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You guys think it looks bad in the pics? You should have seen it in person! So bad!
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Honestly the guy in the vids was cool in person. The vids are cheesy though.
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I would say we have came full circle - the car has been trashed, the broker has been trashed, and now the owner has been trashed.
All because the car is priced a little too high in most people's minds (including mine). But it does show the type of person involved in this hobby, and you wonder why the general public makes a strong distinction between owners of originals vs. owners of a "cheap kit car replicas"? It's all in how you carry yourself, sh!ting on people begets being sh!t on. |
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I don't think the owner or the broker have been trashed by having an honest discussion of the car as it is presented. Although, both need to do their homework and know exactly what they have on their hands. As for the car, it's been judged on it's own merits, and been found lacking in quality vs it's asking price vs the rest of the market. Bill S. PS: Doing a search of the forum will show that I've had some of my personal FFR's picked apart when they came up on the market. I don't look at it has a negative, as it viewed every comment and tweaked the car accordingly until it was of sufficient quality to sell for what I wanted. |
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However, wouldn't you concede that the text of the original listing, combined with posting said listing on a discussion forum invited people to look closer that they would normally? Who wouldn't reasonably expect a careful look when posting for discussion at a place frequented by experts (not me) with which he may have had prior conflict? The reality is the people find a conflict interesting and when thousands of intelligent people see reason to look closer, they soon notice other things. In this case they have noticed some potentially serious issues that any potential buyer needs to be aware of. If I were the owner or seller, I'd be saying thank you, pull the car, and work to quickly resolve issues prior to putting back on the market. We can only hope that the owner and seller see the positives in what they have learned rather than getting angry. I do think you are off base on the whole real vs replica thing. It's its own animal and has nothing to do with this. |
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If it's true that using a 1965 Ford Mustang VIN on a modern FFR replica and registering it is illegal, then isn't this really warning a potential buyer (aka Consumer Watch)? This is "All Cobra Talk" not the seller's actual advertisement. And we're discussing a car for sale. And I totally agree with Mike, WTF does this have to do with original versus replica owners? Where's the connection? Connect the dots for us. BTW, you don't think an original 1960's Cobra, and the seller/owner, wouldn't be critiqued both on the merit of the car and its seller? As an example, there are some questionable original Cobras that have been critiqued here too. The one that comes quickly to mind was CSX3016 (one of them, at least I think) that was sold by Exotic Classics out of Syosset, NY about 3 years ago. http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/shel...yosset-ny.html "General public"? Well, the "general public" thinks my car is Corvette/Jaguar/MG. Why do I car what they think about my Cobra? I'm not buying what you're selling. |
IMHO, this is an open forum called "All Cobra Talk" where we all share observations, opinions and advice. If the seller didn't want that, then should have just posted the car in the classifieds section. Not that that would have eliminated all of the critique, but would have avoided a lot of it.;)
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funny how the regular know-it-all's here speak for the cobra community.
the price of the car is the price. take it, make offer, or skip. it does feel people here have personal agendas. egos. the same people who mocked Evan's cobra CXS4206 asking price $240K++ for a kit car. Y'all big boys with big wallets. who really cares what Mr Becker is asking for the FFR cobra. It's not your car or your money. |
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[quote=NewYorkGuy;1395931]funny how the regular know-it-all's here speak for the cobra community.
/QUOTE] Well, that one went right over your head!**) Read above more carefully. I don't think anyone really cares what Mr Becker is asking for or actually gets for the car. Mr Becker is the OP here. It was posted for discussion and that's what we are doing and what we do as part of the Cobra community (not just here). And let's just leave Evan out of this...old news and he is in the wind...;) |
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Anyone who believes Mr. Becker posted this car here for "discussion" is spinning it to suit their own ends.
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Mr Becker is a respected member here and is no "newbie". I want to think that he posted on "All Cobra Talk" for a reason, but that's just me.
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Second, isn't it nice that you an express an opinion (not held by me) in an Internet discussion forum? And, at least you dropped that whole "original vs. replica" tangent. Not sure where you were going with that line of thinking. |
There's a lot of misinformation here too.
The VIN is correct. Do your homework. |
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Let's see if the poster who called the car out on that VIN defends his position, sometimes being a follower and jumping on the band wagon isn't such a good idea :eek: |
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How does the VIN of a 1965 Mustang legally used on an FFR? Inquiring minds want to know. |
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