just say no !

 

Teebone,

You are obviously attached to that car.

Don't sell it.

 

Don't make the decision based on money if it's that hard a decision. You'll come to regret it if you do. Make the decision to sell only if you feel that selling will allow you to do something you want to do and might not get to do otherwise. If you decide to sell, don't look back.

 

Don't sell.

 

How much did he offer for the car?

Every material object has it's price. Everything I have is for sale for the right price. Think about what you want for the car, and name your price. . . After all, it is just a car.
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Teebone, don't sell the Mach unless there is a car that you have always wanted and selling the Mach is the only way you can afford the car.

 

Look, it never ends. These guys KNOW what your car is worth, most of them will tell you all about the Mustangs they have bought....and then sold. Mustangs ain't their kick, making money on them is.
Keep it, it drives them wild.

 

Vinnie - That car has much more value to you than it would anyone else. Yes, you could buy another, but it would never be THAT car.

As someone else said, unless there's some other car that you cannot live without and selling the Mach would be your only means of financing, let this guy buy someone else's car.

 

Teebone,

I feel your pain. When I have the Boss out, I bombarded by "offers", some of them lately tempting, BUT, like you, I have quite a history with my car. Money is money, but what you have with your 72 is something very special that only YOU can identify with. Unless you are financially strapped (not) it makes no sense to let go of it. You know that car inside and out and then some. You know its strong points and its weak points. The only situation I could see you possibly letting go of it is that you have recently gotten the "hots" for something else that you HAVE to have. In that case, then selling it may be the thing to do. The only one that can truly answer the sell/no sell question is yourself. Try to imagine yourself WITHOUT it and let your heart be your guide.....

randy

 

If that guy wants your car that bad put a very high price on it and see how bad he wants it.

 

Keep it, he says while slapping you upside your head for even thinking about selling! Oh, the curse of midlife may visit you for even considering this... :: These cars have a way of knowing and revenge from the car is terrible ::

 

I sold my Fastback last year after owning it for 14 years. I sold it to finance the stuff I was doing to the Shelby, and in all reality the Fastback wasn't getting much road time even before I bought the Shelby. So, though I miss the fastback and was sad to see it go, I suppose it was quite different from your situation. Although, the thing that strikes me with real melancholy is that the fastback was the car that launched VMF in the first place. So, on that level there was/is quite and attachment...

Not sure how this relates, but I made the right move for both fiscal and logical reasons and still miss that car.

-bob

 

Think I'd keep it. Last Dec., sold a 65 GT cv that was a bare bones up resto. I liked that car as much as any I'd had, and in my old age, it's a LOT! Am now doing a car that is going nowhere because am just NOT into it! Sold the 65 to a friend from my hometown and see it quite often. Broke a policy to never sell a car I'd see again. Can honestly say it was a mistake. So, in your case, think I'd keep it. I got a very good price for that car, very good indeed, but money is really not everything. Big lesson for this ol' guy!
Unless you have something better,or it's depriving family from having something, keep it.

 

I have a price in my head that I would sell my 66 for. There's NO way it's worth that price. But when people ask what I'd take for it I throw out that figure. But I doubt I would even take that price. The car would haunt me in my dreams if I sold it. Good luck!

 

It's hard to part with a member of the family. But the money sounds tempting. Just remember if you go out on a Sunday afternoon with some of that money in your pocket you will almost for sure come home with less. On the other hand if you keep the car and take it out on a sunny Sunday you will for sure come home with a smile on your face...

Something to think about.

 

Even though you may love your car, it is just a car. If the money is right, take it and move on. There is another adventure right around the corner. Words of wisdom! I work in the Thourghbred Horse industry, i have been offered money for a horse that would of made me a profit, i Did not sell. I did not have a horse that was sellable later that week. My mistake to not move on to the next project.

 

I still have my 72 Mach I bought new.....

 

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't do it!!! :: :: ::

 

I recently read somewhere that a 71 hemi-cuda convertible sold for over $1 million... you tell that guy about that... and then you'll never see him again.

...if you do see him again, I don't think you'll have any regrets...



LOL, actually, I have sold cars and then turned around and said, "ugh, that was stupid." but the whole time I owned the car I kept thinking "WHY HAVEN'T I GOT RID OF THIS THING?"

I have never bought a car without thinking of resale value. I mean, it's not like it's a priceless heirloom.

memories? sure...
but what kind of memories can you make with all that fat cash.


realistically, if his offer is below $42K then don't do it.

You are not offering the car for sale, he wants it, so he has to make it worth your time.

 

I cant believe people here are actually saying "its just a car"!!!!! I, and I'm sure others around here, see my car as a part of my family! Its my "blood, sweat, and tears." DONT SELL IT! You'll regret it! You can always get more money, but you cant always get your car back

 

If you sell it you will want a replacement. Sell it only if the buyer is willing to overpay by a large enough amount that you can turn around and buy whatever you want to replace it with - already completely restored/modified to your liking.

So about $5,00 to $7,500 above a "market" price.

John Harvey