RE: The Ur-Q market...

["Dupree, Jim" <dupree@alldata.com>]

I think we need to keep the source of the car advertisements in mind when we
judge the pricing f a vehicle. If I had a nice example of a rare car I would
not be advertising it for sale in the local Penny saver or Auto Trader or
even the local newspaper. I would look for a media that an enthusiast or
collector is going to see. Your average reader of the newspaper, auto
trader, penny saver isn't going to know a urq from anything else and they
are reading these for a bargain vehicle. If your going to sell a car like a
urq through a publication like those then the price will have to be low to
get any attention. If you want serious money for a serious car then it needs
to be advertised to the proper people and you need to be able to take the
time to find the right buyer.
Just my US$0.02 
Jim Dupree

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Huw Powell [mailto:audi@mediaone.net]
		Sent:	Tuesday, September 21, 1999 2:28 PM
		To:	OorQue@aol.com
		Cc:	quattro@audifans.com
		Subject:	Re: The Ur-Q market...

		> Maybe there's an automotive version of Gresham's Law at
work here, with good
		> Ur-Qs driving out the bad ones?  It certainly seems that
the only Ur-Qs
		> publicly offered for sale aren't the best examples
around...

		that's bad driving out good... anyway, I think it says that
generally
		(very generally) people with the good examples just don;t
want to part
		with them.  And as you said, the lesser ones just keep
changing hands
		when the owners realise how much they have to spend.

		I wouldn't mind snagging a cheap one a year or two from now,
so long as
		the body is there, I guess I can make the rest work over a
few years...

		-- 
		Huw Powell

		http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

		82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250