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Originally Posted by oldsmobile1915
just want to know how is rare defined???
So what makes a car rare? or how would you define a rare car??? Please share your views, because I would like to know what you think!
I still believe that if there were a bunch made... color or options shouldn't count. the option may be rare, but the vehicle is not.
If you need to have parts machined, panels hand made, and everything custom fabricated, parts cast, or special ordered... then it might be rare.
What is your take on this????
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Originally Posted by oldsmobile1915
Ya know... I would not think of a car to be rare just because you don't see them. I would (however) consider it to be unique. and with some others listed here, I would say they have unique options - but they are also not RARE.
thoughts?~J
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Joe, since you asked in '07 and again now, I'll chip in.
You bring up some good points.
Once again we get caught up in terminology that ultimately depend on the context in which it is used.
Rare simply means it is uncommon. Can be uncommon for a number of reasons. Few made, few left, uncommon (yes, rare) color, options, etc.
I think "rare" is just like a lot of other nebulous terms, and needs to be defined *when used* to mean anything.
Yes the term is tired, but if one would replace the word "rare" with "uncommon" (which is what it means), the terms begs to be defined: "How is it uncommon?"
Sure, if you start with a model, further defined by color, options, etc., one can drill down to the point of being "rare", but if that is what is said, so what? The car is what it is. The word rare doesn't change that.
Now rare vs. desirable. Maybe *some* people out there think that rare = desirable, but I don't see where it is not generally understood that rare does *not* mean desirable. But "undesirability" certainly does not mean that it is wrong to use the term rare. It is up to the reader as to whether or not it is desirable.
So there is nothing wrong with using the term "rare" (if it is uncommon). May be poor, tired, and undefined, and a poor choice of words,but it doesn't make it wrong.
I think the word "rare" should be thrown on pile with "original, numbers matching" and other terms that mean nothing by themselves.