Valuation help

[Craig]

Unfortunately I need to sell my Griff due to impending house purchase

I bought it from Fernhurst last December for £17k and am after an idea of valuation.

It is a 1996 N reg, dark blue with magnolia, 36k miles, no mods, full history with Mole Valley and Fernhurst (all invoices from new) and in very good condition. I know it is difficult to place exact value on it given these cars vary but ballpark is fine.

Thanks for any help

Craig

[roy e6]

Dont do it. Forget the house. You can sleep in your car, you can`t drive a house.

[Barkychoc]

Keep the Griff and sell one of the other old bangers on your profile

[The AJP Griff]

What about other parts of the spec,ie does it have pas,a/c,full hide?How many owners has it had?

Edited by The AJP Griff on Monday 2nd June 21:33

[shake n bake]

have you asked fernhurst for a price?

[griffter]

I reckon about £12k in this market. Which is approximately how much the average house price is falling per week - can you not wait a week and keep the Griff?

[LordGrover]

Sorry to say you're likely to lose some dosh. Fernies supply top cars at top dollar prices so I think Ben's figure is going to be pretty accurate in a private sale. Maybe Fernies will honour any warranty you have to the next owner? If so that would be a major selling point.

[Craig]

thanks for your comments guys

car is pretty standard with half hide and no power steering

had one owner until mid 2007 and then a second owner until Dec 2007

I spoke to Fernhurst a couple of months ago and they reckoned they would retail it for £16k and they could return me £12k

appreciate I will lose out but just wanted to check whether it was worth the effort of a private sale


Craig

[The AJP Griff]

I reckon £14k,if it's in really nice condition.

[coetzeeh]

There are not many well cared for cars out there, loads of average ones.

If your car is in superior condition, don't sell yourself short, ask a superior price.

I think most of us are prepared to pay more for a quality car - and I'd expect a Fernies car to be such a specimen.

[The AJP Griff]

coetzeeh said:

There are not many well cared for cars out there, loads of average ones.

If your car is in superior condition, don't sell yourself short, ask a superior price.

I think most of us are prepared to pay more for a quality car - and I'd expect a Fernies car to be such a specimen.

Very sound adviceIt's a very saleable colour combo,good mileage,low no. of owners.If the rest stacks up it's a very desireable one.When your selling it's all to easy to think you have nothing special,and you can drop your guard a bit when you see the prices of the more average stuff.Remember what you've got,and why it was that you bought it!

[Craig]

thanks for the advice

seems like it be worth trying to sell privately first

[ESDavey]

Craig, dont do it. Add £115/m onto the mortgage payments instead & live life. If you sell for £14k, will take you 2 years to make up the £3k lost.

[Craig]

ESDavey said:

Craig, dont do it. Add £115/m onto the mortgage payments instead & live life. If you sell for £14k, will take you 2 years to make up the £3k lost.

thanks - it's more to do with garage space to be honest and the Lambos take priority

[Bomber Denton]

Craig said:

I spoke to Fernhurst a couple of months ago and they reckoned they would retail it for £16k and they could return me £12k

'Got to have a bit of bubbly at the shareholder's party!'

[LordGrover]

Craig said:

ESDavey said:

Craig, dont do it. Add £115/m onto the mortgage payments instead & live life. If you sell for £14k, will take you 2 years to make up the £3k lost.

thanks - it's more to do with garage space to be honest and the Lambos take priority

bastid.

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