The movie did it for me. I'd always wanted one, the original, but waaaay out of reach so I figured I'd get a replica Cobra someday. When they came out in 05, and the bidding wars started, they went for way more than MSRP in my hood, plus I'd just purchased a boat so not the right time. I kinda let it go until I saw the movie. Timing was right this time. I kept telling my wife I'm getting one. She kept laughing and said no. I finally sold it to her as diversified investing. It'll only benefit her financially when I'm dead though. I kept shopping online and we went to Barrett with no luck. Then I bought one, white w/blue, in April but didn't tell her. It took a couple weeks to show up at my house. I took off from work to open up the home shop, store it away and go back to work. It was raining when it showed up. I popped the clamshell to drool. It was dirty so I shut shell, the garage, found the wiper switch, and went for a drive. Oh what a feeling! I can't imagine ever feeling like that ever again, and I'm fine with that. I locked it up and went back to work. I came home from work at the normal time, had dinner with my wife, listened to a loooong boring story about her work, and went out to the shop to work on "some stuff". I turned on the lights, set up a camera, and went to get my wife for some "help". She opened the door and saw it. Her jaw dropped and-"No" "Really?" "No, it's a friends" "Is it April fools?" "Really?" is all she could say. After I convinced her it was ours and what it took to get it she asked how I could sleep waiting for it. I reminded her that I hadn't been sleeping well the last week. I said, "lets go for a drive". She said, "in the dark", "in the rain", "lets wait until July when it's nice". Nope! We went for a cruise. She loves the car and colors, says, "it's cute". I'll try to get her to change that to "beautiful", "gorgeous", "bad ass". Her Boxster is "cute". The only problem with my sales pitch is that she doesn't want me to drive it, but lets me. I'll average 1000 miles a year on it, has 11k now, and by the time SHE sells it, hopefully 30+ years, it'll still be worth at least what I paid for it, with the added miles. I will stop driving it in the rain though.......mostly, and for now that's all it's been doing in Renton so no miles. BOOOO!!! I still kiss it goodnight every night and she doesn't give me too much flak about it.
Congratulations on your dream come true. Sounds like your enjoying it to the fullest considering the circumstances.
