240Z values in rust belt - 2007

[geezer]

Gregg - Looks like all is well in Belgium and I like the new avatar tease! Wouldn't most people in Europe who are in the market for a Z already know about the price difference and be watching sites like Ebay anyway? Probably the convenience factor of the cars already in Europe up the price considerably. Also, impulse buyers are more apt to pay a premium and not even consider acting as their own broker. How difficult was your experience, bringing your car with you?

[280z1975]

Gregg - Looks like all is well in Belgium and I like the new avatar tease!

The car is actually much more together than in the photo, but the last half of the year was so busy I just never got around to getting any good photos. Once the car is here and it's summer I will go to some cool cobbled roads I know around here and take some nice photos.

Wouldn't most people in Europe who are in the market for a Z already know about the price difference and be watching sites like Ebay anyway?

I haven't got real feel for what people do here when buying cars from America, but I just know they are worth a lot more over here. I'm sure people here watch eBay but like we all know Ebay can be VERY much a pain in the arse. I would rather pay an extra 500 dollars for a car I KNEW the problems for (as we know with Arne's) than one that MIGHT be better.

Probably the convenience factor of the cars already in Europe up the price considerably. Also, impulse buyers are more apt to pay a premium and not even consider acting as their own broker.

The price is a result of the lack of cars, the cost of the cars coming here and the desire for them. There are other things you have to do to the car to get it legal over here, but it not to much. I just know if I ever sold my car in the US/Canada I wouldn't get what I put into it, but by bringing it here I can sell it and actually get some extra on top of what I have into it. I don't plan to sell it (I plan to drive it till either it rusts away (which won't happen with the amount of por-15 on it!) or I die) and will do what ever I can to keep it ... but right now the exchange rate is killing me (thank god I am starting to earn euros).

How difficult was your experience, bringing your car with you?

I'll let you know once it's all done! The car is still in Canada. Already went through the trouble of doing the temporary export of my Z to Canada. Let me tell you it's a lot of fun taking a Texas car to the Buffalo, NY border and explaining you are exporting this car to Belgium via Canada :stupid: ... the car's going into a container with all my household goods once our apartment sells. At the moment the car is under a cover and has snow piled all on it :surprised ... I'm luck enough to have another Z car guy in Holland who will help me convert the car so it conforms to the rules of the road here.