So whos going to buy this Brand New Evo 9 MR?
#78
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Herein lies the difference in perspective and personal orientation. I bought an Evolution in 2006 over everything else, because I liked driving it. Meaning, liked it more than other cars. I want this to be clear. As such, if a similarly minded individual pays $100K for a new IX, he will drive it. $100K isn't that much in the greater scheme of things. To some, like to me, the price would cover a brand new example of the car I chose to begin with. Different way of looking at it. I'd urge everyone to try and drive a stock IX- not the modded and re-modded contraptions we often see. It's truly special.
Insurance would cover you for what about 26k and the first accident you have there goes your 100k down the drain
#79
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#80
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It's kinda funny in retrospect. When I bought the car I could not have anticipated any of this. I mean, I knew that I was buying a whole lot of motorspors' heritage and purest driving machine I'd experienced to date, but I had no clue as to the Evo's street cred, didn't know that it was featured as the winning car in video games, had no idea of its place as a cultural icon for a generation. Maybe two. Being aware of all this and having lived with the IX for 11 years, yes, all the hoopla kinda makes sense.
#81
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You don't necessarily have to switch to a specialty company (i.e. AMIG or Haggerty). Some companies have options where on personal auto policies you can put on a car and insure it as a classic car with an agreed value. I'm with Safeco, I know that they can do it but forgot what the parameters were for that classification to apply. I'll see if I can look it up, I probably have the marketing material somewhere in a box. (I work in insurance but am in the underwriting side now, so I'm not promoting anything I represent.)
#82
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You don't necessarily have to switch to a specialty company (i.e. AMIG or Haggerty). Some companies have options where on personal auto policies you can put on a car and insure it as a classic car with an agreed value. I'm with Safeco, I know that they can do it but forgot what the parameters were for that classification to apply. I'll see if I can look it up, I probably have the marketing material somewhere in a box. (I work in insurance but am in the underwriting side now, so I'm not promoting anything I represent.)
Did you guys see the $107,855.00 bid? Might be a real thing.
#83
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Now that I think about it, with Safeco, I think the car has to be a certain age before you can insure it as a classic car on their personal auto policy, so I'm not sure you could do that with the Evo yet.
#87
Evolving Member
Safeco is a good starting point if you want to insure your Evo. I'm currently with them and would highly recommend you look into it. I have an amazing deal with them and for those who use it as a show car or something similar and keep miles really low, this is the way to go.
#88
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I never thought of the marketing ploy or angle for the dealership and that is brilliant. I also am an experienced eBayer and have been part of the "Non Paying Bidders" experience. The fact is the buyer can bid a trillion dollars and disappear into space never to be heard from and eBay won't do a damn thing. In fact when you have something like this and it's getting a lot of attention guess who else is winning? eBay!!! I would love to see this car sell for top collector dollar but know it will likely not sell and might just be a good marketing ploy as mentioned. In the mean time I've got my popcorn and will follow closely. I also don't think we will ever really know who buys the car because we will never see the new owner take possession.