[DMCForum] Re: AMC... (Jack S)
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[DMCForum] Re: AMC... (Jack S)



I graduated in 1983 -- am thinking about my 25th reunion.

Those ubiquitous Fairmonts, er, Mustangs (did that marque EVER stand
on its own 2 feet?) were priced around $8,000. That's where DMC's
potential buyers were.

$25,000 pitted the car squarely against the likes of Porsche, and
let's be honest -- a DeLorean is no Porsche. A very limited number of
buyers were willing to pay that kind of money for the unusual doors,
but as we all know that market was exhausted within a couple of months.

Back to high school: I get kudos from former classmates for still
driving "the little green car". My first girlfriend remembers trying
to deal with the non-reclining seats (my parents bought a cheap
model). Back seat was of course non-functional -- Gremlin/Spirit/SX4
were ostensibly 4 seaters built on the 2 seat AMX floorpan.

Speaking of women: My AMC has been more faithful to me than my ex-wife.

I'd argue that still driving the same car you earned your license in
places a driver in a very exclusive club. And it isn't as though my
AMC has deteriorated -- it remains the second best conditioned vehicle
in my stable (the DeLorean is not Number 1 -- a Lincoln holds that
distinction).

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxx> wrote:
> Well since the car cost more that 12K to produce, I suppose it would
have
> killed the company quicker selling them at 12K.
>
> Personally I wouldn't be caught dead in the same car I drove in High
School.
> Think about the 10 year reunion...
>
> Jack Stiefel - Tampa, Fl
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of content22207
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:37 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: AMC...
>
> I still drive the same AMC I drove in high school...
>
> Consider this: Every high school kid in America (or so it seemed)
> drove a Gremlin. For half a decade AMC couldn't build them fast
> enough. Had DMC priced their car at $12,000 as JZD originally
> intended, they would have ridden a similar wave in the early 80's --
> every high school parking lot would have been full of them.
>
> Pricing the car at $25,000 was the single biggest mistake the company
> ever made.
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
>
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> > I gotta admit, when I see one of those old AMC's on
> > the road, I am impressed..
> >
> > Funny OT story;
> >
> > A few years ago, a group of friends were walking
> > across a mall parking lot to go to the movies.
> > Without saying a word, one of the other car guys in
> > the group and I both stop and start to walk over to
> > this car in the lot to check it out.  There was some
> > exotic looking new Porsche sitting there, which is
> > what everyone thought we were going to look at.. 
> > Again, without saying a word we both went to inspect
> > the AMC Gremlin right next to it, ignoring the
> > Porsche!
> >
> > --- Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Don't go there.  Juley actually -wants- a Pacer. =)
> > >
> > > 
> > >
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