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Old 05-05-2008, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 1ntCobra View Post
The thing that I have the most trouble understanding is this: How can you spend all the big bucks on a dream car like this and then only drive it a few hundred miles before selling it?
For years I've watched this happen. I believe it is because they did not build it "right" the first time. When I say "right," I mean "right for them." For instance, if I built my car to run like Morris built his beautiful car I would not be happy and I would sell it after a few hundred miles with the "well it just wasn't right for me" attitude. If I had told my engine builder to build a 600HP FE, he certainly would have -- it's not that hard to do. But I knew exactly what I wanted, and it turned out that I really did want exactly what I thought I wanted. High-end Cobras that get put up for sale after a few hundred miles are because the owners thought they knew what they wanted, and really they didn't.
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