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Originally Posted by sperry
First, I'm not continuing this in order to perpetuate an argument or anything, I get that you were just making a mediocre joke... I just enjoy talking about the SVX. ... I haven't decided if I'm that dumb yet or not.
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Obviously you aren't, or you'd have done it.
I get why you love that car. It does have a lot going for it. It's just that the negatives are nearly insurmountable- terrible brakes, low cash value which leaves you hanging if you're ever in a minor collision, and many replacement parts like glass are crazy expensive. On the other hand, it's very unique (I have never seen or even heard about a specific SVX that's as well-maintained and restored as yours) it's great looking, and aside from the brakes you love the way it drives.
Heck, the only thing I do different is obsess over old, cheap econoboxes that just happen to be really cheap to fix, upgrade or replace- but they're never going to be GTs. In the last few years I realized I've started to become something I used to ridicule in other people- someone who wants a commuting appliance for my DD, not an amazing driving machine. I want a race car that's an amazing driving machine, and I'm still willing to go through plenty of hassle and headache to get exactly what I want.
Hopefully anyway, since I'm about to start my 3rd complete chassis swap in 3 years for this year's Solo car.
But for DD, I just want a quiet, inexpensive, reliable, inexpensive, non-broken, inexpensive, practical and inexpensive wagon. So last weekend I picked up an '04 Outback crazy cheap. I'll have a thread about that this weekend.