Slow second hand market?
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The problem with MX5s is the sheer number of them for sale.
If yours doesn't stand out, it maybe easy for potential purchasers to miss it.
Very good pics, and a good honest description is what you need. If it's standard it maybe a little bit more difficult to shift than a well modified one.
It could just be over priced though.
If yours doesn't stand out, it maybe easy for potential purchasers to miss it.
Very good pics, and a good honest description is what you need. If it's standard it maybe a little bit more difficult to shift than a well modified one.
It could just be over priced though.
yellowbentines said:
Aizle said:
Can't advertise your own car in the forums.HTH
I've found the ad and I can't see much wrong. It's intelligible clear and gives sensible details. If I wanted a mk1 now I would certainly put it on a short list. The price seeeeeeems reasonable assumimg all is as it should be. Have you had callers but no one coming to look or just a deafening silence?
Greg
Greg
Sold mine last week.
At £2.5k I had a few bites for 2 days, but I slashed it to £2k to ensure it was gone by the weekend.
I sold it same day I dropped to £2k to the first person to drive over to see it. I could have probably sold it 5 times over judging by the calls / emails I got that day.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2778936.htm
At £2.5k I had a few bites for 2 days, but I slashed it to £2k to ensure it was gone by the weekend.
I sold it same day I dropped to £2k to the first person to drive over to see it. I could have probably sold it 5 times over judging by the calls / emails I got that day.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2778936.htm
Matt UK said:
Sold mine last week.
At £2.5k I had a few bites for 2 days, but I slashed it to £2k to ensure it was gone by the weekend.
I sold it same day I dropped to £2k to the first person to drive over to see it. I could have probably sold it 5 times over judging by the calls / emails I got that day.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2778936.htm
And if I'd seen that at £2k I'd have bought it too - it's got everything already done that I'm planning on doing to mine. Same colour as mine too so I might even have got away with it with the OH At £2.5k I had a few bites for 2 days, but I slashed it to £2k to ensure it was gone by the weekend.
I sold it same day I dropped to £2k to the first person to drive over to see it. I could have probably sold it 5 times over judging by the calls / emails I got that day.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2778936.htm
gforceg said:
I've found the ad
I couldn't! There's about 20 pages of mk.1s for sale so lots and lots of competition, and I'd imagine many won't appreciate the cost of putting a shabby car right or want to buy one to 'do-up' so will look at the cheaper end of the scale, so yours gets lost up at £2295 (couldn't find it by price either) - I know when I was looking I filtered out all cars over £2k as it was a big pyschological barrier to pay over £2k for a 2nd car/fun car.Have you tried advertising locally, gumtree is becoming very popular and I looked there when I was buying.
Matt UK said:
Sold mine last week.
At £2.5k I had a few bites for 2 days, but I slashed it to £2k to ensure it was gone by the weekend.
I sold it same day I dropped to £2k to the first person to drive over to see it. I could have probably sold it 5 times over judging by the calls / emails I got that day.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2778936.htm
Yes, but IIRC you started a thread about parting from it, didn't you?At £2.5k I had a few bites for 2 days, but I slashed it to £2k to ensure it was gone by the weekend.
I sold it same day I dropped to £2k to the first person to drive over to see it. I could have probably sold it 5 times over judging by the calls / emails I got that day.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2778936.htm
In general I think that there are too many overpriced rust buckets around and standing out may be tricky.
Looking at the ad I would have a couple of questions.
As a uk car what if any LSD?
Shocks? original? aftermarket?
t/belt?
What condition are the sills and arches in? I now assume that if it isn't mentioned they must be rusty.
No air con?
Leather? not clear in the pics
mohair hood is good, but I'd rather get an import with ac and torsen lsd from a dealer for the same money.
Oh, as an aside, looking at you in your orange T-shirt, you haven't got the hang of the whole 'using reflected pic of self to sell' thing have you? Next time use the g/f in a bikini. ;-)
Looking at the ad I would have a couple of questions.
As a uk car what if any LSD?
Shocks? original? aftermarket?
t/belt?
What condition are the sills and arches in? I now assume that if it isn't mentioned they must be rusty.
No air con?
Leather? not clear in the pics
mohair hood is good, but I'd rather get an import with ac and torsen lsd from a dealer for the same money.
Oh, as an aside, looking at you in your orange T-shirt, you haven't got the hang of the whole 'using reflected pic of self to sell' thing have you? Next time use the g/f in a bikini. ;-)
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