quote:Originally posted by TomCat:
I believe most people asking if its a kit car are not serious car enthusiasts and have no idea what it is and just assume that it is a replica of an ultra-rare, unaffordable vehicle...like the Cobra kits they have seen...so I "make their day."
Too true. People are always dismissing my GT40 as "just a kit-car" (which it is) presumably thinking it is some VW-powered Beetle re-body. 95% of them wouldn't be able to identify the distinguishing factors separating mine from a real one if they were side-by-side. I might just start telling people it's real and that it is worth $2+ Million dollars. Of course, my luck, the first guy I talk to will be a Customs official who will want to try to get me to pay the tax on the $2 Million difference in value between what I declared when I imported the it and what the "real" car is worth.
It is funny when people ask how much a typical Pantera costs. They seem quite let down when they find out they spent more on their loaded Toyota than they would if they had bought a cool car.
Mark