Carlo_Carrera

You do not drive on them. You put them on the car when on display at a show or concord or when car is going up for auction.

I know owners of cars from the fifties and sixties that still have the original tires on the original wheels with original factory installed wheel weights. How much do think just those original wheels and tires are worth? Say from a Ferrari or pre-A 356? I will give you hint, possibly well over $50k. Originality is the holy grail of ultimate value.

Hosewater2

That's kind of an extreme comp... Personally I'd expect a credit from the seller to cover the disposal fee

Third-Reef

The original tires on the car are dangerous. Original tires are what caused Paul Walker's death.

Its too bad you will not get to drive the car for long or the way it was meant to be driven, these are awesome cars.

Very nice car. If you can get your asking price, sell it and buy one with 50 to 70K on it and drive the thing, take it to the track, mod it, have fun with it.

Carlo_Carrera

It is not an extreme comparison at all if you have been involved in the collector car world. Originality is everything. You could buy a pre-A for $3000.00 thirty years ago because not many people then thought of them as a collector car. Same goes for Ferarri Daytonas, Dinos, etc. Car collecting is long term speculation.

Carlo_Carrera

No one is saying anyone should drive on the original tires.

Hosewater2

I understand your point. This is my first P-car, so the notion of garaging it along with its original tires is way outside my headspace.

wross996tt

So answer my question...How much would you pay for those original useless tires?

Carlo_Carrera

This is an about how much I would pay for them now it's about how much in the future a potential collector would pay for them mounted on the original wheels with the original wheel weights from the factory.

You can throw them away and get nothing now or you can just store them on the wheels and maybe get a few thousand dollars down the line. It's collector car speculation, an investment.

To answer your question I wouldn't want just the tires, but if he was selling the tires and wheels togethet I might be willing to pay a few thousand dollars extra for them if I was buying the car they originally came on.

wross996tt

More data to support "there's a sucker born every second"

s65e90

Comparing apples to oranges really. And many older tires are avail no in repros.

If we're nickel and diming this car for future value the interior kills it being light gray.

Carlo_Carrera

The only sucker is someone who throws away a potentially good investment for no reason. If you have the original tires on the original wheels what harm is it to preserve them just like preserving the rest of the car?

Carlo_Carrera

It is an apples to apples comparison.

Repo tires are just that reproductions and only worth what the manufacturer sells them for. Original tires are the only original tires for that car in existence and will be worth something if the car becomes a collectible.

Quite a few people like the light grey interior with certain exterior colors.

s65e90

Some may like it, but again you're speculating with the word "if". If this car becomes a collectible item, from a pure appraisal standpoint, the light gray interior is devaluing it.

993GT

beautiful car!
but doubt they are original tires at 35k miles....

Van1

I wonder if there is a premium if the original tires with original wheel weights also have the original air as delivered from the factory?

Honestly, how do you prove they are the original tires to the car it rolled off the assembly line with? Sure, the date code may be a tell tale but maybe dealer swapped them out early on for some reason or had them rebalanced during a normal service. And if original tires are such a great thing why doesn't everybody just get new tires when a car is brand new so they can save the original tires when they go to sell the car?