What would persuade you to sell?

[Geesie]

As I was changing my belts today, someone (third person since I moved here!) asked if I was selling my Regal. Offered $3000 for it. Now, it's a bone-stock (except stereo) 1984 Regal Limited, 231 V6, 147000 miles. It will never be worth a lot. I got it because I like the car. So far, I've put probably about $3000 into it.

But I was thinking that here in California we're looking at $4.50/gallon gas and it's only going to keep rising. McCain isn't going to stop it, neither is Obama. Even if we build more refineries and drill everywhere in the U.S. that has oil, gas will be over $5 by the time the new stuff starts flowing and if we're lucky it will push the prices down to like $3.50, which is still really expensive. Especially when you've got an old car that gets, at best, 20 MPG.

Also, if I sold the Regal, I wouldn't be able to afford/justify buying another "fun" car for a really long time. While I do like my DD Chrysler, I like having the old Buick around. It's got character.

So I probably won't sell any time soon, but it's getting harder to justify keeping the thing around.

So what, if anything, would induce you to sell your G-body?

 

[Lue]

As I was changing my belts today, someone (third person since I moved here!) asked if I was selling my Regal. Offered $3000 for it. Now, it's a bone-stock (except stereo) 1984 Regal Limited, 231 V6, 147000 miles. It will never be worth a lot. I got it because I like the car. So far, I've put probably about $3000 into it.

But I was thinking that here in California we're looking at $4.50/gallon gas and it's only going to keep rising. McCain isn't going to stop it, neither is Obama. Even if we build more refineries and drill everywhere in the U.S. that has oil, gas will be over $5 by the time the new stuff starts flowing and if we're lucky it will push the prices down to like $3.50, which is still really expensive. Especially when you've got an old car that gets, at best, 20 MPG.

Also, if I sold the Regal, I wouldn't be able to afford/justify buying another "fun" car for a really long time. While I do like my DD Chrysler, I like having the old Buick around. It's got character.

So I probably won't sell any time soon, but it's getting harder to justify keeping the thing around.

So what, if anything, would induce you to sell your G-body?

I hear what your saying.. I get asked alot if im selling my Bu, but my answer is always no. Or friends always ask me how much i put in my car, then tell me that i could of bought a newer/better car. I just like old cars, and i dont see my self driving something new any time soon.

 

[2000.malibu.ls]

nothing! haha I have never driven the car, but Ive got big plans for it! there are NO regals here, and its gunna be a one of a kinda anyway. My walet is gunna remind me of that soon enough.

 

[Coveted]

id sell my roller for 1500.

 

[bourbon]

all it would take would be the right offer

 

[HFX]

I'd sell 170K mile Cutlass Supreme, then buy a H/O, 442 Gbody, or maybe a Grand National. I actually looked at a Civic Si a couple weeks ago. Decided against it do to uncertainty about gas, economy, etc. Figured I'll just keep making my old car. Hasn't left me stranded yet, although making it emissions legal for Atlanta area is being a b*tch.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Well, mine has sentimental value (I have owned it since 1993), and has not been a daily driver on a regular basis since 1998, so no practical consideration would convince me to sell. I guess if I were offered oh, say, $50k I would give it serious consideration. Either that, or maybe one of my dream cars plus cash equivalent to that amount.

 

[andrewmp6]

I get offered 30k for my 68 mustang once a week i just laugh at them.I have more then that in it but id never sell it i love that car.Gas prices don't bother me i drive 50 miles daily round trip to work and get 6mpg.Gas here is just shy of 4 a gallon.The main reason is gas is high is the value of our dollar is dropping has since we left the gold standard.If we still was on the gold standard everything would be cheaper but we would make less too think 70s everything cheap because your lucky to make 5 grand a year.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Not only that, but we have exported all of our manufacturing jobs to China, which has helped to tank the economy as well. Yes, things can be sold cheaper on paper, but the money companies make is worth less, so there really isn't as much money in making it overseas as it would seem. Our currency is now valued on what our economy is worth, and that is going down all the time. We will be a third world country pretty soon if we do not fix our borders and stop sending all of our jobs to other countries. Neither of the major party candidates wants to touch either of these issues though. Both of them are hell bent on cap and trade strategies for stopping the Global Warming farce. What the end result will be is that more manufacturing will leave the country, and we may well stop producing anything of our own all together. With nothing of value to trade with, our currency becomes essentially worthless under the Federal Reserve system. But hey, we won't be emitting carbon anymore. No, we'll leave that to China, India, Korea and Vietnam. They can emit all our carbon for us as they do the jobs we used to have, and get the economy we once possessed. It won't make a difference at all in the environment, but it will make a difference in the world's economic structure.

 

[Derision]

I've had people offer to buy my car regularly. Some of them want it for parts, as it isn't exactly the most attractive set of wheels on the planet. Others have actually been interested in using it as a daily driver. I've also had a couple of offers from people that were looking to enter it in a demolition derby. All of these offers I refused. In the instance of the demolition derby, I refused with gusto.

I think if someone were to offer me $10,000 for the car, I might just sell it. On the condition, of course, that it not be destroyed. That'd break my heart.

And with that $10,000... you can be assured that I'd probably buy another G-Body.

I get offered 30k for my 68 mustang once a week i just laugh at them.I have more then that in it but id never sell it i love that car.Gas prices don't bother me i drive 50 miles daily round trip to work and get 6mpg.Gas here is just shy of 4 a gallon.The main reason is gas is high is the value of our dollar is dropping has since we left the gold standard.If we still was on the gold standard everything would be cheaper but we would make less too think 70s everything cheap because your lucky to make 5 grand a year.

You get SIX MILES PER GALLON...?! What the hell are you driving? That has to be a typo... if not, that means it costs you $32 per day to drive to work. $640 dollars a month just to go to work?

I dunno, Man. I mean, I make a decent living. I can manage to afford to drive a car that gets an average of 21mpg and I drive about 40 miles daily to and from work, with some extra driving done for the purposes of work, but... six miles per gallon is... astronomical.

AJ