posted 11-21-2002 01:11 PM                    

I have owned boatloads of cars, some more expensive, some alot more expensive, some rarer but, there is something with this car. Something very emotional about it.

posted 11-21-2002 01:51 PM                  

I knew that if I had questions, or ran into problems, the people here would be a great resource to save me time, effort and $.

So far, I've been right.

Except for Ed .

Kevin

posted 11-21-2002 02:12 PM                  

When I first saw it at the Houston Car Show, I kept telling everyone that I was going to get one some day. Some people said I was crazy (which at times I don't disagree) and some said it was ugly, but I kept looking, and when the time (and finances) was right - I bought one.

Five months now and I still love to just look at it! It is the best looking car on the road, and by all the looks and thumbs up I get, most people seem to agree with me!

posted 11-21-2002 02:49 PM                    

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Originally posted by TLRandall:
Yellow - It had to have been the look.

When I first saw it at the Houston Car Show, I kept telling everyone that I was going to get one some day. Some people said I was crazy (which at times I don't disagree) and some said it was ugly, but I kept looking, and when the time (and finances) was right - I bought one.

Five months now and I still love to just look at it! It is the best looking car on the road, and by all the looks and thumbs up I get, most people seem to agree with me!

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LOL! When I first saw one (pre-97) at a car show, I hated it (or thought I did). It was kinda like the song you hear that you don't give a second thought to then catch yourself later that day humming it over and over again. While I initially didn't care for it, it was there in my head and I would read anything about the car and look at pictures of it for hours.

Perhaps the fact that initially too, it was unobtainable. Most were presold and at astronomical prices. I saw a black one at a dealer and made a quick u-turn to go see it. It had been sold to some ball player in Colorado for over $100K. Wow, almost $60K over sticker. I wasn't going to pay that.

Next was a used 99 yellow with about 7K miles on it, a nose that the dealer had apparently mistook for a bulldozer, and they wanted $58K for it. I tried to negotiate but, someone else paid it, sight unseen. Ah, the good ol days.

Like a junky needing a fix, I was pretty much hooked at that point.

Looking back at all the cars before and after each of these I've owned, this is the only one that evolks so much emotion and truly the only one that I have cared about this much. Just curious if everyone else felt the same about theirs and it appears I am not alone in this.

posted 11-21-2002 03:00 PM                  

Buying one was also not even a consideration unless I had a garage which occured only a few years ago.

What gave me the "bug" was a Candy Red Matchbox hot rod I picked up that I could not stop staring at. Then I read they stopped making the Prowler.....The final straw was the fact I was going nuts with my workload and needed a release....Something to recharge our batteries on the weekend...something that will get us out the door and go somewhere....anywhere. I didn't even want the Black Tie, but there it was at a decent price.

posted 11-21-2002 03:29 PM                  

My problem is now that I would love to have another, maybe the Purple.

If it wasn't for that money thing.....

posted 11-21-2002 04:51 PM                    

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Originally posted by TLRandall:
See Yellow - There is now proof that an old dog can still learn!!!

My problem is now that I would love to have another, maybe the Purple.

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I don't think so. I've got an old dog and he does what he pleases, REGARDLESS.

I am considering a very low mileage Purple!