"Tapas" (tapas)
10/10/2018 at 14:34 • Filed to: None
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"Tapas" (tapas)
10/10/2018 at 14:34 • Filed to: None | 1
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UPDATE: SOLD FOR $11,111 :( Hoping for sub-$10k cars is a lost cause on BaT.
The bids aren’t astronomic on this one (at least that’s what I think), so do it!
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Nibby
> Tapas
10/10/2018 at 11:16 |
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fintail
> Tapas
10/10/2018 at 11:27 |
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I think it is approaching a fair price. It’s not low mileage and not a period AMG car, just a cool car. Get it below 10K and probably do OK. Lots of style for the money.
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Tapas
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 11:35 |
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Gotcha.
Yes, I’d buy it if I was rich. Then I’d hit up swanky restaurants with an entourage of 80s - mid 2000s gangsta cars in a H awaian suit.
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fintail
> Tapas
10/10/2018 at 11:38 |
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A nice Miami Vice pastel suit would work well in this. I am not knocking it, I’d drive it with pride - maybe one of the coolest cars you can buy for that money, and it is at the bottom of its depreciation curve.
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Tapas
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 12:54 |
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Yesssss
WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 14:43 |
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Now how about THIS one?
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1961-mercedes-benz-300d/
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 14:49 |
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Lovely. Great color combo. That would be one to buy and drive, as restoration costs are insanely expensive. Enjoy it. Hard to put a price on it, maybe 40K? BaT can be a crapshoot. You could sink 100K+ into one of these with a real restoration.
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fintail
> Tapas
10/10/2018 at 14:50 |
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I see it brought 11K. A little high due to BaT, but not insanely. As they say in Sports Car Market, well bought and well sold. Lots of flash and substance for the price of a used Corolla.
functionoverfashion
> Tapas
10/10/2018 at 14:52 |
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I still think that’s a good price for that much style. I’d love to drop off the kids at school in that.
I think my next car will come from Bring a Trailer. I’d rather spend $11k on something like that, than whatever $11k could get me in my local market. And the information you get in those listings is like, above and beyond any other car listing on the interwebz. I just have to accept that I’d be bidding against other people who are equally interested in an otherwise esoteric car.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 14:54 |
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Agree on the buy and drive - seems like it looks okay from 25 feet, but up close it needs everything.
These cars don’t come up frequently, so it’s hard to tell pricing . Hemmings only has 3 of them - 2 basket cases ($10k and 20k), plus a concours-quality cabriolet going to auction (in a stunning green no less).
I was guessing $25-30k, but that’s just a SWAG.
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:04 |
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BaT is its own universe, hard to predict. When a Mini brings 80K and a 70s Ford wagon brings over 40K, you never know what might happen.
A car like this, with some patina, is how I would want it. Kind of like my fintail, looks perfect from 10 feet, but you can drive it and not fret about a small rock chip etc.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:11 |
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So true about BaT - my view on them is a bit colored, because 99% of the auctions that I actually follow are pre-1975 cars. Sometimes those cars get bid up to the stratosphere, other times they flop - it’s a mixed bag.
Unlike the endless stream of 911's and M cars that go through BaT - they seem to have a captive audience for those.
E90M3
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:15 |
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I think the premium on BAT is at times because you don’t have to search these cars out. It’s a lot easier to find cars like this than to scour classifieds or other auctions. Plus it could also be a case of someone wanting something like this and not realizing that one was for sale until it came up on BAT because they hadn’t/didn’t look for one. BAT has turned into an auction site and it’s not unrepresented for cars at an auction to command premiums on their “fair market value.”
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fintail
> E90M3
10/10/2018 at 15:18 |
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In other words, people with too much money and not enough sense.
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:21 |
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Good point about the demographics - a car like this is invisible to younger buyers, and the tech/financebros who want to show off at their local c&c have no interest. It might not go far. The typical fan of one of these probably remembers it being new.
I am not a big fan of BaT, it has encouraged a new wave of speculation and flippers, just like the bullshit real estate market in some areas.
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E90M3
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:21 |
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That and the this is exactly what I dreamed about as a kid, I don’t care if I spend more than what it’s worth because I now have the money.
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fintail
> E90M3
10/10/2018 at 15:23 |
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I file that under the lack of sense category :)
In some way, BaT is kind of showing the expanding socio-economic gap we all enjoy on this continent.
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Tapas
> functionoverfashion
10/10/2018 at 15:45 |
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I’ve wanted to buy from BaT for those exact reasons , but it seems like I’m not gonna be able to do that for a while.
First off, not a lot of cars on BaT are from Canada.
So everything is ~30% more expensive because of the currency difference between CAD and USD . Then there’s the hassle of importing something.
If I’m looking for a third car or something and have a good amount of money for this, I can wait and semi-seriously look for a car I like and afford.
But it seems like too much of an up hill battle for buying a first or even a second car.
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Tapas
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:50 |
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^this
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Tapas
> E90M3
10/10/2018 at 15:51 |
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I have moneys but no parking spaces to accommodate my desires.
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functionoverfashion
> Tapas
10/10/2018 at 22:00 |
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You’re right, even for me... if my car explodes tomorrow I’ll be driving our Volvo wagon for the foreseeable future. Not a bad car, don’t get me wrong. But I’ll be stashing pennies away and waiting for the day I can justify bidding on something interesting from BaT.