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Well I got an interesting email a few days ago.
The folks I bought our Rangey from want it back, after @4-5 yrs!
The husband misses it dearly according to his wife, and she is after buying it him form Christmas (must be nice).
I named my price ($10k), and she asked how to pay. I honestly didnt think she would have it for that, but she did.
The rig has been gone through, down to the motor I built for it. It needs a new torque converter as it is robbing some power I feel. But it runs 110% now the becm is back, and uses no oil etc. Everything has been gone through over the years too.
At the end of the day, it is a '98 with over 200k miles showing on it though:-?
So, decision time....We are going to have another p38, as we feel the Mk3's are nice, but our budget would be stretched if we got one and the used parts are near non existent for them. So running and ownership costs would be a lot higher than with a P38 I feel.
Browsed a few, and I can either get a cheaper one for @$4k that needs a little work but looks very clean, or spend a little more for a genuine rig that needs next to nothing. Scotty has a lead on a Vittesse that looks beautiful, but would need picking up in Ca!
A Callaway caught my interest but the guy wanted $12K for it! Nice rig, but he needs to remember it is a '99 after all.
Anyone know of any nice rigs up for grabs? If paying good money, it would need to have both remotes, handbook, EAS, all stock, and so on. I can drop an engine into one easy enough, but the price would have to be attractive to do so. The wife has a good point when she says that I have put the time and effort into our current rig, and may have to start over
How do the Bosch motors feel vs the Gems motors? Anyone had or driven both?
Any limited editions I should be on the lookout for? The Holland and Holland editions look rather nice too, but no engine mods like the Callaways as far as I know.
Thoughts???
Martin
The folks I bought our Rangey from want it back, after @4-5 yrs!
The husband misses it dearly according to his wife, and she is after buying it him form Christmas (must be nice).
I named my price ($10k), and she asked how to pay. I honestly didnt think she would have it for that, but she did.
The rig has been gone through, down to the motor I built for it. It needs a new torque converter as it is robbing some power I feel. But it runs 110% now the becm is back, and uses no oil etc. Everything has been gone through over the years too.
At the end of the day, it is a '98 with over 200k miles showing on it though:-?
So, decision time....We are going to have another p38, as we feel the Mk3's are nice, but our budget would be stretched if we got one and the used parts are near non existent for them. So running and ownership costs would be a lot higher than with a P38 I feel.
Browsed a few, and I can either get a cheaper one for @$4k that needs a little work but looks very clean, or spend a little more for a genuine rig that needs next to nothing. Scotty has a lead on a Vittesse that looks beautiful, but would need picking up in Ca!
A Callaway caught my interest but the guy wanted $12K for it! Nice rig, but he needs to remember it is a '99 after all.
Anyone know of any nice rigs up for grabs? If paying good money, it would need to have both remotes, handbook, EAS, all stock, and so on. I can drop an engine into one easy enough, but the price would have to be attractive to do so. The wife has a good point when she says that I have put the time and effort into our current rig, and may have to start over
How do the Bosch motors feel vs the Gems motors? Anyone had or driven both?
Any limited editions I should be on the lookout for? The Holland and Holland editions look rather nice too, but no engine mods like the Callaways as far as I know.
Thoughts???
Martin
