944 turbo pricing

[GarrettMacD]

Can I have some opinions please?

I'm trying to sell my 944 turbo (www.pistonheads.com/sales/52283.htm), and the responses have been very slow. I've had a few enquiry emails from PH, but no viewings directly from this site, although I have had others from other sources, notably Auto Trader.

Would you kind people mind looking at the ad for a few minutes and telling me if it would float your boat (if you were after a 944T), and, crucially, whether the price is competitive. What's missing from the ad? Does it look like a good car for the price?

I would prefer to sell through PH, if not it would be through Auto Trader, Ebay, etc, but these all bring their own set of hassles, which I can do without. We are getting an extension over the garage in July, so the car needs to be gone by that stage. I don't want to put it in storage, I need to SELL!

Thanks for your opinions.

[RVVUNM]

Only a suggestion and please dont take this the wrong way, but maybe you are giving too much info on the car. When I sell a car I tend to give the essential info to get someone interested and invite them along to look at the car and the go into detail, seems to work for me.

[alltorque]

Crikey, nice car and bargain price! Hmmmmmm...

[GarrettMacD]

alltorque said:

Crikey, nice car and bargain price! Hmmmmmm...

This is what stumps me - at that price it IS a bargain, and it's good, honest car. But absolutely no takers. Have I put in some sort of subliminal message that it's a shed??? Is it priced *too* low - are people going to assume that there must be some hidden issues with the car?

[presuming_ed]

I suspect that the celebrity chef first owner may be putting off some people!

Seriously though, it seems a great well sorted car and a good value. What about increasing the price? (I jest not)

[bob944]

To be honest the ad reads like the car has just been trashed about the place. (Even needed engine replacing). Too much detail on tuning etc. Not even a pic or desciption of interior. As a punter I'd be likely to give it a wide berth unless I wanted a track car.
Even so, unless body got some rust and interior shabby, looks like very good value to me.

[GarrettMacD]

bob944 said:

Too much detail on tuning etc. Not even a pic or desciption of interior.

Duly noted. Will update the advert. Thanks

[shoestring7]

Agrred; downplay the tuning stuff and just highlight the key service points (annual services, belts, brakes etc).

Looks like a lot of fun, but it is a 21 year old car in a lot of folk's eyes....

SS7

[cuneus]

The pics are pretty poor:

soft with low contrast and blown highlights

bits cut off and extraneous stuff in the background

[GarrettMacD]

cuneus said:

The pics are pretty poor:

soft with low contrast and blown highlights

bits cut off and extraneous stuff in the background

FFS!!!
I'm not David Bailey, just a dumbass with a crappy digital camera.

[alltorque]

I'm seriously tempted myself! Just down the road in Cov. Grrrrr, must remove nasty car thoughts!

[billyb]

Damn. I had no idea you could get a 944 Turbo this cheap. I think the posts above already have it covered:

- The price is too low
- Photos are poor (David Bailey or not). None are even in focus
- Possibly too much info - this combined with the low price makes it sound worse than I bet it is

I still can't believe it is that cheap though...!

[cuneus]

GarrettMacD said:

cuneus said:

The pics are pretty poor:

soft with low contrast and blown highlights

bits cut off and extraneous stuff in the background

FFS!!!
I'm not David Bailey, just a dumbass with a crappy digital camera.

You did ask for feedback - good pictures sell cars

[andy97]

Too Cheap? I would suggest that some people would think that a 944T for that money is a shed! A bit less info and £4.5K??