A GOOD TIME TO FIND A 3000M for under 10k

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Lowtimer said:

hallsie said:

Can I put 3K ON my asking price then??

Stu

This is where the evidence comes in. Speaking as a potential 3000M / Taimar buyer, yes, providing you can give chapter and verse and facilitate a proper inspection of the car. Compared to what I would pay for one that looks the same but has no proper evidence of recent mechanical restoration, anyway. On a car this age I tend to assume that most mechanical aspects are pretty tired unless I have a solid reason to believe otherwise, and am only prepared to pay accordingly.

This might make me a bit odd, I'm not sure. Currently my daily driver looks like a bit of a shed but has had a small fortune sunk into making it drive like new.

So, if you have a detailed restoration thread / photographs of work done / a fat wodge of receipts for all the new parts (and/or work done by a respectable and trustworthy mechanic who knows the machines well) then I would always pay significantly more for that car than one which is an unknown quantity in equal cosmetic condition.

[LLantrisant]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

do they discuss this car, mentioned also above in this thread?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C506485

if yes...it was sold at ebay for ~5k?

Edited by LLantrisant on Tuesday 22 July 22:04

[Cerberus90]

Reserve wasn't met on ebay, so it didn't sell.

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Cerberus90 said:

Reserve wasn't met on ebay, so it didn't sell.

I think there are a few more sellers than buyers on the M series at the moment but not so on the earlier restored cars as the good ones dont hang around long
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[prideaux]

An interesting bit of trivia if you add up all the M series cars on cars and classic the average price comes in at 14k
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