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Stl-986 · 08-09-2021, 04:11 PM

Jon has a good buy, but the key there is that it SHOULD add value. Not always the case.

What it really comes down to is what someone is willing to pay. For me if something is non drivable then it is scrap value regardless of condition and I look at it in the way that a junk yard would...what could I make off it by parting it out. If I fix it, great, if not I'm not going to go into it with the midset of losing money either.

Prices for used cars are stupid expensive right now. Already have a buyer lined up for the newest car an an insane markup. Going to have a shop just drop in a new clutch, rms, clutch slave and then get rid of it. For what I was offered I can't say no. Best thing, I wont even be putting it in my name, just flipping it.

In the end, the market will dictate the price. Ask too much and you will sit on it for a while. Ask too little and someone will pick it up, but you wont get as much as you potentially could. It's all a gamble.

08-09-2021, 04:11 PM	#7
Stl-986 Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 1,182	Jon has a good buy, but the key there is that it SHOULD add value. Not always the case. What it really comes down to is what someone is willing to pay. For me if something is non drivable then it is scrap value regardless of condition and I look at it in the way that a junk yard would...what could I make off it by parting it out. If I fix it, great, if not I'm not going to go into it with the midset of losing money either. Prices for used cars are stupid expensive right now. Already have a buyer lined up for the newest car an an insane markup. Going to have a shop just drop in a new clutch, rms, clutch slave and then get rid of it. For what I was offered I can't say no. Best thing, I wont even be putting it in my name, just flipping it. In the end, the market will dictate the price. Ask too much and you will sit on it for a while. Ask too little and someone will pick it up, but you wont get as much as you potentially could. It's all a gamble. __________________ 2000 Boxster Tiptronic 2003 Boxster 2003 996 C2 Cab 2002 996 (SOLD) 1986 944 (gone but missed)