Any R500 owners selling
Discussion
After owning and loving an R400d I decided to sell it with the intention of buying an R500d. In the mean time I found out I was going to be made redundant so I decided not to look for an R500d.
However, the urge is too strong!
I really miss that R400 and should not have sold it. Anyway..........does anyone know of any nice manual R500d's coming up for sale with a screen and heater at a sensible price I.e. not a Caterham price.
However, the urge is too strong!
I really miss that R400 and should not have sold it. Anyway..........does anyone know of any nice manual R500d's coming up for sale with a screen and heater at a sensible price I.e. not a Caterham price.
Edited by mike150 on Wednesday 1st April 22:30
Mach 7 said:
That is the sort of thing I am after but I am after a genuine R500, am I right in saying this is not? It has kit engine parts and a 5 speed box.Sevens and classics '263' car which is jeffc's old car is nice but it's not worth what they are asking, jeffc sold it for a lot less and so did the last owner, I missed it!
It appears that dealers hold 90% of the cars and consequently they are over inflating the price of all cars. I bought and sold my last R400 at a lot less than any of these cars are.
I am thinking a new 420r at £40k might be the way to go!!!
I would buy a nice private R400d just as soon as an R500 but there are none of either model for sale. I would have thought there would be at least a few around but the only 2 400's are in Sevens and Classics and firstly they are over priced and secondly they are SV's.
I value a car at what I can expect to sell it for privately and that's what I want to buy it at.
If I did buy one of Caterhams R500's at 36000 and I decided to change it I would be expecting to loose 4-5000 to sell privately. Its not being cheap its having some sense not to buy from a dealer.
At the moment Caterham have lots of cars but they are overpriced. They are controlling the price of second hand cars to a large extent As a previous poster stated.
I love their cars but really where is the 40k in a new 420r? Add up the value of the parts and I guarantee it won't come to what they charge. That's why you can buy a basic starter kit and source all the bits to build a 420r for about 30k but it will always be worth far less than the 'real thing'
I value a car at what I can expect to sell it for privately and that's what I want to buy it at.
If I did buy one of Caterhams R500's at 36000 and I decided to change it I would be expecting to loose 4-5000 to sell privately. Its not being cheap its having some sense not to buy from a dealer.
At the moment Caterham have lots of cars but they are overpriced. They are controlling the price of second hand cars to a large extent As a previous poster stated.
I love their cars but really where is the 40k in a new 420r? Add up the value of the parts and I guarantee it won't come to what they charge. That's why you can buy a basic starter kit and source all the bits to build a 420r for about 30k but it will always be worth far less than the 'real thing'
tomwoodis said:
This R400 looks nice to me. Respray looks top notch as well. Have you enquired?
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/c...
It's still at a dealership but looks slightly better priced than some of Caterhams stuff.
I emailed them last week asking about it but never got a reply (I work night shift so sometimes calling is not possible) but to be honest its way over priced, my last one was a similar spec and colour though it was 07 and I bought and sold it for nearly £10000 less.http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/c...
It's still at a dealership but looks slightly better priced than some of Caterhams stuff.
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