There comes a time in your life when you simply need a hitman.
Take the trash out staff.
Pahdz said:
Speaking of, we need some updates and pics on that Syclone
Great points.FLATOUT said:
Cars I didn't do well on:
2014 Viper TA bought new sold at a 10K loss
2015 Viper GT bought new sold for what I bought it for but put a lot of dollar bucks in it.
1993 Acura NSX I think I will break even/ make a little/ lose a little (got greedy and paid to close to the retail number)
1996 Grand Sport Corvette made a whopping $500 (market was softer than I thought it was)
If you don't eat, sleep, and breath the types of collector cars you are trying to flip your chances to make money are very risky. If you are in the auto business or REALLY know a specific platform make all the money you can and get to drive some cool cars in the process.
Towns03 said:
I should add that at any point I could ha be lost a major component like an engine or trans. That would have put the whole project upside down. Too much risk to bother with again, especially considering the time involved.
sts7049 said:
they are popular sure, but i wouldn't say valuable.
Towns03 said:
I bought four Land Rover defenders and imported them from England. Two of them made money, one was even, and one was a loss.
I wish I knew how many hours I had in these things. It was not an easy project. I'm probably up around $8k in total.
I'd love to get a 300ZX from that era as well, but the '87 that I had scares me too much. I remember it being hard to work on and issues w/ sensors etc so I can only imagine how a mid-90s would be.expresswrittenconsent said:
Speaking of syclone (which I had never heard of and had to google) aren't the 85-95 Ish era "square body" Chevy/GMC pickups going crazy right now?
My mid 90s gen x teenage favorite (attainable non super car) fantasy was the 1995ish Nissan 300zx. Part of me would still love to get one but I have zero mechanical skill and no desire to deal with the kind of upkeep needed on a 25 yr old car.