thanks ! super excited. have to wait week to pick up

 

You're acting like this is so unbelievable but they sell for this all the time..There are more than afew factors when talking to people who have sold evo 8/9s. For starters you priced yours waaay too low. Too low to the point of suspicious and it actually has the opposite effect most buyers would just simply scroll past thinking somethings gota be wrong with the car and you're trying to unload it asap. I learned this during my younger years flipping cars. Where one guy could get 10k and another near 20k for the EXACT same car and it even sells faster. Underpricing is always worse than overpricing.

 

I hope you guys have some kind of special insurance on these high dollar evos.

If you think your evo is worth more than ~25k you better make sure your insurer is on the same page.

 

I don't understand people that buy cars just to let them sit and speculate that they will be worth something someday. These cars were bargain basement rally/performance cars. If someone is going to buy one to mothball it, that is just a shame. These things are meant to be driven and enjoyed and I can't imagine doing anything else with one. When I see these with so little use it makes me a little sad

 

Just ask the right questions, instead of reflecting your discomfort for not being on the "right" side of the market's natural forces! 😉

My car used to be my daily driver (short distances, flat, commute) until I started traveling domestically and (more often) abroad, as part of moving up at work. Since then, my work shifted home / remote, and the EVO usage dropped substantially (also got a small SUV utility, as well). By then I ALREADY liked the EVO a lot, and it was already well taken care of, and once it became a CULTURAL icon (which I never knew), plus being on my garage, the rest is history! 😜💪

Having said that, there is no RIGHT or WRONG ownership (and buyer) philosophy, here. But the hard reality (and has always been) is that "icon" type of cars that remain closer to stock form and are well maintained and stored, tend to preserve (and eventually appreciate) much more than cars that are tracked, modified with non-OEM parts, etc. And that is dictated by the "demand" side of the equation (not us, the owners, who would be the "supply").

In any case, there are different type of buyers for different kind of sellers, and that also includes those with higher expectations, which will pay TOP $$ for their target car.

Cheers!

 

FYI basically every collector today started as a "bargain performance car." Are you suggesting because mitsubishi initially made the car with certain intent this can never change? I missed that in the owners manual Lol..As time advances this changes. Hence why you cannot for example buy a Shelby gt350 for $3000 anymore. (Even adjusted for inflation it was around 20k back then).

 

I have Hagerty stated value for it.

 

I agree with you 100%, however sometimes there are circumstance. For example I have 2 other cars, collectible driver cars. When I bought them new, I drove them all the time, then I cross country few times, tracked. I racked up miles first 24-36 months. Then life got in the way, interest waned, I didn't ssell. Now someone can come and think I mothballed, but I really didn't.

Also the EVO 9 I bought just picked up. Original owner bought it for his 55th bday present. Then he retired, moved, car has been driven about 1500/miles a year. He had a hip replacement and knee replacement. When I went to buy it - to me it seemed 'wow stock, mothballed, 1 owner," till I heard his story.

I plan to drive the EVO for sure!

 

They are so much fun for doing that. They are responsive.. nimble.. only ABS to really get in the way of driving (which it doesn't really do all that often, anyway), etc. If I could easily find parts to keep 'er running, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe I'd consider keeping a bit longer. Maybe. I'm trying to sell before it's no longer a seller's market
The best part: with as good of shape as yours is in, you have many, many, many years of enjoyment left.

 

I am buying as you are selling

Maybe I am the idiot! hah

 

Meh. I overpaid for the last car I bought. Worth it, though, IMO. I accept the loss. I got a killer interest rate, so it will work out in the end.

 

where was it posted for sale? I look everywhere and haven’t seen that car

 

It was in Craigslist middle of nowhere. I sent deposit in 2 hours from seeing ad - and then closed deal nect morning.

 

Congrats, dude!

 

Amazes me how many car guys don't seem to understand how markets work or dont like how they work.. supply...demand... value is always determined by these factors. In the performance/collector car world a clean stock evo is in extremely low supply with high demand and this is why we see prices so high. Normal market behavior. Value is determined by how much the buyers in the market are willing to give up for an evo, not by what you feel it should be worth. So many classic domestic cars that are selling for 150k+ at auction were once seen in the same light as your typical used mustang or camaro is today, not all that special. The import collector market will boom just like the domestics have and we are already seeing this in real time with supras, nsx, evo, s2000 etc.