Ever lost the heart to Lemonize a car? (Page 2 of 2)

I really want to do this with the Porschelump. Because concours. And not Concours d'Lemons. Concours d'WTF IS THAT

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I got a 2003 MINI Cooper S  with Koni coilvers, supercharger reduction pulley, 6 speed, uprated swaybars, poly bushings for dirt cheap. had 163K miles on it. My wife Daily Drove it after I used a timesert to repair the head while it was still installed (had blown out a sparkplug and was running on 3 cyls when I got it) . It ended up being "too rough" of a ride for her after about 6 months so we sold it for $6000 over what I had invested in it and she bought a new car.

About a month later, I picked up a 2005 MINI Cooper (non-S) with 68K original miles that the owner was told needed a new engine (by the stealership) She had ever friggin receipt for every bit of suggested maintenance (that wasn't covered by the full factory warranty-- like replacing all of the coolant lines at 30K miles for $2000) and she was sooooooo let down by the car that she was literally crushed. It looked showroom new. Got it for Lemons money. Let a fellow LeMoneer buy it from me for what I paid plus some tires, he put in a new oil sending unit and the car is still being daily driven today. I think he's had to replace the clutch once, too, because he gave it to his fiance who had never driven stick before.

The trick is, see, most people get all anal retentive when they start accumulating cars, and like to line them all up next to each other in a neat row.  After 4 or 5 cars, though, the row starts getting pretty long, and your wife, your family, the neighbors, and code enforcement start to notice.  No, see, the trick to amassing an unusually large car collection is to start sprinkling them randomly about the property.  It helps to have at least 2 acres to do this properly.  Hide a couple behind the barn, a few by the house, one or two out by the dog's run, maybe one by the street with a half-hearted "For Sale" sign on it, and a couple in the woods with covers on them.  Pretty soon you've got 2 or 3 dozen cars stashed away, and nobody's the wiser.  Heck, you might even start to forget about them yourself!