Sell it! Would you?

[XWdarcy]

General question to all,

I was walking my dogs this morning and passed a group of fellas looking over a 6cyl XY Falcon 500. I stopped to look at the car myself and got chatting with one of the blokes. Turns out he was looking at the car as a possible purchase. As it turned out this particular vehicle was not what he was looking for. During our conversation I mentioned that I had a V8 XW at home. Upon hearing this the bloke asked "Do you want to sell it?". He had the money and was keen to buy. I declined the offer but it did get me thinking on the way home. Would I sell my car? Would you sell yours? I'm not talking about big dollar ground up restos with all the trimmings. I'm talking about the standard runner with a bit of wear and tear. Is there a price that will override sentimental value. You don't need to sell this car, but the offer is made. Would you sell it?

Your thoughts would be very interesting,

[XR6T0Y]

No dollar value can compare to what the car means to YOU

[ausrichie]

Originally Posted by xr6t0y

no dollar value can compare to what the car means to you

+1...

[Mr Hardware]

Everyone has their price

[arronm]

Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

Everyone has their price

Not true, i would rather cut of my left arm than sell my car.

While I am alive MY car wont be sold at any price.

[neptune blue]

Originally Posted by arronm

Not true, i would rather cut of my left arm than sell my car.

While I am alive MY car wont be sold at any price.

I gather from your post that your car is something you specifically wanted and aspired to own , its not just a set of wheels to get around in

That's the difference

[arronm]

Originally Posted by neptune blue

I gather from your post that your car is something you specifically wanted and aspired to own , its not just a set of wheels to get around in

That's the difference

I read your post so you know how I feel about my car. For me as soon as I sit in it it has this smell. I cant describe it but its only in my car (its probably in my mind). Then as I drive its just the best feeling. I wanted an F6 ever since I saw the TV add and saw them in the show room. My car is a BA and is old now but I dont care.

I have a company car so I dont drive it much. Its a BA F6 2005 model with only 30K, but everytime I do ,boy do I enjoy it.

[hodge_williams]

Originally Posted by arronm

I read your post so you know how I feel about my car. For me as soon as I sit in it it has this smell. I cant describe it but its only in my car (its probably in my mind).

its called a fart, those ones where you are proud of them and others hate them.... sorry had to say it.

to me anything is for sale, for the correct price of course.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by arronm

Not true, i would rather cut of my left arm than sell my car.

While I am alive MY car wont be sold at any price.

Yes maybe I should make myself clear. As I said in my first post $100,000.

Why? Because just when you use to ask your dad or uncle as a kid a question & the response would be "a wing wong for a gooses bridle".

When I say my price is 100k, I'm not giving you a price, I'm telling you in no uncertain terms without directly saying it, to "bugger off".

So to those who say "everything has a price", a grossly overinflated figure swung at you when you ask isn't a price. Your being told where to go.

[Vincenzo]

Originally Posted by Revolver 45

So to those who say "everything has a price", a grossly overinflated figure swung at you when you ask isn't a price. Your being told where to go.

Agree totally. When i worked at the MVR as a licence tester I was asked what it would cost to buy a licence (pass). I replied it would be about $1,200,000. The guy nearly choked spitting his mouthful of water everywhere. He wanted to know why so much, did I have to pay others. I said no, but once my standard was lowered and it was found out what happened I would be sacked. I would never work again for the Government. I would need the extra money to pay for Counsel to keep me out of Gaol and try to live on what was left for the rest of my life as I doubt anyone would ever hire me. My suggestion was you use the money to get proper lessons.

I failed the guy, reported the offer to the boss and on his next attempt someone else took him out.

Cheers Vincenzo

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by arronm

Not true, i would rather cut of my left arm than sell my car.

While I am alive MY car wont be sold at any price.

Ok, left arm and right leg..

Its clearly then cost you an arm and a leg...

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

Everyone has their price

Okay....

My Fairlane is for sale. Virtually stock. With only little mods.

My price?

