Sanity check

[samill2]

I got outta control and posted a rant in another thread I started about Legend Lime. Here it is - I'm hoping someone will say something that will convince me to keep my Cobra before it's too late. Suggestions?

Warning: What follows is a whiney and unnecessarily long rant authored by the thread starter.

I don't want to get rid of the Cobra but I have to admit that it's on borrowed time right now. These STL streets are beating her up and I actually feel bad for her. Every single day I think of what mod I want next and I'm ALWAYS on this site researching the next one but I hate to mod such a great car with 57k miles that does DD duty. I've got a light oil leak in the rear that needs attention, The Vibe, and The Stall, and wheelhop that seemingly can't be fixed without a full SRA swap. My friend's 01 has 100k+ miles and his has never had any problems beyond worn tires and brakes - not even wheelhop! I guess I have guilt issues because I feel like it's my fault for not being able to give her enough attention and I have this thing about owning a garage queen - I can't do it. It doesn't help that every dealer I've been to has basically told me "live with it" like they don't even care about their $35k+ cars not working correctly off the showroom floor - no support. I even bought an extended warranty with it but the dealers seem to get around that every chance they get.

I've wanted a Mustang GT all my life because I never thought I could afford a Cobra - now I get a Cobra and I feel guilty dumping the loud pedal at any given time. Additionally, I NEVER get challenged in this car. I get more action in my wife's Pilot!! I've raced ONE guy driving some beatup, 80s-era grocery-getter that resulted in me pulling about 11tybillion cars on him around the middle of 1st gear - hardly my idea of fun. Not one ricer, europhile pansy, or even good ole boy in my hometown, in Maryland, or here in Illinois has even ventured a meager attempt at racing me besides that one slack-jaw in MD. I expected just the opposite. [sorry - I kinda raced my friend in his '01 one day but it wasn't enough of a race to count].

I really want to bust my knuckles on this car but just don't have the time and, with no beater, can't afford the downtime. I would rather see this car modded to 600hp and kept clean in someone else's hands than watch it slowly deteriorate in mine.

Hopefully when spring comes around, my whole outlook will change and maybe I can make more time to work on her. Who knows [/rant]

 

[RDJ]

you don't need a sanity check ... your certifiable ... no sense in looking for what isnt' there LOL


Really .. I feel your pain. My 95 was a daily driver but I refused to have a garage queen either ... I quit going to shows because I have the best looking 130K mile 95 Rio Red coupe in existance but the asshats at the shows always voted for the garage queen with 200 miles on it ... It takes NO effort to pull a car out of the garage, trailer it to a show, and win an award ... it takes a hell of a lot of work to keep a daily driver with a lot of miles showroom clean.... but no one seems to appreciate that at shows.

I modded mine but not much since I didn't want to pay for premium gas ... but I have ust embarked on an effort to buy a 2004 cobra that reqires premium LOL ... oh well

My advice .. keep the car fix the oil leak, keep her clean and drive it like a member of the family ... you can mod later. unless you want to buy my 02 GT convertible for 15K .... then you can give the cobra a well deserved rest ... and drive the beejesus our of the GT

 

[o4nccobra]

heres an idea, buy a beater and let the cobra rest for a while.
then when you do drive it will be like having a new one each time

 

[REPOEDsDIME]

ehhhh, sell it. you will regret it later though, I promise. No, I would really consider just getting a beater like 04ncobra stated. Sounds like a better idea to me.

 

[samill2]

I've considered the beater idea. I been needing a truck too so might go that route. Still hate having reliable transportation and having all that money tied up in a car I rarely drive. I could see my wife down the road a few months saying "yannow, you don't drive the Cobra much anymore and we sure could use a fence in the backyard, and it'd be nice to finish off that basement, and..." = slippery slope to no more Cobra.