My Evora needs a new home (now re-homed!)

[campbell]

New Year, New Broom.

Regulars will know our lovely Persian Blue 2010 NA was a 1 year "live the dream" project. In Feb 2015.

So, erm, nearly TWO years in, and with much sadness, it really has to go!

I'll refresh the Classifieds ad soon (the original one is still there if of interest) but meantime, please put the word out to fellow Petrolheads. A small commission may be available if you help me avoid the clutches of The Trade



PS - apologies Mods, for shameless self-promotion but the missus is losing her patience.

[Super7]

Why has private selling become so difficult lately?
As a buyer I'd want to save at least 10% on a private purchase, as a seller, I'd take the best genuine cash offer above trade.

[renmure]

I know that you put a lot of thought into the buying and owning process before getting your car and I guess gave some thought to the selling side of it.

I haven't really kept abreast of 2nd hand Evora prices but I do see a lot more Evora's on the road these days and they almost always get a positive recommendation on PH (thread running at the moment where someone was asking about a getting a Cayman S or an Audi R8 and there is a lot of support for an Evora so they are obviously in good company)

Your car seems to offer an awful lot of car for the money but has been for sale for a while so is it a case of less folk looking to buy privately than you expected or are Dealer prices dropping to near private sale levels or... ?

No criticism of your car. It looks ace, I just get surprised when I see it is still for sale

[c8rkh]

In that colour and with that spec I'm totally surprised it has not sold at that price to be honest. Not sure why in general stuff not selling, can only guess less people with the hard cash and so want finance deals etc. Other than that, no idea...

Have passed your ad on to t a TLF'er who is looking Campbell.

[tut]

Why don't you leave it on SELOC Campbell, it is free advertising and you can just leave it running.

Different kettle of fish, but that is what I do with spares and they have always sold. The last four MMC discs went for £800.

tut

[campbell]

Jim - Yes and yes.
I especially think I overlooked the mindset of a future buyer willing to hand over the thick end of £30k in a private sale for a (relatively) complex Lotus!

Yep it will be back on SELOC when the January Blues lift a bit.

Ta for passing onto a TLF'er too. I'll be a bit more active over there as I think that may well be a bigger catchment than me ol hearties here on SE, lol

[kerryxeg]

I think selling a £30k car privately is a challenge. The inter web has it's positives and negatives. Everyone can now do their own research, finding all the scam, mechanical issues etc which increases buyer concerns in general even if there is no validity in a specific case. Conversely a trader can offer warranty, finance, and perhaps most important a relative confidence that the car being bought is not some form of lemon or the sale some form of scam. That doesn't mean that there will not be a buyer out there, but it probably does reduce the potential buyer population down to a handful of well informed individuals rather than anyone considering a cayman for example .

I'm not up on the evora market, but my philosophy is to set a price which will be attractive against a trade price, get some interest, hopefully a bit of competition and get the deal done quickly. Cars sticking around for sale do put people off, even if there is no valid reason.

I have just placed my old motorhome with a dealer who is selling it on a brokerage basis - I set a price I'll sell it for and he will keep anything he can get above that figure. He will service it first, advertise it and offer a 12 month warranty. The upside for them is it's stock at no cost, they might make a bit on extras and finance and should make some cash on the sale. From my perspective, its now SORN'd, it's under their insurance, it's not on my drive, and I should get a bit more than a private sale. The other important thought is that they are in the lake district - motorhome central and more likely to get some interest at this time of year.

So just a thought, but maybe a brokerage option located down south might be an alternative. I sold my S4 to TH Boler in Oxfordshire, I know they are reputable and offer brokerage - maybe worth investigating.

As my Grandfather always said, all you need is one buyer.

[mwmackenzie]

So just a thought, but maybe a brokerage option located down south might be an alternative. I sold my S4 to TH Boler in Oxfordshire, I know they are reputable and offer brokerage - maybe worth investigating.

Is George MacKay on Colinton Rd in Edinburgh not a broker, Might be worth a call?

[c8rkh]

You can buy a 3, 6, or even 12 month warranty off the shelf these days, even same ones like dealers like MMC offer on their used cars. As for finance, most banks over loans up to £25k, think it was the TSB that has now gone much higher and companies like Oracle car finance are always keen to do a deal, often better rates than the dealers will give you. Might be worth lining a few options up for a prospective owner...

In the end though, buyers can be lazy and then whinge about the dealer markups. People eh, world would be a better place without them...

[campbell]

Good insights guys.

Might get SoR going somewhere.

[renmure]

If it is of any further insight (different car, different market perhaps but hey ho...)

I was recently thinking about moving on from my Boxster Spyder to get an Audi.

Private sale would be circa £45k but a limited market for a fairly niche car.
I had 2 offers for a straight purchase into stock from specialists down south at £42k and £42.5k.
Each said they would retail it at £47.5 and £48k
Each also offered a SOR returning me £44k or £45k presumably at the above retail prices.

I thought all of that was fairly reasonable and pretty much in the ballpark I was expecting.

The irony was that there was an Audi I was interested in at a specialist dealer and, armed with the above, I sort of guessed we would arrive at a deal based somewhere roughly around these numbers. They offered me £33k as a p/x and no amount of me saying, "you cannot be serious" could make them rethink... by which time we were getting closer to Christmas and a surprise Christmas pressie was becoming less likely and the thought faded away.

[campbell]

Fascinating.

Wonder if impacted by the fact that each was specialist in their own marque, and thus the Audi dealer would be unlikely to retail the Spyder themselves?

I received some entertaining numbers from one dealer we spoke to last week. The lower end of which would have offered their lucky trader nearly 100% markup. Lol.

[C7Steve]

What's the cheekiest offer you've had Campbell?

Steve.

[campbell]

£16k

[C7Steve]

£16k

Steve.