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02-22-2018 12:45 PM |
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Originally Posted by Mehoff
(Post 9937161)
I had a hunch this was what was driving the naivete (pardon the term, but it's accurate here) and you just confirmed it.
There is a large, profound difference between the air-cooled Porsche market and other used/enthusiast markets. I'll only use my direct experience here, but if a smoking deal pops up on a Mk1 mini cooper or 1960's era Bronco it will sit around for a few days, perhaps a week. Forums will discuss it and even help a novice facilitate a purchase. These cars are marked degrees harder to find than a s2000 and still not relatively liquid. You cannot interpolate the experience to an air-cooled Porsche.
You've basically locked in on one or two unicorn deals and assumed that's market because it happened once. Great. But well priced Porsche's in this environment don't trade in increments of weeks, days or hours. It's minutes. There are 1,000s of companies/flippers that troll every available site every second of every day with cash on hand and will close sight unseen immediately. That does not happen with the cars with which "you have experience".
I'm all for your search and think you should hold out for what you want at the price you want, but enough of this "they are out there, see X and Y" bull****. It's annoying and embarrassing. I'd think given how long you've been searching you know the reality by now.
That's my rant.......and good luck! Seriously; I am rooting for you.
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Thanks I agree with everything you said.
I know what I'm looking for and the only reason I brought up a few older ones I found is due to other people thinking I'm pulling them out of thin air.
The s2000 talk was me saying I don't like wasting my time and that I am actually serious about making a purchase once a fair deal is found.
The air-cooled market will just take longer since, like you said, its a more dog eat dog market with crazy demand.
Appreciate the insight.
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