$100,000 or above. No I have not miss typed. You read that right. In fact sometimes I feel that's too cheap. I really feel it needs another zero chucked on the end of that.

Am I joking? No.

That is what the car is worth to me. To anyone else it sends them into a fit of laughter.

A car is not an engine, tyres panels & glass. That's what a car needs.

But what a car is.....

That's the question you have to ask yourself.

[satria]

Originally Posted by Revolver 45

Okay....

My Fairlane is for sale. Virtually stock. With only little mods.

My price?

$100,000 or above. No I have not miss typed. You read that right. In fact sometimes I feel that's too cheap. I really feel it needs another zero chucked on the end of that.

Am I joking? No.

That is what the car is worth to me. To anyone else it sends them into a fit of laughter.

A car is not an engine, tyres panels & glass. That's what a car needs.

But what a car is.....

That's the question you have to ask yourself.

I once had my XW parked on the side of the road (was helping a mate out in a broken down VT SS ) and some old guys in a ute rocked up and asked how much to buy the XW and I told them not for sale. They kept on asking whilst I wasn't interested in chatting with them so I said fine 100k and they laughed, it at least got them to ****** off which is what I wanted

[svo supporter]

It's upto you whether you want to sell or not....No one on this forum can tell you whether to or not...

[MrEL]

Everyone and everything has its price.
I joke about the fact that when Im dead I will be placed inside my 4x4 , it dropped into the ground and pumped full of concrete. In other words its not even going when Im dead.
But realistically if someone come up and waved $30k under my nose I would learn to get over the emotional attachment as I was building my next one.

[H.G]

I did sell a car that the dollar value was right but the sentimental loss was far more costly..
eventually I bought it back and slowly starting to rebuild the relationship I walked away from... for a woman.. NEVER AGAIN haha

[svo supporter]

I wouldn't say everything has a price....I made a promise to a dying aunt 10 years ago, when I bought her car,I'd never sell it....I've been offered decent coinage (well over what it's worth on the open market) for the car and it's still sitting in my driveway....

Promises aren't a thing I break

[chamb0]

I don't ever plan to sell mine, and picture myself going through big and small life events with it keeping me company. Who knows though what life circumstances I might find myself in down the track which necessitated selling (not that it's worth a lot). I couldn't let my family or relationships suffer for the sake of stubbornly holding on to a car, if it ever came to that. If I absolutely had to sell I'd be very fussy about who the new owner was. I love it too much to hand it on to just anybody.

[RAPID_BA]

Originally Posted by chamb0

I don't ever plan to sell mine, and picture myself going through big and small life events with it keeping me company. Who knows though what life circumstances I might find myself in down the track which necessitated selling (not that it's worth a lot). I couldn't let my family or relationships suffer for the sake of stubbornly holding on to a car, if it ever came to that. If I absolutely had to sell I'd be very fussy about who the new owner was. I love it too much to hand it on to just anybody.

I find this strange. A mate of mine spent heaps of money on a car and it was in show cindition. He sold it to a friend of a friend. The new owner completely trashed it. I mean destroyed it.

My mate saw it a year or so later completely battered up, he was dirty? Whats he dirty about he got his money??

[neptune blue]

Originally Posted by chamb0

I don't ever plan to sell mine, and picture myself going through big and small life events with it keeping me company. Who knows though what life circumstances I might find myself in down the track which necessitated selling (not that it's worth a lot). I couldn't let my family or relationships suffer for the sake of stubbornly holding on to a car, if it ever came to that. If I absolutely had to sell I'd be very fussy about who the new owner was. I love it too much to hand it on to just anybody.

Never sell
I've owned mine since I was 17 and I'm now 52 so 35 years and it is my first car
I have had plenty of offers some way way way more than the car is worth
I didnt sell it when the misses wanted me to get rid of it in the mid ninetys
I didn't take up an offer of a trade for a 67 mustang convertible recently

I havent called back any of the guys that left me their numbers in case I " change my mind"

My car has been with me at just about every single milestone in my life, a work horse from 1979 untill 1986. I had driven it into the ground and it was a very sorry looking coupe, practically ready for the wreckers.

