I did something stupid
Hey Jarlaxle, a couple of decades ago I got all excited about a car on eBay. Well I won it and then the fun started trying to get it from Tacoma, WA to Upstate NY where I live. eBay didn't help or offer shipping services back then. Well a month and $900 later I received the car plastered in slush and road salt on an open carrier, in February as I remember. That $900 was a third of the cost of the car and a lot of money back then. I went through a lot of the same stages of buyers remorse and second thinking that you have experienced also.
After a few months of cleaning, fixing small issues etc., it all paid of when one nice warm spring day I took my very young grand kids out for ice cream in my "Limousine" as they referred to it!
Your experience is not unusual in this hobby, so put your mind in a positive place and await your car with anticipation. There won't be many rust free cars like yours in New England, so buff it up, give it some love and enjoy. You can't put a price on the fun, satisfaction and pride our hobby brings to us even with the bad days!
Here's my "mistake"
Hey Jarlaxle, a couple of decades ago I got all excited about a car on eBay. Well I won it and then the fun started trying to get it from Tacoma, WA to Upstate NY where I live. eBay didn't help or offer shipping services back then. Well a month and $900 later I received the car plastered in slush and road salt on an open carrier, in February as I remember. That $900 was a third of the cost of the car and a lot of money back then. I went through a lot of the same stages of buyers remorse and second thinking that you have experienced also.
After a few months of cleaning, fixing small issues etc., it all paid of when one nice warm spring day I took my very young grand kids out for ice cream in my "Limousine" as they referred to it!
Your experience is not unusual in this hobby, so put your mind in a positive place and await your car with anticipation. There won't be many rust free cars like yours in New England, so buff it up, give it some love and enjoy. You can't put a price on the fun, satisfaction and pride our hobby brings to us even with the bad days!
Here's my "mistake"
