Insane "additional dealer markup"

[mossguy]

Originally Posted by speeder

............I just don't get all the Mustang baiting/trolling/whatever you want to call it here. ..........

It appears that the baiting/trolling phase has run its course, and that's a good thing.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Frankly, nobody's business what you sold it for or where you sent it.

Funny story/life lesson told at camp last week. Bassist in a high profile corporate gig/wedding band. Sitting around with one of the horn players and he (horn player) is grousing about low pay. Bassist decides to commiserate: "yeah, only getting $125 blows." Dead silence. Horn player, who had been with the band longer, was making $80.

Lesson: some topics are off-limits.

only off limits if you don't trumpet about them over and over...and over.

[UconnTim97]

Originally Posted by mossguy

It appears that the baiting/trolling phase has run its course, and that's a good thing.

We can only hope.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by mossguy

It appears that the baiting/trolling phase has run its course, and that's a good thing.

Don't hold yer breath...I'd LOVE watching a hot Mustang humiliate some Porsches & BMW's on the track.
I'll probably be posting videos of that. I've seen one of a '66 Fastback stang humiliate a pack of Caymans at Road Atlanda...but damnit, I didn't save the link & can't find it now.

[mossguy]

Reporting and/or sharing information does not necessarily constitute trolling, so I will stand by my recent (#61) observation.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Frankly, nobody's business what you sold it for or where you sent it.

.............................................

Lesson: some topics are off-limits.

Originally Posted by mossguy

It appears that the baiting/trolling phase has run its course, and that's a good thing.

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

only off limits if you don't trumpet about them over and over...and over.

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Don't hold yer breath...I'd LOVE watching a hot Mustang humiliate some Porsches & BMW's on the track.
I'll probably be posting videos of that. I've seen one of a '66 Fastback stang humiliate a pack of Caymans at Road Atlanda...burt damnit, I didn't save the link & can't find it now.

And so it goes....

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by speeder

I'm going to shock everyone and defend Paul. $65k was absolutely a buddy price for that car. It was a 6-figure car all day long, 8 ways from Sunday. If you don't believe it, you either don't know the car he had or the market for early 911Ss. It was one of the cleanest original '72 911Ss in the world, w/o a doubt.

Restored cars in lesser condition fetch $100k all the time. I saw a restored, (better than new), '73 911S coupe go for $80k in 1989. Fact.

I just don't get all the Mustang baiting/trolling/whatever you want to call it here. Mustangs are cool cars but in a different category than 911s, IMHO.

Coulda knocked me over with a feather!

Milt, you'd be surprised at the antics some people pulled while trying to place my car in their hands.

So, found anything comparable yet? You won't. A car can be restored several times, it's original only once. That alone makes my old car much better than the $95K fantasy junction car you linked to. New paint can hide flaws. Original paint doesn't.

So again, find a '72S coupe that hasn't been repainted, hasn't been wrecked, for less than $100K. Matter of fact, I'm guessing you won't find one at any price.

I guess the real bottom line is that Evren & I were both happy with the deal. Knowing, absolutely knowing, that no flippers were getting this car was very much worth the money I left on the table to me.

Denis? Have you driven a new Mustang lately? The new 5.0's are really tempting me...order with the 3:73 rear end and the Brembo brakes, you'd have a car that few who post here would be able to keep up with...the Laguna Seca version goes way beyond that. But if I ever got one of those, I would need to go to a good body shop before I'd drive it...get rid of the graphics, mainly.

I just wish Ford hadn't messed up like they did with the rear end change...much prefer the look of my '09 over the '10 & up.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Denis? Have you driven a new Mustang lately? The new 5.0's are really tempting me...order with the 3:73 rear end and the Brembo brakes, you'd have a car that few who post here would be able to keep up with...the Laguna Seca version goes way beyond that. But if I ever got one of those, I would need to go to a good body shop before I'd drive it...get rid of the graphics, mainly.

I just wish Ford hadn't messed up like they did with the rear end change...much prefer the look of my '09 over the '10 & up.

One of my best friends has an '08 Bullitt and I've driven it. I like new Mustangs but agree w/ you on the facelift. (I like '05-'09s). Ford has by far done the best job on retro models. By far. The T-bird was a home run, IMO, and the Ford GT is one of the biggest hole-in-one efforts ever. The Bullitt is my favorite iteration of the newer Mustang. Your car is my favorite.

I just don't understand the Porsche-hating. We're not all dicks at a PCA function or earlyS board guys that need an ass-kicking. Go back to posting and commenting on a variety of subjects. You're better than this Mustang vs. 944 feud.

[pwd72s]

Yeah, well...no real 944 "feud" on my part. I'm not about to sell a Bullitt Mustang in order to get a 944.

On the 911S, thanks for the backup...it stung when it was suggested I didn't give Evren one heck of a deal.

As far as PCA and the S registry are concerned? Only a handful really ticked me off...far from all. Hell, I was a PCA member from 1967 until 2006...didn't renew in 2007. That's a bit more than twice as long as a certain aggravating poster here has been on the planet.

Don't hate Porsches...well, maybe some of the recent ones. But I am done with them. A promise made to Cindy before the 911S left here. Which is okay, because I know I'd never buy one as good as the one that left.