Whether the asking price is $1,000 or $10,000 - if you're not a buyer simply move on. Isn't that widely known etiquette? It's like walking through a mall and sticking your head into every store you wouldn't buy from anyway to bitch at them about their price tags. Nothing good could possibly come of it for anyone. It's not like a seller would all of a sudden say, "you know what... you're right and I'm glad you made that point. Why don't you just pay me what you think I should sell it for" It's as unreasonable as a seller going through the WTB posts and knocking someone for setting too low of a budget for their project. To each his own. Those are my more objective thoughts in case anyone gives a hoot.
A little more subjectively; Ray is a good guy. I believe I know the previous owner of this car as well - who more or less is as particular about quality as Ray is. I met Ray around 2002 when buying a Redtop engine from him, then bought my second GTS from him around 2003, then asked him to build a race engine for me around 2007, and he was the first guy I took my Supra TT to after buying it this past July. All the while, he picks up everytime I call to answer my endless hypothetical questions. My point is, he is reliable, credible, and honest. And although I'd like to think of us as "friends", this evaluation is really coming from a paying customer who just appreciates his friendliness.
Now all that was said without any specific mention to the car for sale, because these things are really general courtesy and knowledge that should apply to any transaction. If you're at all a serious buyer with any sense, you'd obviously take this discussion offline and give the guy a call to pick his brain and hear for yourself if he's legit or otherwise and then obviously have requested shots emailed to you directly. From one car guy to another - we can tell fairly quickly if someone is a freak for details and married to his craft or simply BS-ing through a quick flip transaction... right? Because the same can be said when you have a serious and capable buyer on one hand and on the other you have someone with no business asking questions.
Most things can be resolved by just taking a step back from the situation and asking yourself... "what do I expect to gain from this?"
As for me, maybe Ray will find the ever so slightest appreciation for what I wrote and gift me one of those special 4 cylinders he's hiding.
