Well, you are not Toby, so the probability that your car will be wrecked, have the transmission fail, or have someone break into it and steal all your stuff, is very low.
I think your reasoning is perfectly sound, assuming that you can afford a car like that. And that one is readily available. And that you can find a good mechanic that you can trust, in case the car does the thing what causes it to need to be fixed.
A late-70's Stingray would also be very, very hot, in the classically American sense. I drove a forest green one once and I felt like the coolest kid on the block.
Yeah. #1 car owning rule is Don't Be Toby Wachter. I think you have that one covered.
I know I've seen a bunch of foreign car repair places in Encinitas. I think there's even one a few blocks away from where you live, although I don't know if they handle Porsches.
If you get the car, just resign yourself to the fact that you'll have to spend a bunch of money to keep it up to snuff, and I'm sure that's still much cheaper than buying a new-ish BMW or Nissan Z convertible.
Two more notes:
- Make sure the car is fun to drive, and that's what you want. That's far more important than the car looking good, because unltimately you're spending your time inside the car and not looking at it.
- Does it have an airbag? Considering the year, I'd imagine no. If so, make sure that's a risk you're willing to take. That car doesn't look too crash friendly.
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I think your reasoning is perfectly sound, assuming that you can afford a car like that. And that one is readily available. And that you can find a good mechanic that you can trust, in case the car does the thing what causes it to need to be fixed.
A late-70's Stingray would also be very, very hot, in the classically American sense. I drove a forest green one once and I felt like the coolest kid on the block.
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I know I've seen a bunch of foreign car repair places in Encinitas. I think there's even one a few blocks away from where you live, although I don't know if they handle Porsches.
If you get the car, just resign yourself to the fact that you'll have to spend a bunch of money to keep it up to snuff, and I'm sure that's still much cheaper than buying a new-ish BMW or Nissan Z convertible.
Two more notes:
- Make sure the car is fun to drive, and that's what you want. That's far more important than the car looking good, because unltimately you're spending your time inside the car and not looking at it.
- Does it have an airbag? Considering the year, I'd imagine no. If so, make sure that's a risk you're willing to take. That car doesn't look too crash friendly.
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