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18th September 2018, 22:23 | #31 | |
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Brian, You and other's are still missing my point. I have no interest in what Clyde's car is worth, other than recognizing that in my eyes it was a rather special car. In my view a potential buyer will determine the worth of the car if he is genuinely interested in buying it. I just do not believe that the treatment Clyde received when he published his asking price in the for sale thread was justified and he should not have been subjected to the treatment that he received. I had a neighbour once who used to regularly take great pleasure in telling us how she disliked various aspects of our house - this included the colour, windows and practically everything else. A decorator working on our house once overheard and suggested that I could put things into perspective for her - which was that we lived in the medieval hall whereas her accommodation was the hall's old piggery repurposed to residential use. Of course I didn't do this but it always astonished me that grown up people have to put others' possessions down in the interest of "informing" or "free speech". I think there is something deeper than this that leads to such behaviour amongst a subset of society. Last edited by MSS; 18th September 2018 at 22:27.. |
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.............. AND the thread on the open forum, ie not the for sale forum (which seems to have disappeared now) discussing said sale. There was no ill treatment, rather opinions given (which must surely have been anticipated by posting on the general forum)
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18th September 2018, 22:31 | #33 | |
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If/when you come to sell your car, please let me know as I will wish to exercise the freedom of expression/comment on a similar basis I think that most reasonable people would not have expected the posts that were made. |
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18th September 2018, 22:48 | #34 |
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I think I have expressed my views sufficiently for there not to be any confusion about my thoughts on the matter in hand.
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For a car to be worth what is being asked of this particular one it, it must be pristine in every respect. It is not, it is quite nice, but compared with what is available to buy at the price this car is being offered, it doesn't represent good value for money even if you let your heart rule your head. Now Clyde when he opened the thread announcing the sale of his ZTT, wanted people to congratulate him on what a nice car he was selling, and to be told how it was worth every penny of what was being asked for the car, and got upset when this did not happen. I will be selling my duotone in the very near future, do I care what people think of it, do I care if anyone likes it, do I care if people think it is over priced, underpriced, have the wrong wheels, have the wrong tyres, the wrong colour seats, not be rare enough, etc etc etc etc? The answer to all of this is no, I do not care, and why should I? it is only a car after all, and there in lies the problem, I could resubscribe, advertise the car on here, and no one can comment about the sale of the car while it is posted solely in the members cars for sale section. Now if I post up a thread in the general forum, letting everyone know I've spent the best part of £3000 pulling this old banger out of the scrap zone to what is now a car with just about everything that possibly goes wrong with these things, sorted out, and not sorted out in a hurry, but sorted out methodically without time or expense taken into consideration, I can expect to be called out on my asking price, and have people pulling the thing to bits. Again would this bother me, not particularly, because again it is just a car, some will absolutely love it, others will absolutely loath it, but again that is immaterial. Brian |
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But if you are serious, feel free to exercise your freedom of expression on MY car if you wish. It is my pride and joy, however I do understand that others have their opinions, and I am more than happy for them to be expressed, because, this is the bit I do not think YOU get. I do NOT care! it is my car, my money, my enjoyment. If you wish to offer critique, even ridicule, or heaven forbid, constructive criticism, please feel free. But always remember, when offering ridicule, I will ALWAYS have the last laugh, because I get to drive it everyday Just to get you started though, I would likely advertise £2500 for it, I would hope to get £2000, but I KNOW it is worth between £1200-1500, and I KNOW I would likely have to settle on between £800 and 1200 at the minute. Just to put it to you a different way. I do not 'get' your red top, but I do 'get' your Omega (always have, but really adore the Senator B ).
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Good luck with the sale of your duct tape silver primertallic ZT, who would be seen driving such a thing............errr I'd best get me coat then |
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Of course members were going to comment on the asking price as it was a diesel ZTT for V8 money. It's a nice condition car granted as I seen it at Eden camp last year but not detailed or as good as the photos portray it out to be. That he was happy to receive positive comments about the car but then left the club when the value was questioned left a lot of people perplexed. There was nothing nasty or personal involved which made him come to his decision only the price was questioned which was only to be expected on an open forum. Hopefully he'll see it from both perspectives and rejoin at some point.
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well yes of course, the Lotus. The GSi, whilst nice, but if I was going down the line i would rather have the luxury and something I liked the look of, if I was having mid life crisis with a family. I would be seen driving such a thing, but as much as I covet certain colours, I really really love the anonymity.
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It doesn't bother you and therefore no one else should be bothered?
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