[trader220]

Selling used cars, whether they're Porsche or other classics is about the "turn". Three axis graph or not, if you're a dealer you want to get you money and hopefully profit out of one unit and into the next as quickly as possible.

I would also differ with your opinion about the state of the air cooled market. The markets not as hot as it was a couple years ago, so now you have cars that you have more capital tied up in then you did 5 or 6 years ago, they're not as hot at two years ago and its still going to take you time to move them and get your capital out. Why wouldn't you be as accommodating as you possibly could with a PPI? Either the seller is so lazy he does not feel like making a sale or he's perhaps hiding something?

There are so many cars on the markets these days, and so many more sellers than there were 5 to 8 years ago, why in the world would you even consider dealing with that seller given all the issues that were / are well documented on this board about him?

I have commented on a lot of really shady sellers over the years. One thing I typically said is this... if they have the exact example you want, go see the car. Don't trust anyone but your own eyes. Don't spend your money on a PPI until you see the thing in person. Even if they're one of the universally loathed dealers who have screwed people commonly, if they have the exact car you want, you can cut a deal, just make sure its never sight unseen.

Sigchuck.... I cannot see any reason, based on what you have posted here, as to why you would state this seller is "great to work with" ????

Additionally, what does the "price of an air cooled 911 these days" have to do with the effort and time it takes to sell one? Logic says that when these were $25k cars they were easier to sell vs. now that they're $50k cars. The price curve is elastic and you'll sell more cars at the lower end of the price curve. Basically just because the prices of these cars has moved up does not mean they're flying off the self. In fact an argument can easily be made for just the opposite. The higher the price the smaller the buyer pool and the more discriminating the buyers become.