Is this too much for an F56 JCW?
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I’m looking at a 2015 manual JCW 3 door hatch for sale privately with around 60k miles on. The asking price is £13k but looking at the value sites and other cars for sale that looks a bit steep?
It is a really nice and quite rare spec, manual and fully loaded with extras so assume that might knock the price up a bit but I’m still thinking that should be going more for around £11k for a private sale?
It’s also due a service next month, last service was nov 2023 but it’s only done 2k miles since then, and to keep the service schedule happy it should have another one within 2 years.
What are your thoughts?
It is a really nice and quite rare spec, manual and fully loaded with extras so assume that might knock the price up a bit but I’m still thinking that should be going more for around £11k for a private sale?
It’s also due a service next month, last service was nov 2023 but it’s only done 2k miles since then, and to keep the service schedule happy it should have another one within 2 years.
What are your thoughts?
I have a feeling a seller like that will want to try and negotiate over the service alone.
IME most "fully loaded" actually aren't, a few packs gets a lot, but sometimes it's silly things like a heated rear window blanked on the panel, which was something like £160. Weird to not tick that but to have the HUD, pan roof and HK etc. Arguably not having an auto box (obvs a cost option) means it isn't as loaded as it could be.
Post the spec, we'll soon find out!
IME most "fully loaded" actually aren't, a few packs gets a lot, but sometimes it's silly things like a heated rear window blanked on the panel, which was something like £160. Weird to not tick that but to have the HUD, pan roof and HK etc. Arguably not having an auto box (obvs a cost option) means it isn't as loaded as it could be.
Post the spec, we'll soon find out!
Thanks for the replies, gives me more to think about. I was just comparing cars for the same price that have a bit less mileage but are dealer cars therefore get at least some warranty but maybe I shouldn’t be assuming that private should be cheaper?
As for spec it has pretty much every option ticked. Heated windscreen, even adaptive cruise which very few have. The addition of it being a manual too i think is pretty rare.
I think the rarity is the reason for the asking price.
As for spec it has pretty much every option ticked. Heated windscreen, even adaptive cruise which very few have. The addition of it being a manual too i think is pretty rare.
I think the rarity is the reason for the asking price.
Chris-1e43g said:
Thanks for the replies, gives me more to think about. I was just comparing cars for the same price that have a bit less mileage but are dealer cars therefore get at least some warranty but maybe I shouldn t be assuming that private should be cheaper?
As for spec it has pretty much every option ticked. Heated windscreen, even adaptive cruise which very few have. The addition of it being a manual too i think is pretty rare.
I think the rarity is the reason for the asking price.
I didn't think you could have adaptive cruise with a manual gearbox.As for spec it has pretty much every option ticked. Heated windscreen, even adaptive cruise which very few have. The addition of it being a manual too i think is pretty rare.
I think the rarity is the reason for the asking price.
AT and other sites provide guide valuations. I'd expect to save at least a grand buying privately with no warranty etc. At 10 years old I'd prioritise condition, mileage and maintenance history over spec. Everything else being equal, maybe a grand difference between a very low spec and very high spec.
Check the JCW spec for that year as sellers like to list items, intimating they were options, when they were part of the standard spec.
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