stanglife
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Good news and bad news.
Bad first - looks like my car will be leaving with a new owner on Tuesday. It was a hard choice. I don't drive it a lot and my itch to wrench on something is outweighing the joy of just looking at the R in my garage, as grand as that is. I have a couple old Porsches now that I've been wanting to dive into and between a house remodel coming to completion and the extra space in the garage from selling the R, I should be able to burn as much money as I want ;) The why is complicated. Just self-discovery, as corny as that sounds. I think I
ve realized (after 2 of these and some other cars) that I don't like too nice of a car - for fear of making it not nice and then not driving it. I also miss building something and the R is simply great out of the box, no need there.
The good - These cars still bring great money. Ignore the BaT trends - plenty of these cars sell privately at much higher numbers. When they are enthusiast owned (Im original owner), never been flipped at a dealer 5 times...people buy them. It's like most cars, you buy the seller, then the car....and I'm not trying to pump myself up as some awesome guy because I do have plenty of flaws but I "am" the type of person you would want to buy a car like this from and I look for people with my mindset when I am wanting to buy something, as well. What I've found that works against the values is the general accessibility of the car at the price point and the (how do I put this...) the financial mindset of a large percentage of Mustang buyers and even curent owners. They are cheap enough to attact people who can JUST afford them so you get 2 things that happen - the potential buyers cry foul at your asking prices and call you names, telling everyone that the cars aren't worth the price (when it's really that they want it to be worth what they can almost afford) OR many people who were able to purchase them are much more likely to dump them for another bad financial decision or if they are in a pinch. It's exhausting and those 2 examples have the biggest impact to values, IMO. In the end, these are excellent cars and should hold value - ignore the morons... You have a documented car that has been enthuisiast owned - tell them to go wait for one to pop up at Carmax.
It's been fun - I will be around. Been on the site for almost 10 years, which is crazy, so it would be a hard habit to break.
Bad first - looks like my car will be leaving with a new owner on Tuesday. It was a hard choice. I don't drive it a lot and my itch to wrench on something is outweighing the joy of just looking at the R in my garage, as grand as that is. I have a couple old Porsches now that I've been wanting to dive into and between a house remodel coming to completion and the extra space in the garage from selling the R, I should be able to burn as much money as I want ;) The why is complicated. Just self-discovery, as corny as that sounds. I think I
ve realized (after 2 of these and some other cars) that I don't like too nice of a car - for fear of making it not nice and then not driving it. I also miss building something and the R is simply great out of the box, no need there.
The good - These cars still bring great money. Ignore the BaT trends - plenty of these cars sell privately at much higher numbers. When they are enthusiast owned (Im original owner), never been flipped at a dealer 5 times...people buy them. It's like most cars, you buy the seller, then the car....and I'm not trying to pump myself up as some awesome guy because I do have plenty of flaws but I "am" the type of person you would want to buy a car like this from and I look for people with my mindset when I am wanting to buy something, as well. What I've found that works against the values is the general accessibility of the car at the price point and the (how do I put this...) the financial mindset of a large percentage of Mustang buyers and even curent owners. They are cheap enough to attact people who can JUST afford them so you get 2 things that happen - the potential buyers cry foul at your asking prices and call you names, telling everyone that the cars aren't worth the price (when it's really that they want it to be worth what they can almost afford) OR many people who were able to purchase them are much more likely to dump them for another bad financial decision or if they are in a pinch. It's exhausting and those 2 examples have the biggest impact to values, IMO. In the end, these are excellent cars and should hold value - ignore the morons... You have a documented car that has been enthuisiast owned - tell them to go wait for one to pop up at Carmax.
It's been fun - I will be around. Been on the site for almost 10 years, which is crazy, so it would be a hard habit to break.
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. But, I am sure you will get enjoyment from your new porsche project, as well as a very active community online at Rennlist, and with other enthusiast in person with PCA. I miss the porsche community experience, and ownership I had before I sold my 2007 911 Turbo to buy your 2016 GT350R (20,000+ miles and going strong!). Hopefully you will still drop in here from time to time, if at least to keep us updated on your 964 project 
