[V8] Re: NADA reserve not met

[Mark Kalbskopf]

Roger,

You're an optimist!
You appreciate the fine details of your car, the improvements, the 
hidden and not so hidden qualities.
But with respect to a sales price it all means nothing if the potential 
buyers don't want to pay for it!
Your car sounds great to me, but no matter what the qualities, $4000 is 
what I would want to spend too!
As soon as I get to $8000 I start looking at another bracket of 
vehicles.
I remember back in the UK, I had this beautiful NSU Ro80. I loved that 
car. I loved the shape, It made me feel good just to look at it.
I was forced to sell it because I was fresh out of college and broke. A 
greasy used car dealer came to my girlfriends house in Chislehurst Kent 
and offered me £250. I was devastated but he was the only person who 
called and I had no money and no place to keep it.
So off he drove in my beloved NSU. He couldn't even work the clutchless 
shift!!

Mark K.


> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:51:26 -0500
> From: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at downeast.net>
> Subject: [V8] Well, I asked.  And I didn't like what I found out....
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> I just finished with the auction of my '93 V8 on eBay.
>
> It was a ten day auction and at first I thought it would be a good one.
> MANY watchers, and some bids early.  Quite a few good questions, and 
> one
> bidder actually called to speak with my mechanic.
>
> My car is a very, very good example, and early this year ALL the work 
> was
> done that the car needs...timing belt, water pump, hydraulic pump and 
> lots
> and lots more little thingys under the hood.    98000 miles.
>
> Now the NADA Guide shows the retail value of this car at a whopping 12
> grand.  What dreamers!  Still and all, I KNOW that my car is really a 
> good
> one and "everything"...just about, has been "done".  I reserved a LOT 
> lower
> than the NADA Guide, Kelly Blue Book or anyone else's "book".  The 
> result?
>
> NADA.  and I don't mean N.A.D.A., I mean nothing.  Bidding ended 
> somewhere
> near half what my reserve was.  Wow!
>
> So, I guess I'll justkeep driving my car, even though it is not what I 
> need
> to drive on a daily basis.  It's too good to give away, so I think 
> I'll just
> drive it until someday...well, maybe they'll bury me in it!
>
> $4,000?  I don't think so.
>
> And my advice to anyone else with a V8 is to drive it until the wheels 
> fall
> off, and then put them on and drive it some more.  For whatever it 
> costs to
> replace it with anything, a LOT of work can be done on it.
>
> Spend your children's inheritance.  Enjoy the guilt!
>
> Roger