The car with the flames is badass, no doubt. But could you either put on a new flamed hood sans dolphin or just sell the hood as a whole to somebody that gives a ...hoot(I'm being nice here) about this Lassen guy?
I think that by now Rem could care less what anybody says about his car or asking price. He oviously is looking for the right buyer and like like P.T. Barnum once said ,
"There's a ..................
I think that by now Rem could care less what anybody says about his car or asking price. He oviously is looking for the right buyer and like like P.T. Barnum once said ,
"There's a ..................
Yeah but I think the sucker already bought the car. All the same, good luck Remmey.
Build a router jig and route out the panel with the dolphin.
Frame dolphin and send to art gallery on consignment.
Or donate it and take the tax break on $150,000 (or more, if you can obtain an appraisal to support it). The IRS will let it slide.
Use the same router jig and different bit and collar combo to route a flange around the hole.
Totaled hoods that are still intact in the area in question can be purchased relatively cheaply. Route out a matching panel and route a matching flange on the bottom side of it.
Add some quality body and paint work and you are done.
The Straight Numbers: I paid $253K for this car, $103K for the new viper & taxes + $150K for the paint.
How is it that you paid that much for the car? In 1999, sticker price was about $75K & sales taxes aren't that high.
I wish I had know you guys back then...
I had to plea, beg, harrass the dealer to get my car.
They trucked it up from California. Total pain in the neck.
I was so fed up I bought a Z3 just to kill time while waiting.
viper+hard top + 7yr extended warranty, gaz guzzler tax, sales tax, etc... came to $103K. I'm sure they made some bread off me. I think the sticker price was 85K there.
We're still negotiating... it's a Lady actually.
She's been nice so far. But I don't let that fool me. I know they want blood. Lots of it.
To make things even easier, my lawyer just had a baby... so I don't know how we'll file the next forms that are due in less than 10 days... It's a never ending struggle.
The car with the flames is badass, no doubt. But could you either put on a new flamed hood sans dolphin or just sell the hood as a whole to somebody that gives a ...hoot(I'm being nice here) about this Lassen guy?
Good luck with the sale.
Jay K.
Good idea.
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Originally Posted by Gen3Fan
Frame dolphin and send to art gallery on consignment.
Or donate it and take the tax break on $150,000 (or more, if you can obtain an appraisal to support it).
GREAT IDEA
Painting a Dolphin on your Viper was a bad idea!!!!! Even on a Civic it would be a bad idea... even if it was a Civic, and you were friends with the artist, and he did it for free. That would have still been a bad idea.
Also why dolphins and fire???? Dolphins and and water, or dolphins and beach balls would make even more sense.
I know a lady (friend of a friend) who had a similar painting put on her Lambo. It was slightly acceptable, (that's not true. it still looked like crap), but the difference was this. 1) The car was purple, and 2) she was a girl. You my friend have no such excuse.
Good luck with the sale. I'll try and let my friends friend know its for sale. Her purple heap may want some company.
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My excuse is I'm French
We have a slightly different compass.
Interestingly, I was talking to a French gentleman yesterday (married, with kids and grandkids, nothing weird about him), telling him about strict color codes here in America, and he was getting worried about his pink rugby shirt.
We just don't want to wear either blue, brown, green, black or white. Boring.
If you want to be popular with women in Europe, you have to have taste and class.
Then again being American will be exotic if you travel over there, so you'll probably be able to make do with a plain marine blue shirt.
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