Educating Cobra Buyers?

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by Mother

Another consideration is that nobody sells a dream unless they are tired of the problems that pop up in ownership of any vehicle.

Perhaps, but sometimes the problems are with the owner, not the vehicle. The gentlemen I purchased mine from had mobility issues that impaired his ability to get into and out of the car - he had both hips replaced. His mobility was not completely impaired but but this definitely slowed him down or perhaps took some of the fun out of it. He had owned the car for 10 years and invested in some upgrades / maintenance during that time.

I'll probably never know which were the deciding factors in putting the car up for sale, but possibilities include: a) his advancing years; b) limited mobility; c) desire to avoid significant investments in upgrades; d) he was getting tired of it after 10 years; e) inability to enjoy the car due to other commitments; f) something else; or g) all of the above.

These cars go up for sale for a variety of reasons - it would be risky to assume those are primarily due to something wrong with the car.

[Ohio Ken]

Mother
I would not agree completely with your statement that "nobody sells a dream unless they are tired of the problems that pop up"

I am a car nut and have the incurable disease of always wanting and dreaming of cool cars.
Over the years, I have had more muscle cars, bikes and boats than I can count. However, not being a wealthy guy, I could only have one big toy at a time. Each time I bought something, I would do upgrades to make them just right ( I am pretty anal that way).
Anyway, I don't keep my toys long term, because, once I experience the fun and thrill of owning each one, I then turn to my next dream toy.
When I sell, I usually take a hit, as you never re couple the money spent on all the upgrades.
Not the smartest invested for sure, but never have regretted having each toy.
Sure I would love to have a warehouse full of toys, but that is not going to happen.
I just bought my Cobra over a year ago, spent a lot doing upgrades, and love the car and have so much fun with it. But I am already setting my sights to move on to the next toy.
Ken

[CBattaglia]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

For those that are less than knowledgeable, should we be able to educate them without worrying about what that education will do to future sales and/or the bubble of future values based on those sales to the less than knowledgeable potential buyer(s)?

For those that came here to the Cobra forum as the less than knowledgeable, and were educated before you made your purchase, would you not want the same knowledge passed on to the future potential buyer(s)?

Then again, should the question of value ever come in to the subject of educating prospective buyers?

Respectively submitted,


Bill S.

The answer is yes. I first came here to find the good and bad about all makes and suppliers. Maybe I wouldn't have bought my car from Eric at performance engineering had more info been available. I found a books worth of issues with PE after being in the middle of a whopper of a problem. Unfortunately not before. Partially my fault even though I reaserched for almost a year.

It was here where I learned about kits v factory assembled cars etc. my decision on which car to buy was largely formed from discussions here. I'll bet this forum is where the vast majority of new cobra buyers come after an initial Google search. Let's do them all justice and give them what they came for.

some of what is said will be objective, but let the reader filter the info. With a little bell curve analysis the truth comes out. But not if we keep quiet.