Thinking of Selling the Dangermobile ?

[Timco]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

The border of central and western Mass.

Fall River! I knew I recognized the style.....

Er, Fawl Wiva

Just for the record, my wife made me the same ultimatum bud. I chose to just paint the damn house, not sell the car!!

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

Any thoughts on what it might be worth ?

To you - $60K+
To a knowledgeable enthusiast - $25k-$40K
To the open market - $22K

Just my thoughts. Final thought is to not sell it. If I still lived in New England, I would offer to store and "exercise" her for you..............

TO

[RawleyD]

Car clearly hasn't been driven enough. I would have a thorough PPI.

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by RawleyD

Car clearly hasn't been driven enough. I would have a thorough PPI.

Dude,

You are SO outta line................

TO

[RawleyD]

Originally Posted by TeamOxford

Dude,

You are SO outta line................

TO

lol "outta line"?

Sorry my stale humor went over your head.

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by RawleyD

lol "outta line"?

Sorry my stale humor went over your head.

My bad.............

When I think of it that way, it IS pretty funny.

TO

[Hayden]

Well, here's my input: start viewing your vehicle differently. By that I mean, drive it a lot, and put the top down whenever you can. I understand you've put a lot into it, but that's probably been fun in and of itself. It could be a show car, but I think you could gain your investment back in smiles and letting it get a little scratched up. Perhaps even raise it in the winter and put snow tires on it. You'll never get that money back, so you can either sell and lose, preserve and snore, or pretend it's brand new and you are going to drive it til the wheels fall off and have a blast. Surely this isn't too dangerous for man such as yourself. Whatever you decide, good luck and best wishes!

edit: didn't realize it was parked away from your house. Tough call. Move closer to your car? haha

[teleski]

Originally Posted by Hayden

Perhaps even raise it in the winter and put snow tires on it.

This is the right idea. Turn it into a rally car. 6 inches of lift, mud tires, row of Hella floods bolted to the top of the windshield....

[Steve Tinker]

JD - I sympathise with you.....

Many years ago when I was working in South Africa, I lived on a dirt road - about a mile from the tar. At the time I was (apart from my company car) running my pride and joy, a rather nice Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV and a Velocette MSS classic motorcycle. When we bought the house, the road really didn't register with me regarding the downside of driving the Alfa and Velo on dirt.....

But it wasn't long before reality struck - driving a classic car or bike on a dirt road is the pits - add in holes that can swallow your suspension in one go, gravel that ruins your paintwork / windscreen and the local 4WD idiots who are determined to overtake you no matter what.......
In the end, I really didn't want to take the car and bike out of the garage. It was just too much hassle and the driving pleasure was outweighed by the problems described....

So I can relate to your conundrum, tho' I don't have an answer.....

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by Steve Tinker

JD - I sympathise with you.....

Many years ago when I was working in South Africa, I lived on a dirt road - about a mile from the tar. At the time I was (apart from my company car) running my pride and joy, a rather nice Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV and a Velocette MSS classic motorcycle. When we bought the house, the road really didn't register with me regarding the downside of driving the Alfa and Velo on dirt.....

But it wasn't long before reality struck - driving a classic car or bike on a dirt road is the pits - add in holes that can swallow your suspension in one go, gravel that ruins your paintwork / windscreen and the local 4WD idiots who are determined to overtake you no matter what.......
In the end, I really didn't want to take the car and bike out of the garage. It was just too much hassle and the driving pleasure was outweighed by the problems described....

So I can relate to your conundrum, tho' I don't have an answer.....

When I'm looking at a house to buy I start in the garage & work my way out to the driveway & then surrounding streets for about a mile to see if I can get thru the maze without getting dirty on a daily basis. Speedbreakers are dealbreakers! :chicken:

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by Steve Tinker

JD - I sympathise with you.....

