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Originally posted by micah@Jul 7 2003, 01:02 PM
as long as there are companies making sport compacts there will be people trying to make them fast.
and even after they dont make them anymore there will still be people trying to make 50 year old hondas fast.
Originally posted by micah@Jul 7 2003, 12:59 PM
yeah i realize alot of businesses fail in the first five years i just dont really care. i got nothing to lose. i also have investors lined up if its necessary. and as far as the market goes. there will always be a market for import performance and since this will be a web based business ( at least to start out with ) then finding business wont be that much of a problem.
Originally posted by micah@Jul 7 2003, 03:16 PM
if you read my previous posts i stated that i ran 3 different websites while i was in highschool. my brother also owns his own webdesign/graphic design business.
and i am by know means expecting to get rich off this. im not wanting to be the next nopi.com. i just love the scene and want to be a part of it.
im at work and dont want to get fired, ill post more later
Originally posted by lsvtec@Jul 7 2003, 01:01 PM
I think karnash is completely right. You need to sit down and think through everything. You have a lot to lose and there will not always be a market for import parts.
Originally posted by karnash+Jul 7 2003, 04:20 PM-->lsvtec@Jul 7 2003, 01:01 PM
I think karnash is completely right. You need to sit down and think through everything. You have a lot to lose and there will not always be a market for import parts.
i think there WILL always be a market for "import parts" unless a giant tsunami engulfs japan (and mexico i believe...and parts of the u.s. where honda builds cars)
or the CEO of honda gets caught with his hands down a 8 year old boy's pants and all hell breaks loose, stock goes to shit and company folds (good fallacy dont u think?)
the point im trying to make here is that regardless of whether or not the "import scene" will be around in the next 20 years, one rule remains cardinal. Teenagers and young adults will always love fast cars.
but im afraid to say that since the market IMO is so saturated right now, the only facet that has room for competition is the R&D of import performance products.....do good in your math classes and physics and what not, and come out with a header or some other part that out-performs other similar products and get a patent on the technology and watch the money roll in.
SPINNER WHEELS. you know the 20" rims that the homie g's ride on (and white boys who want to be homie g's) that spin while the car is stopped?
one company finally received a patent on the technology and is now attempting to sue everybody under the sun that manfactures those types of rims.
the funny thing is, that a whole host of companies were trying to secure patent rights upon the "spinner wheels" and one finally succeded...
so now those companies have two choices
1) stop manufacturing a HOT HOT HOT product that sells like crazy
or
2) bend over, spread their tight little cheeks and start paying royalties
its a cutthroat business as with anything else in life and if you want to make it big, you gotta get a infallable edge upon everyone else....
[insert "Captain Obvious" picture here]
Originally posted by karnash@Jul 7 2003, 05:34 PM
i respectfully dissent codee....
as long as there are people who
1) cant afford a high priced sports car
2) like to go fast
3) like to work on their own shit...
there will ALWAYS be a market for import parts.
as long as the United States is alive and kicking....and as long as foreign countries keep importing cars into the u.s....
there will ALWAYS be a market for import parts.
i guarantee all of you on here your kids will want to "fix up" their cars....
my dad has owned over 35+ diff. cars in his lifetime....
and 99.9% oif them were sports cars of one sort or another.
Originally posted by pissedoffsol@Jul 7 2003, 11:31 PM
Like i said, i seriously looked into it.
Running our of my home, I estimated i would need about 100,000 to get started, accounts, 800 number, e-commerce website, and so forth....
and on top of all that, it's nearly impossible to make a living off just selling parts. If i was going to do it, i was going to do it for a couple hours a day... handle some sales, box some stuff up, and drop off at ups in the morning.
and Karnash- the quote button is the exact same as the old version. lol