[wizard2277]

Hi Everyone!

I'm ecstatic, and I just wanted to share with a group that
could appreciate my good fortune (not quite as fortunate as Jeff, the owner of the red '97 with 121 miles, but close)! I'm the proud owner of
a '92 Teal SVX with 86,000 extremely well maintained miles
on it. It has been the best car that I have ever had, and
I've never had any major problems with it (including the
transmission!!). But, I was rather depressed since I had
put a lot of miles on it in the early years (in my business),
and I thought that I would never see its like again. I had
originally planned on buying a '98 SVX to replace my '92 (the
dealer told me they would be available then), but, as we all
know, '97 was the last year and I couldn't find any.

Well, I was wrong!! For once in my life, I was in the right
place at the right time!! I go to Joe Spitz's SVX web site
once in a while just to see what's there. I hadn't been there
in more than a year when I went there a coupld of weeks ago,
and, lo and behold, Joe had a '97 Green SVX listed WITH 5835
original miles. I jumped on the phone only to find out that
there was a party in Arizona who had reserved it ahead of me :-(
However, Joe called me back a couple of hours later to tell me that
the Arizona guy had bad credit and that I could have the car :-)
which, amazingly, had never been registered/titled (it was held
by Subaru corporate as a flagship demo car).

So, I flew from San Diego to Seattle, completed the paper work,
and had the car trucked down. It arrived a few days ago, and it's
brand new in everything but the year!! It drives like a dream
and it certainly fulfills all my SVX dreams. The paint is 100%,
all the rubber (both on the top and the undercarriage) is
perfect. I was so happy that I didn't even haggle with Joe on
the price. It was like getting a brand new, $40,000 car for
half price (I paid $21,995 for it).

I also live in California, and if Jeff won't let you smell his car, you can come smell mine since it also still smells new. I don't plan on driving it too much, but it's hard not to. So, are there any more "new" SVX's hiding in the bushes out there. I think I feel so lucky!!

Happy SVXing,

Ken
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