You are right.
I feel that I in no way need to explain myself, but I will anyway:
I do NOT have a ton of money to put toward my old car hobby. Frankly, I have very little.
My goal is to get the BEST muscle car that I possibly can, and I need it to be a dependable daily driver. Thus, I've purchased three mopar's in the last year. I have one that I've been working on (my A12 clone), but I know it's not the one I'd really like to keep for myself. I want one nicer, a more daily driver friendly one.
So, a couple weeks back I ran across the white 1968 Roadrunner that started all this discussion.
In some ways it's better than my A12, in some ways it's not.
I offered the owner $100 LESS than the price HE TOLD ME was the lowest he would take. He REFUSED my offer. I paid EXACTLY what he said was his bottom line. Our negotiations lasted less than 15 seconds. I didn't beat up anyone, nor did I low-ball anyone. He and his wife ran into a medical issue that forced his retirement. NO ONE ELSE even came to LOOK at the car. I was the ONLY one who came to look. In my opinion, I did that family a GREAT SERVICE, in that I provided them with money for their house payment, food, and medical bills. That fact is undeniable.
After looking over the car for a day or two, I started discussing what I should do with the car with two other car guys in my area that I know. I figured that I would spend close to the exact amount of money finishing the white car as I would the orange one, and the white one would probably be the better one to keep, as it's a TRUE Roadrunner. But I'm not a fan of the 68, and I really want a 1969. I was really torn about what to do. I spent a couple nights last week just staring at the two cars together side-by-side.
One of the older guys mentioned another B body car that was numbers-matching and virtually mint, with air conditioning, and needing nothing but a driver. It is owned by a local businessman who, as many of us, is in need of cash quickly. We figured that if I sold my 1966 Valiant drag car, my A12 clone, the white 1968 RR, and the extra parts parts that came with it, that I could buy the mint B body car, thus having the car I would want to keep and have been trying to build up on a shoe-string (or less) budget.
"Mr. Canadian Jr. Member" made assumptions about me, what I did, and what I am doing.
He is/was incorrect.
You know the old saying, "when you ASSume, you make and AS* out of YOU (U) and ME".
I think Mr. Canadian Jr. Member could use a week off to think about how he speaks and addresses other members, especially new members who come here looking for help and advice.
In closing, I would appreciate all the help I can get from the membership here. If I want to get blasted with strife, biatched at, degraded, etc., I'll shut the computer off at night and spend my evenings with my wife ;)
