Re: What 164s have become

[Benjamin Kaupp <bkaupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, but this doesn't take into account old vs. classic. The Porsche 928 
($3k), early Land Rover Discovery ($10,000), and Audi 4000 quattro 
($1500) were all expensive cars when new that can now be had for 
pennies on the original dollar. But at some point they will all bottom 
out (like the Nova) and start to come up in value again. I'm already 
seeing this in my former BMW 2002, which at the peak of my ownership 
(before I wrecked it) could have sold for $10,000. Even now, less than 
two years later, I couldn't get one in similar condition for less than 
$15k. So the moral of the story? Buy a car to enjoy the car, and if you 
find you can sell it for more later, then yay for you.
Don't even get me started on the $100,000 BMW Dinan 7 that we sold for 
$8k.

-Ben Kaupp
'78 Spider (Clutchless, brakesless, mostly suspensionless at the 
moment, but I made it to my first show two weeks ago!)

On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 10:43  PM, James Ma wrote:


> Regarding your article on the decline of old Alfas.
>
> What about the Porsche 928 ?  Very expensive car when new yet now
> being listed on Ebay for $3K.  What about old Chevy Novas ?  $2K
> when new yet now going for $4K & up. 
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