I can only say that all the cars that I have known about, generally
speaking, the cheaper cars sell much more readily than the dearer one's.
Take Graham Well's car, is a lovely car, fully sorted etc but has failed
(as yet) to find a buyer at 15K after several months. You may well have
Clients that come to DMUK who don't mind paying top money, but I have
not come across them yet.
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'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.
I usually buy and sell at least one car per year (not DeLorean's of
course) (and have done for the last 40 years) I eventually sold my Jeep
Grand Cherokee last week after a 6 weeks of advertising and a spell on
eBay, it was not worth the 12K I thought it was, and eventually found a
home for 9.
(despite costing me 15K only 18 months ago)
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.
Best regards
Chris Parnham
DOC 2
RHD vin 5638
BTTF vin 20049
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 February 2005 23:21
To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [doc] DeLorean in Auto Trader
chrisparnham wrote:
>
> In my experience a few TV appearances make absolutely no difference to
> the value of a car. ?thousands spent? is also a no no in adverts,
> potential buyers think?how many thousands will I have to spend? Well
> maintained and updated is much better. (IMHO)
I'm genuinely curious about this comment, Chris. I'm about to sell my
"Tinny" #4426 - When I bought it, it was basically a very sound car,
thoroughly well cared for in its previous life, and only really lacking
seats, driver's side dropping window and an engine when I towed it home
from Germany (thanks for the trailer again!). I've basically pulled it
to pieces and rebuilt it, not quite to Andy Snell's level, but certainly
paying close attention to all the important systems - eg fuel, coolant,
clutch, brakes - all of which have been completely renewed. Everything
important has been either refurbed or replaced. I have re-dyed the
interior, replaced the seats with new covers, new headliners, new
speakers, new gearshift boot yadda yadda yadda and between Andy C and
myself, am in the process of finally putting the engine together, all
with brand new internals (as you know :-). The bodywork is 99%, the
wheels have been refurbished, the fascias have been painted - I could go
on for hours! My aim is that everything works/looks as well as, or
better than new. I'm hoping to get £18k for it, which will include the
number plate XIL 4426 which I bought to compliment the VIN. Am -I- in
the right ballpark?
BTW, this is still very much my own personal crusade. Finding time to
work on Tinny is a struggle what with customer's DeLoreans getting in
the way, it gets a bit forgotten!
Martin
DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk
Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed
public and may be printed in the club magazine **
Yahoo! Groups Links
DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk
Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine **
Back to the Home of PROJECT VIXEN