Tuscan 2 Convertible at Auction 22/12/08
Discussion
TVRinBFG said:
You have to have a bca account to bid on line. You could try phoning bca and see if they will accept a bid over the phone with your debit card. Or you have to attend the auction.
It didn't make its reserve, so it's being re-entered for the bca auction 13 Jan 09 at Bedford.
Out of interest do you know what its reserve was?It didn't make its reserve, so it's being re-entered for the bca auction 13 Jan 09 at Bedford.
TVR prices I feel are falling steadily but perhaps not as much as some other high performance cars. Autotrader has Tuscans as cheap as £10K and a Griff on PH sold for £4.5K, that's cheap. I have a 500 Griff which I have had for just over a year and would expect to loose money if I sold now. I'm thinking of buying a MK2 convertible but intending to keep the Griff as well, at least for some time.
My understanding is that the dealer mark up on such cars is around 30% so the car at the BCA auction now at Geralds for £25K would have cost them £19K or probably less. Private sellers make the mistake of thinking they will get the same price as a dealer and get upset when they receive low offers. My Griff was a private buy and I was happy to do business that way. I won't pay dealer price for a Tuscan either unless a trade sale as prepared to take the chance at the right price. Just over two years ago Penninsula had a clearout and had a MK1 Tuscan S (2003) with 16K miles for £20K and a MK2 with 3K miles for £30K (and these were both with a 1 year warranty), so in my opinion present prices are a little inflated at the top end.
My understanding is that the dealer mark up on such cars is around 30% so the car at the BCA auction now at Geralds for £25K would have cost them £19K or probably less. Private sellers make the mistake of thinking they will get the same price as a dealer and get upset when they receive low offers. My Griff was a private buy and I was happy to do business that way. I won't pay dealer price for a Tuscan either unless a trade sale as prepared to take the chance at the right price. Just over two years ago Penninsula had a clearout and had a MK1 Tuscan S (2003) with 16K miles for £20K and a MK2 with 3K miles for £30K (and these were both with a 1 year warranty), so in my opinion present prices are a little inflated at the top end.
Personally I think in 18 months to 2 years time, you won't be able to buy a convertible, because none will be on the market. With no new cars being built (other than Racing Greens 4 or so) and suspect never likely to be, TVR enthusiasts are grabbing convertibles at good prices now and I suspect they are being bought as "keepers". I think the same applies to Targas (to similiar extent) , but I think Sags are bought as a flasher/impact car and will continue to appear in the market place. We will wait and see.
Sorry Lee ... It appears I made a mistake in the register .... I have LK06 EHG as 1405 , which now I know it isn't ... It's always a bit of guess work trying to tie up registrations with build numbers, I only have interior and exterior colours from photos to work on.
So it appears what I had as 1405 is your car... I thought the reg was familiar... so the whereabouts of 1405 now becomes a missing
So I reckon we've found the first owner lowest
Just checked the spec sheet for 1405 (built as TVR Stock) is identical to 1325 , except yours has Aircon , no wonder I got it wrong
So it appears what I had as 1405 is your car... I thought the reg was familiar... so the whereabouts of 1405 now becomes a missing
So I reckon we've found the first owner lowest
Just checked the spec sheet for 1405 (built as TVR Stock) is identical to 1325 , except yours has Aircon , no wonder I got it wrong
Edited by glow worm on Tuesday 23 August 09:46
So I reckon we've found the first owner lowest
I have checked the information on lowest profile compared with the date the car was first registered at London TVR it matches well.
The subsequent dealer stamps are a different location close to were lowest states as his location.
I reckon he was the first owner.
I have checked the information on lowest profile compared with the date the car was first registered at London TVR it matches well.
The subsequent dealer stamps are a different location close to were lowest states as his location.
I reckon he was the first owner.
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