Which Diablo?

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Purso

869 posts

102 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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That is the same car, it's on sor and been for sale for many years, a stunning looking machine though!

Jonny TVR

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4,534 posts

281 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Why hasn't it sold? If I bought one how easily would it be to move it on at the right price? and what is the right price, with so few its difficult to tell

Purso

869 posts

102 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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I would speculate the seller has unrealistic expectations of the price and isn't particularly motivated.

rat rod

4,997 posts

65 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Jonny TVR said:
Why hasn't it sold? If I bought one how easily would it be to move it on at the right price? and what is the right price, with so few its difficult to tell
Hardly any dealers are writing chegues at the moment much preferring S.O.R ,the dealer is free from committing themselfs financially

and the owner will get a higher figure returned than just selling to the dealer, can suit both parties,problem is the higher the price returned

then add the dealers profit margin can make the car unsalable. Hexagon are self funded and have deep pockets so they may well own that

Diablo which could be better as they only look at a profit margin they would need to return where the private owner may have a attachment

to the car which you will have to pay for.

Only a guess but i think you would be looking at nearer £110/£125k for a dealer to write out a cheque for this car with no customer in mind .

Probably leave it at the same price and if it takes a year to sell they have made a killing but also in a position to reduce it if they

need to. Different mind set to buying the V12 classic Lamboghini's to the regular ones, Nobody gets up that morning and suddenly decides

they want a Diablo , it's usually been on that long time wish list driven buy passion rather than logic .

You can't give the buyer a excuse to walk away to think about it, Car needs to be as perfect as you can get so a genuine buyer

will find it hard to talk away especially if he/she has viewed some average cars beforehand.

Don't think they are the easiest car to sell but if you find it hard to walk away so will somebody else.

You've bought more cars than most dealers in the last few months so you must be coming a expert by now.


Edited by rat rod on Thursday 25th February 14:47

DarthtaterM16

912 posts

102 months

Friday 26th February 2021
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mrporsche said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lamborghini-Diablo-1993...

What about this beauty.

1993 looks like a large binnacle car - £165,000.

Located in Spain and the pictures are 12 years old, oh and it doesn't work - needs recommissioning.!!

What is it really worth - half that ??
Does anybody else think that one or two of the photos on that listing look (poorly) photoshopped?

Jonny TVR

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4,534 posts

281 months

Friday 26th February 2021
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DarthtaterM16 said:
Does anybody else think that one or two of the photos on that listing look (poorly) photoshopped?
Yes .. its a dodgy as hell

Bo_apex

2,562 posts

218 months

Friday 26th February 2021
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Jonny TVR said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
Does anybody else think that one or two of the photos on that listing look (poorly) photoshopped?
Yes .. its a dodgy as hell
Surprised Borat wasn't photoshopped into that ad

Jonny TVR

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4,534 posts

281 months

Tuesday 2nd March 2021
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rat rod

4,997 posts

65 months

Tuesday 2nd March 2021
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Jonny TVR said:
Looks a nice unmessed with Diablo. Watched it on" Harry's Garage" last year ,he loved it. no power steering and R.W.D,

Perfect less to fix, The purists will love this car being one of the first.

Gone from Oxford to Scotland ,Couldn't be any further but what a great first drive home.

Gilmore

298 posts

134 months

Tuesday 2nd March 2021
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Jonny TVR said:
You’d think a little more time and effort would go into the description...

Ferruccio

1,835 posts

119 months

Tuesday 2nd March 2021
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“one of the best investment/opportunity on the planet” - how can people actually put this tosh in ads??

AyBee

10,533 posts

202 months

Tuesday 2nd March 2021
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Ferruccio said:
“one of the best investment/opportunity on the planet” - how can people actually put this tosh in ads??
I always hope that one day someone will buy one of these and it won't be the best investment on the planet and they'll sue the original dealer!!

Bo_apex

2,562 posts

218 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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Ferruccio said:
“one of the best investment/opportunity on the planet” - how can people actually put this tosh in ads??
Incredible isn't it

Jonny TVR

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4,534 posts

281 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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SV or SE30?

Chebble

1,906 posts

152 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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rat rod said:
Jonny TVR said:
Looks a nice unmessed with Diablo. Watched it on" Harry's Garage" last year ,he loved it. no power steering and R.W.D,

Perfect less to fix, The purists will love this car being one of the first.

Gone from Oxford to Scotland ,Couldn't be any further but what a great first drive home.
Have to agree. I’m a bit late to Harry’s Garage so have only recently watched this video and had wondered if it was the same car. It was a fantastic watch and it re-ignited my want for a Diablo, though my bank balance definitely disagrees - I’m not even close to being able to afford one!

Not keen on the higher binnacle though. I believe that they can be converted to the later lower ones, though that would be messing with what looks like an original car.

rat rod

4,997 posts

65 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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Jonny TVR said:
SV or SE30?
SE30 more collectible and harder to find but SV not to shabby to get on with.

Lovely problem to have .;)

Fessia fancier

1,012 posts

183 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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AyBee said:
I always hope that one day someone will buy one of these and it won't be the best investment on the planet and they'll sue the original dealer!!
I have had the same thought. Closely followed by the thought I spend too much time litigating!

Ferruccio

1,835 posts

119 months

Thursday 4th March 2021
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Fessia fancier said:
AyBee said:
I always hope that one day someone will buy one of these and it won't be the best investment on the planet and they'll sue the original dealer!!
I have had the same thought. Closely followed by the thought I spend too much time litigating!
A judge - they are generally pretty sensible people - would almost certainly treat it as “mere puff”, not a term incorporated into the sale contract.

Fessia fancier

1,012 posts

183 months

Thursday 4th March 2021
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Ferruccio said:
Fessia fancier said:
AyBee said:
I always hope that one day someone will buy one of these and it won't be the best investment on the planet and they'll sue the original dealer!!
I have had the same thought. Closely followed by the thought I spend too much time litigating!
A judge - they are generally pretty sensible people - would almost certainly treat it as “mere puff”, not a term incorporated into the sale contract.
True enough, and they are indeed pretty sensible people.

jango

79 posts

119 months

Sunday 7th March 2021
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Jonny TVR said:
Hasn't that been on the market a while??
Yes
I could have bought it for 165k but turned it down due to many issues