Auction Report #8: Manheim Colchester 06 Jan 2009

[Dave B S3]

Any of you auction goers ever see many of the 320D Msport preffer the late E46 shape? considering an auction punt, usually buy trade so the next step really.....

[Pork]

I'd like to add my thanks to V8 - great thread, thanks for making the effort!

[Treadmill]

bowboy said:

V8mate said:

Treadmill said:

I'm pretty sure they're not Nissan bits. It's a Nismo kit and wheels, and dont think there's a tie up in the UK between them. They might use them in Japan, but Im 90% sure you cant get them as an option in blighty. The Rays alloys (on the blue coupe) were an option on the early GT cars, then I think became standard on GT's. The others are either the limited GT4 style, or the 6 spoke thing.

Perhaps Nissan took it as a part ex, then couldnt shift it.

It was sold by Nissan UK; not a Nissan dealer.

For the ill informed...

oh - well done you

[torquehappy]

Treadmill said:

bowboy said:

V8mate said:

Treadmill said:

I'm pretty sure they're not Nissan bits. It's a Nismo kit and wheels, and dont think there's a tie up in the UK between them. They might use them in Japan, but Im 90% sure you cant get them as an option in blighty. The Rays alloys (on the blue coupe) were an option on the early GT cars, then I think became standard on GT's. The others are either the limited GT4 style, or the 6 spoke thing.

Perhaps Nissan took it as a part ex, then couldnt shift it.

It was sold by Nissan UK; not a Nissan dealer.

For the ill informed...

oh - well done you

I think the vendors will be happy with the sales of those 3 350Z's, especially to get the ricey red one off their hands

V8mate, is it a pain to add whether the cars are Repos, fleet etc? Great work as usual

[V8mate]

torquehappy said:

V8mate, is it a pain to add whether the cars are Repos, fleet etc?

Does it make much of a difference whether an owner paid all 24 or 36 payments on his car or whether the finance compny had to send round a pitbull to collect it after 19 months?

[torquehappy]

I guess a reposessed car is OK if it's straight. Daft question maybe, but do cars go through auction if finance is outstanding?
I've always thought a fleet car is a safer bet (regular servicing etc) and am been put off by the thought that the type of person to have a car reposessed may have abused the car. I do realise that careful owners also have cars repo'd as a result of unfortunate circumstances though, especially so now.

[BAHN-STORMA]

torquehappy said:

I guess a reposessed car is OK if it's straight. Daft question maybe, but do cars go through auction if finance is outstanding?
I've always thought a fleet car is a safer bet (regular servicing etc) and am been put off by the thought that the type of person to have a car reposessed may have abused the car. I do realise that careful owners also have cars repo'd as a result of unfortunate circumstances though, especially so now.

Don't assume that all Fleet cars are have careful owners or are necessarily well serviced! However, repo'd vehicles are less likely to have service books, spare keys etc. but would not normally be highlighted as repo's at Auction.

I would be more wary of the part-exchanged vehicles myself!

[texasjohn]

BAHN-STORMA said:

Don't assume that all Fleet cars are have careful owners...

Oh absolutely