Is the price right?
Is the price right?
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NTEL

Original Poster:

5,051 posts

269 months

Sunday 4th April 2004
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I've been yearning for a Chimera 4 for years now, and the wife has just give me the go-ahead to get one.Yeah!
I have seen a nice one at a TVR dealership. It is a 1999 (S) and has 25,000 miles on the clock, full tvrsh, 12 months warranty, one previous owner, and they want £18500.00 for it. Does this sound reasonable to you chaps?
Oh yes, I noticed that it had an oil leak and the tacho doesn't work but they said all that would be fixed.

yiw1393

23,018 posts

290 months

Sunday 4th April 2004
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What is it? 4.0,4.5 or 5.0? You could buy cheaper privately than from a dealer, and save yourself at least £2k, thing is the decision is yours.

Loads of threads on here about the pro's and cons of dealer versus private.

Just don't buy the first one you see - unless you can't help yourself!

NTEL

Original Poster:

5,051 posts

269 months

Sunday 4th April 2004
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Its a 4.0 litre model. Are there things in particular that I should be looking for when choosing one?

tvrinbfg

1,460 posts

313 months

Sunday 4th April 2004
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I don't think you'd buy a similar mileage Chim for £2k less easily, which is what the dealer offers.

Plus if you are buying from a TVR dealer/specalist, I suspect the car will be checked over or serviced, have a warranty, a valet, and maybe the nose painted to hide the stonechips (if the dealer is any good). And the retail value of all this would be £500-1500 ish?

NTEL

Original Poster:

5,051 posts

269 months

Sunday 4th April 2004
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thanks for the advise guys