Ride N Drive Notebook from May 2001
Picked up a Ride N Drive Notebook that I've never seen before. It came out for the 2001 Journalist Ride n Drive in May of that year. Printed by FMC. Rumor has it that 100 cars were used or maybe it was 100 journalists. I don't know. It took place along the coast of California and this notebook has the route directions for the event, all neatly printed with space for notes along the way. Think it might be a good road trip for some group in Calif. to follow. It appears to be similar to the Mystery Drives that owners were able to take later that summer in several locations around the US. We went on one held in the Dallas area but our directions were on a couple of sheets of copy paper. Nothing fancy like this notebook which also has several different standard graphics of the retro in white, red, and blue.
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I own a 2002 Bird. Recently I meet another 2002 owner who said to me inour conversation about the car, "some 2002 models that were made earlier or later were worth more money" He was not sure which, older or newer. Is there any fact to this statement? Thanks, Jim J
Posted by: James J. Jackson | July 14, 2010 06:30 PM
The special editions for each year are the only ones I know that have a tendency to hold value a little bit better than the rest. The Neiman Marcus edition for 2002 might be the one your friend was referring to and it came out early in the 2002 production year.
If there had been a performance engine such as a supercharger put on these cars, then you'd see significant value differences.
Posted by: Dot | July 26, 2010 10:50 PM