Re: When deciding what to buy....

Posted by 19482255 On 2011/5/22 14:10:20

Thanks everyone.

While not trying to take the fun and magic out of the experience, I am trying to get an idea of what kind of expense owning a Packard would be like.

I do own (and have owned) antique/vintage MoPars, considerably less expensive cars than Packards. But even on my Dodge and Plymouth, having everyone else do the work became a huge $ drain and took a lot of the fun away. I realized that since this is supposed to be a hobby, 1/2 the enjoyment would be working on the car yourself, so that's what I'm learning to do now, on my much less expensive cars.

When I own a Packard, I plan on doing as much of the mechanical work myself as I can, because by that time, I will know the basics of working on cars, and I'm hoping Packards won't be terribly different. But, I'm also going into the experience without any illusions about what it will cost me.