Is Advertising a car for sale okay at a Cars & Coffee Event?

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Hey Everyone!

My Dad has made the decision to sell his 2002 Black Pontiac Firehawk. The Firehawk is the Trans Am from Pontiac that was sent to SLP for additional tuning and go fast parts if you didn't know.

Knowing that a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay, I plan on trying to target F-Body and/or Firebird enthusiasts as this is a special car. Here are the reasons why it's a special machine:

- 1 of 1501 made
- Last year this car was built (2002)
- Garage Kept
- Non smoking single owner
- No mechanical issues as it was maintained immaculately with all original SLP/Pontiac/GM parts
- Full Service Record, Original Bill of Sale, and Window Sticker from Pontiac/SLP

That being said, if I were to bring it to a Cars & Coffee event, can I let people know that it is for sale through for sale signs of some kind? I don't want to intrude on what Cars & Coffee is supposed to be, so I'm not sure if any unwritten rules (or written that I haven't seen) exist to prohibit this.

Thanks for any advice or input!
 
It depends, in hunt valley Maryland we have the largest event in the USA, it it not allowed by the property owner. I don't have a problem with it, but I would check with whoever runs it.
 
Mike lambert said:
It depends, in hunt valley Maryland we have the largest event in the USA, it it not allowed by the property owner. I don't have a problem with it, but I would check with whoever runs it.
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I'm hoping someone from AG chimes in, as it is held at their facilities (the one in particular I am talking about).
 
Could try to list it on the ls1tech.com forum. They have a national and local fs sections.
 
57BORNTORUN said:
Got an asking price for those that my be interested? (ME)
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PM Sent as I don't know the rules of advertising cars on AGO publicly.

Octopiston said:
Could try to list it on the ls1tech.com forum. They have a national and local fs sections.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I was starting to poke around for forums and local F-Body/Firebird enthusiast clubs.
 
I just sold my 2000 Firehawk on Autotrader (such a sad day :-( ). I paid 75 bucks for the "list it till it sells" ad, and I actually got a couple bucks more than my bottom dollar price (and ended up selling the car for $3250 more than I paid for it almost 5 years ago). I would look into that because people who know what they are looking for seem to run specific searches there.

That being said, I don't see why anyone would have an issue with you trying to sell a car at Cars & Coffee....

ls1tech is tough to sell a car like that because those guys are enthusiasts and will nitpick every little thing. They are also acutely aware of what the cars are going for and what they're worth.
 
Nate you can put a for sale sign in the window, I have seen cars here before with them in the window.
 
Meghan said:
Nate you can put a for sale sign in the window, I have seen cars here before with them in the window.
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Thanks for the confirmation/reassurance, Meghan!

Soon I'll be taking it to various events to try and build up some hype and hopefully attract a buyer.
 
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Cars and Coffee Irvine calls itself a cruise, but that's a bit of a misnomer. Other than filing in and (very occasionally) peeling out, there's no actual parade of cars. For enthusiasts, a "car cruise" refers to a specific type of event: a semi-impromptu, mostly spontaneous meet-up for which drivers pick a day to show off their wheels at a public space to anyone who shows up. The events can be one-offs or recurring. Then, just as quickly as they appear, everyone takes off until the next one.

The cruises stand apart from regular car shows and competitions with their lack of structure and formality. It helps if you know your CCs from your NOS, but no one will look down on you if you don't. There's no formal competition, no assigned parking, no club, no drama. For a weekly event, it's the kind of low-pressure, high-reward get-together that's perfect to foster a mini-society of fans and participants who show up when it's easy for them and who fall in love with the event all over again each time they attend.

It's a phenomenon that has existed in some form or another since cars themselves were invented, and its strongest roots can be found in Southern California, birthplace of basically every American car-culture trend ever. Orange County hosts multiple well-known cruises, with alliteration-loving names such as Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach (for muscle cars and hot rods) and Bimmers and Bagels in Yorba Linda (BMWs). But the most famous one is Cars and Coffee Irvine, which ran nearly every Saturday from 7 to 9 in the morning since 2006. It became not only the largest--during the past year, around 1,000 cars showed up every week--but also the one that drew the most attention, getting coverage in all the major car magazines and blogs.
 
It depends, in hunt valley Maryland we have the largest event in the USA, it it not allowed by the property owner. I don't have a problem with it, but I would check with whoever runs it.
 
It's not until late August but I think the trans am nationals would be a good place to take the car to sell. If a really nice show, you'll get to meet some nice people and Pontiac nuts who might know someone interested. Best of luck.

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I don't see a huge problem with it myself. As long as the owner isn't walking around with flyers or something their shouldn't be an issue. Who cares if there's a sign with someone's phone number in a window.
 
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