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2003 Ventus 2C
Never flown other than factory test flight 18 meter tips Blue tinted canopy Two tow hitches Tilt up instrument panel Hydraulic Disc brake Additiona battery mount Fin battery Fin ballast tank Factory gap seals Pneumatic tail wheel Schroth seat belts O2 mount ILEC extended probe Prandtl tube Lead nose ballst weights Tail dolly Ground handling equipment Flap climb/glide switch PTT switch on stick ILEC SN-10B ILEC SB-9 Microair radio Microair transponder Altimeter Airspeed indicator Compass Cobra Trailer Fiberglass top Shock absorbers Wing stand Centrail rail extension Hydraulic ramp jack Tail strap Carpet on floor Solar Vent Swing down supports Jack and lug wrench One man rigging Dot equipment Today's replacement cost $144,000 Represented by Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies |
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2003 Ventus 2C
Never flown other than factory test flight .... Today's replacement cost $144,000 Gosh, for $144k I would at least expect a motor of some sort. |
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Guy, a pretty silly comment given the current exchange rate. Let the
man sell his glider as he sees fit. "Guy Byars" wrote in message ... 2003 Ventus 2C Never flown other than factory test flight ... Today's replacement cost $144,000 Gosh, for $144k I would at least expect a motor of some sort. |
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Chris OCallaghan wrote:
Guy, a pretty silly comment given the current exchange rate. Let the man sell his glider as he sees fit. "Guy Byars" wrote in message ... 2003 Ventus 2C Never flown other than factory test flight ... Today's replacement cost $144,000 Gosh, for $144k I would at least expect a motor of some sort. I don't think it's silly: it was exactly my thought, after comparing it to the cost of a friend's motorglider purchase ($150,000) a few months ago. Maybe our currency is weakening faster than we realize. -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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![]() Today's replacement cost $144,000 Gosh, for $144k I would at least expect a motor of some sort. I don't think it's silly: it was exactly my thought, after comparing it to the cost of a friend's motorglider purchase ($150,000) a few months ago. Maybe our currency is weakening faster than we realize. $144,000 doesn't seem right. When the dollar was at its strongest, you could get a '27 fully equipped for $75,000, and the V2c was only slightly more expensive. The euro may be 40% higher now, but that doesn't take the price to $144,000. Tom must be looking at the motorglider price sheet. |
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A reasonably well equipped new Ventus 2C with instruments and trailer should
be in the region of $120 k at current exchange rates. Maybe the extra $24k is dealer markup! There is a virtually brand new one for sale here in Arizona by a colleague of mine for around $100k. Buy this one and you have an extra $40k with which you could buy a quite nice spare glider! Mike ASW 20 WA "Greg Arnold" wrote in message news:yDetc.21548$bF3.1084@fed1read01... Today's replacement cost $144,000 Gosh, for $144k I would at least expect a motor of some sort. I don't think it's silly: it was exactly my thought, after comparing it to the cost of a friend's motorglider purchase ($150,000) a few months ago. Maybe our currency is weakening faster than we realize. $144,000 doesn't seem right. When the dollar was at its strongest, you could get a '27 fully equipped for $75,000, and the V2c was only slightly more expensive. The euro may be 40% higher now, but that doesn't take the price to $144,000. Tom must be looking at the motorglider price sheet. |
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![]() $144,000 doesn't seem right. When the dollar was at its strongest, you could get a '27 fully equipped for $75,000, and the V2c was only slightly more expensive. The euro may be 40% higher now, but that doesn't take the price to $144,000. Actually it is right on. I purcahsed a V2C in 2001, traded money at .82 and ..87 $ per Euro and by the time I had all the options, trailer, shipping and insturtments and O2 I had paid $ 97,000. We have had a 40 % drop in the dollar verus the Euro. If you have never bought a new glider you just do not have any ideas. Tom was the dealer for many years, don't ya think he might know how much a new V2 is??? craig |
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You are a really luck guys!
In many countries you have to pay importation tax and duties… To import my Ventus 2cM I paid ocean freight, container rental fee, insurance, and 30% as tax… A few years ago, I paid USD 2k jus to delivery a Cobra trailer to SZD in Poland, and 50% importation taxes... and the glider delay 3 months due a frozen port in Poland and more 60 due a port straick in Brazil... So, USD 120k for a glider or USD$ 150k for a motorglider ready to fly is a nice bargain! Sds. VoLo. Armando R. Pucci Ventus 2cM (AR) s/n# 115 Sao Paulo/Brazil |
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We tend to get a bit USA centric from time to time. Thanks for the
reminder. We are now paying about USD 2.30 per gallon for regular gasoline here and it is killing us! I know it is more expensive in most other countries. The costs for my motor glider to ship from Slovenia to Cobra is ? 937.00 including insurance, ? 96.00 for handling charges and about $3300 to ship glider plus trailer from Europe to Los Angeles. In case the Euro symbol doesn't survive, the first two amounts are in Euros and the last is in USD. This seems fairly reasonable to me. You are right in that there are no taxes assessed in the US for the importation. Many States, however, will assess personal property and/or sales taxes. In most States these will rarely exceed $1200 or so, including the trailer registration. Lucky we are and thanks again for the reminder. Allan "Armando Pucci" wrote in message ... You are a really luck guys! In many countries you have to pay importation tax and duties. To import my Ventus 2cM I paid ocean freight, container rental fee, insurance, and 30% as tax. ....Snip... |
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Hi Al,
Don't complain too much about the price of fuel! We pay A$4.50 per gallon downunder. Maybe you should take the drive belt off the supercharger on the Ford!! :-) Cheers Mark |
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