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Pretty sure JKSC is a Dealer - Jon KirkhamSpecialist Cars. I wonder if Dealers get lower fee deals? Reserve was set at £53.5K. A friend of mine, took him all the way (buying blind) but bailed as it got too much when you add the fees. Nice car but there will be others
Edited by stephenjawhyte on Friday 22 November 19:53
Edited by stephenjawhyte on Friday 22 November 19:58
Enut said:
Did you win it? It went for £54K. If so hearty congratulations, you got a bargain.
No. I bid up to £55k including the hefty buyers premium fee. At that price it would be a bit below what you can haggle off cars advertised on auto trader. At the winning bid plus fees there's no advantage and you're buying unseen.The market for these sorts of cars is only going to weaken over winter...
Honeywell said:
Enut said:
Did you win it? It went for £54K. If so hearty congratulations, you got a bargain.
No. I bid up to £55k including the hefty buyers premium fee. At that price it would be a bit below what you can haggle off cars advertised on auto trader. At the winning bid plus fees there's no advantage and you're buying unseen.The market for these sorts of cars is only going to weaken over winter...
I think the weekend toy market will continue to be a buyers one for some time to come - good luck with the search!
BertBert said:
Do you mean the weakened toys market ? 
Exactly! I have just been reading the Ferrari 296 values thread - now that is frightening depreciation! I'll stick with my bargain basement weakened special for a while, I would bet there will be sub-£50k Emiras in 2025 and what a great buy that would be. I paid £32k for an Evora back in 2012 which I thought was a great price. To me, that was never a pretty car, but a great drive. I think the Emira is a stunner.
limpsfield said:
Exactly! I have just been reading the Ferrari 296 values thread - now that is frightening depreciation!
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Just had a quick look, Yikes! .
It's another world of depreciation there. i always assumed your money is pretty safe in a Ferrari but clearly not.
I think something like a 911 GT2 RS was one of those that listed about £180k, it went up to £280k and dropped back to £180k (can't remember the exact story I saw on here).
av185 said:
The 'tan' leather on the Emira is more like an orangy terracotta and is a bit clashy against both the Magma Red and Seneca blue tbh. Goes best with the Nimbus, DV and 'Dark Grey.'
On the Lotus configurator there were various colour combos which could be ordered new but were not recommended by Lotus .....from memory these two were not but as ever each to their own.
I'e just bought a red one with tan interior. I too thought it would be a bit too orange - but in real life it's not anything like as shouty as it looks in pictures. On the Lotus configurator there were various colour combos which could be ordered new but were not recommended by Lotus .....from memory these two were not but as ever each to their own.
limpsfield said:
Exactly! I have just been reading the Ferrari 296 values thread - now that is frightening depreciation!
I'll stick with my bargain basement weakened special for a while, I would bet there will be sub-£50k Emiras in 2025 and what a great buy that would be. I paid £32k for an Evora back in 2012 which I thought was a great price. To me, that was never a pretty car, but a great drive. I think the Emira is a stunner.
The whole sports car market is suffering.I'll stick with my bargain basement weakened special for a while, I would bet there will be sub-£50k Emiras in 2025 and what a great buy that would be. I paid £32k for an Evora back in 2012 which I thought was a great price. To me, that was never a pretty car, but a great drive. I think the Emira is a stunner.
Right now you there is a 2017 Aston Martin DB11 on AT at £54,950.
Turns out my guess was correct. What’s the point for so little margin?
https://www.jksc.co.uk/details/used-car-in-stourbr...
https://www.jksc.co.uk/details/used-car-in-stourbr...
stephenjawhyte said:
Turns out my guess was correct. What’s the point for so little margin?
https://www.jksc.co.uk/details/used-car-in-stourbr...
Sell it on finance, add extended warranty....https://www.jksc.co.uk/details/used-car-in-stourbr...
Frimley111R said:
stephenjawhyte said:
Turns out my guess was correct. What’s the point for so little margin?
https://www.jksc.co.uk/details/used-car-in-stourbr...
Sell it on finance, add extended warranty....https://www.jksc.co.uk/details/used-car-in-stourbr...
Putting my Alpine into Motorway, it has come back with £37k. Dealers have similar age, mileage, options as mine sitting in showrooms at £43k plus.
That Lotus seems a big risk for little money, if any.
croyde said:
Frimley111R said:
stephenjawhyte said:
Turns out my guess was correct. What’s the point for so little margin?
https://www.jksc.co.uk/details/used-car-in-stourbr...
Sell it on finance, add extended warranty....https://www.jksc.co.uk/details/used-car-in-stourbr...
Putting my Alpine into Motorway, it has come back with £37k. Dealers have similar age, mileage, options as mine sitting in showrooms at £43k plus.
That Lotus seems a big risk for little money, if any.
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