<VV> I Could Use Some Advice

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

Bill,

First of all, my sympathies for your loss.  It sounds like our fathers had 
similar personalities.

As far as your car storage dilemma, I won't really recommend what you should 
do but maybe just ask some rhetorical questions that you might consider in 
making your decision.  Is there another family member who could use the car?  Is 
there a close friend of your father's or the family who could buy the car for 
a reasonable amount?  Is there a family member or friend close by who could 
store the car for you?  Would your mother be offended if you sold the car?  I 
suppose another consideration might be the cost of having two operational cars 
in NYC.  No doubt, the cost of parking/storage must be quite expensive and the 
insurance alone must be horrendous.

I guess the big question is, taking into consideration the emotions that may 
be attached to the car, which vehicle would give you the most ongoing pleasure 
and what would your father approve of?

Doc
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In a message dated 11/27/2008 9:00:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:

> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:57:30 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: <VV> I Could Use Some Advice
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Message-ID: <329657.81547.qm at web32006.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> 
>                                                         B"H
> 
> Hi everyone...I had some sad personal news.  My Dad passed away last week at 
> 87, and even though he could be a tough father at time, he mellowed in later 
> years, enjoying his children and grandchildren, and told me "I Love You" 
> more than once.
> 
> Much if not all, of my enthusiasm for old cars came from Dad.  He had a 
> pretty good knowledge of old cars, and we would often spend pleasant hours 
> reminiscing about the "good old days" of motordom.
> 
> And therein lies a problem.  After the funeral and Shiva last Thursday, Mom 
> handed me the keys to dad's mint-condition, low-mileage '97 Mercury Grand 
> Marquis LS Collector's Edition.  "Dad would have wanted you to have the car," 
> she said.
> 
> I openend the door, and inhaled the scent of a new car.  Dad's car doesn't 
> have a scratch on it, and its 60,000 miles were lovingly driven with the best 
> of care.  Everthing works, and the car has every comfort, convenience and 
> safety feature for today's cars.  It runs like a dream, nice and smooth, lots of 
> power and lots of posh.
> 
> Living in Brooklyn, New York, it's a problem.  It's a crowded city borough, 
> and although I have a townhouse with garage, my '69 gets the garage and the 
> tiny driveway can't really hold anything bigger than the Vair.  Dad's GM and 
> the minivan sort of hang across the sidwalk, and that of course means a 
> possible ticket from NYC's Finest, who are looking to enrich a budget-crunched 
> city's coffers.
> 
> So, with a dire lack of parking spaces, and the occasional car break-in 
> (glass all over the street and sidwalk), I can't find the heart to leave Dad's 
> car on the street.
> 
> I really want to keep the GM for sentimental value, since it was Dad's pride 
> and joy, but I do love my '69 as well.  Lately I've been tempted to sell her 
> and keep the GM.
> 
> What should I do?  Any opinions would be appreciated.  If I do sell the 
> Monza, the buyer will get a 56K miles rust-free Corvair that runs and drives nice 
> and tight, with a new, inexpensive but pretty good paint job, special Super 
> Sport trim, with a virtually perfect body and a car in excellent mechanical 
> condition, with new radial whitewalls that could be driven anywhere, it's 
> literally a turn-key car.
> 
> A happy Thanksgiving to all my Vair friends!...Bill Hershkowitz 69 Monza 110 
> PG


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