This is What Pisses me Off!!!!!! - Page 2

GregAgrest · #1 (**permalink**) 06-04-2014, 07:58 PM

Why get pissed?? The details say its registered as a Kirkham, Kirkham is even mentioned a second time elsewhere. If the guy called it a "kit car" car it would have probably bothered others. It seems to me too many people are simply get a bit too sensitive about trivial things. Making mountains out of mole hills seem to be the norm these days.

King- cobra · #2 (**permalink**) 06-04-2014, 09:00 PM

The owner just bought the car and was all over this site looking for help. I owned the car at one time. It is Mark Thompson's old car from California. The current owner is just trying to flip it. Free world.

Nedsel · #3 (**permalink**) 06-04-2014, 09:45 PM

Great. Wanna advertise your car? Put it under the right heading! If it isn't a 1965 Shelby Cobra, it shouldn't be listed as one. That's pretty simple. You shouldn't have to read the ad to learn it's a facsimile.

JLip · #4 (**permalink**) 06-04-2014, 10:33 PM

Hmmmm....... Well said Nedsel!

Cobra #3170 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-04-2014, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Nedsel

Great. Wanna advertise your car? Put it under the right heading! If it isn't a 1965 Shelby Cobra, it shouldn't be listed as one. That's pretty simple. You shouldn't have to read the ad to learn it's a facsimile.

If it is a 1965 AC Cobra it would be a 289, if it is listed as a 1965 Shelby Cobra it is almost certainly not an original car unless the auction house listed it

then anything goes.

ItBites · #6 (**permalink**) 06-04-2014, 10:42 PM

What do you guys call a crescent wrench? If you really say "hand me that adjustable wrench", I would like to know. It is the same thing here. Crescent is a brand name too, but it has also become common terminology. Just like calling a car shaped like that a "cobra". You can call me crazy on this, but 99.999% of the public will call you car a "cobra" too. Just sayin'

mdross1 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 04:13 AM

Before I paid that kind of money for a car it would be scrutinized in every way. The best of everything always makes me suspicious that it is always a very opinionated subject plenty of threads to back that up.

Jamo · #8 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 05:00 AM

Well, let me say this about that...

Total bullsh!t and after all of the trials and tribulations of the last decade, listing a replica under EBay's separate listing for originals (or describing them in Hemmings or anywhere else like that) totally pisses me off as well. Shouldn't have to read crap like "Kirkham wood-grained polished wheel" to figure it out.

Of course it's not Ellison's...I have one of the polished arruminum presentation books the Kirkhams made of it...with the swaths of luscious brown leather inside (computerworks has one too). At that price!?

Figured it might be Mark's given the reference.

Don't give a good golly damn if it's a dealer or someone trying to flip it...no excuses in my book...period. I have no patience for stupidity in my greying state.

SKINNEDR · #9 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 09:45 AM

You guys sure know how to get agitated over trivial stuff. Maybe as we get older we just don't have too many ways to vent our stresses (frustrations), because the kids may have left home and the wife is about to leave too, so we find these kind of non-sense of get all pissed off about..
The wife is not home anymore and kids are gone, however golf relief my stress.
Golf guys, don't waste your pissing days off on what a add may say.. Who cares.. The buyer who purchase it will only pay if he is satisfied...
Get a life.....
By the way, it is a good looking Bugatti at a Kirkham Cobra replica price..
LOL.. this is fun!

Jamo · #10 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 09:51 AM

...and I really hate golf!

SKINNEDR · #11 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamo

...and I really hate golf!

I hate golf sometimes, but it is challenging..

DAVID GAGNARD · #12 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamo

...and I really hate golf!

Not only do I not like golf,I don't like people that like golf!!!!!!!!!!

David

mdross1 · #13 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamo

...and I really hate golf!

I have very little hate in my bones but golf is one that would come close. We certainly all march to a different beat.

SKINNEDR · #14 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mdross1

I have very little hate in my bones but golf is one that would come close. We certainly all march to a different beat.

I love golf so much, I even invite my ex Mother In-law to play with me... LOL

Why can't we all get along?

RodKnock · #15 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 10:16 AM

This rare Bronze 289 Kirkham showed up on eBay with the heading "1966 Shelby Cobra." Though the 2nd heading does state "Kirkham."

Shelby Cobra | eBay

I agree with ItBites. Kleenex is brand, but also is used generically.

maurice19 · #16 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 10:46 AM

Morris,

I`m surprised no one has bid on that great 259 Kirkham.

Maurice

Morris · #17 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by maurice19

Morris,

I`m surprised no one has bid on that great 259 Kirkham.

Maurice

Maurice

Me to.....a lot of lookers......3000 views/25 watchers ....no takers......

REAL 1 · #18 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Morris

Maurice

Me to.....a lot of lookers......3000 views/25 watchers ....no takers......

Absolutely one of the most stunning Cobras I have seen. It is so beautifully done my only issue would be it's to nice for the track.

As to the ad, all ads should accurately state what is being offered for sale. The ad in question does not. This is the kind of stuff that pissed CS off and rightfully so.

Tutosnake · #19 (**permalink**) 06-05-2014, 08:00 PM

Morris, Jesus Christ! Your car is a beast. I absolutely love the ground effects. The front spoiler is a piece of art. Good luck with the sale.

About the misleading headline, I'm sure it has happened once or twice, but how many original CSX cars have been sold on Ebay anyways? I doubt many owners of original cars use Ebay as a market venue, nor do buyers who are in the know. I guess my point is that he who is looking on Ebay for a Cobra will almost invariably be looking for a replica... If you look at this ad and believe you are buying an original car at $155,000, then you probably have no business getting into a Cobra in the first place

I do not think there is anything wrong with a catchy headliner. It made you all look, right? Are some of the description inflated statements? Sure, but it is the responsibility of the buyer to determine that. Are we to assume he is selling this car to a caveman who just got his/her license, or a reasonably intelligent individual that can research and do his homework before shelling out $155,000? This seller is not a lier, he's a good salesperson. He released the maker of his replica, and tried to use some superlatives to sell what is a drop in a sea of Cobra replicas...

When the time to sell my "1965 Shelby Cobra Semi Competition" comes, I will be loosing money, because mine does not have its dash signed by CS, and is missing the original magnesium wheels

Cheers!

Morris · #20 (**permalink**) 06-06-2014, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tutosnake

Morris, Jesus Christ! Your car is a beast. I absolutely love the ground effects. The front spoiler is a piece of art. Good luck with the sale.

Cheers!

Snake

Thanks......After testing everything ....the Aero package works Great....and we were able to get around Elkhart Lake with a neutral handling car....and Fly thru the Kink on the back side of the course.....it's a real kick in the rear.....I still get a smile on my face when I talk about it.....