Re : Toyota GR Yaris - official!

[TramWrecker]

Guys, whats your opinion on this situation, I got the car for 22k pounds, and if someone offered 27k to take off my hands, yay or nay?

[MiseryStreak]

TramWrecker said:

Guys, whats your opinion on this situation, I got the car for 22k pounds, and if someone offered 27k to take off my hands, yay or nay?

You got your GR Yaris for £22,000?

No, I wouldn’t sell it. But if you don’t really want it and would rather have an easy £5,000 profit then of course you should. Why is it only worth £27,000 now though? Is it a Cat D?

[ecsrobin]

MiseryStreak said:

TramWrecker said:

Guys, whats your opinion on this situation, I got the car for 22k pounds, and if someone offered 27k to take off my hands, yay or nay?

You got your GR Yaris for £22,000?

No, I wouldn’t sell it. But if you don’t really want it and would rather have an easy £5,000 profit then of course you should. Why is it only worth £27,000 now though? Is it a Cat D?

I’m guessing he’s Australian as that was the first buyers price. If you don’t want the car go for it. If you like your car don’t go for it.

[StottyGTR]

seawise said:

The Litchfield suspension development Yaris made £41,500 for the seller on Collecting Cars auction site tonight. The buyer pays another 6pcnt on top in fees. Pretty strong money !

I think BOTB bought it and are raffling it which explains the high sale price.

[TramWrecker]

ecsrobin said:

I’m guessing he’s Australian as that was the first buyers price. If you don’t want the car go for it. If you like your car don’t go for it.

Thanks guys for the enlightenment.

Yeah well I'll pick up in two days, in all seriousness I'll know for sure on the day.

I'm sure by all accounts from reviews, I'll be keeping it.

[TramWrecker]

MiseryStreak said:

You got your GR Yaris for £22,000?

No, I wouldn’t sell it. But if you don’t really want it and would rather have an easy £5,000 profit then of course you should. Why is it only worth £27,000 now though? Is it a Cat D?

Im not googling Cat D I want you to tell me what that is?

[UK952]

TramWrecker said:

Im not googling Cat D I want you to tell me what that is?

its an insurance write off category (though they changed a while ago, think it is N now) but basically the insurance company said it was uneconomical to repair as the damage was too extensive - it was not so extensive it has to be scrapped though, so with 2nd hand parts, your own labour it may be worthwhile returning to the road.

Edited by UK952 on Monday 1st March 12:49

[UK952]

StottyGTR said:

I think BOTB bought it and are raffling it which explains the high sale price.

Didn't they announce that before the auction ended though? is it the other Litchfield car - the black one they have? Pics of both on BOTB website.

[TramWrecker]

UK952 said:

its an insurance write off category (though they changed a while ago, think it is N now) but basically the insurance company said it was uneconomical to repair as the damage was too extensive - it was not so extensive it has to be scrapped though, so with 2nd hand parts, your own labour it may be worthwhile returning to the road.

Edited by UK952 on Monday 1st March 12:49

Ah yes I see,

They have the same exact thing here but it's under and different name.

[StottyGTR]

UK952 said:

StottyGTR said:

I think BOTB bought it and are raffling it which explains the high sale price.

Didn't they announce that before the auction ended though? is it the other Litchfield car - the black one they have? Pics of both on BOTB website.

Not a clue tbh I don't pay much attention. I just saw BOTB raffling the Litchfield car and the pic was of a white Yaris, it went for crazy money so I put 2 and 2 together.

[TorqueR]

I spotted this brand-new example in Worksop today. Is it anybody on here?

[Save Ferris]

I’ve had Pure White one go out this morning, the first on a ‘21 plate!
Then 2 Black ones later in the week, the customers are all very excited!

Edited by Save Ferris on Monday 1st March 14:54

[rossfitz]

UK952 said:

Didn't they announce that before the auction ended though? is it the other Litchfield car - the black one they have? Pics of both on BOTB website.

Looking for these pics on the BOTB site, but can't find. Any chance of a link please?

[ecsrobin]

Had to go to the butchers today which is quite a long route, the roads were surprisingly quiet and a pleasant 13deg outside. The car just felt so capable on the B roads and it was nice just to get to know the car a bit more. I’ve mainly been commuting which has got a bit dull (not because of the car) but being able to push on was a nice change. I also had another attempt at a 0-60 with a slight incline and got a 5.19 I’m still st at them and have no real need to get better at them but as there was an opportunity I thought why not.

[UK952]

rossfitz said:

Looking for these pics on the BOTB site, but can't find. Any chance of a link please?

https://www.botb.com/prizes/midweek/litchfield-toyota-gr-yaris/

[PhilPol]

Mine went into build today, things just got a lot more real

[rossfitz]

UK952 said:

https://www.botb.com/prizes/midweek/litchfield-toy...

Cheers. That’s a lot of tickets at £1.40 each to cover the auction price

[tighnamara]

PhilPol said:

Mine went into build today, things just got a lot more real

Exciting

Out of interest, when is your current delivery date, I’ve not got the app with dealer telling me my delivery is 20th April so thinking it must be being built around now.

[Torqu3steer]

tighnamara said:

PhilPol said:

Mine went into build today, things just got a lot more real

Exciting

Out of interest, when is your current delivery date, I’ve not got the app with dealer telling me my delivery is 20th April so thinking it must be being built around now.

And when did you order please PhilPot?

[PhilPol]

Torqu3steer said:

tighnamara said:

PhilPol said:

Mine went into build today, things just got a lot more real

Exciting

Out of interest, when is your current delivery date, I’ve not got the app with dealer telling me my delivery is 20th April so thinking it must be being built around now.

And when did you order please PhilPot?

I ordered on the 12th November, and the delivery date is 30th June, which seems about right from what I read here for lead times once a car goes into build.

One proviso that may may make my experience irrelevant to yours, is that I live in Poland, I've seen a lot of guys here from the UK who ordered the same time as me and have already picked up their cars.

If your delivery date is the 20th April, then yours is almost certainly already on the ship and on it's way.