Too old to use?

[Will Owen <nashwill@xxxxxxxxx>]

In #262, Maximillien Hendrickx wrote:

 'This probably means that my boyhood dream is lost, for by the time I
can affors a Ghibli, all "old" maserati's will have more than 15-20
years on the clock and will hardly be usable as daily drivers...'

15 to 20 years old, and "hardly usable?" Good grief! Alice the Falcon
will be 40 in a year and a half, and she's only temporarily retired
from daily chores. Friend Bob's indecently fast Duetto (in regular if
not constant use) is over 30. And there are folks in England who do
cross-country trials (through mud, up cliffs etc.) in things like Type
13 Bugattis and 30/98 Vauxhalls. 

Now, Masers and Ferraris and the like never have been the best choice
for grocery shopping and the like, but they're good, stout machines,
and *IF* you can afford to maintain one properly it should last and be
usable as a fast touring car damn near forever. Sensible equipment
upgrades - electronic ignition, better lights and tires etc. - can
also make a lot of older cars work better than they did when new.

Will Owen
Nashville, TN
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