Superformance MKII, Riverside Racer 289 FIA vintage race car

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Well, the US Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen has been cancelled. This race season has been quite disheartening, hopefully my last race of the season at Watkins Glen in October will occur.

Due to my heavy heart and lamenting my woes, my wife agreed with me that I needed something to soothe my soul. Been driving nothing but the F150 that I use to tow the race car and mis driving a car. Sooo, I started looking around and found a couple of GT350's at a local dealer. One was a used 2019 with 4,000 miles on it that pan close inspection had been tracked hard. In those 4,000 miles the Brembo brake pads had lost half their thickness and the tires were almost bald. Later found out from the salesperson that the prior owner was a young guy who had inherited some money and that they took the car in on trade for a new GT500 that they sold him at $8,000 over sticker. The inside of he car and the engine compartment were dirty. I would not have given them $40,000 for it, let alone the $58,000 they were asking. That car looks like a dozen problems waiting to happen, I doubt he broke the engine in at all before driving it hard. Certainly did not look like maintenance was high on his list of preferred activities.

So, I took a look at the 2020 and they did not want to move at all on the sticker. The manager said that he was selling other GT350's for $2,000 over ticker earlier in the summer and the most he would move was $500 below sticker. After the manager left the next person dropped it to $1,000 below sticker and said that the car was going to one of their other dealerships tomorrow for a mostly certain sale and that the person was trading in a 2017 GT350 on it. I walked from the dealer, did not like the numbers and said that I would take a look at the 2017 when it came in. Heard back from the salesperson two days later saying that another used 2019 GT350 that was on their site and I had asked about was sold and that for some reason the 2020 was still on the lot and was I still interested in making a deal. So, we dickered a little more and they came down to $2,000 below sticker and it's mine. Picking it up Monday.



At least I can have some fun while waiting to race.

Jim