FS: VS 356 Speedster

Beautiful car. Good luck at that price!

I am considering selling the car for exactly what I have into it.  Not selling a 200,000 mile pile of junk, this is a car in better than new condition.  Thanks for the input.

CRM posted:

I am considering selling the car for exactly what I have into it.  Not selling a 200,000 mile pile of junk, this is a car in better than new condition.  Thanks for the input.

A possible lingering issue is that folks willing to spend $37,500 on a used VS can order exactly what they would like: color/options/etc. for SAME MONEY.....you might have $37.5K into it but common sense suggests that you are NOT likely, especially amongst these very "LEARNED/KNOWLEDGEABLE" gentlemen, to get much beyond 30K(and that itself will be a challenge).

How often does a used car sell for what the first buyer paid for it? Unless it is an extraordinary, limited number exotic(Porsche Turbo/Ferrari/BMX Z8), you are in for a big disappointment although you might get lucky.

Nobody is suggesting that it is a 200K mile piece of junk but there are low mileage VS cars for 12 to 15K less that are available and crisply sorted. Wishing you good luck on your sale but this forum is funded with savvy enthusiasts(not me of course) and their comments above are sound

How about we just stick to commenting on what a nice looking car the seller has with a very desirable engine choice and leave it up to him re the asking price? I think he's heard the intended advice by now ....

^ Oh, that we would...

https://www.edmunds.com/car-bu...lue-infographic.html

WNGD thanks, your logic is refreshing.

Bring on the bashing guys.....I'm used to it

It bothers me NOT to say what others wont!

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Speedsters do retain a specific value depending on mileage, color, engine etc. the actual year built as long as it is somewhat recent does't seen to go against value.  A used factory built IM Beck or VS will miles on it will drop by 20 -25% and lever off at that value. That's not really all that bad if purchasing used as you can almost always get your initial investment back. New you get it exactly your way where as used you settle with what is available similar to your personal want list. It's the sellers preference to ask the whole ball of wax as to what they have into a new recent purchase but we all know that is unlikely to happen.

Man. Sure is pretty. Right motor. 

I'd drive it with pride.

TRP posted:

Man. Sure is pretty. Right motor. 

I'd drive it with pride.

INDEED  good looking car

Nice car, nice colour. 

But NO WAITING for it to be built so instant gratification.

I hope you get every last penny you want for it. Best wishes for a quick sale.

Great looking car!

Are those the new VDO gauges? If so, you might mention that in the ad and feature them in a photo. Haven't seen them on a new VS build before.

 I just love Arizona garages.   No lawnmowers and no snowblowers.  

Nice car!

I love AZ too and it's landscape.  Check the interesting treatment on the house stucco. 

Nice looking car too and well equipped. Good luck with the sale. 

Gentlemen, thanks for the kind words.  Still not positive I even want to sell it.

Banzai Pipeline posted:

CRM posted:

I am considering selling the car for exactly what I have into it.  Not selling a 200,000 mile pile of junk, this is a car in better than new condition.  Thanks for the input.

A possible lingering issue is that folks willing to spend $37,500 on a used VS can order exactly what they would like: color/options/etc. for SAME MONEY.....you might have $37.5K into it but common sense suggests that you are NOT likely, especially amongst these very "LEARNED/KNOWLEDGEABLE" gentlemen, to get much beyond 30K(and that itself will be a challenge).

How often does a used car sell for what the first buyer paid for it? Unless it is an extraordinary, limited number exotic(Porsche Turbo/Ferrari/BMX Z8), you are in for a big disappointment although you might get lucky.

Nobody is suggesting that it is a 200K mile piece of junk but there are low mileage VS cars for 12 to 15K less that are available and crisply sorted. Wishing you good luck on your sale but this forum is funded with savvy enthusiasts(not me of course) and their comments above are sound

@Banzai Pipeline. A bird in hand.  

@CRM good luck with the sale. 

