Whos selling or sold at the moment? - Had much interest?

[Zippee]

Just wandering whos selling or recently sold - I know it's only a very short space of time but I've had my Chim on the market since Saturday and not had one call/e-mail. I knew it'd take a while to sell but thought I'd at least have had the usual timewaster mails by now.
I had one chap come and look a couple of weeks ago but he walked away muttering something about waiting for finance (Why not get this sorted beforehand FFS!!!) and I'm just wandering how long I can expect to wait....

I believe shes up for a reasonable price based on condition, work done and similar cars.

[Chris Smith]

Market is as flat as a pancake at the moment - you only need to look at the prices of some of the great examples of all types out there.

[pilgrim13]

I sold my 95 400 a couple of weeks ago, 42k full history, starmist green, estorils, new tyres, uprated brakes, very straight, sorted car. Had it up for 6995 on ebay and pistonheads and sold it for 6700 quite easily had about 5 or 6 calls in total. Went easier than I expected. Looking at it from the other angle, I only sold it as I bought a 2000 450 with 43k for 7350!!!!

[piston-broke]

Mate, I had a proper mission trying to sell my Impreza (a car which I believe is easier to shift than a TVR). I lost £1000 in three months off the value to sell it. It really is a buyers market at the moment.

[PetrolTed]

I bought one last week.

[piston-broke]

pilgrim13 said:

I sold my 95 400 a couple of weeks ago, 42k full history, starmist green, estorils, new tyres, uprated brakes, very straight, sorted car. Had it up for 6995 on ebay and pistonheads and sold it for 6700 quite easily had about 5 or 6 calls in total. Went easier than I expected. Looking at it from the other angle, I only sold it as I bought a 2000 450 with 43k for 7350!!!!

Where the hell did you find that 450?!?! You lucky lucky B'stard!!

[Red Cabbage]

PetrolTed said:

I bought one last week.

450 nice. That's my next step.

It's interesting to know that someone like yourself gravitates back to a RV8 TVR again despite the choice and experience you have. I was just thinking yesterday the only car I would want to move on to right now is a better TVR.

Happy Days.

[Zippee]

Thanks chaps - I knew the market was pretty flat overall, was just wanting some specific experiences for Chims. Buggered if I'm letting someone grab a cheapie though as I'm not desperate to sell. I'm not allowed to link to my ad but does anyone fancy taking a quick look at my ad and seeing if it looks OK from a buyers point of view? 97 Viper blue 400 currently at the bottom of p2 or top of p3.

BTW Ted - nice to see you've come back to your roots....

[mak]

Zippee said:

Thanks chaps - I knew the market was pretty flat overall, was just wanting some specific experiences for Chims. Buggered if I'm letting someone grab a cheapie though as I'm not desperate to sell. I'm not allowed to link to my ad but does anyone fancy taking a quick look at my ad and seeing if it looks OK from a buyers point of view? 97 Viper blue 400 currently at the bottom of p2 or top of p3.

BTW Ted - nice to see you've come back to your roots....

....
I have never owned a car for so long as my chimaera, i tend to get bored of cars after 8 - 12 months then move on generally losing 2-3k in the processe, i tried in the past to sell my car and have not even had any phone calls hence that is the reason for me owning a car for so long! I have since spent a few quid on the old girl as i no she'll be with me for a while longer but i " Must keep off auto trader".

Edited by mak on Friday 5th September 21:08

[pilgrim13]

Zippee said:

Thanks chaps - I knew the market was pretty flat overall, was just wanting some specific experiences for Chims. Buggered if I'm letting someone grab a cheapie though as I'm not desperate to sell. I'm not allowed to link to my ad but does anyone fancy taking a quick look at my ad and seeing if it looks OK from a buyers point of view? 97 Viper blue 400 currently at the bottom of p2 or top of p3.

BTW Ted - nice to see you've come back to your roots....

