The £50k Cayman R

[g7jhp]

Fizzbomb said:

Seriously, I'm really impatient when it comes to selling, I always take the first offer....

Let me know when you're next selling. I'll make you a first offer you can't turn down!

[Sarnie]

pete a said:

At least any prospective buyer knows exactly what margin they have in the car.

I think this kind of honest post is excellent though as it gives a true indication of what cars are selling for as opposed to what people are asking for them.

Not really, it tells you what a dealer offers and then tries to make on it.......

[pete a]

Sarnie said:

Not really, it tells you what a dealer offers and then tries to make on it.......

Well it definitely tells you how much this particular one sold for, if you have prices other cars have sold at feel free to add them?

[Sarnie]

pete a said:

Well it definitely tells you how much this particular one sold for, if you have prices other cars have sold at feel free to add them?

A car sold to the trade, does not tell you what cars are selling for, just the the seller accepted a stupidly low low ball offer from a dealer.

The dealer then sold it for circa £42k, which is what they are selling for from non OPC dealers.

[pete a]

Sarnie said:

The dealer is still trying to sell it for circa £42k, which is what they are selling for from non OPC dealers.

Fixed that for you.


http://www.southernskymotorcars.co.uk/showroom/por...

[PR36]

Holy moly 6k mark up for flipping a car, I'm in the wrong game clearly. Must be a joy to be a car dealer and have clients with more money than sense.

[philipharbottle]

I recently sold my Cayman R to an OPC for £38000 with 15k and not that high spec. I considered this a fair price .I probably could have got slightly more privately but couldn't be bothered with the grief.

[Scooty100]

philipharbottle said:

I recently sold my Cayman R to an OPC for £38000 with 15k and not that high spec. I considered this a fair price .I probably could have got slightly more privately but couldn't be bothered with the grief.

Seems a fairy decent bid from an opc to me.

[PorscheGT4]

Scooty100 said:

Seems a fairy decent bid from an opc to me.

yep its now up for £47k !!!! (it might not be, but most OPC cars seem nice and high atm some at £47k)

[996GT2]

philipharbottle said:

I recently sold my Cayman R to an OPC for £38000 with 15k and not that high spec. I considered this a fair price .I probably could have got slightly more privately but couldn't be bothered with the grief.

Been offered £500 less than that by dealers for my 32k mile R - I'd also let it go for this rather than deal with selling privately, problem is there's nothing else I want to replace it with at the moment.

[itsybitsy]

The problem with these trade in prices they are not a true indication ie some who is offered say £38 k as a trade in for a new model at list or a second hand forecourt car at sticker price may have sold privately for £38k but got a further £3k of the car they were buying so really they only got £35k!

[996GT2]

itsybitsy said:

The problem with these trade in prices they are not a true indication ie some who is offered say £38 k as a trade in for a new model at list or a second hand forecourt car at sticker price may have sold privately for £38k but got a further £3k of the car they were buying so really they only got £35k!

Was a cash offer, wasn't buying anything else from them.

[itsybitsy]

I was talking in general but I am very surprised a dealer would offer £37.5k cash for a car which has in excess of 30k miles which they would be lucky to get £41-42k retail

[996GT2]

itsybitsy said:

I was talking in general but I am very surprised a dealer would offer £37.5k cash for a car which has in excess of 30k miles which they would be lucky to get £41-42k retail

Agreed, I was happy with the bid.

What is it with this 30k miles ceiling on a Cayman R? I see this number crop up a lot on these threads, mine looks better than some 10k miles cars I've seen. I bought it cheaper than low mileage cars and I'll sell it cheaper - I'd hope the next owner would be happy to do the same.

[itsybitsy]

Cars like the spyder and CR are mileage sensitive and anything over 20k miles is high mileage

[996GT2]

So a 2010 Spyder that's covered 4k miles a year is now considered high mileage? I see these cars as standard + 10% not GT models, not sure it's worth preserving them as low mileage garage queens to be honest, I don't see speculators going after them any time soon.

[PorscheGT4]

itsybitsy said:

Cars like the spyder and CR are mileage sensitive and anything over 20k miles is high mileage

seems to be 5k in it low miles to ave miles as NONE are high miles, so better off driving it.

[hutch2196]

itsybitsy said:

The problem with these trade in prices they are not a true indication ie some who is offered say £38 k as a trade in for a new model at list or a second hand forecourt car at sticker price may have sold privately for £38k but got a further £3k of the car they were buying so really they only got £35k!

Don't assume all the margin is on the trade in, it's not, there's plenty of margin in the new car too.

[hutch2196]

itsybitsy said:

The problem with these trade in prices they are not a true indication ie some who is offered say £38 k as a trade in for a new model at list or a second hand forecourt car at sticker price may have sold privately for £38k but got a further £3k of the car they were buying so really they only got £35k!

Don't assume all the margin is on the trade in, it's not, there's plenty of margin in the new car too.

[Scooty100]

PorscheGT4 said:

yep its now up for £47k !!!! (it might not be, but most OPC cars seem nice and high atm some at £47k)

I think the 'correct' price for the R and the boxster spyder is 40. or just over not 47-50 great little cars IMO