CAR and DRIVER camparo

[Bubba1]

Sorry I just got back from a weekend at VIR. Actually it was more than just making back the investment. The car sold for 7 times the original sticker price. That's why I said the V-12 Ferrari market went nuclear. I seriously doubt any of the newer generation 8 cyl Ferrari's (308, 328 355, 360) that everyone sees around now are going to appreciate like that.

[90Q45blue]

Every time i see the Ford GT, I keep telling myself that this is the same company that made the Aerostar I'll take the Porsche please.

Nick

[Bubba1]

I blame it on Miami Vice...

You must have a very trusting father or he just doesn't care as much about material things so much as his son's happiness.

I just keep picturing Ferris Bueller's Day Off in my head...

He was both. He was also my role model. That's a pretty good one with Ferris Bueller's friends dad. In my case, it was the opposite. I was the one who kept the car immaculate. And my father rarely objected to my using it as long as he knew where I was going and if I paid for the gas/oil. Since it ran on Sunoco 260 (100 octane leaded) and had a 20 quart crankcase (2 oil filters), I couldn't afford to run as much as I wanted when I was a teen.

[Megaseth]

damn, 20 quarts! and 100 octane leaded! yeah im sure you didnt get run it that much as a teen, dizam!

[Mr1der]

where'd you get the gas at? There some sunoco up there or did you have a 55 gallon drum in the garage? hmmmm....that'd be pretty cool to have a big drum of gas sitting around...

oh, I found the aerostar to be a good van, it'd hold up to doing jumps pretty darn good:D

[Onizuka]

i hear exotice car prices exploded in the early ninties because of the large luxury tax congress passed on new high price cars/boats/planes that has since been abolished because of angry car manufacturers.

[JustinStrife]

sounds like a Democratic tax plan.

Kinda like the tripling of the car tax in California by Davis before our new governor repealed it.

[nlzmo400r]

Sorry I just got back from a weekend at VIR. Actually it was more than just making back the investment. The car sold for 7 times the original sticker price. That's why I said the V-12 Ferrari market went nuclear. I seriously doubt any of the newer generation 8 cyl Ferrari's (308, 328 355, 360) that everyone sees around now are going to appreciate like that.

i raced a beautiful 328 on river road this evening, well i was more or less trying to keep up, when he slowed and i caught him he gave me the thumbs up and said he was impressed at my driving. Man his car was damn fine

[krazy skwerel]

Every time i see the Ford GT, I keep telling myself that this is the same company that made the Aerostar I'll take the Porsche please.

Nick

[Bubba1]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr1der "]where'd you get the gas at? There some sunoco up there or did you have a 55 gallon drum in the garage? hmmmm....that'd be pretty cool to have a big drum of gas sitting around...

Mr1der. You got it right. After they stopped selling leaded 100 octane at the pump, we set up a barrel swap program with the local Sunoco distributer with 55 gal drums (old fashioned hand crank to pump it) for awhile. 55 gal was good for about 2 tankfuls. Eventually it got too tedious and restrictive, so our mechanic "detuned" her to accept 94 octane unleaded with a lead additive and octane booster.

J-Spec: I think that was a good part of it, but I think it was a combination of factors. Other factors included a lot of people making a killing on the overvalued bull stock market at the time, and having enough disposable income to splurge on a status symbol car. Then realizing a year or two later how unbelievably expensive Ferraris are to keep and dumping them. A 30,000 mile service on some V-12 models exceed $20,000! There was also a misguided speculation of increased values after the death of Enzo Ferrari.