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Mine has all of the latest mods, at 30k i cant see why anybody would bother selling. Even at £34.5K I am in 2 minds. But think its a reasonable compromise for both buyer and seller as its a good 10% cheaper than dealer prices.
Re 30k offers, the Dealers dont want to spend their own money on stock and want to make 6-8k mark up where they have to do so, therefore its no suprise that the seller and in the future the purchasor both end up disatisfied.
Compare the experience with the M3 I recently bought, I have used it for 1500 miles in 6 weeks and just agreed to sell it back to a dealer for £1K less than the price I paid.
Bennno
If you don't want the hassle selling privately, you could try sale or return at the a dealer. Sold my last griff like that, got a bit more and no hassle. Dealer took a lesser margin but at liitle risk -doesn't have to stump up the capital/and not stuck with it if they can't sell.
Barry
Barry
agree that selling to dealer is last resort and no one apart from dealer is a happy bunny.
Problem with newish TVR's is that not many people want to buy privately due to niggles. They would rather buy from a dealer with a warranty etc and somewhere to go back to when it all goes pearshaped.
You were lucky on the M3, a friend of mine bought one of the new models when it first came out (53k new with all tricks) ran it for a year and his dealer offered him 36k for it !!!! Thats worse than a TVR!!!
Having up until recently only ever bought new cars, I have promised myself never to buy brand new again.
Anyway good luck Benno. I'd love to buy it, but also promised myself to steer clear of the SP6 engines as I got burnt on my last disaster purchase (new RR Tuscan).
>> Edited by jedi on Wednesday 13th August 14:16
Problem with newish TVR's is that not many people want to buy privately due to niggles. They would rather buy from a dealer with a warranty etc and somewhere to go back to when it all goes pearshaped.
You were lucky on the M3, a friend of mine bought one of the new models when it first came out (53k new with all tricks) ran it for a year and his dealer offered him 36k for it !!!! Thats worse than a TVR!!!
Having up until recently only ever bought new cars, I have promised myself never to buy brand new again.
Anyway good luck Benno. I'd love to buy it, but also promised myself to steer clear of the SP6 engines as I got burnt on my last disaster purchase (new RR Tuscan).
>> Edited by jedi on Wednesday 13th August 14:16
I disagree, mine has been superb in terms of almost zero niggles and is the best by some margin of all 5 TVR's I have owned.
I think on a car thats still in factory warranty I cannot see any problems becoming an issue as everything on the car is covered for 12 months / engine 24 months.
On an older TVR I would only really buy off a dealer or specialist as with no factory backed warranty the risks are simply too high.
Bennno
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