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05-10-2009, 11:32 AM
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Backdraft Racing Dealer
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Haven,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft Racing
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Change this thread title to "How not to buy a Cobra"  |
05-11-2009, 09:33 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Glendale,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #395 from Vintage Motorsports; Valley Ford Specialist 487 FE with a TKO600
Posts: 498
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How embarrassing....they tote the car 3K miles out, expect you to buy, then you don't have the financing or cash ready to go? Am I missing something here?
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05-11-2009, 10:20 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Not to be too harsh. But as a buyer in this market, this kind of experience really turns sellers off and makes someone much less likely to go the extra mile
Having bought and sold many motorcycles on line, this is what you worry about. You meet a potential buyer halfway and you get there and they don't have the cash. I have also visited sellers that didn't have a title after assurances or the bike wasn't anywhere near what was advertised. Sorry for your heartbreak, but the victim in this story was Frank Carroll.
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05-11-2009, 04:52 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Syracuse,
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR 228, Roush 342R, 457HP/428TQ, modified AOD
Posts: 1,378
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Originally Posted by kopride
Not to be too harsh. But as a buyer in this market, this kind of experience really turns sellers off and makes someone much less likely to go the extra mile
Having bought and sold many motorcycles on line, this is what you worry about. You meet a potential buyer halfway and you get there and they don't have the cash. I have also visited sellers that didn't have a title after assurances or the bike wasn't anywhere near what was advertised. Sorry for your heartbreak, but the victim in this story was Frank Carroll.
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Originally Posted by Cashburn
Change this thread title to "How not to buy a Cobra" |
In the words of Gary Cooper, "Ayup." 
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Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem - Don't force it, get a bigger hammer.
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05-12-2009, 04:55 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Oceanside,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ...
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Originally Posted by Dinobyte
How embarrassing....they tote the car 3K miles out, expect you to buy, then you don't have the financing or cash ready to go? Am I missing something here?
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Actually, I informed him of my situation with the lender prior to him shipping the car. Not that it mattered, he was going to show the car or one just like it at the Knotts show anyway.
Just to kind of put an ending on this thread, I took a ride in a friends Cobra a week ago (Beautiful Blue/white Superformance). we zoomed up the 101 & PCH north of Malibu near sunset. Great ride. I had a blast, but I quickly realized that, although I could spend all day in the car, my wife &/or kid really wouldnt have enjoyed the wind buffet or cold.
Ultimately the car is meant for OUR enjoyment, not just mine. Kinda why I gave up the Harley.
For what its worth, Frank is holding on to part of my deposite (about $1,600) until he sells the car. Why, I do not know, as this was never stipulated.
Sigh...
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05-12-2009, 05:18 PM
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Good ole Frank! Good Luck on your refund.
You shouldn't be criticized at all. I am sure they were hauling the car out there to show it. Even Cashburn wouldn't ship a car across the country to a prospective customer unless it was paid for first...  |
05-12-2009, 05:39 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Glendale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #395 from Vintage Motorsports; Valley Ford Specialist 487 FE with a TKO600
Posts: 498
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Originally Posted by LudicrousSpeed
Actually, I informed him of my situation with the lender prior to him shipping the car. Not that it mattered, he was going to show the car or one just like it at the Knotts show anyway.
Just to kind of put an ending on this thread, I took a ride in a friends Cobra a week ago (Beautiful Blue/white Superformance). we zoomed up the 101 & PCH north of Malibu near sunset. Great ride. I had a blast, but I quickly realized that, although I could spend all day in the car, my wife &/or kid really wouldnt have enjoyed the wind buffet or cold.
Ultimately the car is meant for OUR enjoyment, not just mine. Kinda why I gave up the Harley.
For what its worth, Frank is holding on to part of my deposite (about $1,600) until he sells the car. Why, I do not know, as this was never stipulated.
Sigh...
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As I said to you once before...a nice M5 seems right for you.
Good luck...we will miss your insight and humor on these boards. |
05-13-2009, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Dinobyte
As I said to you once before...a nice M5 seems right for you.
Good luck...we will miss your insight and humor on these boards.
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Eh? I'm not going anywhere. I still love the car. The few Cobra meets I've been to, I've met alot of really neat people- plus all you losers on this forum 
Theres alot of wisdom & passion for great cars here. I enjoy just trolling & reading all the posts.
And ya know, it wasnt meant to be right now. But I still lust after the car, and I will have one when the circumstances are better. It'll just have to be part of my 5 or 10 year plan.
I really appreciate all the good info & insight, this is a cool community, even if I dont have a Cobra...yet.
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05-13-2009, 11:57 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Glendale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft #395 from Vintage Motorsports; Valley Ford Specialist 487 FE with a TKO600
Posts: 498
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Originally Posted by LudicrousSpeed
Eh? I'm not going anywhere. I still love the car. The few Cobra meets I've been to, I've met alot of really neat people- plus all you losers on this forum |
Son of Rsimones...we losers on the forum wish you all the best.  |
05-13-2009, 12:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by Dinobyte
Son of Rsimones...we losers on the forum wish you all the best.
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Maybe a distant cousin. There was WAY WAY more drama in the rsimones thread. Lud still likes the Cobra too.
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