Good afternoon, I am a first time poster. I just found this forum by searching google. Lemme start by introducing myself. My name is Mike Perowski and I am a big sports car fan. I love them 100 percent, well maybe 99% and I will tell you why in just a bloody second.
First off since I was a kid, I imagined myself driving around in a wonderous V8 engine. But now I find myself much different.
As of June 2004 I bought myself a 1993 Volvo 940, sure the car is a Volvo and Volvos are known for their tank like features, and it does have a nice kick to it, however one thing always brings me down and that is performance. First off when I bought my car for a total of 2800 dollars I saw a car, and thats what I got. Sure a few things were wrong at first, but I did correct those wrongs. I find myself struggling though very bad.
Before I bestowed my eyes upon this Volvo I was about to buy myself a 1991 Camaro RS V8 5.0 liters 305 hp. The first owner did some work to it at a Chevrolet Performance shop down in Ventura, CA and the second owner (who is related to me) has offered me this lovely car again 1000 dollars less than he did last time. Originally I was supposed to purchase the car from him for $3000 but seeing as how something went wrong during the process, I found myself not buying the car because he needed it over the summer. But now in August 2004, he came back to me and said "here's the deal, I will give you my car for 2000 dollars out the door, a few things need to be done, such as tune up, and a power window replacement. Thats it" Quite frankly the car has 99k miles on it. He drives a 95' Suburban which he is very happy with so his Camaro just sits on the driveway all day long. The last time he drove it was in august of 2004. So 2 months of isolation really does something to the mind. I feel kind of bad, because here is a perfectly beautiful car sitting on a driveway not recieving love from its owner. But my problem now is, I have a car and I love it very much. But for some odd reason I just keep thinking back to the Camaro and how cool and fun it would be to have one. I have driven it a few times myself, the car handles excellent (same Corvette suspensions) its got real good acceleration (0-60 in 6.0 seconds) which is good for an almost 14 year old car. And despite its somewhat high mileage it drives really good. My Volvo has a 186,000 miles on it. Yes it may be high, according to some but the car still drives like it has 50k miles on it. Mileage has no effect on Volvo.
This little trick has to stop, I love Camaros, very much especially the early 90s models. But in the long run which car is going to last me longer. I take extra good care of my cars, I know Camaros are known for performance rather than reliability, but this 91 RS is WELL taken care of. He's owned the car since 2000 I believe, and he has only spent 500 dollars on it and that was because of a heater core problem.
Thank you