1972 CS in VT

[Markos]

Oh I fully agree that starry eyed prospective buyers need a reality check sometimes. I'm actually getting coffee with new member gmt tomorrow to show him my Coupe, my cars faults, and what what to look out for when buying one. Protecting one another is a hallmark of a great community, and it's one of the reasons why I enjoy posting here.

That being said, my post was more in jest of Marko's first thread here.

I need someone to stop by to show my wife what my dilapidated E9 could become.

 

[MyFemurHurts]

I need someone to stop by to show my wife what my dilapidated E9 could become.

Well mine is just a nice driver, so it's not the best example.

My sister does live in Seattle, and I do want to meet 16volt and see his 930. It would be a fun road trip, but I'm still too terrified to get my E9 wet. :mrgreen:

 

[Stan]

I need someone to stop by to show my wife what my dilapidated E9 could become.

You are fortunate, Seattle has several coupe owners who have VERY nice cars.
I have seen a few.

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

Hmmm, I don't think anyone is making fun of some of these cars, as you can salvage anything (just about). I think most of the comments are more to the point of how much effort it will take to make a particular car "road worthy". Once you have done a coupe or two you can appreciate how much work you have to do to get them right enough to drive say 500 miles with a smile rather than a worried frown so if we see a car that will need hundreds of hours to get her on the road we want to start with as low a price as possible and we have lots of comparisons out there to look at- that's all. When all is said and done, no one really cares how much the car was purchased for or how much $ was put into it, we just like to see them on the road. Unlike the Porsches, these cars will aways be beautiful anomalies and the amount/time invested will rarely point to a profit for the owner. OK, that was 4 cents worth.

 

[Jellobmw]

At $8k as a project car, you'll loose your shirt. At $8k as a parts car you'll only loose $6k but inspection dependent. I've certainly bought better parts cars for 1/10 of that, but the opportunities are becoming fewer.