I purchased a red 90 TGP in Februaury. It had only 15,800 miles, with dealer plastic still on the floor. I have been using it for a daily driver and love it. The only thing I did to the car is put the TG160 and thermostat, as i live in West Texas and already getting into the mid 90's with triple digit temps throuout summer. Everyone that has seen the car loves it, they said they can't believe i drive it every day. I now have 18,200 miles, and want your opinion as to drive it or not. I bought it to enjoy, but don't want to ruin a rare car either. Thanks :icon_biggrin:
ah drive it, thats wha its made for, they arnt worth really anything, and probably wont be, just enjoy it. I was driving mine everyday till i got my Mazda to drive around in
Car is ment to be enjoyed in my opinion......
only time i don't drive mine is in the CDN winters here so that like 6 months a year :icon_lol:
Valid point though i dunno if you will see one of these cars (1989-1990) TGP's or TSTE's in a few years become sought after collectors cars like you see on the Barrett Jackson Auctions :icon_neutral:
so i don't know if what your doing is actually called "ruin a rare car"
hard to say but i say enjoy it but also take care of it well :icon_mrgreen:
People who buy cars to park it in a garage piss me off! If I own a car I drive her...hard at times but she is driven.
On the flip side though such a low mileage car might be sheilded from the world under a tarp and driven now and again on weekends and the like.
Truly it is a preference thing and like Dave said with documented miles it would bring more value later. Problem is our TGP's have since to get the publicity to make it a desireable car.
Your choice man..you paid for her and if I did I would drive her also. :thumb:
I say drive her. Thats what she was built to do..
I have some rare cars, and every one of them gets drive. Apart from the cars in my Sig (the 90 TGP, and the 89 STE AWD), I also own a 69 Camaro RS/SS with 19k original documented miles, a 33 plymouth 3 window coupe, and a 29 plymouth opera sedan. The camaro doesnt get driven much as the miles attest to. but the rest are driven very regularly. Except the 33, it was totaled 2 years ago on my way to a car show in Wyoming. The tranny or rear dif locked up, spun me out, and I ended up flipping the car end over end. Not something I want to do again let me tell ya...
One more vote for "drive it." Although, I personally wouldn't use it as a daily driver.
We need pictures of this low mileage TGP ASAP!!!!!! ;)
Drive it on nice weekends and special occasions....not to work every day.
Quote from: 93luminaz34 on May 01, 2006, 10:07:19 PM
Drive it on nice weekends and special occasions....not to work every day.
Agreed on this one. Unless you go all out and fix all the problem it has, it really is going to be hard as a daily driver since it will start needing more and more stuff that will pop up replaced. 15k miles in 16 years, it sat A LOT, so surely there is some stuff on it that will be going to the graveyard if not already there.
Oh and X2 on the pictures :icon_eek:
:icon_mrgreen:Thanks for the input. I will enjoy driving the TGP. I will work to get pics posted soon. :icon_wink:
Cool, a fellow CSI Vegas fan...
Quote from: pontiac6ksteawd on May 02, 2006, 09:34:03 AM
Cool, a fellow CSI Vegas fan...
Mr. CSI........Is a career CSI and I'm sure also a fan of the TV show ;)
I prefure CSI Miami the best....Caruso has way better one liners at the begining of the show... :icon_razz:
Not a big fan of the show, but do like the Vegas show best. I much prefer the Sopranos and Deadwood. :laugh: Watching CSI makes me :motz2:
LOL ya i can imagine you would see all the Holes and BS that we wouldn't see....
my best impression of that guy, :icon_confused: with that face he can speak with expressions. a great actor though.
Nobody realy likes 80-90s sports cars as REAL collector cars.
The Callaway Corvett sold for pennies at the Berret Jackson auction. :icon_neutral:
The prototype TGP was selling for the price of a used mid compact car. :icon_question:
Everyone wants jalapies, musclecars or flashy italian stuff.
Some sy/tys and GN sell for about 15-17K with 55k miles on the clock.
A TGP would go for 10K at most.
Just enjoy it. But I would contact Jeff M (IF hes still into show/ restore stuff) if you wanto keep it new. By now...you'd want the ABS system flushed , rear calipers regreased, trans flush, turbo oil return hose replaced. Theise would save you headached down the road.
Interesting point, on the psycology of people, but I know most kids nowadays want turbos on their cars and dont want gas guzzler muscle cars. and thats the future of it. some old newspapers I found in an attic from the late 70s had some classified ads in them and I was reading $500 '68 camaro with 454 big block. and other stuff like that in there. the musle cars were all a dime a dozen.