I made the decision to rebuild it from the ground up and and to retire it as my daily drive
I put up with the critisimum that " it aint going to be worth what I spend on it" , haven't times changed

I can't describe the feeling when I jump in to it and its just me and her, no one else and we just drive.
To me it's not just a possession but an extension of me, a link to my past, but is also my future

Cars mean different things to different people, selling my car would leave a hole that I probably couldn't fill
You see I could by another one, but it wouldn't be my one

[nitro50th]

Originally Posted by neptune blue

My car has been with me at just about every single milestone in my life, a work horse from 1979 untill 1986. I had driven it into the ground and it was a very sorry looking coupe, practically ready for the wreckers.

I made the decision to rebuild it from the ground up and and to retire it as my daily drive
I put up with the critisimum that " it aint going to be worth what I spend on it" , haven't times changed

I can't describe the feeling when I jump in to it and its just me and her, no one else and we just drive.
To me it's not just a possession but an extension of me, a link to my past, but is also my future

Cars mean different things to different people, selling my car would leave a hole that I probably couldn't fill
You see I could by another one, but it wouldn't be my one

Couldn't have put it better myself. Except in my situation, i did sell my first pride and joy. Have regretted it everyday since.

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by chamb0

If I absolutely had to sell I'd be very fussy about who the new owner was. I love it too much to hand it on to just anybody.

Likewise. It's not a buyer's market, it's the seller's market. If I were selling, I'd advertise it for above market value, and accept offers only from people who I'd trust to look after it.

[Vincenzo]

I have two cars. As a disabled pensioner that is pretty extreme. The first is my weekday car (AU111XR6 M). slightly beaten up on two doors and the front bar but mechanically - absolutely beautiful. Were I to be offered the right amount for it I would sell it in a heart beat. It is merely a reliable means of transport that I can keep at my unit and even if the drunks attack it (17 times previously in nine years) I know it is still going to go and it will be easy to find parts for.

My weekend car is my BMW 635 CSi (M) but does not live with me. 30 years ago I first heard a 635 at full song being driven by Alan Grice and thought I was in heaven. 9 months ago I was able to access part of my super and found a suitable car to buy. The time taken to drive it from Perth to Darwin via Canberra was awesome.

It is my belief with this car I do not own it but am merely the caretaker for a period of time. In the next 24 months I will either find a new home for it (sell it) or if I don't have time then my daughter will sell it to get her inheritance. If someone offered me the right money today, I would decline graciously but tell them it may be for sale in a year or two. That goes even if I was offered multiple times it's value.

It was the fulfilment of a 30 year dream.

Cheers Vincenzo

[Fantome]

I look back on the cars that I have sold over the last 30 odd years and they sort of fall into three lots;
1. Thank heavens that's gone, pity the twit that buys it ( VK Calais)
2. OK, what's next? (AU, BA XR-8)
3. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!! ( Mini Cooper S, Charger E55, LJ Torana XU-1, XA Fairmont hardtop)

[UberKnee]

Everything and everyone is for sale, just comes down to the right price.

[Elks]

Originally Posted by UberKnee

Everything and everyone is for sale, just comes down to the right price.

100%.

My TS50 and Fairlane are both not for sale. Yes everything has its price. But mine would so far above market value that I'd get the old tell em their dreaming. They would walk away and I'll keep my cars. Win win.

[redxm]

Originally Posted by UberKnee

Everything and everyone is for sale, just comes down to the right price.

OK. How much for ya avatar ??

[H.G]

Ive got $20 for it..

[UberKnee]

Originally Posted by H.G

Ive got $20 for it..

Originally Posted by redxm

OK. How much for ya avatar ??

Bidding starts at $20...

[RAPID_BA]

A car is just a car. A good hobby for many of us but just a car..

also its not worth what you want for it, its worth what.the market is willing to pay.