Nice Resprayed 4th gen

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:41 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:It'd be nice if he valeted the car and delivered it on your drive, provided you with a KFC bargain bucket and then reimbursed you with the full amount you'd paid for the car as you seemed a nice guy as well though

hahaha I don't see anything wrong with that!

At the end of the day all I'm saying is that that particular car, in that condition/state, is too expensive for me - new paint or not.

Peace

chrismc · Post by **chrismc** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:44 pm

bb1boy wrote:
NafemanNathan wrote:It'd be nice if he valeted the car and delivered it on your drive, provided you with a KFC bargain bucket and then reimbursed you with the full amount you'd paid for the car as you seemed a nice guy as well though
hahaha I don't see anything wrong with that!

At the end of the day all I'm saying is that that particular car, in that condition/state, is too expensive for me - new paint or not.

Peace

+1. It isn't 'mint' to my eye

Look at the state of it under bonnet

My £400 track car looks better....

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:45 pm

chrismc wrote:
NafemanNathan wrote:Been up for sale for a while now.
Maybe this tells a story- not as mint as portrayed &/or over-priced?

Sorry, but I think this ^ is a valid point - if it has been for sale for a while at that very reasonable price of £2000, why hasn't it sold already?

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:46 pm

Without trying to sound like a liberal democrap (sp) I actually 'agree' with everyone in this thread, it's not so much a right and wrong as an overall general attitude that will determine the value of anything.

I saw this happen in a previous club with the classics, unfortunately some would always believe that their car should be 50k and some would always believe that those people just wanted to keep the value of their collateral at an artificial high. The truth, like most things for most people, lies somewhere in the middle ground IMO.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:58 pm

bb1boy wrote:At the end of the day all I'm saying is that that particular car, in that condition/state, is too expensive for me - new paint or not.

At the moment, me too!

It's all about the right person at the right time having the money. There will even be people that would be prepared to pay more than £2000 if the guy was asking for more. A lot of the time it's a misconception of the odds of selling a car that influence other peoples opinions of whether it's priced too high or not. Obviously priced too high the odds are less, but there will still be people who will pay it. You the seller just might have to play the waiting game. People who think their asking price is too high just have to accept this or wait for the seller to increase his odds of selling by lowering his asking price.

As I said earlier, if you paid an average amount and bought an "average" Prelude today, you will spend more than £2000 (including the price of the car) to get it to the same standard of the car in this thread's OP. (Assuming the standard of work done to this car is as you would hope, and that you wouldn't know without asking or inspecting).

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:58 pm

I wrote this off in June 2011

The insurance company offered me £650, we 'bartered' and settled on £950.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:59 pm

newkid wrote:Retail: £610

The valuations quoted are prices you should aim to pay for a used car, not the advertised price. You should adjust your valuation to allow for extras that were not standard specification.

Sell your car now

Private Good: £430
Private Average: £300
Private Poor: £170
Part Exchange: £360
Trade: £302

Thats the prices insurance will pay out on a 95, fair enough its a standard uk version but gives an idea, pennies if ts crashed into.

Sorry mate, I'm a Prelude enthusiast, so that's just nonsense to me

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:01 pm

bb1boy wrote:I wrote this off in June 2011

The insurance company offered me £650, we 'bartered' and settled on £950.

And that's why car insurance is a joke. I'm not going to let it ruin my fun though

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:02 pm

newkid wrote:Retail: £610

The valuations quoted are prices you should aim to pay for a used car, not the advertised price. You should adjust your valuation to allow for extras that were not standard specification.

Sell your car now

Private Good: £430
Private Average: £300
Private Poor: £170
Part Exchange: £360
Trade: £302

Thats the prices insurance will pay out on a 95, fair enough its a standard uk version but gives an idea, pennies if ts crashed into.

They'll pay out at least 3k on my '94. You see my point here?/how this goes round and round?

I live in a world of perceived value - my artwork has roughly doubled in the last 5 years, due to popularity and demand. It is now way over the material costs alone so it is down to perceived value - Is my oil on canvas portrait painting worth 2k? To people that dont want/like it, no of course not, but it is to the person that likes/wants it. They actually give it that value by buying it, so as I say, in that aspect you are all 'right'.

Post by **rob quilter** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:05 pm

Calm down people