Re: [Chrysler300] Survivor Question.

[<robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete,
    Mopsy already has been to Barrett-Jackson.  I have the window sticker, 
bill of sale to Henry Hopkins and the "Daimler-Chrysler presents 
Barrett-Jackson" key chain to prove it. The best gestimate I have now is 
that I'm a little over $90K not including the value of MY TIME, ENERGY & 
EMOTION in the car (any tort attorney will definitely attest to value here). 
This summer I was at O'Reilly's on a Saturday night getting a rubber wire 
grommet for the radiator support bracket (To cover the metal one already in 
place...OK Gil?) with the hood up.  I stepped out to find a bling-blinging 
bombshell with a late model Mercedes convertible getting a halogen bulb 
replaced on her Benz.  While the O'Reilly's guy was trying to figure out how 
to get the bulb in place she saunters over to where I'm under the hood with 
the rubber grommet.  She leans over and asks about the car and wants to know 
if I'll let her take it for a spin!! YEAH SURE and my name is JOE DIMAGGIO. 
Of course the halter top with the anatomy hanging over the fender didn't 
distract me as much as the diamond pendant approaching my front fender 
paint!  She liked the air cleaners on Mopsy and I let that response pass 
because all I could think of was scratched paint!  I kindly asked her to 
back away from the car.  I guess she wasn't used to being rebuffed that way 
and asked why?  I stated that this was a very valuable automobile and that 
she wasn't insured to drive her and that I was the only person that I 
trusted to drive her.  So the question next was with a glance toward the 
Benz...how valuable is this old car?  Smiling I said about the cost of your 
drop top Benz when new and another $20K!!  Well that impressed her which 
spoke volumes for why I wasn't the least bit impressed with her!  We owners 
of BEAUTIFUL BRUTES are classy aren't we?  300'ly,  ROB KERN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <moparpjf@xxxxxxx>
To: <robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <JPMODL@xxxxxxx>; <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Survivor Question.


>
>
> In a message dated 01/30/2005 8:53:40 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> ...where  I WANT TO BE...to have a gee whiz driver that you can't wait
> to drive to a  300 meet!  NO TRAILER QUEEN FOR ME but to the point where 
> you
> never  let it out of your site when you have it out of the garage!  This 
> is
> where the anxiety sets in to see if you should tally up all those receipts
> you've saved to document the work  put into the job...tens of  thousands 
> of
> $$$$!!!  Oh well, you can't drive a certificate of  deposit or a stock
> certificate.  It is part of my portfolio!   300'ly,  ROB KERN
>
>
>
> Good point Rob.  At what point do you stop  enjoying the car as a driver 
> and
> start just staring at it.  As most of you  are aware, I am a driver type -
> others prefer to trailer their cars.   Although I do kid them alot, I can
> understand why they do it - it avoids those  pesky stones kicking up, and 
> bugs in
> your paint and such, which are the  trade-offs for enjoying the ride.
>
> Having watched Barrett-Jackson last night, where only a  few cars went for
> under $100,000.00, one is truly tempted to ask if any of those  cars will 
> be
> seen on the road.  The guys announcing were so carried away  with the
> $3,000,000.00 and $300,000.00 sales that they were saying that you  could 
> buy a car for
> only $120.000.00 and not worry about  driving it on the road.  I think 
> they
> could say that only because it wasn't  their $120,000.00 involved.  In any 
> event,
> if you are ever serious about  selling your car, consider spending the 
> money
> to take it to Barrett-Jackson - it  could bring one hell of alot more than 
> you
> think, but I wouldn't drive it  there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete Fitch
>
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