Bye robingb! Sure will miss you! BTW, I hate to admit it but I was actually considering your car until your 'tude was revealed to the forum.

Thats not head swelling . ..


. . ..It's a HAT! :rolleyes:



http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065674700.gif

Ahh, the power of cheeeeese.

. . .oh, and that's not me either :cool:

WOW! I had an idea when I posted this topic it would get hot, but I had no idea it would get this heated...Better than day time TV! What a slug fest...For the record I hate the black trim too! Other than that stick a duck tail and some red Carrera stripes on it and call it a day.

There's an old saying in the buying & selling of cars: "you're not just buying the car but the owner as well".

Maybe enough said. Or are we going to go for a sixth page?

Wow the price is dropping on ebay. Now at 28K for buy it now and the reserve is at 26.5 getting closer to reality...

ah. why not - lets go to page 6! I wanna see if you guys can get robingb to come back and make another appearance! classic. LOL

nice car, just a shame some people take criticism of their cars so personally (although makes great reading). I guess we must all be part of the robingb 80%!

"can't we all just get along"

--Rodney King

Makes me REALLY glad that I do not have an early car or a modded one in any way.

WAIT! I forgot, I have a license plate frame that is black.

Lets go for 6th page!

I don't know why people are downing the cars looks, yes crome is cool and I would change that but this is a very sharp car.

Hell, I like the car. It's the nerdy little keyboard pecker that I'm finding amusing.

I like how people get all flustered and claim they're leaving the board. I *guarantee* you he reads the rest of this thread. Any little comment is getting under his skin, so he can't resist. He might not have the stones to post anymore, but he's reading, trust me.

Some comparisions........
brian
fullerton, ca

Price:
E-Mail: brian@nodents.com
Web Site:



Description
1972 911, 3.2L (230hp),headers and slight mods. 915 factory lsd. Fuchs 17X8's& 9's. RSR struts, Slightly flaired, ducktail or 3.8 rsr tail/wing section with crawford element. Carrera brakes, bushings, bars, torsions, mounts, cage, reinforced tub, rs door panels, h4's, and much more. $60k invested, will sell for half of investment. Glacier white, int/ext.

again...asking price. What did it sell for? Or is it still for sale? And a white interior? Yuck (personal opinion).

Seems to me the market is speaking...no sale at $30K for the blacked out car.

We've had these discussions before. The usual story is that owners have too much of their heart/ego/money tied up in the car and have an inflated value of its worth. Then some take umbrage when people point out the high pricing. Some owners go as far as to sign up on the bbs just the piss and moan in person.

I think most everyone agrees that the black car is very nice. Most also agree that some of the mods are not their cup of tea. As such, people think it is overpriced *in their opinion*. Why is it that some of you guys are so hell bent on proving that the car is worth big bucks? Because you're in the same position, being upside down on your own car and feel the need to justify its worth?

My car is pretty much bone stock and unmolested. And low miles. And a desireable color. And I'm upside down on it. Big deal. I didn't buy it to sell...I bought it to drive. I don't really care what anyone thinks it's worth...

Re: thanks Gary for jumping in...
 

Heeeeyyyy!!!!

I thought my post about polishing my rims was pretty insightful and useful!

Dork? Dork? Sheatt Alaska boy, you better be able to do better than that.

Seek life elsewhere. On second thought, stay put and prepare to pleasure yourself for the very long upcoming winter ahead.

PS, this was entertaining. Anyone buy the car yet?

Robin,

To make a statement on Ebay making reference to Pelican as a stupid site just shows a 6th grade mentality. Making judgements like you have based simply on a thread regarding your "most perfect 911 on the planet" is pretty childish. You could have taken an adult approach to this situation and maybe even could have sold your car to a Pelican enthusiast at a more than fair price. You could have taken a little time and actually participated in this forum and found that it is the most helpful and informative Porsche related site around.... with a community approach. But you didnt.

Your contribution to this board will not be missed.

C YaSmileWavy

quoted from above....."you guys are so hell bent on proving that the car is worth big bucks??"

I'll tell you what......you go and get your car professionally( key word here....not a macco special) stripped and repainted and you will quickly see the value in Gary's car. With the average driver going for 6000-15,000, a selling price for GARY'S car in the $28-34k range is easy to justify. Frankly I would be surprized if Jim Torres would even load his paint gun for that amount.

Simple truth is that people get what they pay for. Professional work isn't cheap at near 100 bucks an hour in many parts of the country. Like the old saying goes....there is a butt for every seat.

Good luck to Gary....you're buyer is out there!

6 page anyone?

have to agree with RPMClassic...

I guess I have an advantage over a lot of other amateur pundits here, in that I've seen this car.

If it were on the market for $25K, I'd find the money in a heartbeat. The paint and body work on the car is literally stunning.

And although I don't know Jim Torres, I know his reputation, and I also know what it costs to paint a car black and have it come out nice -- let alone stunning.

Like nearly everything else mechanical or electronic, there's a logarithmic scale of pricing as you approach perfection.

(and just to put it in perspective, you can buy a very nice set of 'bright aluminum trim' [it's not chrome] for this car for about $600.

techweenie
, do you have a website?

hhmmm, the 'S' in Porsche on the decklid is crooked :rolleyes:

I'll pass. :D

Sorry, but I wouldn't spend the money on a super haika paint job, becuase I'm going to DRIVE my car, not take pictures of it and have it sit in the garage.

Different strokes. If you look at my earlier posts, I actually said that if someone really liked the car, it was indeed worth $30K. The problem is not the car, it is the personal attacks from the owner. People dared to voice their opinion that the car wasn't worth it, and he posts crap not only here, but on his Ebay ad.

The bottom line is that as far as I can tell, money spent on mods and restoration is never gotten back out. I know there is a difference between a $1K, $5K, and $15K paint job. The problem is when you go to sell, the price differential that went in is NOT reflected in what comes out. Unless you find that one special buyer that just "has to have it." Maybe he will...but judging from the time on market, the search will take awhile.