I’ve been trying to figure out for the past 15 months that I’ve been active on this site why we choose to cut down other members’ cars and/or asking prices.  I’m assuming 90%+ of those active on this site have a speedster or spyder. 

Shouldn’t we wish the best for our fellow supporting members and their sales?  I’m hoping CRM gets $50,010, or $1 over the tufted wonder [just to show a steady climb in value  :-)].

.....once the weather starts getting warm, people will start itching for a fun car.  You can buy CRM’s now, or save a few bucks (maybe?) and build your own—just in time for the end of summer  

Lovely car, CRM, and should you decide to proceed with the sale I hope that you get your price.  Frankly, though, I hope that you decide not to sell it.  I have had my car for 12 years and met many, if not most of my friends through it and the associated adventures/cruises/gatherings/etc.  They aren't for everybody, but they're certainly for the cool people. 

Cool people? Mentally deranged and delusional? Absolutely! 

Bird in hand. Great point, Kevin.

This may be Kirk's last car, does that add any value?

Not my color preference, but still a beautiful example.

Good luck with whatever, sell it, keep it, either way.

I believe it is Kirk's last car.

Yours is such a beautiful car and you've managed to sort-out the issues some of us who also bought VS Speedsters had to cope with soon after ours was delivered. 

Since mine arrived back in August 2016 I've still got a couple to correct but the car gives me such a rush every time I drive it the very idea of selling it has never crossed my mind. 

Any chance you might have second thoughts? 

Now that I have the plastic gas pedal out and the remainder of the linkage tight and responsive as well as the "popping" out of second at inopportune times, it is a heck of a lot more fun to drive.  It's this or a 67 L71 corvette.

Decided not to sell.  Thanks

CRM posted:

Decided not to sell.  Thanks

Excellent. Drive that bad-boy!

Now join in all of the gatherings and cruises that you can. 👍🍻

@CRM here's why you should stick with the Speedster & this group of knuckleheads. SOC is more than just on-line chatter on this site.

Welcome To The Madness from Jim Ignacio on Vimeo.

So here we have a guy that considered selling his VS, the price gets him dragged over burning hot coals, is forced to watch a MUSBJIM speedster porno video and then.... decides to keep the speedster. Is that,  some serious "verbal intercourse" or what ?   Good on all youz guys 

Such a friggin awesome group!!!

Banzai Pipeline posted:

Bring on the bashing guys.....I'm used to it

It bothers me NOT to say what others wont!

...but please not at the expense of those who follow the guidelines of : let the seller set the price and may the interested buyer be overjoyed at paying it!!! Just saying brah!

CRM,  some day you'll remember this fondly - not as that time you almost sold the Speedster, but as the first time you almost sold the Speedster.

This is really just a milestone, sort of. Get used to it. It's a part of owning these things.

Basically, if we're not smart enough to avoid buying a Speedster in the first place, we're probably not smart enough to ever admit our error and move on.

For better or worse, welcome to the madness.

Sacto means: Welcome Back to the Madness

I'm triple stupid, this is my 3rd engine in 3 years of ownership and still I won't sell...

I think of selling my car every time I have to pay for an oil change.  Ten quarts of Fuchs Super Synthetic oil, two oil filters, plus labour adds up, and no, I can’t go to Quik Lube.  

But I guess it’s worth it.  

Just think of the $10-15K tuneups that Ferrari drivers have to pay for and your tears will stop, Bob.

Yeah.  That's the reason I sold my last Ferrari...

On the flip side of the 'Madness' in the bizarro world of Musbjim (where less is more), my previous daily-driver VS, had 3 tune-ups, 4 oil-changes & two sets of tires in the process of logging 100,000 miles (161,000KM).

I'm just saying... 

@CRM I don't think you'll regret keeping your Speedster! Here's wishing you MANY miles of top-down driving enjoyment! 

^ that's an oil change every 25,000 mi, whether it needs it or not.

I gotta ask, what was the sludge situation when you pulled the valve covers off?