Advice Please For Idiot Buyer!

My Dino is only a few away from Jimmy's (00542). All of the doors and lids are aluminum. I was about to buy a 512 but think I'm going to save up for a 365BB for similar reasons. Maybe I'm Japanese and was separated from my parents at birth!?

Cheers...Keith

 

It rains a lot in both Japan and Seattle...

 

congratulations!! pics are a must & u better bring it to the New Canaan Motorsports Fall Festival where it will have some fellow Dino company!

 

congratulations !!!! once you get it, you won't be disappointed.

 

Congrat ! This is the start of a wonderful relationship. As for the Tipo L inquiry, ...yes the car is lighter, more aluminum panels, and a bit more HP than the US versions, etc. What I like most is the fact that in total only 350 or so L Types were made and the hand made "imperfection" quality of it. As for the 365BB, ...those clean, simple lines and profile, no bulky spoiler lips, triple tail lights and triple exhausts, and best of all the visible manifolds from the rear is like a gorgeous girl w/ a perfect behind in a mini skirt. Jimmy

 

I like the way you think!

When I bought my Dino, I researched for quite awhile. I got a PPI on a car and took a day off work to fly up and inspect her in person. This was back in 1998. I took her for a test drive and after a bit of haggling, remember when you could do that?, I bought the car. Now this car had sat for a number of years and the dealer replaced hoses and fuel lines. I decided to drive back to LA from Los Gatos, about 6 hours. In a car I don't know much about. Just reading everything I could get my hands on. I was quickly introduced to the fuel starvation problem when I exited to a service station. It was a long sweeping exit and the car died mid-curve. She started right away but my memory flashed back to all the articles that mentioned about this issue and I had a huge grin on my face.

It was a beautiful day and I had the top off. Everything was going beautifully until I got to Malibu. I noticed white smoke in the rear view. And there was traffic ahead. I started saying things like "come on baby, just a little more". I got 10 minutes from my house when the car died. The head gasket had blown and I had my first big Dino repair bill. But I still had a huge grin on my face.

Welcome to the club.

 

Congratulations - hoses and belts are the rubber bits that would concern me with an older, low mileage car and you've got that covered.

Now, the driving fun starts!

 

A real chairs and flares GTS, in good/great condition, is like ocean-front property. Location...location...location. It may not go up much in value (if the market has topped out at this point), but it will not depreciate either. It likely will climb. There simply are not many like this.

Money is not spent on these items. It is transferred from one asset to another. Hence, barring appropriate insurance coverage, one will not lose the money. Worse case...perhaps a few percentage points down, which will equate to the pleasure-factor. More likely you will be paid for your enjoyment (with rise in equity value).

Now, how important is that PPI? What if the PPI came back and said it had low compression on cylinder #4? Heck, I won't go there.

Congratulations. Great car. Smart choice. We are all jealous.

Jim S.

 

Mike,
Congratulations. No idiot buyer at all. You will enjoy it no end. Show us pics when it shows.
John

 

Congrats. You would have been an idiot to let it go. Your Dino will bring you satisfaction standing still and in motion. Enjoy!

...Keith