[V8] The neurosis spreads!

[Mike Arman]

Doctor Roger, Doctor Roger, PLEEEZE help meeeee . . .


1) No it doesn't cost me much for it to sit there (just plates and insurance, which I can live with)

2) No there's nothing much wrong with it, all the major issues have been solved and most of the 
minor ones as well (beyond the fuel pump, no cruise control which I don't use anyway, and one ABS 
sensor isn't right, but really, that's about it.)

3) I do have room for it, and it isn't actually in my way very much

4) I know I won't see anything like reasonable money if I sell it - $4K is a fever dream, $2.5K is 
the very high end of just barely possible (not because the car isn't any good, it is the market for 
these things that sucks), under $2k I'll for damn sure keep it.

5) If I used it as a trade in ("If it runs, we'll give you $5,000,000 towards your new crapmobile!") 
I wouldn't be getting anything I really want anyway.

6) I do have (plenty) of alternate transportation, including a 2001 adnoH Accord with under 50K on 
it - came out of an estate.

7) I don't "need" the money to buy something else. 2K isn't going to make or break the deal.

8) As Dave Head so scathingly put it, I don't EVER let go of ANYTHING - why should I, and what would 
I replace it with? After all, he's seen my garage, and Dave, if you thought the garage was full, 
come look at my new hangar!!! (Actually I do let go of stuff sometimes - when Cody Forbes took all 
my 5 cylinder stuff, he had to make two trips with a Dually 454 Chebby pickup and a huge trailer, 
and the second trip brought the mighty big block to its' knees, he smoked the clutch on the way home.)

Problem is that I'm getting spoiled by the Accord. The damn thing just runs. Zero maintenance, zero 
oil leaks, zero electrical problems, starts every time, and I don't have to worry about someone 
tapping it in a parking lot and busting one of the unobtanium big-buck Eurolights. The car is 
utterly soul-less, boring, dull, insipid, uninspiring, common . . . but it always goes . . . (so 
far, anyway). Been two years now, other than oil changes at 7,500 miles - nothing! (Well one set of 
brake pads when I got it, and a headlight bulb.)


So Doctor Roger, I fear I am beginning to stray . . . I find myself casting envious eyes at 350CLK 
convertibles and the stray Boxster . . . I've even considered building a Force Five knockoff Cobra 
(but I have serious doubts as to its crashworthyness, so I'll probably pass on that car).


What do I do? What do I do? Keep it in hibernation and go play amongst the various automotive 
diversions and delights offered to me? Stay faithful, fix it and roar off happily into the sunset in 
a cloud of burnt Pentosin? Sell it and regret it forever? I'm so conflicted . . . help me . . . sob 
. . .


Best Regards,

Mike Arman
90V8Q (so far)