Jim,
    You hit the nail on the head...  Lots of people felt that a VW Bug
was going to be a good investment.  I've found several people with
bugs, begging someone to take it, after 10 years of storage, and
a great financial loss.

Jim Felder wrote:

> It seems that way when you watch the auction, but think about how
> many cars you'd have to buy and store before you could guarantee that
> one would hit it big so yo would not lose all your money. Back when
> those cars were made, nobody on any given day could have said "this
> it is, this is the one, there will never be a better one so I'm
> buying this car to keep for an investment." Think about doing that
> today. What would you buy? The choices seem dismal, to me anyway,
> compared to those in the showroom in, say, the late sixties and early
> seventies. Except for the really high-end cars that are always going
> to be worth something to collectors because they were manufactured
> for collectors, where would you put your money for a Barrett Jackson
> payoff in 2047?
>
> Jim
>
> On Feb 2, 2007, at 7:54 AM, dylan friedman wrote:
>
>> After watching the Barret Jackson Auction this year I am going to
>> have to disagree that cars are not a good investment.
>>
>
>