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Great thread.

I bought my dream car a few months back and have put about 1400 miles on since. If it's not raining, I can't let a day go by when I don't hit the road. I agree with David (the guy who convinced me that "life's too short" NOT to have a Pantera) that owning, driving and looking at my cat has been entirely worth it alone.

However, I am not so sure that the Pantera is NOT a good investment. It all depends on the circumstance, I suppose. If you do your homework and make a good, non-emotional buy ... I think you've made a great investment. Maintenance fees and mods will add up over the years, but I cannot forsee that the value of our cats will doing anything but increase as they becoming increasingly rare in the market.

In driving about, I get a kick out of seeing the plethora of Porsches and Corvettes on the road - none of them any different from the rest. So plain, boring. The Pantera, on the other hand, is so unique that no two cats are the same. And they (currently) cost WAY LESS!

I seriously thought that it was going to take me more than a year to find a cat and to save the additional $$$ that would be required to pull the trigger. Well, due to the slumping US economy and the strong Canadian dollar, I was able to achieve my dream sooner. The stars simply aligned as there is no way I would have been able to get the same value for money a year ago - or perhaps in the future.

I would have paid double for my cat if that's what it would have taken. I would have had to wait a few more years, but I would have owned one eventually.

Bottom line is that now is an excellent time to be looking for your first Pantera.