[V8] What would it take?

[sdewitt at stx.rr.com]

This brings me back to a dicussion I had with a gent in my dealership days. He picked up a 1986 Audi 5000 for 250 bucks. Came to the dealer needing all four window regs, all four door handles, clutch plates for the automatic trans, a power steering rack, a power steering pump, and a speedometer (i think everything that could go wrong was wrong with this car). He kept blabbing about what a great ride it was and how nice it was, until the quote came to almost 4,000 bucks. He flipped out and started yelling and screaming.. 
You get what you pay for, the sub 1,000 V8 will probably require 5 times that amount to fix than a 2500-3000 V8. People seem to think that the price is the most important factor in buying a car, where in reality it's the car itself that is the most important factor.
I buy/sell A4's and I ask pretty close to blue book retail and get it eventually. For every A4 I sell, 5 people have passed up the car I have to buy a lesser priced vehicle with problems. It's always gratifying to know someone eventually pays more for a vehicle after they fix it all up than one of my cars cost all fixed up to begin with.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul Jones <elsey12 at hotmail.com> 
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:47 am 
Subject: Re: [V8] What would it take? 
To: v8 at audifans.com 

> 
> Ryan, 
> 
> I fully understand the ideas your presenting, however, sometimes I 
> have to shake my head. We'll see a new lister come on board who 
> bought a very cheap V8. Some as little as $1k or less. Then, 
> before a week passes, they're back with a laudry list of problems 
> which will, in most cases, require thousands of dollars to 
> rectify. I, personally, would rather buy Mike Del Tergo's nearly 
> flawless 1990 for $7K and not have to worry about the car. 
> Unfortunately, I don't think the buying populus agrees with me. 
> 
> -Paul 
> 
> 
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:08:29 -0500From: rahqlist at gmail.comTo: 
> ron_01056 at yahoo.comSubject: Re: [V8] What would it take?CC: 
> elsey12 at hotmail.com; v8 at audifans.comHonestly, as always, a car is 
> only worth as much as you can get someone to pay for it. Everyone 
> knows that the value of V8q's has been tanking as of late, but 
> special cars can still get decent prices. It may take a fair 
> amount of time to get the right person interested at a fair price, 
> but cheap cars will always sell quickly. I have gone both ways in 
> selling cars. Obviously, some people will see other V8q's going 
> for $1000, and wonder what you're thinking, but people who know 
> the history of the car and what has gone into it will be willing 
> to pay for that. Unfortunately, those people are few and far 
> between. Even then, they may need time to think about it and 
> convince their significant others that a 15 year old car is worth 
> it. In short, the car is probably worth what you're asking, but 
> that doesn't mean you'll sell it 
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