Opinions on selling
Opinions on selling
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Frenchda

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1,340 posts

257 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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Hi all

The Tuscan, for various reasons is going up for sale.

What is the opinion on:

a. Sell it "warts & all" for a very attractive (to seller) price?

b. Get the niggles done and sell it for an average price?

Niggles at the moment are paint not great, electrics amusing at times and I bloody bent the exhaust a few weeks ago reversing into an high curb.
Cosmetically she is not great (not bad either) mechanically very good, with a lot of money (ouch) donated to Str8six over the last 12 months.
Newish clutch and bottem end rebuild in last 7 months, geo'd. hid.

A straight car which I am thinking of asking @11.5k with niggles, is this realistic?

MrChips

3,299 posts

234 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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Noooo! What are moving onto?

Haven't seen your car for a while but 11.5 sounds too cheap if it's had recent engine work/ clutch etc.
What's wrong with the paintwork? If it's just stonechips then I wouldn't spend any on it, maybe a couple of hundred getting it machine polished?

The thing which would put me off as a buyer is the unknown's.
Electrical gremlins, if still present will put people off though as it's an unknown potential bill etc, so I would probably get them sorted.

Gimme a bell if u want a quick machine polish done (not professional standard though!) although Macey's bonnet worked well.

Speaking of which... Maybe steve would buy it off you just so he gets "spotted" a bit more?

Macey

1,326 posts

217 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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ho ho ho MrChips, you're so funny..... NOT. cry

Danny, sorry to hear that your putting it up for sale, my paintwork isn't the best with small marks and stonechips but as Dave has said, a good machine polish does wonders to it.

stuthemong

2,517 posts

241 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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depends on miles and warranty.

I was prepared to pay 15~K for a higher milage (55K) tuscazn with warranty.

In the end I picked one up for quite a bit more, but in my ideal spec.

11.5 with warranty,even with 100K is quite low IMO.

What's your spec, I'll price it for you, I spent the last 3 months looking at prices daily biggrin

Robertjp

2,281 posts

249 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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would agree that 11.5 is too low for a car with the mechanicals fairly sorted, i would put it up around the 15k mark myself.

Be a shame to sell though frown

As regards the rest of the work...ask yourself if your costs to do the work will be made back if you do sell, if not then price accordingly. From my experience you rarely make your money back....especially on a TVR!!

Brendon NZ

144 posts

202 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Danny...You Have Mail... biggrin
Brendon

Daston

6,131 posts

227 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Mine has been up for sale for a few months now, started at 15.5 now at 15k with very little interest. There seems to be loads going for not much money sadly.