You finished the car and now you want to sell it ???

[Unkle Krusty]

For the bike guys.
Modern sport bikes make twice as much power as the Kawasakis, 500 and 750. They stop better, handle better, shift better and have starter motors.
Not saying to do own a 500 or 750 Kawasaki, but there are many new sport bikes selling cheap.
On the 750, the throttle mechanism can twist on the bar, and prevent the brake lever from being pulled in. Aim the throttle cable up, like they do no dirt bikes. This will prevent the problem. You have to have WOT for a while, that allows the vibration to help with turning the throttle mechanism.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

I sold my 37 Ford hearse many years ago. Did a lot of work on it. BUT, I consider my 77 camper van a darn good replacement. So no tears from me.
I am currently collecting all the Yamaha 1100 bikes for delivery to a new home, or the scrap bin. Switching to 400cc bikes for winter riding.

 

[Kern Dog]

Seeing a once loved car get ignored or abused really sucks.
My mom had a 79 Z-28 that I wanted. She sold it when Dad bought her another car. Years later I saw the car in a rough neighborhood all faded with the hood off and parts scattered around it. I was maybe 20 at the time. I rolled down the window and told the guy… “That used to be my mom’s car”.
“It ain’t her car now, man…”
I said …”yeah, she kept it in great condition when she had it”.
I drove off and didn’t look back.

 

[Nutso]

How about this variation? You sold a car that was personally maintained to a very high standard, which included keeping it spotless inside and out, only to have the next owner do nothing (good) to it. He drove it, slapped some stupid stuff on the inside and outside of the car, seldom washed/waxed it, seldom vacuumed it, and I doubt the windows were ever cleaned after my ownership. Oh yeah, wires hanging out from under the dash and an aftermarket radio installed using a battering ram?

I ran across the car about 18 months after I sold it; and was shocked to see it in the condition described above. I went home and collected up some stuff I had for the car and gave it to the owner the next time I saw the car at his workplace. He was very happy with the car and the free box of parts. A nice guy.

The car was a black '87 300ZX.

This made me literally LOL. That’s a perfect synopsis.

My blue Belvedere II was a sold car, never beat on, rusted, etc. The guy who bought it from me drove it like he stole it and beat on it like a rented mule. Poor car.

 

[Budnicks]

My 1st Charger 68 R/T GG1 I painted 77 Corvette Bright Yellow
about the 7th or 8th years I owned it, worst mistake I ever made
it was a different car after that, I owned it for 19 years, from 1974
to 1993, I sold it to my older cousin Joe
(Joe he gave me a bunch of his hand-me-downs when I was a lil' kid,
my 1st mini-bike, & my 1st go-cart, twin engine shifter cart, for helping my stepdad sand,
paint & work on his car custom projects, VW trikes & hotrods, body & paint etc.)
It was just sitting, for about 6 months, I had no intentions of selling, not my baby
& I was building another racecar, spending more time racing & it was just a Street Strip car...

Joe showed interest in it & kept bugging me, guilting me sort of,
so I relented & sold it to him, cheap as 'paybacks', felt like I owed him...
He took care of me as a kid, lots of cool stuff, free...
Sold as a roller with a bunch of extra parts, him & a friend of his put it back together...
'Very haste fully', & not very well, but it wasn't mine anymore
they took it out for a beat run & totaled it, almost folded the car in 1/2,
wrecked it going like 110, on hwy 4 between Concord & Pittsburg...

They claimed something locked up, & went into an uncontrolled spin
it had a cage, well a 6 pt. rollbar still & frame connectors & harnesses still
or they'd be dead...
It had no gear oil in the rear end, I checked it was locked up too...
I was sad, to see it in that state, but it was gone nothing I could do about it...

Still a lil' bitter to this day,
& I've owned better cars & much nicer cars, but that was the 1st real car
I had serious history with...

 

[DeltaV]

Who thinks like this?

Not all, but...

 

[NoCar2023]

From the day I bought the GTX in 1982 I've declined numerous unsolicited offers, many of them quite generous. I have zero interest in selling; I'm not done having fun yet...

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I sold a TX9 69 GTX about that same time in Oklahoma.
I wish I hadn't.

 

[SteveSS]

Very guilty of what the title of this thread says. Buy it, restore, drive a bit, sell for profit.

 

[RemCharger]