Re: I need some serious advice about buying a Packard

Posted by Garrett Meadows On 2016/2/22 19:52:56

First, you have my admiration and appreciation for making your shop available to students with special needs to learn new skills and be intellectually/socially stimulated. So many people are too quick to dismiss students with students as not being able to learn new skills or be actively engaged in self-reward activities.

Second, my solicitation for advice/guidance about buying a Packard has both an illuminating and disheartening experience. Many of the responses pointed out many aspects of Packard ownership that never occurred to me, having both to do with mechanical knowledge and finances.

Sadly, I know absolutely nothing about auto mechanics, meaning should something go wrong with my Packard, I'd have to find a mechanic. I have come to realize that you just don't get in and go with a Packard the same way you do with modern cars. That was the biggest mistake I made in my thinking, that vintage cars can be driven the same way modern cars can.

(Sigh). It was a nice fantasy while it lasted. Thanks for your input.
as always
Garrett M