CountachQV
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I am surprised by the $100K claim repair. The car is is great cosmetic shape. Much more than the black one for $600K...
but an engine out and suspension repairs to change some bushings and gasket cannot be $100K or am i living with old pricing?
Droopping mirror is typical in any countach. Sometimes it is just the adjustment. the leather quality tells me the car was cared for
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I noticed the car is from the department I am from. What town?
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the onlyy issue i ever had with my car have all been related to the lousy marelli ignition.
Weird stuff occured. sometimes it would start or not randomly. I would lose power while driving just like if i was starving gas, etc...
I had a long discussion with a local Shop tech. Guy was an expert on old ignitions. They had an old machine to test them.
Basically these things are crap new and worst crap old. They are just good for thoses who look at the car, rave about how fast they are but dont drive them.
MSD does not fix anything because you still have the rotor and all that crap.
If you drive the car, move to electromotive ignition. Since I did, no more weird electrical things occuring. Starts everytime.
I never understood why the MSD is so popular as it does not fix the distributor weaknesses.
My only issue is when the car gets very very hot, the starter needs to cool off abouot 20mn before I can start again but that is very consistent and a known issue on these car due to the exhaust proximity.
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I had the chance to drive the 2008 R8 V8 manual shift from a friend multiple times on the street. That car is awsome.
May be the engine is light for the track but frankly, why take a $100K car to the track when you can get a 700hp rice rocket for way cheaper?. This is more of a DD or frequent driver. I tried on the hiway but the best drive was on curvyback roads. The car is light and on rails.
For the price i think the V8 is a better value than the v10 but I would have to drive the v10 to be sure. That said, for me, I can do enough damage to my license with a V8 and you dont have to deal with a lambo engine for every day use.
so 1 year later what did the Op chose?
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you need to redo this with all the ads. You show too much or too little!...
Forbes car ad, and a page full of now vintage lambo ads. This is cool to look back on. Even in the best times now you get for 4-6 cars for sales at one time.
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He meant the owners had a clean bill of health.
now that is quite funny!!
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Looks like you just got in in time, this news could mean a flood of cheap Countach's in the near future, guys get your cheque books ready, not good news again for the world economies
http://www.moneynews.com/MKTNewsIntl/stock...medium=referral
Another "Nostradamus" pseudo politico-news blaming Obama for a possible asset price collapse. We never know, just in case...
I hope you simply read this for entertainement not actual fact. lol
What would be not cool is to tie this trash piece to Countach prices too.
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My guess is $430,000
more like it. 300K today is way behind the curve for that car. 25th are going for $350K now.
My guess closer to $500K given the work that has been done
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WHO KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY WORTH BUT THEY ARE DEFINATELY GOING UP FINALLY, FOR YEARS I WAS ONE OF THE ONLY ONES WITH SEVERAL COUNTACH'S , THEY WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO SELL AND EASY TO BUY, MY WIFE HATED ME BUYING THEM , IT WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE CAR SO I BOUGHT MANY OF THEM, I KEPT A FEW OF THEM OVER THE YEARS,HOPEFULLY THEY CONTINUE TO RISE IN PRICE, ALL I CAN SAY IS IF A DINO IS $500K THEN A COUNTACH SHOULD BE $5,000,000 HA /Users/stevenwaldie/Desktop/WALDIES WORLD/IMG_8973.JPG
Hey Steve, yes you are right. I recall very well the era where nobody wanted them or wanted them at $50K or less. I even heard "why do you want to buy a countach? they are just museum piece. go and buy a real car.."
That was one of the advices...
Now they are out of touch for many making less than $400K /year.
Never understood the Dino fanaticism: a pretty 6 cyl glorified Fiat...
The trick today is to find car with a similar countach profile that is easy to find and will appreciate that way 10 years from now.
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Well Patrick, looks like you are rowing over to my boat....and be stuck just looking at your car lol
Well I still drive it as a middle aged crisis man... but I am rowing all right.... I am trying to convince myself it is all in the mind. If something happens I'll have a junk car I wont be able to replace, at least for a while until things cool off.
FYI, I hear from jag owners that Jags type E are now selling in the $300K and more... nutty world.. they must be also experiencing these jitters.
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pictures suck
but, it has the $10,000 tool pouch
don't be cheap, round that up to $20K you cheapo you!.. lol
So QVs injected are asked for $1/2 mil now and 25th are $400K ... cool... means my DD just took on another $100K somehow over the past month (yawn!).. So may be we are close to $800K for a carb car?
