How long till the £20k Evora?

[TdM-GTV]

The worst thing to happen to you as a car owner is to start worrying about mileage... Just drive it, enjoy it and forget about the number above the dials. I've had a number of big miles cars from various manufacturers, I honestly think they've been better than the new/low miles ones. The obsession with mileage in this country is nuts!

[stevie777777]

I agree re the prices rises - I recently had delivered a 2013 sport racer manual which I am in love with but ended up paying more than I wanted - but did serious man maths and moved on it before Someone else did - glad I did - it’s stunning and really looking forward to the summer now 😀

[jim3]

Don;t wait for summer - I use my S almost all year round - more fun when slippery! You'll become obsessed with cleaning it though

[Moospeed]

Aqua T23 said:

...he took a deposit and ended up in court due to the buyer pulling out as they couldn't raise the funds....

Congratulations on bagging that one Aqua, and great photo angle.

Just to comment on the deposit thing, I wonder why he ended up in court. I once had a buyer leave me a £500 deposit on a car once, I organised to get the MOT done, get it taxed and some other minor work as agreed. I did that, let the guy know and that's when he told me he couldn't raise the funds and could he have his £500 back?

Now perhaps it's just me but it wouldn't even cross my mind to ask for the deposit back, what do they think a deposit is exactly? What I ended up doing was giving him a part-refund of a couple of hundred which meant that I wasn't out of pocket with the other work he wanted me to get done. I was of the opinion he could swing for the full £500 but the wife convinced me otherwise...

People eh?

[Garethjarvis]

stevie777777 said:

I agree re the prices rises - I recently had delivered a 2013 sport racer manual which I am in love with but ended up paying more than I wanted - but did serious man maths and moved on it before Someone else did - glad I did - it’s stunning and really looking forward to the summer now ??

Same 🙂

[CABC]

heads up for folk on here, my 2014 SR could be up for sale in summer. grey/black on 34k and full dealer s/h. 3 owners incl myself known as enthusiasts by B&C. happy to meet at Goodwood cafe or similar for a chat.
I'm keeping the Elise and just got a Caterham. what crisis?

[Zarco]

CABC said:

heads up for folk on here, my 2014 SR could be up for sale in summer. grey/black on 34k and full dealer s/h. 3 owners incl myself known as enthusiasts by B&C. happy to meet at Goodwood cafe or similar for a chat.
I'm keeping the Elise and just got a Caterham. what crisis?

£20k yeah?

[Mr E]

Zarco said:

£20k yeah?

[jm8403]

CABC said:

heads up for folk on here, my 2014 SR could be up for sale in summer. grey/black on 34k and full dealer s/h. 3 owners incl myself known as enthusiasts by B&C. happy to meet at Goodwood cafe or similar for a chat.
I'm keeping the Elise and just got a Caterham. what crisis?

What crisis?

[CABC]

jm8403 said:

What crisis?

Mid life passed some time ago. Definitely no crisis.
And definitely not 20k

[DBCooper]

https://classifieds.seloc.org/ads/2010-my2011-evor...

This one is £23,500 if you pick it up (from Budapest), or £24,500 delivered.

144,000 miles!!!

Reading the spec though, this is a pretty special car. If it was a standard NA car without the +2, this would be £20k surely.

[Shnozz]

17k+ photos and he chose those?!

[AyBee]

Shnozz said:

17k+ photos and he chose those?!

Bizarre. Looks like a reasonable buy though although I'd question how recent the photos are and what it actually looks like right now. I wonder what it's registration status is?

[giveitfish]

Shows where the market is that this 144k mile car is "reasonably priced" at over £20k. This would have been £15-17k a couple of years ago and a worthy fit for the thread title.

[celica88]

giveitfish said:

Shows where the market is that this 144k mile car is "reasonably priced" at over £20k. This would have been £15-17k a couple of years ago and a worthy fit for the thread title.

I agree face value that looks reasonable ; 144k at £24k given not many options.

I’ve been contemplating selling mine, but I get questioned for it being high mileage at c.60k

[CABC]

CABC said:

heads up for folk on here, my 2014 SR could be up for sale in summer. grey/black on 34k and full dealer s/h. 3 owners incl myself known as enthusiasts by B&C. happy to meet at Goodwood cafe or similar for a chat.
I'm keeping the Elise and just got a Caterham. what crisis?

i've been asked, so for clarity, mine is an S, not na.

[hamzamian]

celica88 said:

I agree face value that looks reasonable ; 144k at £24k given not many options.

I’ve been contemplating selling mine, but I get questioned for it being high mileage at c.60k

I’m looking for one and an happy to consider that 144k mile one so you be interested in yours too depending on price and spec.

[TdM-GTV]

celica88 said:

I agree face value that looks reasonable ; 144k at £24k given not many options.

I’ve been contemplating selling mine, but I get questioned for it being high mileage at c.60k

It's funny isn't it? Folk want the car to have 20k on a car that is 10 years old. What are they then going to do with it? Drive it once a year so they don't put more miles on it?

It's a Lotus not a Ferrari, it's supposed to be driven!

[giveitfish]

7 years ago I wrote this:

moribund said:

…I think the Evora will follow a similar path to the Esprit and (eventually) drop down to sub-£10K. I don't think it'll plateau at 30% of original value like the Elise has simply because the Elise has a niche market to itself while an Evora will always be up against a large number of older 911's and Caymans…

How wrong I was! I did eventually snag a Sports Racer for £31k (and sell it for £27k… don’t come to me for investment advice!) but since then things went very mad indeed. It now looks like the cycle is reversing again and maybe one day another Sports Racer might fall within my reach.

Looks like high miles Launch Editions are back in the mid-upper 20’s where they were in 2015. So, how long until they are £20k?

[Zarco]

giveitfish said:

7 years ago I wrote this:

moribund said:

…I think the Evora will follow a similar path to the Esprit and (eventually) drop down to sub-£10K. I don't think it'll plateau at 30% of original value like the Elise has simply because the Elise has a niche market to itself while an Evora will always be up against a large number of older 911's and Caymans…

How wrong I was! I did eventually snag a Sports Racer for £31k (and sell it for £27k… don’t come to me for investment advice!) but since then things went very mad indeed. It now looks like the cycle is reversing again and maybe one day another Sports Racer might fall within my reach.

Looks like high miles Launch Editions are back in the mid-upper 20’s where they were in 2015. So, how long until they are £20k?

Don't be so hard on yourself. £30k is the new £10k.