When I retired on 3/3/03, I started to think about what I was going to do with my cars. I had three ( a 1964 1/2 Mustang cpe, a 1965 Corvette cpe, and a 1973 Mustang Mark I cpe ), but no convertable. As my first car was a 1957 Chevy convertable, I made up my mind to unload one of my cars and get the ragtop. In the summer of 04 I put all the cars up for sale, thinking I'd sell the first one and stop, but by the end of the summer they were all gone. That winter I started my search for a BMW Z-4, and couldn't really find what I wanted in a decent price range. Was getting a little put out as I wanted the car for the summer of 05. In February of 05 I was driving back from visiting a friend who lives five towns away, and as I passed by a dealship, I spotted the red convertable in front. As I didn't have any pressing plans I decided to pull in and take it for a ride. The salesman said he didn't think they would let me drive it. But come to find out it was used so they did. It was real cold that day and the salesman not happy when I pulled over and wanted the top down. I had no intention of buying the car as they wanted 30 k for it. Just so I could get out of there I told them my wife gave me a budget of 22k and that's what I would pay for it. LOL Drove it home next day,.