I have a contract with Felipe to buy his "1981 Orange/red with camel interior, 52,000 miles, two prior owners, original paperwork work." See http://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php?posts/206453/
My plans are to fly down in a few weeks and drive it 1600 miles from S. Florida to W. Texas. This is planned as an adventure with my 12 year old son. Felipe's description of the car gives me confidence that it won't turn into a nightmare. We have planned a pace of about 300 miles per day which doesn't seem aggressive as I sit at the computer but it has been almost 30 years since I last drove an X1/9 (I think it was in 1985). Then I was 22, now I'm old and fat...
As I stalked these forums, I have worried some about rejection by the group because I do plan to drive it, and to let my daughter drive it. She is a beautiful, smart almost 16 year old who wants to take it to car shows. Her first choice in cars was my (originally my grandmother's, now with 300,000 miles and largely unmolested) 1967 Camaro, but I said NO (or at least not yet). I don't think she has ever seen an X1/9 in person but she loves the photos.
My concerns about group rejection for driving it have calmed down after reading several posts providing the opposite perspective. I particularly enjoyed the girlfriend analogy I first read in replies to wilson340. I have never considered a tattoo, but if I do some variation of that phrase rates right up there.
More to come, I intend to post many photos of the trip and I hope I don't need to cry out for help along the way but I take great comfort in the support given to others on this forum and am confident that if problems come up I will have help finding a solution.
My plans are to fly down in a few weeks and drive it 1600 miles from S. Florida to W. Texas. This is planned as an adventure with my 12 year old son. Felipe's description of the car gives me confidence that it won't turn into a nightmare. We have planned a pace of about 300 miles per day which doesn't seem aggressive as I sit at the computer but it has been almost 30 years since I last drove an X1/9 (I think it was in 1985). Then I was 22, now I'm old and fat...
As I stalked these forums, I have worried some about rejection by the group because I do plan to drive it, and to let my daughter drive it. She is a beautiful, smart almost 16 year old who wants to take it to car shows. Her first choice in cars was my (originally my grandmother's, now with 300,000 miles and largely unmolested) 1967 Camaro, but I said NO (or at least not yet). I don't think she has ever seen an X1/9 in person but she loves the photos.
My concerns about group rejection for driving it have calmed down after reading several posts providing the opposite perspective. I particularly enjoyed the girlfriend analogy I first read in replies to wilson340. I have never considered a tattoo, but if I do some variation of that phrase rates right up there.
More to come, I intend to post many photos of the trip and I hope I don't need to cry out for help along the way but I take great comfort in the support given to others on this forum and am confident that if problems come up I will have help finding a solution.
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