HELP! Has anyone seen this car?

[fooshe55]

I am looking for my old 240Z. I had to sell it at one point and would love to find it again. The color is very unique and very well done. I have attached a few photos of it.

The was in CA and sold to someone in Texas. He got divorced and sold the car, but that is where I lost it. Can anyone help me?

Anyone!!??

Edited February 11, 2009 by fooshe55

[Garagegoon]

My post isn't going to help as I have not seen the car. But, I would like to compliment on how nice and well done it is.

Good luck on your hunt for the Z.

[srbigbutt]

Wow! Nice looking Z. If I ever see it I will be sure to buy it and never tell you!!

[zbane]

It might help if you could post some specifics about the car: vin # and manufacture date might be of more assistance. Colors change, vin numbers (usually) don't.

[Zforce]

The guy sold a Z because he got divorced.....What a putz,and didn't have the decency to ask you if you wanted to buy it back first......What a putz. Beautiful car.

[EScanlon]

The guy sold a Z because he got divorced.....What a putz,and didn't have the decency to ask you if you wanted to buy it back first......What a putz. Beautiful car.

Oh come on!

As a car salesman are you going to tell us that if someone had traded in an extremely fine example of a rare car... for whatever reason.... that you would take the time to locate any and all prior owners to give them the right of first refusal?

Heck, no!

You'd take it and grin all the way to the bank or to the phone to contact someone who would buy it at a fat profit to you.

When someone unloads a car quickly.... sometimes it's because the urgent money need outweighs any sentimental attachment. To try to find a prior owner to see IF they'd be interested and IF they'd be willing to pay immediately and, hopefully, more; as opposed to selling to someone with cash in hand.... unless a contract had been signed... just isn't going to happen.

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To Fooshe55: Hopefully you can find your car. However, I don't know if the current owner would be so ready and willing to sell it. You may end up paying a pretty penny for it.... which will probably STILL be cheaper than starting over. Good Luck!

Edited February 11, 2009 by EScanlon

[Carl Beck]

He said he'd love to find it - he didn't say he wanted to buy it back.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[fooshe55]

Just so you guys know, the guy did contact me and offered it back to me. In fact, he offered it at a MORE than fair price...about $5,000 less than he paid for it. I probably should have noted that. The buyer was a VERY nice guy and I can't say a bad word about him.

Unfortunately, I did not have the money to buy it back at the time. I would love to find it and just catch up with it's history to date. and yes, I would buy it back if they wanted to sell it. As far as cost of buying it vs starting over, you might be right.

Oh, and thank you for the compliment on the car...it was a long labor of love and the car came out, in my opinion, absolutely beautiful.

[Zforce]

I am not your typical car salesman,remember I sell Porsche.You cant use the old school method of car sales,wich is lie, cheat and steal to get a deal. Most high end customers are highly educated and very impatient,if you say the wrong thing thier gone,never to return.

I once had a guy return a 2004 996 turbo with 1600 miles,he came in signed the lease return paper work and left.But you see it was a lease,he never had any attachment to the car,he never drove it.The sticker on that thing was 136,000.00

And if a guy wants to sell me back a car he ownes,he is not going to like the number I give him,if fact he is going to blow a gasket.If you want to keep your clients you have to approch the matter very delicately by very explaining very slowly and respectfully the deminishing returns you get.That way they don't take offense when you hit him with the number.

Then he thinks to himself,this guy is actually trying to talk me out of selling my car to him,I like this guy.And you know what happens after that,he sends his wife in to buy a Cayenne,his partner to buy a 911 and his gay associate to buy a Boxster,and everybodys happy.

Fooshe55 obviosly loves his car,he put his heart and soul into that car to make it what it is,that is totally different that simply buying a car and driving it for a wile and then saying i'm done.

And lets face it,if you are driving a Z, you are saying yes to that car everyday,no matter what it does.No matter how many times you get stuck you say I love you and take it home and fix it. That's true love, most wives don't get that kind of devotion.

Fooshe55,I hope you find your car man,good luck to you.

[DougN]

IIRC, this car (or one very much like it) was sold on eBay around Sept/Oct 2005 (for around $20K IIRC). I remember looking hard at it around that time. When i get home I'll try to remember to see if I still have the photos from the eBay ad to see if it is the same car.

[fooshe55]

I originally posted it on ebay. The buyer saw it on ebay and didn't bid. Then he contacted me after it was done and after a month of sending photos, talking and making sure he was good with it, he flew out and I picked him up. He saw the car, I started it for him and he called his bank to do the transfer. He never even drove it until he hopped in it to drive home to TX.

When his divorce was pending, he contacted me and asked if I wanted it back for only his pay off, since he had a loan on the car. It as much cheaper than I sold it to him for. I didn't have the money at the time, so I had to pass.

I heard he had posted it on ebay and someone bought it. I don't know who or where they buyer was or what part of the country they were in.

Z force...are you at Rusnak or Mckenna, by chance?

[Zforce]

Z force...are you at Rusnak or Mckenna, by chance?

No I used to work for The Auto Gallery in woodland hills,but due to the current economic situation I got fired,laid off,or whatever you want to call it.

I know the sales manager at Beverly Hills so I might get back into it,but I'm just no sure right now.