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ferg · 09-13-2010, 10:53 AM

I get what you are saying, but I guess different people look at things differently. When I was shopping for this car, I was excited to find one with so much spent on it, and the fact that it had the replacement motor sealed the deal, I would not have bought it without the new motor, and receipts ect.

I'd rather be up front and brutally honest from the get go and educate the unknowing buyer, rather than answer questions only when asked. If you are not a Porsche person, I'll take the time to educate you on what it's like to own one, let's face it, you can't run a Boxster on a Miata budget. But the reward is far greater.

Let's face it, it's a 11 year old car, take the 9k for the new motor out of the 22k figure and you are left with 13k over 11 years, that's only 1200 a year I budget more than that on my vintage 911 for upkeep, and it only gets driven about 1k per year.

I may take some of the cost of ownership figures out of the next ad and see, but so far I've had good response.

BTW I do have many hi rez photos I can send out to anyone interested.

Ferg

09-13-2010, 10:53 AM	#4
ferg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 10	I get what you are saying, but I guess different people look at things differently. When I was shopping for this car, I was excited to find one with so much spent on it, and the fact that it had the replacement motor sealed the deal, I would not have bought it without the new motor, and receipts ect. I'd rather be up front and brutally honest from the get go and educate the unknowing buyer, rather than answer questions only when asked. If you are not a Porsche person, I'll take the time to educate you on what it's like to own one, let's face it, you can't run a Boxster on a Miata budget. But the reward is far greater. Let's face it, it's a 11 year old car, take the 9k for the new motor out of the 22k figure and you are left with 13k over 11 years, that's only 1200 a year I budget more than that on my vintage 911 for upkeep, and it only gets driven about 1k per year. I may take some of the cost of ownership figures out of the next ad and see, but so far I've had good response. BTW I do have many hi rez photos I can send out to anyone interested. Ferg Last edited by ferg; 09-13-2010 at 11:23 AM.