I think thats the secret, not being desperate to sell and not being seen to be desperate, but thats easier said than done. Of course the car you are selling being a good one helps. When I sold mine I was lucky enough to be able to buy the new one before I sold the old one. When people viewed and tried to make low offers I was able to say with confidence "find a better one for the money". The chap I sold to went away as he had "others to see" but then phoned a couple of days later to buy it at the price I said.

[Ribol]

pilgrim13 said:

I bought a 2000 450 with 43k for 7350!!!!

But IIRC wasn't that a Cat C car bought on Ebay?

Not knocking it in any way, just pointing out that the price you paid isn't really the going rate for that car if it wasn't listed.

[funbobby]

put mine on recently to test the water as i want to upgrade to a 500 or a cerb,had one viewing and one email in 3 weeks! priced it fair bit lower than what i paid for it 6 months ago but hardly any seem to be selling at the mo,sure this crappy weather is not helping.

[GMS 500]

Sold mine yesterday...
It's like houses - put them on the the right price and they will sell.

[Zippee]

GMS 500 said:

Sold mine yesterday...
It's like houses - put them on the the right price and they will sell.

What was yours advertised for/sold for then?

[S6 Devil]

I had mine for sale on PH, TVRCC and Autotrader for three months. It was in great condition with 10K spent in 4 years. Had it on for £10995 to start with, I eventually dropped it to £9995 and sold it for £9k. It was a long haul. Good luck!

[GMS 500]

Advertised at 10K and then sold at 9.5 with a fresh MOT.

Obviously I was hoping to achieve the asking price but I still got quite a lot more than I was being offered at p/x values...

Didn't want to risk having the car in another month - i.e. October where I expect the market will drop off even more for the winter months.

Now I can go hunting for a tuscan/tamora

[Zippee]

GMS 500 said:

Advertised at 10K and then sold at 9.5 with a fresh MOT.

Obviously I was hoping to achieve the asking price but I still got quite a lot more than I was being offered at p/x values...

Didn't want to risk having the car in another month - i.e. October where I expect the market will drop off even more for the winter months.

Now I can go hunting for a tuscan/tamora

That doesn't sound too bad. Mines a 97 400 and I've put her up at £9250 - I know I'm unlikely to get asking but from what I can see in the classifieds shes pretty much average in terms of price. I notice a lot of dealers are being very optimistic though - eg/ Racing Green have a 98 500 up for almost 16grand.

[lifebegins@400]

Zippee said:

Just wandering whos selling or recently sold - I know it's only a very short space of time but I've had my Chim on the market since Saturday and not had one call/e-mail. I knew it'd take a while to sell but thought I'd at least have had the usual timewaster mails by now.
I had one chap come and look a couple of weeks ago but he walked away muttering something about waiting for finance (Why not get this sorted beforehand FFS!!!) and I'm just wandering how long I can expect to wait....

I believe shes up for a reasonable price based on condition, work done and similar cars.

I get the impression sometimes there is a significant resistance to cars which have done 50-60K miles or more. Vendors of low mileage cars tend to play on it as a virtue (fair enough) whereas higher mileage cars sometimes include a "don't worry about the mileage" comment in the advert text as if they're trying to deflect the notion that it might imminently fall to pieces - Granted RV8's have their weak points, premature camshaft wear being one example but it didn't put me off buying a 58K example and I wouldn't hesitate to do the same again. Anyway, all IMHO

Your car looks great btw - hope you have some luck selling soon.

Andy

[Zippee]

lifebegins@400 said:

- Granted RV8's have their weak points, premature camshaft wear being one example but it didn't put me off buying a 58K example and I wouldn't hesitate to do the same again. Anyway, all IMHO

Your car looks great btw - hope you have some luck selling soon.

Andy

Thanks for the comments. I totally agree with what you say and I personally believe these cars are better the more they are driven. And besides, 62k on a now 11 year old car is only just over 5000 a year so still low mileage.
It's also the reason I've posted up the RR dyno result to help confirm just how strong my engine is.

[911motorsport]

One day left on my P & J. Not exactly falling over themselves bidding for it

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