mikeamondo
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Hello all... newbie here. We have been thinking of buying a micro / mini / tiny car for use in our business for a couple years now and are about ready to pull the trigger... was looking at Midgets when I spotted a Bugeye... both my wife and I both agree... that's our car! So we're getting ready to start shopping for real and have been looking at them go on eBay for a few months now.
So I'd like thoughts on what to watch out for, and some thoughts on our intended uses....
We do a weekly magazine about cars for sale in NorthCentral WV... just a classified photo guide kind of thing.... and we'd like to run our Bugeye in local parades and use him for display to give away magazines at Fairs, Festivals and Trade Shows. This would involve driving up to 100 miles each way to reach these events, and running in the parades. It occurred to me that there might be a question of reliability for such use.... I don't really want to trailer it everywhere. But I also want a fairly original car with original running gear, or upgraded to the larger sized, but still Austin/MG engine. So are we correct that the Bugeye is the right car for the job? How hard is regular maintenance? I'm pretty handy with wrench... Oh... and we plan on doing a color book about "Otto" for the kids. Business name is Auto Expo, so he'd be our mascot of sorts! (Don't really need advice on that, we just think it will be fun!)
This will be a major purchase and endeavor for our little business.... so I'm just trying to learn as much as possible before pulling the trigger... can't afford a little, cute, but great big mistake here!
Thanks!
Mike
So I'd like thoughts on what to watch out for, and some thoughts on our intended uses....
We do a weekly magazine about cars for sale in NorthCentral WV... just a classified photo guide kind of thing.... and we'd like to run our Bugeye in local parades and use him for display to give away magazines at Fairs, Festivals and Trade Shows. This would involve driving up to 100 miles each way to reach these events, and running in the parades. It occurred to me that there might be a question of reliability for such use.... I don't really want to trailer it everywhere. But I also want a fairly original car with original running gear, or upgraded to the larger sized, but still Austin/MG engine. So are we correct that the Bugeye is the right car for the job? How hard is regular maintenance? I'm pretty handy with wrench... Oh... and we plan on doing a color book about "Otto" for the kids. Business name is Auto Expo, so he'd be our mascot of sorts! (Don't really need advice on that, we just think it will be fun!)
This will be a major purchase and endeavor for our little business.... so I'm just trying to learn as much as possible before pulling the trigger... can't afford a little, cute, but great big mistake here!
Thanks!
Mike