New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

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New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

March 20, 2008, 01:17:57 AM

Seems like every new member who posts pictures of their car on this board only turns around and sells it a day, week or month later.. Am I the only one to see this???

*yay look at my car*

*sob story*

*car for sale*

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #1 – March 20, 2008, 01:50:48 AM

x2
^sums it up

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #2 – March 20, 2008, 01:56:57 AM

Because everyone and their dog wants a Mustang??? just a Guess

2nd idea maybe everyone wants a new car?

3rd they want to fix them up and don't got the time or money.

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #3 – March 20, 2008, 03:28:22 AM

Maybe it's because nobody loves them like we do. It's hard to sell a car that takes $65 to fill the tank these days. At least we get first dibs on them.

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #4 – March 20, 2008, 04:42:49 AM

Not a bad deal it takes that much to fill the car up means you can pass lots of people that had to fill up their small gas tanks and for the price of most of our cars you can afford to fill up the tank at almost any price.

I had the nicest 80s T-Bird in a town of over 200,000 people and since its wrecked if i get a 80s cougar it will be the nicest in the whole town when its all put together Because everyone in Texas has a mustang and a truck well almost.

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #5 – March 20, 2008, 07:24:19 AM

Quote from: Carpimp1987;209959

Not a bad deal it takes that much to fill the car up means you can pass lots of people that had to fill up their small gas tanks and for the price of most of our cars you can afford to fill up the tank at almost any price.

Can you explain this jumble of shiznit to me?
I think something that gets 35 mpg will more than outlast something that gets 12-15 mpg.

It ain't a matter of passing people. When gas is 3.10 a gallon like it is here, it doesn't matter one bit what you paid for a vehicle, it sucks all around.

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #6 – March 20, 2008, 07:33:51 AM

Want ads probably didn't work so they research the thing, put it into good old google and look a site full of people that "would LOVE this pos im trying to get rid of. they LIKE these? oooooh $$$$$$". Hehehehh *BUZZER*.

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #7 – March 20, 2008, 08:54:01 AM

Quote from: FordTruckFreeek;209962

Can you explain this jumble of shiznit to me?

ROFL

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #8 – March 20, 2008, 09:05:57 AM

Quote from: Carpimp1987;209959

Not a bad deal it takes that much to fill the car up means you can pass lots of people that had to fill up their small gas tanks and for the price of most of our cars you can afford to fill up the tank at almost any price.

I had the nicest 80s T-Bird in a town of over 200,000 people and since its wrecked if i get a 80s cougar it will be the nicest in the whole town when its all put together Because everyone in Texas has a mustang and a truck well almost.

That might be true... if these cars were fast. Fact is, they're not. Not even close. The slowest car available for sale nowadays would probably run rings around an 80's T-Bird and still get 35-40 MPG while doing it.

These cars are about style. They can be made fast, yes, but style is their main selling point. Problem is that their style doesn't jive with most young people. Yes, I know, this board has several under-20 members, but most people under 20 years old would rather be in a Civic with a fart can and an aluminum extension ladder bolted to the trunk pretending to be a spoiler. Most young people driving a T-Bird or Cougar do so because they're "stuck with it" - it was willed to them, or given to them by a family member, or they bought it for a few hundred bucks as a first car. Many end up growing to love their old, slow-but-pretty American iron, but most end up resenting the car because it isn't "trendy" and selling it to us nut cases that actually like them so they can buy a Civic just like their buddies.

I've said it before: These cars are actually victims of their own styling. They look great, yes, but people that actually want old cars want cars that look old. They don't want a 20+ year old "classic" that looks like a late 90's car but performs like an early 80's one.

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #9 – March 20, 2008, 09:28:01 AM

I think you're really pretty spot-on about that, at least from the old-car hobby's perspective anyhow.

80's is, unfortunately, GM-territory for that. Yeah it wasn't great that everything was shaped like a Kleenex box but that was norm. So....in the future they'll be popular at shows...and for ours...who knows.

More thundrcatz fer us!!!!! Personally I want to get a low-mileage completely unmolested one someday to keep exactly stock and be able to show when its 30 40 years old as an original survivor with low usage, so I hope they stay worthless! :hick:

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Reply #10 – March 20, 2008, 09:30:56 AM

Hey I bought mine because I WANTED it! And I was 21 at the time. Close enough :p

Honestly, for younger kids, it's all about looking cool. They want to be in a Mustang, or a Civic, or an old hot rod (which most can't get). I know when I was in high school I fantasized about driving to school in this primer black 55 Chevy that was for sale locally. Steelies, big wide tires in the back, small block chev with dual four barrels, harnesses, all that . That would have been the shiznit! But I couldn't afford it, nor anything else cool, and ended up in a '90 2.3L Mustang.

And now my old bird is getting pretty rough looking but I still love it. I love the swoopy lines of the car, especially lowered!

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #11 – March 20, 2008, 09:32:51 AM

So am I one of those exceptions because after my car was willed to me I kept it and drove it as my first car, well at least till the car put up the white smoke of surrender and wouldn't go no mores..

Fast forward to 4 years later I still have it, and have replaced everything in the car from under hood to the rear end. I've removed all of the rust and painted it (well the underside at least). And in a few months (crosses fingers) I should have it running 13's, 12's with spray:burnout: .

I can honestly attest that younger people like these cars (at least tbirds that is) from personal experience. I know I love my car and all of my friends do as well since it's something they remember seeing when they first became aware of cars. Most people selling these cars simply don't know what they've got, even if they aren't the fastest cars stock the fact that you can get 37mpg (personal best w/ v6 and 2.73s) makes them worth keeping.

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #12 – March 20, 2008, 09:48:36 AM

Like I said: There are exceptions, and of course if you're gonna find exceptions you're gonna find 'em here, on a board dedicated to the cars

Most young people look down on these cars with about the same level of love that most of us show for riced up mid 90's Civics. Go find a ricer board and post pics of your T-Bird or Cougar and you'll see what I mean. The sad fact, though, is that we are severely outnumbered. Which is fine by me - I like it that way.

The ironic twist to what I said about these cars' modern looks working against them, is that when I first fell in love it was because they looked so modern. When I bought my '85 (back in '92) I couldn't believe that I could actually afford a car that looked so "new". The even more ironic twist is that I sold a near-mint '80 Formula Firebird so I could buy this "new-looking" car. That same Firebird would now be worth about 5X what you could get for a Fox Bird...

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #13 – March 20, 2008, 10:37:07 AM

Wait....I'm fairly new here and I still have mine. It's not for sale.

New members, why do you come here only ot sell your car?

Reply #14 – March 20, 2008, 10:38:02 AM

Wait....I'm fairly new here and I still have mine. It's not for sale.