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today's values are 1.0-1.4 M for LP400
800-900 for S1, so we can say may be 600-700 for S2 and around 500 for S3 ? almost all countach looks to be 300k and up ...even project cars
imo we have passed the reasonable pricing for them...these prices are all over where they should be and the same goes for many other models
do not get me wrong: i LOVE the countach
i think the craziness is even worst for some Ferrari and Porsche
Given they built 2000 or a bit less Countach, it only takes 2000 or a bit more people willing to ownership with crazy money to make a crazy market.
But I think the entire Exotic saga we are witnessing in an offshoot of a world awash with money with no parking spot. So a lot land in car assets. That too shall pass. The trick to riches is to time when it turns and why it will... That may last a while more.
This said, I truly believe $300K is built in the base price of a countach. Also the best sample will keep up. The projects or botched cars however, will crash back down.
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Very nice work. Car looks sweet! Just hope he doesn't think it's too nice to drive around.
it is too nice to drive around! you got a current day value of $500K -$600K right there being a carb 5000S.
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http://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/lambor...ach/1987/245343
Lookie here, makes the Lamborghini Palm Beach car look like a STEAL!! 299,995 GBP equates to $505,000
this car is discounted by a $100K. DD are going for well over $500K now. And 25th are said to reach the $400K. Not sure if that is true but as long as we stay awashed in cheap money this will go on. Beware when the faucet turns off thou...
Most people buying these now are not "enthusiasts" but rather art and car collectors with very deep pockets. 1MM is nothing to them.
People like us will lose these cars as time go. I still drive the car as a "sports car" but I know I should not and it is unwise as my insurance only covers a fraction of its value now.
Recently there was a large mahem about fraudulent expensive art to the point where expert are now reluctant to do expertise and have their name on it (famous ones got burned) . I wonder how much that has to do with them turning to cars.
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LOL i knew this sentence would prove the point well
in the end i honestly think anyone is free to do whatever he likes with his money and cars
anyone has a personal line of what is ok and what is not with a classic car .....and it is ok this way.
one extreme is every nut and bolt should be original at cost of breaking down the road anytime, the opposite extreme is "replica are ok" since you get the look, more reliability and all spending a fraction of the cost.
the reasonable guys are btw these 2 options
yes. In this instance I think what really matter is an exact cheap replica for the form but trying to preserve the leather type and style.
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Seriously, how hard is this to make correctly? The leather and sowing is not hard or expensive, the inside base is not either. The shift pattern decal/emblem? Possibly.
Replicating and manufacturing 50 or 60or even 100 is not cost effective to sell for $200+-?
I'm asking because I really don't know. Can that emblem be replicated and how?
Think, 100 pieces at $200 = $20,000 (if you sell all). It's got to cost a lot less than 20k to make 100. A couple of thousand to make 100?
that is what I think. Having money and being smart are 2 different things. Some dumb fat cat may enjoy being fleeced all day long to pretend to be rich. Other, smarter, will try to avoid it when they can.
This is where 3 D printing may help for small production. All that is needed is a good example to spec the parts. I am sure using new technology, a decent prototype could be done. Too bad 3D is not my field. I think everyone with a Ct should have a cheap exact repro of a shift knob.
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I have 4 original ones. One is in excellent condition, one is in very good condition, and two of them have the leather separating at the seam. PM me if interested. Price on the ones with the split leather is $595 each.
at these prices, there ought to be someone who could make exact replicas. Could be that hard. This a knob for heavens's sake!
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I think the 90 pound fire extinguisher is worth at least a half a million all by itself....
dont joke about these things! I am sure you saw the POS Alpine radio for a CT at $2500 on eBay!! I mean soon dogdung squashed by a CT willbe worst gold! lol...
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The crazy thing is how long it normally took to sell one for 100k or less a few years ago. Serious deep pocket buyers have entered the arena for these to sell as high as they do, as fast.
that is what a bubble looks like but again these cars were way undervalued for a long time.
The real bother now is that in 1 year span the cars are selling at$300K-$500K in 1 day. A yellow carb in France just got scopped upin 24h. You dont even have time tosee the add if you are not already plugged in deep.
They have a stunning $500K QVDD that wont last verylong.. Last may the Emlia auction QV DD at $320K looks a real bargain now,despite many poopoo-ing it at the time..
this are times when you want to stay out of the market. Just wait a bit more, at least until Putin shoot the 2nd plane out of nowhere...
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If that is the case I apologize for creating the confusion as I really did think it was the old Heritage Classic Countach.
Me Bad. Vic
don't feel bad, its an easy confusion. These 2 cars are real close and look alike. I had to think about it too
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Gorgeous example of a perfect car.
How much power did the turbo/engine upgrade add?
you guys are talking about 2 different cars. The heritage is not the auctioned car
Just bought 83 Countach
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Well, the real question is why not? one appreciates, the other depreciates...