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Tom , my youngest son took my rs-ss camaro conv't with 41 opts to home coming in 1991 I was more afraid of him driving around town than i have ever been on a race track. The thing about a race track is the car is teched and checked of safety which i don't know about the idiot on the street. Give me the track any day compared to the street.

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I'm one of the new kids on the block when it comes to this forum, but I've kinda been hanging around because it seems no matter how a topic keeps going around in circles , mostly everyone seems to find a common center..---Very REFRESHING. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

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Somebody point this poor guy to the Douglass topics [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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To be honest I would be scared of blowing it up. Then what is it worth?? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

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Kim, That is the parent in you. We can protect our kids from a lot of things, but not idiot/drunk drivers. Just yesterday I visited with the mother/sister of the 18 girl who lost her life due to a drunk driver (BAC was over .300). [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif[/img]

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Somebody point this poor guy to the Douglass topics [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Took a quick look------WOW!!!---Talk about take no prisoners---------- That's O.K.--as long as they can't reach thru the computer screen and punch me!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]---Can they?? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif[/img]

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It's always good to hear other perspectives and opinions on certain subjects.

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JoeG;
Even with 6+ pages of sometimes heated dialogue, everyone agrees that the Douglass cars are a very cool part of the SuperCar hobby, and have a lot of mystique about them. I believe we all respect each other's opinions, it may not always appear that way in a given thread but in reality we do.
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GOOD GROUP--- [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]--Gotta get back to work [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif[/img]

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To be honest I would be scared of blowing it up. Then what is it worth??

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To me, it does not matter. I will fix what is damaged and go on. I own these cars to have fun, not the $$$. If it were about the $$$, I would sell out today.

I compare it to investing in the stock market. If you can not afford to loose, best not play. As valuable as the cars are today, a change in trends, a uprising in the Middle East (no oil), whatever, could change our hobby and the value of the cars in a heart beat. The cars could depreciate just as fast, or faster, as they appreciated.

The supercar hobby is what I do for fun, my hobby. As long as it is fun, I will continue doing it, if not, I will move on to something else.