[DML] Re: Blue Book Value

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you know nothing about a particular car you will start your
research in some kind of reference book. Like it or not, many will
start with something like NADA or Blue Book. Kind of like an
encyclapedia, someplace to start. I also like to start with Hemmings
Motor News. There are also a lot of auction guides and listings with
recent sales. Just about all of the car Marques hold some kind of
judging. This is just the "way-of-the-world". Many people enjoy
competition and a concours is just that. It is a comparision of the
best-of-the-best. Anything less is worth less. Not everyone competes
but it DOES affect ALL of the cars of that type, like it or not.
Insurance companies live and die by values of cars. They like Blue
Book and things like it because it makes their lives simpler and in
many cases the values of older cars is lower in them so they save
money. Another reason to have "Agreed upon Value" in your insurance
policy. You are exactly right though, these things are for people who
know nothing about Deloreans (or any other car for that matter).
Unfortunatly it is a huge majority of people. When I go to car shows I
hear a lot of misinformation. I try to correct and educate as much as
I can. When most people see a Delorean up close they are suitably
impressed and ready to hear the "corrected" version of history.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mike.griese@xxxx wrote:
> 
> Which is most of the world.  Like it or not, the 
> car collector hobby likes to have benchmarks to 
> measure against.  Rather than whining about it
> all the time, why don't you help improve the
> judges manual?
> 
> --
> Mike
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message from Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx>:
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> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Only for people who know nothing about DeLoreans. 
> > 
> > --- David Teitelbaum wrote: 
> > > 
> > 
> > > concours winners are a benchmark against which other 
> > > cars are valued. 
> > 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]








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