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I started to post this in the general discussion area but changed my mind and decided to post it here.
The owner of a local furniture store has an F50 replica (based on the Pontiac Fiero chassis). I have seen the car and it is done nice but really doesn't look like an F50, it looks like a kit. Anyway, I bought a new bed there and when the guys came over to deliver it they were really impressed with and loved my car. I mentioned the kit car and they said "Why? You want to buy it?" I said "No, why would I want that when I have a real Ferrari?" The response, "Well, he only wants $30k for it." I said "Are you serious?" They said " Oh yeah, he's got over $60k invested in it. It is only the chassis that is Fiero, everything else is Ferrari and he had the engine all hopped up too. It's really quite a deal for $30k." I told them, "You know, if you had $30k, you could get one of these (pointing at my car) and still have money left over." They had nothing to say to that.
I really don't understand the kit car culture (I guess like I don't understand the "riceboy" culture). I saw a 308 kit car on ebay and the guy had "Over $35,000 invested". Invested? Why don't you just get a 308?
I think I would rather dream of an F50 then spend $60k for a built up Fiero. Oh well, to each his own.
The owner of a local furniture store has an F50 replica (based on the Pontiac Fiero chassis). I have seen the car and it is done nice but really doesn't look like an F50, it looks like a kit. Anyway, I bought a new bed there and when the guys came over to deliver it they were really impressed with and loved my car. I mentioned the kit car and they said "Why? You want to buy it?" I said "No, why would I want that when I have a real Ferrari?" The response, "Well, he only wants $30k for it." I said "Are you serious?" They said " Oh yeah, he's got over $60k invested in it. It is only the chassis that is Fiero, everything else is Ferrari and he had the engine all hopped up too. It's really quite a deal for $30k." I told them, "You know, if you had $30k, you could get one of these (pointing at my car) and still have money left over." They had nothing to say to that.
I really don't understand the kit car culture (I guess like I don't understand the "riceboy" culture). I saw a 308 kit car on ebay and the guy had "Over $35,000 invested". Invested? Why don't you just get a 308?
I think I would rather dream of an F50 then spend $60k for a built up Fiero. Oh well, to each his own.