PLATA Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 As I see lately a lot of real clean Z's on the net for sale at crazy coin, from resto/moded to trailer queens specimens , I have an ITCH / DILEMMA on my brain ? . What to do, sell it for good money now or just keep a well sorted Z that I do enjoy to a point. I have lots of fun with it, love the attention it gets at local AM Gas and Coffee Meets and Car Shows, enjoy driving it on week ends in fair weather, but seems that boredom is an issue . WHAT TO DO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Start racing it. You will get un-bored real quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Gadsby Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I go through this every winter with my boat. By fall, the season is winding down, and I think about selling her. I wax her up, put her away till spring and resist that urge. Come spring, I am ready to rock again, waste a ton of fuel and get sunburnt. Find a winter hobby, take her off the road, and your love will be rekindled come springtime. If you sell it, you will regret it later. I miss my Z32 every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Well, let me ask you which you would enjoy more. An LS powered Datsun, or a stack of cash? Personally, I'd forget about the money and just enjoy it. IMO if someone is buying a car for the investment value, they're buying for the wrong reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
310z Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 A car is a hole in the air, suspended there by four rubber doughnuts which you can not eat.Into this hole, you throw money, which you will never see again. Tony's statement is true for the most part. However, S30 Z are starting to see an increase in value to the point that you may be able to come close to breaking even. So, as long as you are near a break even point you could sell it and you are essentially even. But you had the enjoyment of planning, building, and driving and that is worth something. Now, if you were an alcoholic and you had drank $30,000 where would you be. You might of lost your family for which you are still paying most of your pay check to if you could maintain a job. Your liver would be shot and you would soon be moving into that concrete bed you use to call the gutter. Or,commit a crime to go to prison so you can dry up and hopefully get the government to pay for a liver transplant. You will never get your health back. You will never get your family back. If you sell your Z you will never get it back either. Family, Liver, Z all thing you will regret getting rid of. Hummmm, choices, the money for the Z is already spent and you still get something out of it. If you drank the Zs worth of alcohol you may end up as mentioned above. I think I would keep the Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 What would you buy to replace it with and what would that car do that this car doesn't do for you? Hey, I go through a lot of cars, so... I'm probably qualified to mention a few pros-cons about this scenario. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLATA Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Guys thanks for the above, all good points. The coin is tempting , but on what will be a replacement is a very foggy territory . The 70's was a fun era in my life and the Z is very nostalgic . I like to attend car events and admire old Europeans motor cars that are well kept. My mechanical abilities are limited but do like to tinker and I do the basics stuff on my cars. So yes I will desist on this "ITCH" and keep my BEAST in beauty contest shape( no issues with her health) . She needs at the moment a skin treatment , she is getting some hair line minute cracks on the 20 plus yr old paint . So now my dilemma is to keep her patina and treat her as a MILF with minor flaws or take her to the magic surgeon . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motomanmike Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Ah just drive it Lee. You'll never feel you got what it was worth if you sold it. Whatever you do, don't buy an old Jag like you were hinting last time we chatted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLATA Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) The "ITCH" came to hunt me again . But this past Wednesday when driving ZVETTE to her winter dorm I realize that she is a wicked vice, like a TOXIC woman that one day you want her next to you and the next day you want her out . Here I am next to my beast and holding a scale die cast model >>>> a VICE For sure . She will be missed in the coming cold/wet/salty days but as soon a Spring arrives the vice will came alive. Edited December 6, 2014 by PLATA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texis30O Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 The only replacement for my Z will be a 930 Porsche. ( 1 of which I will have in my posession in 24 months). Selling mine is really not an option. I have a Turbo Supra to play with till I get bored with that. I tend to sell it and get something else. My problem is that my toys are 500+whp and anything less seems a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihiryu Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Mine wasn't even great, and I regret getting rid of her. I wish I had posted up and thought about it, rather than being impulsive and ditching her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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