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malloryn

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45 posts

274 months

Saturday 3rd May 2003
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I was hoping to find a chimaera for 15k 40,000 miles, P/R reg.
Looking at the classifieds over the last couple of weeks the asking prices seem to shooting up rapidly.

Could anyone comment on how realistic these prices are.
Are they speculative, hoping for the summer season rush?

I assume this happens every summer and so what are the actual prices paid against the 'selling' price.

iandbeech

2,709 posts

280 months

Saturday 3rd May 2003
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The prices reflect what the market will stand just like anything else, supply and demand - but as owners its all to easy to talk prices down with stories of some sticking around. When we started looking for a Chimaera just before Christmas, I thought it would be easy to buy in the winter but had those thoughts crushed as we kept missing out on the good ones and had to raise our budget!

These cars aren`t as plentiful as you first think. If you want one badly enough, you may have to dig deeper.

anonymous-user

76 months

Saturday 3rd May 2003
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I was hoping to find a chimaera for 15k 40,000 miles, P/R reg.
Looking at the classifieds over the last couple of weeks the asking prices seem to shooting up rapidly.

Could anyone comment on how realistic these prices are.
Are they speculative, hoping for the summer season rush?

I assume this happens every summer and so what are the actual prices paid against the 'selling' price.



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My R Reg one was £15,500 a year ago with 52,500 on the clock.

Alex

9,978 posts

306 months

Saturday 3rd May 2003
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I think you'll find that most prices are wildly optimistic, ask anyone who has tried to SELL a TVR. Haggle VERY hard indeed!

T88CAN

3,474 posts

279 months

Saturday 3rd May 2003
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Prices always tend to go up at this time of the year and demand normally outstrips supply i was in the same boat 2yrs ago most cars seemed to be sold so went from 15k to 17k and got an earley facelift car(1997)

the dodger

2,376 posts

285 months

Sunday 4th May 2003
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This time last year I paid £15,500 for mine.

It's a 1994 L reg!

But I only wanted a 4.3 with low mileage etc....etc. and this was by far the best one. I think I've done about 750 miles since...
It's still low mileage.

Mark.S

473 posts

299 months

Monday 5th May 2003
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I recently sold a 97/P, 34k, 4ltr for a shade under 15k. Would probably have got 15.5k if I'd wanted to wait a while but as I'd already found the replacement, wanted a quick sale.

As the new owner will testify, the car was in excellent condition and because of this, it went to the first person to view.

He mentioned he'd looked at a few other cars at similar prices that were basically dogs.

victormeldrew

8,293 posts

299 months

Monday 5th May 2003
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Supply and demand, pure and simple. Can't get them from the factory, lot's of folk still don't trust the AJP six cars, so there will be increasing demand for clean low mileage Chimaeras. Griffs too but there aren't so many about. Prices will firm up, and it's not all seasonal. We don't have bad enough winters any more for that to be entirely true.

The last couple of years the prices have taken a battering, there was only one way they could go re

apache

39,731 posts

306 months

Monday 5th May 2003
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check out insurance prices too, an old V8 is a fcuk sight cheaper than a Tuscan at the mo