Hi Guy's
I have been trading a few cars over the last few years, i subscribe to Cap/Glasses and have not gone far wrong to making an honest living. Now i have decided i would like my first Porsche, funds only allow 996 and have my eye on the C4S Cab. I am completely at a loss for pricing though.... for instance i've missed 3 in 3 months over pricing in that the cap guide would say a 996 C4S Cab 04 75k in black, clean is £15450 trade, £19450 retail, so i would assume somewhere around £17k to be a clean/nice private sale.
Firstly i would take retail to be tip top with ppi, 12mths mot with a full service and warranted for x number of months, then a private sale to be as is, sold as seen, at buyers peril and finally trade to be +/- the clean guide price.
Am i going mad or is it as i have seen private sale cars selling for big money that have just not been maintained, like the above example car's selling for £20-£21k. My question is are the guide books that far out?
Obviously if it is as it seems i need to save some more pennies...
When talking with the owners the common answer i get is that they got they're pricing from ebay and that's what they're fetching! even though some have oil leaks, due a service, scored discs and reluctance to allow ppi.... the list goes on lol.
I don't even mind a car lacking in service / maintenance as long as its reflected in the price. What would be your thoughts the guide book's are closer to reality, keep looking or its a sellers market shut up and put up? From what i can see 993's are an appreciating asset 996 and 997 are very much depreciating assets, again should i shut up and keep looking?
I really like the C4S Cab and would like a an 04 65k -75k what sort of price would you guy's estimate for a clean example?
Thanks
J
I have been trading a few cars over the last few years, i subscribe to Cap/Glasses and have not gone far wrong to making an honest living. Now i have decided i would like my first Porsche, funds only allow 996 and have my eye on the C4S Cab. I am completely at a loss for pricing though.... for instance i've missed 3 in 3 months over pricing in that the cap guide would say a 996 C4S Cab 04 75k in black, clean is £15450 trade, £19450 retail, so i would assume somewhere around £17k to be a clean/nice private sale.
Firstly i would take retail to be tip top with ppi, 12mths mot with a full service and warranted for x number of months, then a private sale to be as is, sold as seen, at buyers peril and finally trade to be +/- the clean guide price.
Am i going mad or is it as i have seen private sale cars selling for big money that have just not been maintained, like the above example car's selling for £20-£21k. My question is are the guide books that far out?
Obviously if it is as it seems i need to save some more pennies...
When talking with the owners the common answer i get is that they got they're pricing from ebay and that's what they're fetching! even though some have oil leaks, due a service, scored discs and reluctance to allow ppi.... the list goes on lol.
I don't even mind a car lacking in service / maintenance as long as its reflected in the price. What would be your thoughts the guide book's are closer to reality, keep looking or its a sellers market shut up and put up? From what i can see 993's are an appreciating asset 996 and 997 are very much depreciating assets, again should i shut up and keep looking?
I really like the C4S Cab and would like a an 04 65k -75k what sort of price would you guy's estimate for a clean example?
Thanks
J