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05-08-2008, 03:57 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Diego,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1715, Roush Built 434 ci Stroker, Dart Block, Ported AFR 205 Heads... 561 hp / 547 tq, Former Roush Show Car, Completed and Prepped By Olthoff Racing.
Posts: 1,066
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I hate this question. I have dealt with it for years with the boats I have owned and it gets old. I get it all the time with the SPF, but it is worse with a boat. With the boats I get the follow up question "what do you do for a living to afford that?"
If we park the SPF somewhere and people are looking at it I act like I am not the owner so I don't have to answer stupid questions. I would never ask someone how much they payed for something unless I knew them well. Just my.02
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05-08-2008, 04:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: San Marcos california,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: 1989 KCC from South Africa Right Hand Drive
Posts: 1,601
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I just tell them that I have'nt finished spending yet.
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05-08-2008, 04:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
Posts: 9,591
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CNGreen
I really don't understand why the hesitance to disclose the price to build or buy.
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It would certainly depend on the circumastance, but you never know what someone's motive is for asking. If you believe they're actually thinking of building one and need help, then I would happily provide more detailed info. However, there are many people out there with less than honorable motives. |
05-08-2008, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Sometimes I respond by saying that originals are $500,000 and up, but I'm a poor man and could only afford a fraction of that.
More often it's like Tony R. said, I give them a 'range' from 25K to a 150K. In any case I rarely say what I paid for mine personally.
I like Jamo's approach and may well start using that, "Are you interested in getting one?" I don't want to brush off someone who may be seriously interested, it's a great opening question.
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05-08-2008, 09:49 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
Posts: 9,591
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I like Jamo's approach best, but it requires a lot of extra work (talking).
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05-09-2008, 10:12 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Look-a-like cobra POS
Posts: 955
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...............don't know, it was a birthday present from the wife.
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05-09-2008, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Scottsdale,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 427R-095, Pro Systems carb, 2" headers, Buckshot Racefab side pipes, 10s off idle start
Posts: 705
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Archrms
How do you respond to rude people who ask how much your car cost? I'd like to know how to respond tactfully without seeming snobbish.
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I never took it as a rude question. I just reply it would require about 90,000 to duplicate my car new with two sets of wheels, but it's worth about 60,000 or so used. No biggie. |
05-09-2008, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hermosa Beach,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR, CHP 427w Streetfignter, Injected Venom.Mass-Flo...550 hp , 550 torq..spec pulley sys..
Posts: 361
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Interesting array of answers! I have a nice car and am pretty proud and happy with it. I also, like all of you, get asked 2 main questions'
1. either 'is it real' or 'is it a kit'?
2. how much does it cost?
I have learned something recently that might make all of our answers a bit more......shall we say....kind!
A very high class CEO of a fortune 500 company said when asked." what are the best words you ever heard that changed your life"?
answer: just assume that everyone has GOOD intentions or MEAN WELL! That way, when you have to deal with them, answer them, or just be around them, it makes is easier and keeps you from being angry in dealing with them. Now, we all know that others don't always HAVE the best intentions, but to give them the benefit of the doubt...will definitely make dealing with them really a lot more comfortable. Try it and see!
I have found that most of the people that ask for price.....really expect the car to be VERY EXPENSIVE and when I tell them the value, it always takes them back, almost always! They all love the car, so they just want to know so they can wallow in knowing someone can afford it! so, that is my approach.
fred z   
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05-09-2008, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hermosa Beach,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR, CHP 427w Streetfignter, Injected Venom.Mass-Flo...550 hp , 550 torq..spec pulley sys..
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By the way........a few of the ones who asked me.......now have Cobras!!
just FYI.
fred z
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05-09-2008, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Goshen,
ny
Cobra Make, Engine: Gary Edwards Racing 460
Posts: 444
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It is an uncomfortable question. I usually say 60+. It does get old, especially the is it real question. Or is it a kit, which makes it sound cheap.
I wasnt in a mood for chatting the other day and a guy asked if it was real and I just said "Yup" . Real is an ambiguous word....
All that being said, if you dont want to talk about your car you shouldnt get a cobra! I cant stop for a drink with out answering some questions about the car. Its part of the fun, I have met a bunch of really nice people because of it. Some of them are rather good looking
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05-09-2008, 09:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Santa Fe,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cardiac, 428 FE
Posts: 301
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Fred Z.,
Best post of the thread, in my opinion of course.
I live in a town full of people with much more money to spend than I do. I have found that being polite gets you a pleasant conversation with interesting people. These cars are conversation starters and a ton of fun to build, own, and drive. I like talking to interesting people and the town I live in is full of them. Wouldn't you answer politely to Ali McGraw?
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