> Most buyers would expect a car to be "running" / Driving OK , Mot'd etc.
> If you have a perfectly good interior, advertising that all the interior
> has been repainted or replaced leads to question, why? Was this an old
> wreck that been done up?
I know you're playing devil's advocate but I wanted to address this
question - we sell a fantastic aerosol dye for re-colouring a
grey-interior car. I can't take the credit for finding this stuff (and
it's not the american stuff) it's especially mixed to match the colour
of a grey delorean interior, and once applied, forms basically a brand
new surface. It's very rare to find a DeLorean with a grey interior that
isn't at least slightly sun-bleached. Brown dashboards anyone? I -know-
you've seen cars with inteirors re-dyed using our stuff and I bet you
never realised, other than thinking "that's a very tidy interior". When
you see Andy Snell's car in the flesh, remember to look.
> I'd prefer to advertise it as a car with a
> great as new interior and leave it at that. Folk expect the water pump
> not to leak and the rubber gaiters to be OK etc. This is just my
> opinion.
...which is why I've used my experience to do all the stuff that has a
habit of failing (through age or poor quality parts). I get a lot of
exposure to cars that have been "played" with - it's a real treat to
find a car that's been left un-touched, or worked on by someone who knew
what they were doing. FWIW Nigel's new car has a lot of evidence of
modification, but almost without exception, I'm really impressed with
the work (the stereo bracket is a good example). In the event that
someone takes a car that I've worked on to another mechanic, I want them
to say "whoever did this had their head screwed on the right way". Tinny
is my pet project and not a customer's car, but this still holds true.
>
> But obviously it's your car and you can market it how you like.
> Generally speaking car prices have dropped significantly in the last
> couple of years, again not DeLorean's, but for many other classics as
> well as everyday one's. I can remember when MK 2 Jags were regularly
> selling for 20-30K, now you can get a good one for 5k.
But any owner selling a D would be daft to drop the price now due to the
changes in the BTI rules. This has wiped out all the advantage of the
weaker dollar right now
Martin.
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