1995 928 GTS 5M sells for $103,500
10-21-2009, 01:12 PM
#32
Nordschleife Master
I will need to sell a WHOLE LOT MORE DVD's and Calendars to make anything like that happen. Heck I would need to sell a lot more of both just to buy a beater off CL! LOL! Still not close to breaking even on the calendars yet. Finally broke even on the DVD's!
I was thinking you needed another GTS Tom...maybe one with a WING THIS TIME! LOL! Hey, you changed your Avatar! COOL! Yolanda is getting a lot of love in the poll too! I think she is running 2nd right now behind Jim Stadters car and Ariya!
I was thinking you needed another GTS Tom...maybe one with a WING THIS TIME! LOL! Hey, you changed your Avatar! COOL! Yolanda is getting a lot of love in the poll too! I think she is running 2nd right now behind Jim Stadters car and Ariya!
10-21-2009, 01:42 PM
#33
Addict
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
WOW! thats great! 103.5K!!!!!
Good snippet there Eric, very true.
That Countach is
Leno...Seinfeld perhaps? Kudos to the owner and i hope it stays "preserved"
Good snippet there Eric, very true.
That Countach is
Leno...Seinfeld perhaps? Kudos to the owner and i hope it stays "preserved"
10-21-2009, 02:05 PM
#34
Addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
+1
That Lamborghini I posted is a prime example. The owner of that car has owned quite a few Lambo's over the years. Some people in the Lambo forum were on him about owning such a fine auto and never driving it. This is his response:
"Thought I'd update everyone one this car, I just purchased it and would like to say a few things in regard to it and me. First of all, there are very few people who actually owned a Countach and drove them in the 80's and early 90's...I purchased my first in 1988 from MotorCars International...Red and beautiful and "drove the hell out of it". Liked it so much, I bought 3 more over the next 5 years. I started out at 16 with a 440 six-pak Road Runner and have lived a pretty full life as far as cars go...several Pantera's, AMG Merc's, Lotus, M series BMW's to 850 CSI BMW's, Ferrari's...including a beautiful yellow 512 TR, Diablo's, including a 30 SE once owned by Joe Sackey, anyhow...the Countach always had the most soul...the most something that can't be put to words...but you had to live it in it's time. To drive the Hell out of it now is kind of stupid and I believe the Countach in general is at it's most dangerous time, a time when the wrong people buy one, because their relatively cheap and they always wanted one. Usually the wrong owner and usually driven hard. Duesenbergs were turned into Garbage Trucks after the Depression...people just don't care when it's yesterday's car. It takes a few generations to figure out historic significance. Anyway, what I'm saying is, I've been there and done that, and did it in the car's prime...this car does not now need to be driven the hell out of, it it a piece of history and is going to stay that way."
In a way, the part:
"I believe the Countach in general is at it's most dangerous time, a time when the wrong people buy one, because their relatively cheap and they always wanted one."
Very much applies to the 928.
That Lamborghini I posted is a prime example. The owner of that car has owned quite a few Lambo's over the years. Some people in the Lambo forum were on him about owning such a fine auto and never driving it. This is his response:
"Thought I'd update everyone one this car, I just purchased it and would like to say a few things in regard to it and me. First of all, there are very few people who actually owned a Countach and drove them in the 80's and early 90's...I purchased my first in 1988 from MotorCars International...Red and beautiful and "drove the hell out of it". Liked it so much, I bought 3 more over the next 5 years. I started out at 16 with a 440 six-pak Road Runner and have lived a pretty full life as far as cars go...several Pantera's, AMG Merc's, Lotus, M series BMW's to 850 CSI BMW's, Ferrari's...including a beautiful yellow 512 TR, Diablo's, including a 30 SE once owned by Joe Sackey, anyhow...the Countach always had the most soul...the most something that can't be put to words...but you had to live it in it's time. To drive the Hell out of it now is kind of stupid and I believe the Countach in general is at it's most dangerous time, a time when the wrong people buy one, because their relatively cheap and they always wanted one. Usually the wrong owner and usually driven hard. Duesenbergs were turned into Garbage Trucks after the Depression...people just don't care when it's yesterday's car. It takes a few generations to figure out historic significance. Anyway, what I'm saying is, I've been there and done that, and did it in the car's prime...this car does not now need to be driven the hell out of, it it a piece of history and is going to stay that way."
In a way, the part:
"I believe the Countach in general is at it's most dangerous time, a time when the wrong people buy one, because their relatively cheap and they always wanted one."
Very much applies to the 928.
But driving them once in a while really does make you appreciate the car that much more and for those that weren't fortunate enough to own them in their prime its hard to just put them in storage for viewing pleasure only.
!!!!
