Originally Posted by Kirk
Originally Posted by Carl_Chitwood
It is worth that price only to someone who places high value on a museum peace. As a working man's airplane, it's overpriced. I wouldn't fly it as much, because I'd want to keep the time down. Just like not driving a collector car!


Reminds me of the time my dad came across an ad in Hemming's Motor News for a 1942 Ford Business Coupe with only 42 miles on it. Well preserved and drivable. I had the same thought as Carl, you wouldn't want to drive it and add any miles. My dad's opinion was a complete opposite - "Are you kidding? It'd be like buying a brand-new car and driving it off the lot. I'd take it everywhere!"


The 1995 white Camaro convertible that was in the picture with the B-25 that I posted I purchased as the second owner in 1998 two weeks before it turned three years old. It had 1030 total miles on the odometer when I got it home after driving 260 miles to get here. The older couple that previously owned it since new drove it only on nice Sunday afternoons. They had seven other cars as well. They traded the Camaro for a new 1998 Corvette. I often wonder how many miles they put on it. I did have to replace a rear main seal because of the low miles and lack of lubrication but I had an extended new vehicle warranty from the dealer at his cost, (a friend of mine who called me when it came in before it went on the lot since he knew I was looking), so it only cost me the $50 deductible. It is now almost going over 100K miles. I haven't let it sit.

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