TimNeill Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Regretably, I am considering selling my excellent condition Roadsport with engine upgrade to Supersport. My fifth Caterham in 30 years, they always seem to go in the end ... Before advertising it, I'd be grateful for your candid comments on a price that will sell, given the 70+ cars for sale on Pistonheads which I've looked at. The spec is: Built 2002, 02 registration 28,000 miles two owners VW Cliff green (slightly lighter than Kawasaki green) Black pack 1.6 K series, 5 speed - Supersport ECU - Piper 270H cams with Vernier pulleys - 52mm throttle bodies - Apollo oil tank 4 -2-1 exhaust with cat and non-cat pipe Battery master switch FIA roll bar Full Caterham weather gear ‘Soft Bits for Sevens’ extras: - Retro Half Hood, with carry bag - Tonneau cover with shaped headrest cut-outs - Tunnel Bag - Re-Bag for touring Caterham 4 point belts Q/R Momo wheel Yokohamo A021 tyres (2 new) Breathable Car cover Taxed & 11 months MOT Excellent condition £XXXX Many thanks, Tim Edited by - timneill on 13 Jun 2011 16:12:42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dignity Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 What year is it Tim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimNeill Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Doh! Sorry, 2002, 02 reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Step away from the car !! Don't do it Tim ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miura Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi Tim, depends how fast you want to sell. I sold my car last month. I priced it keenly (i.e. realistically) it went to a good home in 48hrs. I know I could have gotten more for it with more patience but there are so many scammers, timewasters and relatively few genuine buyers that I could not contemplate the hassle So my humble advice would be: if you want to sell quickly put it up for £11,750 and sell accessories separately (first refusal to buyer) I have also watched pistonheads for months and I came to this conclusion : overpriced cars DO NOT sell. In my humble opinion, there is no point putting it up for £15K you won't get a call ... I also noticed that anything over 13.5K except obviously genuine superlight , R300 etc ...seems hard to shift. Anything K-series below £10K sells very quickly : you car sound far too nicely specced to fall below that threshold hope this helps Edited by - Miura on 13 Jun 2011 17:12:02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimNeill Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Mmmm - many thanks for that. It was the sort of figure I had in mind and having had a Seven up for sale 10 years ago for months and months, I really don't want that heartache. You reckon £11,750 without all the Soft Bits items? That does make sense, since their products are very popular, especially at this time of year. The Re-bag has been used just once, as has the half hood. The others are in excellent condition. Edited by - TimNeill on 13 Jun 2011 17:10:41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miura Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 yes Tim exactly, if you advertise the car with the bits the buyer will want them for free. My advice is sell the car, offer buyer the accessories at market rate, if he/she doesn't want them, Blatchat is the place to advertise Ironically, it took me longer and much more efforts to sell £1K wort of parts than £12.5 K worth of car 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Seems like a very nice spec and an unusual colour. If you get a good ad and some nice pics, I would be tempted to put it up at £13k and see what happens. You can always go down, but you can't go up 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dignity Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I thought Miura's car was a little underpriced and I also think that prices have moved upwards a bit since he sold his. I would go for £12,500 if it was me but, as Drifter says, some good photo's showing off the colour needed. Dignity Edited for spelling Edited by - Dignity on 13 Jun 2011 18:53:40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Moxon Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi I've recently sold mine, albeit a VX 1800 classic, viper blue with silver stripe. I'd researched what I thought was a sensible price to ask and worked out from that what I'd be happy to let it go for (based on the assumption that any potential buyer likes to negotiate. When i got the figures in my head I emailed Caterham, Millwood, UK Sports Cars & Woodcote with details of the car just to sound them out. I was very honest in my details so mentioned any flaws (missing poppers, I had a "need one today to get me home tyre as the spare). Without wishing to go into details 2 came back with clearly a trade price, the other 2 asked me roughly what I was looking for. As seven prices vary greatly (a local prestige marques specialist has a 94 crossflow up at £12k) I just said I'd seen the wide variation so felt it was in a price band not too far below my minimum and also not wildly above. They both came back with an offer which was as exactly what I was hoping to get. The one I sold to came up with trailer, bankers draft and I waved goodbye. Simple, smooth, no tyre kickers or canvassers and no hassle. Having now watched the website for a month it has never appeared so I'm pretty confident they had someone in mind which gave them a quick turnround. At the end of the day a quick 4 or 5 emails will cost you nothing apart from time and if it fits the bill with a potential customer they have then you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumster Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Oh no, not selling again Tim ☹️ Don't do it you know it makes sense...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miura Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Martin, interesting feedback, i have to confess i did not even try selling to the trade as I thought they would offer too little money. Glad for you and useful advice to those looking to sell theirs with minimum hassle. Tim, obviously I hope for you that you get £12.5K rather than £11.5K ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimNeill Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Many thanks for your comments and advice - they are very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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