[DeTomaso] California driver Pantera for sale--full review

[Arnold Pleuss]

WELL SAID.

Arnie #5725  a Wisconsin resident
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Kelm" <dakelm at qwest.net>
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] California driver Pantera for sale--full review


> Well, you're certainly right about MN being the middle of nowhere when it 
> comes to peddling high end cars. AND I also was admittedly lacking in 
> marketing skills! Still, I would hope that most people reading this forum, 
> the PI bulletin board and Chuck's Provamo website would gladly spend the 
> air fare to save $10,000. After all, the actual buyer flew over here from 
> Sweden, spent three days with me and then had the car shipped to Sweden at 
> considerable expense. Why was he willing to expend all those dollars 
> (kroners) when others wouldn't? If California buyers are willing to shell 
> out serious money for cars that can be had for much less in other parts of 
> the country with a little leg work, then I guess it truly is the land of 
> fruits and nuts :<D  As for PI Motorsports, I have always felt their cars 
> were 25-33% overpriced. I guess I'm just a cheap bastard!
>
> Doug
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
>  To: dakelm at qwest.net ; detomaso at realbig.com
>  Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 12:25 AM
>  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] California driver Pantera for sale--full review
>
>
>
>  In a message dated 2/10/08 22 10 4, dakelm at qwest.net writes:
>
>
>
>    Excellent write up Mike, except for one, very important thing: I think 
> your
>    price estimate is WILDLY optimistic. My car, with which you are 
> intimately
>    familiar, recently sold for SIGNIFICANTLY less than the $45K I was 
> asking
>
>
>  It shouldn't have.  If you sold it for a penny less than $45K, you gave 
> it away.  That doesn't mean that's what it was worth, but rather, you 
> weren't able to sell it properly.  Part of the problem is the fact that 
> you live in Minnesota.  Out here in California people pay good money for 
> these things.
>
>  Several Panteras that were no better than drivers, with paint needs, 
> mechanical woes etc. have sold for over $40K in the Bay Area in the last 
> year; cars as nice as yours easily fetch north of $50K.
>
>  By way of comparison, a Pantera that was just a rolling shell, in primer, 
> fully dismantled except for the suspension, with a noticeable dent on one 
> front fender, and missing its original wheels, sold for $25K in Nevada a 
> few months ago, and the buyer felt he was getting a bargain.
>
>  Now imagine that same car, fully assembled and functional, with a strong 
> motor and brand new cooling system.  It's easily worth $10K more than 
> that.
>
>  Had you shlepped your Pantera out to California, PI Motorsports would 
> probably have put a $60K price tag on it and sold it for $55K.  Even as 
> some people believe the economy is crumbling, Pantera values (particularly 
> for quality cars) continue to rise.
>
>  Mike
>
>
>
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