10-21-2009, 04:18 PM
#38
Administrator - "Tyson"
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
10-21-2009, 05:01 PM
#40
Addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
10-21-2009, 05:14 PM
#41
Addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Gone. On the Open Road
Posts: 16,334
Received 1,545 Likes
on
1,008 Posts
turboboost? CAPS LOCK KEY BROKEN? Or do you just YELL all the time? 
10-21-2009, 05:42 PM
#42
Addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Thread Starter
10-21-2009, 06:02 PM
#43
Addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Thread Starter
+1
Which is why a car like this (and GTS's in general) are not my "thing" and why I've unfortunately rubbed a few people the wrong way around here in these threads. I fully appreciate why certain cars sell for a premium, it's simply not my preference to own cars like this. At least not now.
That Lamborghini I posted is a prime example. The owner of that car has owned quite a few Lambo's over the years. Some people in the Lambo forum were on him about owning such a fine auto and never driving it. This is his response:
"Thought I'd update everyone one this car, I just purchased it and would like to say a few things in regard to it and me. First of all, there are very few people who actually owned a Countach and drove them in the 80's and early 90's...I purchased my first in 1988 from MotorCars International...Red and beautiful and "drove the hell out of it". Liked it so much, I bought 3 more over the next 5 years. I started out at 16 with a 440 six-pak Road Runner and have lived a pretty full life as far as cars go...several Pantera's, AMG Merc's, Lotus, M series BMW's to 850 CSI BMW's, Ferrari's...including a beautiful yellow 512 TR, Diablo's, including a 30 SE once owned by Joe Sackey, anyhow...the Countach always had the most soul...the most something that can't be put to words...but you had to live it in it's time. To drive the Hell out of it now is kind of stupid and I believe the Countach in general is at it's most dangerous time, a time when the wrong people buy one, because their relatively cheap and they always wanted one. Usually the wrong owner and usually driven hard. Duesenbergs were turned into Garbage Trucks after the Depression...people just don't care when it's yesterday's car. It takes a few generations to figure out historic significance. Anyway, what I'm saying is, I've been there and done that, and did it in the car's prime...this car does not now need to be driven the hell out of, it it a piece of history and is going to stay that way."
In a way, the part:
"I believe the Countach in general is at it's most dangerous time, a time when the wrong people buy one, because their relatively cheap and they always wanted one."
Very much applies to the 928.
Which is why a car like this (and GTS's in general) are not my "thing" and why I've unfortunately rubbed a few people the wrong way around here in these threads. I fully appreciate why certain cars sell for a premium, it's simply not my preference to own cars like this. At least not now.
That Lamborghini I posted is a prime example. The owner of that car has owned quite a few Lambo's over the years. Some people in the Lambo forum were on him about owning such a fine auto and never driving it. This is his response:
"Thought I'd update everyone one this car, I just purchased it and would like to say a few things in regard to it and me. First of all, there are very few people who actually owned a Countach and drove them in the 80's and early 90's...I purchased my first in 1988 from MotorCars International...Red and beautiful and "drove the hell out of it". Liked it so much, I bought 3 more over the next 5 years. I started out at 16 with a 440 six-pak Road Runner and have lived a pretty full life as far as cars go...several Pantera's, AMG Merc's, Lotus, M series BMW's to 850 CSI BMW's, Ferrari's...including a beautiful yellow 512 TR, Diablo's, including a 30 SE once owned by Joe Sackey, anyhow...the Countach always had the most soul...the most something that can't be put to words...but you had to live it in it's time. To drive the Hell out of it now is kind of stupid and I believe the Countach in general is at it's most dangerous time, a time when the wrong people buy one, because their relatively cheap and they always wanted one. Usually the wrong owner and usually driven hard. Duesenbergs were turned into Garbage Trucks after the Depression...people just don't care when it's yesterday's car. It takes a few generations to figure out historic significance. Anyway, what I'm saying is, I've been there and done that, and did it in the car's prime...this car does not now need to be driven the hell out of, it it a piece of history and is going to stay that way."
In a way, the part:
"I believe the Countach in general is at it's most dangerous time, a time when the wrong people buy one, because their relatively cheap and they always wanted one."
Very much applies to the 928.
10-21-2009, 08:59 PM
#45
Rennlist Member
WOW.
Well, I understand the decision to spend money like that on a car like that: a collector with the means and a fancy for a particular model wants the best of the breed [in the eye of the cash-holder] with the lowest mileage.
In cases like this, the money is often much easier to come by than the opportunity.
Well, I understand the decision to spend money like that on a car like that: a collector with the means and a fancy for a particular model wants the best of the breed [in the eye of the cash-holder] with the lowest mileage.
In cases like this, the money is often much easier to come by than the opportunity.