More hype and plain silliness

More hype and plain silliness

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Mondrian

52 posts

120 months

Thursday 17th December 2015
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drmark said:
Good point, but no one likes having all their profit in stock that is not selling, whatever is supposed to be happening to the value of that stock. Paper gains are fine in theory, but you have to pay overheads and live. Traders need to trade to stay in business.
Dealers can make the same profit by turning over stock quickly with low margins or low numbers and high margins. Specialist dealers have more insight into the market than us, they can gauge market appetite by amount of inquiries, no of cars being offered to them and both public & some private sales on an international level. If they have problem replenishing a certain stock then price will stay firm or even go up. I guess at the end of the day it all depends on their financial reserve and customer base. Either way all dealers have bread & butter cars that takes care of monthly sales and sleepers that just sit there for the right customer.

dino_jr

360 posts

177 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Small bump: Is £45k not cheap for a RHD 2.2?
I like targas, and I like this colour!

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...


Geneve

3,870 posts

220 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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The value of the car depends on a lot of factors. The market is getting quite fussy and seems to prefer Coupes by a big margin.

OK this is T.H., and very ambitious 'spring' pricing, but a huge difference http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p... No interior shots so can't tell if it has the desirable recaro seats


Wozy68

5,394 posts

171 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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dino_jr said:
Small bump: Is £45k not cheap for a RHD 2.2?
I like targas, and I like this colour!

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

It does seem 'cheap'.

Its a long long time since I swatted up on pre IB 911s, but shouldnt there be a plate visable between the rear footwells? It was to gain access to something or other if memory serves.

hot66

695 posts

218 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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no RHD targas before 1973 , so this is a LHD - RHD conversion .. that never helps the price as its quite a big job on a 911. 2.2T is defiantely more of a cruser as not the biggest horsepower by a long way .. 125 bhp from memory.

Also, ' restoration' means different things to different people. This one appears to consist of retrimmed seats, new carpets and a shiney paint job. Incorrect door panels and the engine doesn't look like its been touched apart from a cheap shiney coil etc being fitted.

Saying that, its a pretty car and you'd need to see it in the flesh really to see if its worth the money. Would be a nice car to cruise around in on a sunny summers evening

Edited by hot66 on Wednesday 13th April 09:18

roygarth

2,674 posts

249 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Geneve said:
OK this is T.H., and very ambitious 'spring' pricing, but a huge difference http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p... No interior shots so can't tell if it has the desirable recaro seats
No interior shots because the photographer forgot his wellies!

roygarth

2,674 posts

249 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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hot66 said:
no RHD targas before 1973 , so this is a LHD - RHD conversion .. that never helps the price as its quite a big job on a 911. 2.2T is defiantely more of a cruser as not the biggest horsepower by a long way .. 125 bhp from memory.

Also, ' restoration' means different things to different people. This one appears to consist of retrimmed seats, new carpets and a shiney paint job. Incorrect door panels and the engine doesn't look like its been touched apart from a cheap shiney coil etc being fitted.

Saying that, its a pretty car and you'd need to see it in the flesh really to see if its worth the money. Would be a nice car to cruise around in on a sunny summers evening

Edited by hot66 on Wednesday 13th April 09:18
Conversions can be very difficult to sell. It's a Targa (personally I like but market discounts). Doors done on the cheap. And I didn't realise 4 speed box was available? But could be a lot of fun for £45k.

hondansx

4,586 posts

226 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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125bhp, 4 speed, ugly targa, potentially bodged RHD conversion... depends on your definition of 'fun' i guess. I think i could list 100 different cars i'd rather spend £45k on personally.

hunter 66

3,921 posts

221 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Yes Sun is out 20% onto the prices on the forecourt ....

roygarth

2,674 posts

249 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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hondansx said:
125bhp, 4 speed, ugly targa, potentially bodged RHD conversion... depends on your definition of 'fun' i guess. I think i could list 100 different cars i'd rather spend £45k on personally.
lol..on reflection..fair comment!

mollytherocker

14,366 posts

210 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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hunter 66 said:
Yes Sun is out 20% onto the prices on the forecourt ....
Yep!