[s-cars] Me too - hell no!

[Eric Phillips]

> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:13:49 -0500
> From: "Tom Mullane" <tmullane at gmail.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Me too
> To: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
>
> Gents,
>
> Since others have confessed recently, I may as well add my name to the
> list:  I sold my S-car.
>
> I was truely a super car, and for sure the best car I have ever owned, but I
> found that I rarely drove it.  Between a short commute that did not allow
> the turbo to come up to temp and a stable of other fun cars, it seemed the S
> car just sat.  The decision to sell came in October, when I pulled the car
> out of the garage to wash it for a local get-together only to find it still
> clean (and virtually undriven) since S Fest in August.
>
> The S-car is THE car to have if you can have only one car.  You can dust the
> Camero at the light, take the boss to lunch, blast through the twisties, and
> load kids and groceries in the back.  But if you can have more than one car,
> you find that the Miata is faster in the twisties, the Suburban holds more
> stuff, the Coupe is a good commuter, and knowing that you only have a few
> thousand in your winter beater can be very liberating when playing in the
> snow.  Granted, there is something very special about an S-car, which is why
> it took me so long to part with it.
>
> So anyway, the S has not gone to a pimply faced teenager for installation of
> 22's and huge wing.  The new owner is lurker here, a mature adult who waited
> for the right car.  If his phone call on the way home from work on his first
> night in the S is any indication, he found the right car.  I hope the car
> brings him the same joy, pride of ownership, and goose bumps that it brought
> me.  I'm sure he'll pop up here eventually, and I'll still be around, so
> really the list wins in the end.
>
> Its been fun.


Who knows, Tom - maybe you'll decide you can't live without her.  And
you'll pick up another.  Never say never, right?  I won't speak for
anyone else, but as far as I'm concerned, you'll always be welcome on
The List.  The real test will be when you start to look at gaining
back some storage space, and your Rossatobin comes into play.  When
you hesitate, then you'll know that your departure from the UrS crowd
was a mistake.  ;)

Stick shift, a car you can work on yourself, and 300+ HP without
having to replace motor bits - hard to find elsewhere.

That, and the fact nobody knows what you have until you're showing
them tail lights.

And even with all the possible money spent on go-fast mods, the final
bill ain't too bad - especially considering what you'd have to spend
on new iron to get that kind of "go".

No, I'm gonna dance with my date for some time.  When the next Avant
comes up that I can steal (I saw an unmodified one in the SW go for
$7800 not too long ago), I'll beg my wife to add another S-car to the
stable.

You'll be back.

Eric