Database of used AM prices

[montecristo]

Would it be a good idea for everyone who sells or buys a used Aston to enter key details (price, mileage, year) into a wiki here?

On the grounds that the more information there is, the better for private buyers/sellers.

Options, colour etc make a difference, but it would be better than nothing.

This isn't a dealer-bashing thing, but that side already has the information, our side doesn't (you do a survey of listed prices, but that's not quite the same). I am not even suggesting that prices are too high/low (I'm happy to trust the market). But some of the nervousness of buying a car comes from not knowing whether the price you are paying is in line with the rest of the market pays. And it would help answer some of the theories, such as buying a roadster in December is £10k cheaper, or London prices are higher.

[Jockman]

Assuming the data submitted was correct rather than mischievous ??

I've found on at least a billion occasions that some people tend to exaggerate

[taylor172]

PLUS A CAR IS WORTH WHAT EVER SOMEONE WILL PAY, ooops caps,

there will always be ther cars that sell for more than what they are worth on paper and those that seem excessively cheap.

Not to mention seasonal swings.

I think the best guide for a seller/ buyer is current market vales of similar cars.

[montecristo]

taylor172 said:

PLUS A CAR IS WORTH WHAT EVER SOMEONE WILL PAY, ooops caps,

there will always be ther cars that sell for more than what they are worth on paper and those that seem excessively cheap.

Not to mention seasonal swings.

I think the best guide for a seller/ buyer is current market vales of similar cars.

Yes, but....
1. Part of what I agree to pay is based on emotional and other factors, including the better information (and negotiating experience) that the dealer has. You could say it doesn't matter if I'm happy, that's fine. It might matter at resale time, though.
2. We don't know the market value of similar cars; we know what what sellers are asking, which presumably is higher than market value.

[divetheworld]

montecristo said:

Yes, but....
1. Part of what I agree to pay is based on emotional and other factors, including the better information (and negotiating experience) that the dealer has. You could say it doesn't matter if I'm happy, that's fine. It might matter at resale time, though.
2. We don't know the market value of similar cars; we know what what sellers are asking, which presumably is higher than market value.

Whats market value other than the price that they are asking/your willing to pay?
If you go by Glasses/Parkers/other then your car is worth 25% less than it costs to replace........
Market value...? Pah!

[AMDBSNick]

taylor172 said:

Not to mention seasonal swings.

And the fact cockers may have driven it

[Jon39]

James,

A dealer could become upset, and think you have threatened their livelyhood.

A complaint post will be submitted, and your 'Database of used AM prices' will be wiped off.

Then, no one will ever dare mention the subject again.

No, that could never happen surely.
"Don't call me Shirley."

Edited by Jon39 on Thursday 17th October 15:18

[Neil1300R]

AMDBSNick said:

taylor172 said:

Not to mention seasonal swings.

And the fact cockers may have driven it

Cockers is a swinger but dependent on the time of year?

[Jockman]

AMDBSNick said:

And the fact cockers may have driven it

You'll be ok, nick-no-tine.....nobody knows he thrashed yours all over Europe.

Well, until you posted up those shocking Batman and Robin pictures

[taylor172]

By the time your heart has had its say and the man maths has been calculated, the price in the screen has little/ no bearing on it anyway.

These are not cars to be purchased with your rational brain... but more with your heart.

[George29]

Jockman said:

I've found on at least a billion occasions that some people tend to exaggerate

Like when you said you were 5'3"?

[avinalarf]

Waste of time, too many variables, better to analyse cost of cars on PH and other websites.
e.g. A car I have been tracking recently has lost £5K in 6 weeks.

Edited by avinalarf on Thursday 17th October 15:52

[Jockman]

George29 said:

Like when you said you were 5'3"?

If I go up on all 8 tippy toes, I'm almost there

[Cockernee]

AMDBSNick said:

taylor172 said:

Not to mention seasonal swings.

And the fact cockers may have driven it

Yours is a keeper now, worth about £50

So to start the wiki

2008 DBS in Black with dodgy red interior, 1 careful owner but then thrashed in a getaway - £50.00

[yeti]

So to start the wiki

2008 DBS in Black with dodgy red interior, 1 careful owner but then thrashed in a getaway - £50.00
2006 DB9 Volante Dirty Green, dirty interior. Modified and therefore worthless.

[Tony V12V]

yeti said:

So to start the wiki

2008 DBS in Black with dodgy red interior, 1 careful owner but then thrashed in a getaway - £50.00
2006 DB9 Volante Dirty Green, dirty interior. Modified and therefore worthless.

I'll give you £100 quid for the pair

[897sma]

Would this not just devalue the cars even more as everyone would try and pay less than the historical published prices - which would always, by definition, be out of date anyway.

[yeti]

897sma said:

Would this not just devalue the cars even more as everyone would try and pay less than the historical published prices - which would always, by definition, be out of date anyway.

Yes

[AMDBSNick]

Cockernee said:

Yours is a keeper now, worth about £50

So to start the wiki

2008 DBS in Black with dodgy red interior, 1 careful owner but then thrashed in a getaway - £50.00

Cheeky fker, it's 2009

[woolders]

AMDBSNick said:

Cheeky fker, it's 2009

Alright, £60.