Many years ago when I was working in South Africa, I lived on a dirt road - about a mile from the tar. At the time I was (apart from my company car) running my pride and joy, a rather nice Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV and a Velocette MSS classic motorcycle. When we bought the house, the road really didn't register with me regarding the downside of driving the Alfa and Velo on dirt.....

But it wasn't long before reality struck - driving a classic car or bike on a dirt road is the pits - add in holes that can swallow your suspension in one go, gravel that ruins your paintwork / windscreen and the local 4WD idiots who are determined to overtake you no matter what.......
In the end, I really didn't want to take the car and bike out of the garage. It was just too much hassle and the driving pleasure was outweighed by the problems described....

So I can relate to your conundrum, tho' I don't have an answer.....

Add 500 feet of elevation gain, routine washout, downed trees and branches and Bigfoot's
feces to all of that and you have my road.

[dbear61]

If you do decide to sell, two questions:

1) Are you pricing this with Chaz Bono's face planted on the hood?
2) Without the Dangermobile, will you be changing your name to Johnny Insecurity?

DBear

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by dbear61

If you do decide to sell, two questions:

1) Are you pricing this with Chaz Bono's face planted on the hood?
2) Without the Dangermobile, will you be changing your name to Johnny Insecurity?

DBear

I'm too insecure to give up Chaz. Without the Dangermobile I'll need his/her support.

[Eric G]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

Add 500 feet of elevation gain, routine washout, downed trees and branches and Bigfoot's
feces to all of that and you have my road.

You sure your in the US and not the Amazon Jungle! When we still had our ranch in NM (many years ago) it was always an issue getting to the road and then into town so I feel your pain...

[Mark_T]

I've considered selling a couple of times, but then I think about how I would feel watching it drive off with someone else behind the wheel, and that's the end of that. I just don't think i could bring myself to part with this car. Perhaps I will pass it on to my grandson when he gets his drivers license in about 15 years.

[Perfectlap]

$20-$30K is nice, but I doubt you'll get the same utility/satisfaction with that money on the next car. Even if you spend a lot more, it will only be marginally better. In other words you'll simply be throwing away more money on top of the unavoidable depreciation you already experienced with the S. At the present market value it's at the possible position, upgrades have been completed, low mileage has elminated the major maintenance budgeting, no further plunking down of cash is need to pay it off or to get into something newer (not necesarrily better on 'dollar basis') and its still the car that sets the bar in its class. Personally I'd hold onto it until the 981S has fallen substantially.
Or if you want a car that's going to sit in your garage on any day but a sunny one, then I'd jump on a 964 , RS if you can swing it. The rarer the car the better it will do as its sits. The Porsches that came after are not quiet as sharp/tight like a 3.2 on PSS9's, and the cars that came before are antiques, which is fine but I'd rather be in at least the modern category.

[woodsman]

just a bump in the road mate, nothing to worry about...it'll pass.

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

$20-$30K is nice, but I doubt you'll get the same utility/satisfaction with that money on the next car. Even if you spend a lot more, it will only be marginally better. In other words you'll simply be throwing away more money on top of the unavoidable depreciation you already experienced with the S. At the present market value it's at the possible position, upgrades have been completed, low mileage has elminated the major maintenance budgeting, no further plunking down of cash is need to pay it off or to get into something newer (not necesarrily better on 'dollar basis') and its still the car that sets the bar in its class. Personally I'd hold onto it until the 981S has fallen substantially.
Or if you want a car that's going to sit in your garage on any day but a sunny one, then I'd jump on a 964 , RS if you can swing it. The rarer the car the better it will do as its sits. The Porsches that came after are not quiet as sharp/tight like a 3.2 on PSS9's, and the cars that came before are antiques, which is fine but I'd rather be in at least the modern category.

Excellent point !

[Jamesp]

Cans too small, Spoilers too small, colors too drab. You need to learn how to grab attention.

[Perfectlap]

^ I think the goal was clean/factory look.