£23K for a '00 S6 Cerb - surely a mistake?
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Best buy back in Gary before you miss the boat....another year and they'll be back to list at this rate. The prices are all over the place at the mo, I'm fairly new to wanting a TVR, havent even viewed any yet and although I appreciate how awesome these cars are, I'm hoping to be spending £10-£12k for a -25000 mile 4.2 with good history. The thing is a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay, regardless of how much the owner adores it.
Gazzab said:
Wow - there is one in the ads that seems to be almost twice the price I would expect a perfect '00 S6 to go for. Must be pretty special.
Although the car looks to be in very good condition, I think the price is way off. I paid less for a 2001 S6 Cerb, over two years ago, which had been very well maintained by the previous owner(I still have all the receipts). shake n bake said:
yes the prices are all over the shop, fernhurst just sold a sold as seen cerb for 7k! bargain!
To be fair, it did need at least another 7k spending on it and even afterwards, a Cerb bought for 14k would probably be a better car. Cerbera's can be a right money pit and the odd joker excepted, the price tends to reflect the car - no such thing as a bargain, etc.Pistonheads adverts being free, means a lot of sellers tend to chance their arm.
The car mentioned is booked around the £14.5k mark, I doubt very much the seller would spend £50 a week advertising it in Autotrader at a slightly inflated price, but with it being free on PH, he might aswell have a go.
In a recent conversation with a dealer, it was mentioned to me, that TVR's tend to attract the odd eccentric with a couple of quid spare. If they see two similar car's but one's ten grand more than the other, they'll tend to go for the higher priced car as "it must be better"
Good luck to the seller, nothing ventured, nothing gained
The car mentioned is booked around the £14.5k mark, I doubt very much the seller would spend £50 a week advertising it in Autotrader at a slightly inflated price, but with it being free on PH, he might aswell have a go.
In a recent conversation with a dealer, it was mentioned to me, that TVR's tend to attract the odd eccentric with a couple of quid spare. If they see two similar car's but one's ten grand more than the other, they'll tend to go for the higher priced car as "it must be better"
Good luck to the seller, nothing ventured, nothing gained
LastCerbera said:
shake n bake said:
yes the prices are all over the shop, fernhurst just sold a sold as seen cerb for 7k! bargain!
To be fair, it did need at least another 7k spending on it and even afterwards, a Cerb bought for 14k would probably be a better car. Cerbera's can be a right money pit and the odd joker excepted, the price tends to reflect the car - no such thing as a bargain, etc.RUSSELLM said:
Mixi's is in the classifieds at £10750, also a 98 4.2 with similar milage, but with a recent engine freshen up.
Surely that's a better buy than the £7k rotten one ?
Im shortly going to be doing a body off rebuild on our Cerb, the green machine could have been done at the same time or as an overlapping car to be sold on at a later date when both are properly fixed up. Surely that's a better buy than the £7k rotten one ?
I wouldnt have quite paid £7k for it but still - very interesting to see how quickly it sold up.IMHO a properly done body-off rebuilt Cerb is the best Cerb to buy, as no matter what age the TVR cars are - they're still rustproofed by TVR, it'll need to be done eventually.
You've kinda set the bar with the two Cerbs to every Brum owner, I can see some sort of twisted logic to it too - especially seeing as ours is off the road currently mid-clutch change with an event in 6 or so days?!!
edit: Mxi's Cerb looks far far far too nice to insult him with the kind of money I could gather together, at just over £10k, someones getting a bargain.
Edited by BCA on Monday 12th May 22:14
Actually after typing that, I thought about the recent post, where somebody said "buy the cheapest Cerb you can".......
At £7K, that car could have been bought, chassis work & an engine rebuild would be about £10K, and you'd be left with A £17K Cerb with hopefully over ten years life left in it
At £7K, that car could have been bought, chassis work & an engine rebuild would be about £10K, and you'd be left with A £17K Cerb with hopefully over ten years life left in it
Pretty much what I did Russ, cept mine was £10k 2.5 years ago which I suppose is todays £7k car accounting for further depreciation. Chassis out and a whole bunch of other stuff (not a rebuild admittedly) saw a £9k bill so £19k all in - the "sorting" was more than I planned when I bought it, the budget had hoped it would be back on the road for about £5k max but ho hum lol.
RUSSELLM said:
Actually after typing that, I thought about the recent post, where somebody said "buy the cheapest Cerb you can".......
At £7K, that car could have been bought, chassis work & an engine rebuild would be about £10K, and you'd be left with A £17K Cerb with hopefully over ten years life left in it
That was my logic, I was tempted to scramble together £5k and spend a further £7-8k rebuilding it myself over the coming months, then sell it on once our Cerb had recieved the same treatment - whilst using it in the mean time, so we'd never be Cerbless... I'd then hope to sell it on as a better than new Cerb at £15kish probably. At £7K, that car could have been bought, chassis work & an engine rebuild would be about £10K, and you'd be left with A £17K Cerb with hopefully over ten years life left in it
10 years of life for the chassis is possible with TVRs poor efforts, I'd aim to make sure the chassis outlasts the rest of the car.
Gazzab said:
Surely the cars that only need outriggers doing are more likely to need the rest done sooner than those cars that have good outriggers?
no, outriggers see by far the worst deterioration on tvrs, cerbs can also rot on the main chassis, at the back of the engine, this is an easy weld for a pro though. chassis do not need to be removed for outrigger replacement/repairs either, it can be done in situ. :-)Edited by shake n bake on Tuesday 13th May 20:53
shake n bake said:
Gazzab said:
Surely the cars that only need outriggers doing are more likely to need the rest done sooner than those cars that have good outriggers?
no, outriggers see by far the worst deterioration on tvrs, cerbs can also rot on the main chassis, at the back of the engine, this is an easy weld for a pro though. chassis do not need to be removed for outrigger replacement/repairs either, it can be done in situ. :-)
Edited by shake n bake on Tuesday 13th May 20:53
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