Do I Walk Away or Buy It & Fix It?

[V-Rod]

Yes geography definitely effects price. When I searched for a Boxster nationally, I was able to find my preferred color and options at a bit better price but had to take into consideration that I would have to pay to have it shipped and that would be after I flew out there and drove it. Then what if I did have an issue that I needed to go back to the seller. Too much hassle for me. The positive things like locally owned and serviced by the original dealer, 100% service records available to me anytime far outweighed the negatives. So when I pick it up on Tuesday, the ONLY actual problem with the car is the condensers. I am fine with that!

One of the best vehicles I ever owned was a 1986 Mercedes 300E. I paid 6K for it with 92K miles. It looked great, but needed a heap of work. I sunk 6K into it and everyone laughed at me saying "ha-ha you spent $12,000 for an '86 Benz with 100K miles". Well I drove that car for 8 years and sold it for $2000 with 266K miles. I drove this car 20K miles a year and loved it. I only sold it because my wife and I had twins after my daughter and the car was just not suited as a family vehicle.

As far as my enjoying working on my own vehicles (toy vehicles only) goes back to my British sports car days. With those you had better like to get dirty. Heck I used to carry a complete kit of condensers, points, lights switches, etc. but I loved those cars. So now I am getting the German roadster and I will have a lot of good times with it!