[Tommy]

Getting back to the question of why so many Cobra replicas are sold with low mileage, I'll offer two answers. First, no one needs a Cobra for routine transportation. Thus, it is almost always an impulse buy driven by the emotional back part of the brain rather than the rational front part of the brain. It feels really good to fantasize about one, shop for and buy one. Then, when the initial glow starts to fade, you discover that you can only drive it when you have have both free time and good weather. After a while the emotions that drove the purchase are sated and the rational front part of the brain begins to weigh the value of owning such an impractical and seldom used car. About the same time, the emotional back part of the brain will see something new it wants, so selling the seldom driven Cobra will become a means to having something else. .... BTW, I escaped this trap by being single and retired. I can drive anytime I like, and I do every time the weather cooperates.

The second reason I suspect many Cobras are sold with low mileage is that some people enjoy the appearance of their toy more than driving them. When you drive you car it will get dirtier and dirtier. If you are a real stickler for appearances, you can easily spend three hours cleaning for every one hour spent driving. I think some guys like that show car look, and that is hard to maintain when you drive it. So they clean it once, park it until the next car show, and ultimately tire of sitting in the hot sun all day just to collect cheap plastic trophies. That's when it goes up for sale.

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