Re: [T3] 1965 Variant N (Squareback)

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>~The job and divorce items were simply examples of common, over used excuses.
~Yes, by nature, parting out a car will help others.  No dispute there.
~Nice try on the 'buy it from me' but that's an invalid argument.  I have to 
buy your car just to earn your respect?  Isn't that greed again?  My ethics 
are in a panty wad over that.  Honestly, if I had a money tree in the back 
yard and not just acquired a job after 13 months of unemployment then I would 
buy it.  I would like to own a nice running, very old T3.  Right now I have my 
own list of vehicles -- and house -- I'm working on that get priority over 
buying yet another project.
~I still stand my ground on a good car being butchered.  The car can be 
prepped for storage while waiting for a new owner so it won't rot away. 
That's not greedy to me, it's respecting the car.  The DDB has cut up several 
cars that were beyond hope and found many good parts so they don't have to 
come only from good cars!
~Yes, an uncommon car isn't easy to sell.  ÀPoint being...?   It appears you 
bought the car in October, had some trouble getting it to run and then you 
decide to sell it.  I see that the first posting of you selling the car was 
16Dec2003 (you didn't own the car for very long at all...and you appeared very 
interested in it in the beginning).  Only a month goes by and now you've given 
up all hope?  Where did you advertise besides here (a very limited scope) 
because I don't see anything on The Samba (a much wider scope)?
~What model/year Bentley?  Dude, don't leave us hanging like that!! :-)

In the end it's your car and you can do what you want and I can't do anything 
about it.  I just don't agree with the thought.  It's similar to a hostage 
crisis:  Give in to the demands of the terrorist or the hostage dies.

    Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
    '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing, '73 Porsche 914
    http://www.icbm.org/
    Portland, Oregon

P.S. Please don't double-send messages.  Obviously, if we're sending to the T3 
list and responding then I certainly don't need a copy sent to me privately. 
This is a common mistake for most new people in here so it's just a heads-up :-)

> Isn't it a bit more greedy to allow the
> car to waste away in my garage unused while waiting for someone to get
> serious about buying it?...
> I say...Help me earn your respect and back up your passionate speach with an
> offer.
>
> You say...They are not an enthusiast that honors the hobby but an individual
> motivated by money.
> I say...Why yes, I'm selling because I must make room for the Bentley.
>
> You say...I don't care if you just lost your job
> I say...Who said I lost my job...is there something I don't know?
>
> You say... I don't care if your SO (significant other) is divorcing you.
> I say...I just checked to be sure, but she says she's not divorcing me.
>
> ... But the bottom line is that
> apparently even though these cars are indeed quite rare, particulary an
> early european square such as this, that there is short supply of interested
> parties and that small pool of parties determines the value...which is quite
> low.
>
> Now, I agree with you that this car should stay together. And noone has
> shown more passion than you about it, so I'll be expecting your purchase
> offer soon...:-)

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