the few folks that WILL check into insurance before buying a KR........but a lot of folks with money will buy the car first and find out the bad news later, then have an expensive "garage queen" on their hands........

A few months ago, my 23 year old daughter just had to have a new Mustang GT, she told me she could afford the monthly note and had already spoke to a dealer about pricing and trading in her 02 Toyota...I told her to check with her insurance company before doing anything else as a new Mustang GT would be more expensive to insure than a 7 year old Toyota, well, she did, and she's still driving the Toyota!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her insurance premium would just about double what she's paying now and that was the deal killer......not many folks have the foresight to do this beforehand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!my daughter didn't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's gonna happen sooner or later, once an insurance company or two get burned on the repair bill, the word will spread thru the insurance industry like a California wildfire and it will not take long for them to figure out insuring a handful of these cars is just not worth it.................

Also another classic example of CS having a good thing going and then shooting himself in the foot!!!!!!!! I kinda hope those new KR's either sit at CS's place in Vegas or rot on the showroom floors........

David

[Wayne Maybury]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

It's gonna happen sooner or later, once an insurance company or two get burned on the repair bill, the word will spread thru the insurance industry like a California wildfire and it will not take long for them to figure out insuring a handful of these cars is just not worth it.................

Also another classic example of CS having a good thing going and then shooting himself in the foot!!!!!!!! I kinda hope those new KR's either sit at CS's place in Vegas or rot on the showroom floors........

David

David

I guess that we may be witnesses to the first such incident. I am sure that the insurance companies are all becoming aware of this now.

I also wonder if CS even knows what is going on these days or if it is others trying to take advantage of his name.

Wayne

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury

David

I guess that we may be witnesses to the first such incident. I am sure that the insurance companies are all becoming aware of this now.

I also wonder if CS even knows what is going on these days or if it is others trying to take advantage of his name.

Wayne

Wayne;

I guess we're kinda in on the ground floor so to speak...........

As for CS, I've often wondered just how much of this nonsense is his doings/ideas and how much is his staff???????

At his age and health, I wonder just how much input he still has in the day to day operations of his companies and how much he leaves to the folks in charge?????

David