Dealer Speak

[Canine64]

Typical dealer speak. Esp in a hot air cooled market:

"This highly desirable Euro specification car has more HP, a more aggressive stance and ride height and generally drove much better than it’s US counterpart". Mark Starr on an '84 930 he listed.


Saw this posted in one of the recent ads by this NY dealer. He flooded the FS market with a bunch of cars listed all at once. Made me chuckle. Up until recently, the "Euro" cars were always less desirable than their US counterparts for reasons like parts availability, and DOT/EPA, etc...

Still wish there would be a separation of cars sold by dealers and those sold by enthusiasts. Works well on watch forums. Dream on I guess.

[bhmkv]

I love the price on the SC..... Lol

[sm70911]

Originally Posted by Canine64

Typical dealer speak. Esp in a hot air cooled market:

"This highly desirable Euro specification car has more HP, a more aggressive stance and ride height and generally drove much better than it’s US counterpart". Mark Starr on an '84 930 he listed.


Saw this posted in one of the recent ads by this NY dealer. He flooded the FS market with a bunch of cars listed all at once. Made me chuckle. Up until recently, the "Euro" cars were always less desirable than their US counterparts for reasons like parts availability, and DOT/EPA, etc...

Still wish there would be a separation of cars sold by dealers and those sold by enthusiasts. Works well on watch forums. Dream on I guess.

The Euro cars are far more desirable than the US counterparts, and have always been so to me and many others. As the guy says more HP, better ride height, and yes my one is lighter and so IMO drives better than US 911's I've had and they were very respectable examples. I'm not a dealer.

[Patrick3000]

Originally Posted by Canine64

Typical dealer speak. Esp in a hot air cooled market:

"This highly desirable Euro specification car has more HP, a more aggressive stance and ride height and generally drove much better than it’s US counterpart". Mark Starr on an '84 930 he listed.


Saw this posted in one of the recent ads by this NY dealer. He flooded the FS market with a bunch of cars listed all at once.

What's up with this he listed ten cars for sale all at once, basically took over the FS page.

[Matt Monson]

I was tempted to report them. Isn't the rule 3 ads on page 1?

[creaturecat]

the euro is the better car.
for the reasons stated, amongst others.

[Canine64]

Huh. Learn something new every day. Looks like I've been buying the wrong cars all these years. Haha

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by creaturecat

the euro is the better car.
for the reasons stated, amongst others.

And parts for them were never hard to come by. That was just the dealerships trying to make the cars look bad because grey market cars were hurting their sales numbers.

[sm70911]

Originally Posted by bhmkv

I love the price on the SC..... Lol

Just to add some perspective to what on offer. That "Outlaw" car was a friends, and he sold it for low - mid twenties. What the dealer has done is paint the rear decklid, and add some very cheap looking fabric to the seats.

IMO the car looked way better as it was.

[Six Gun]

Originally Posted by creaturecat

the euro is the better car.
for the reasons stated, amongst others.

Then, Why do all those guys come over here to buy our technically inferior cars???

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by Six Gun

Then, Why do all those guys come over here to buy our technically inferior cars???

Because we have a lot more of them and they cost a lot less over here? And there's no such thing as a bad 911, just better ones.

[cover]

Originally Posted by Six Gun

Then, Why do all those guys come over here to buy our technically inferior cars???

Traditionally the US cars had less rust and less miles for less money, due to dryer climate, USD/Euro rates and less love for old Porsches on the US market.

Not so much today where US prices has catched up and exchange rates has changed.