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.. .. because i think, its better value for money than any import because of the extras and being cheaper to insure... and hopefully somebody who is after a decent mr2 thats cheap to insure will go for mine..
no chance unless you find some idiot that's been let out for the weekend. And what extras are you referring to?Joey wrote:6k for a 97 uk car
'desperate' prices to pay debt etc. that are bringing the mr2 resale down. It's shocking.. .. its more or less been totaly reconditioned, . no rips or tears or any marks whatsoever on the leather... engine is polished..... or any import for that matter.. blood sweat and tears have gone into that! i have owned it 3 years... 1st year working 12 hours a day 7 days a week just for the privalage of owning such a mint example of a uk car..... for 1.5grand your getting a lot of car for your money with a rev1-2... couldnt they be going for double??? and even with mk3s going for 6k up we could get more for the mk2... there the better looking car after all.... Meaning that all the traders would pay for was rotten garbage... all the crap ones need to be burnt then! the mr2 challenge has been good for that model i think, and with ten of the best, that will be another good thing!- of the car, and of owners. We're not going to get a cartel to "price fix" MR2s, and you are really overvaluing what you see as the benefits on your car. I paid less than half that for an R-reg (yours is a P) in good honest condition, no respray (maybe some stonechips, but looks good and will polish up nicely), excellent leather, only 1,000 miles more, nearly full history, and I know what it needs mechanically (radiator). But looking at other sale prices, not TOO much of a bargain - I reckon a cambelt change, radiator, full service and a good polish would let me "ask" £4000ish, and expect £3,500 at the most, and would cost me as much as the difference if not more."extras" - folding mirrors, steerable foglights, A/C - and leather can be rectified (leather is nothing to shout about on a UK Rev 4, either). And insurance is pretty much the same for either - Turbo owners pay more because it's a Turbo, not because it's an import. Our imported Eunos Roadster even got cover on a UK classic car policy! Finally, imports haven't spend the past decade to 18 years in salty, car destroying Britain - a fresh good import should offer a totally mint shell and components underneath.- stick to the price. It's going to make other MR2s look like good value in comparison. But if you want to sell, I don't think you can expect everyone to up their prices - FWIW, SW20s seem to be holding their value very well; good Rev 4/5 cars are still hanging around the £5K mark from dealers and I'm seeing the newer Mk 3 for less money!£5K, 1992 Turbo (model not offered in UK, and probably containing thousands of pounds worth of worthwhile modifications) to a standard UK N/A isn't even really relevant. Look at other UK Rev. 4s offered.welsh_mr2_kroozer wrote:im not about to give the car away.
we should be asking a lot more.
'97 n/a is NOTHING like 6k - if you get 3 for it, count yourself lucky. The fact that its had loads of work done do it will in many cases, put a lot of people off. They're old cars now, they dont command high prices anymore. And mk2's don't really rust...welsh_mr2_kroozer wrote:full re-spray coz the car is 10 years old and was showing its age, new dampers, springs, 4 new brake calipers, brake lines, brand new 17" rota alloy wheels, brand new alternator, clutch, clutch lines and slave cylinder, custom exhaust, brand new radiator, completely standard interior.
(my Delica is 12 years old, hardly needs a respray), replaced some wear & tear items, and the only actual improvement is a set of alloys...- having stuck brake calipers, squealing or faulty alternator, or a worn radiator, or a slipping clutch, or leaking hydraulics, or blowing exhaust, or knackered suspension (most aftermarket kits are cheaper than the genuine article despite improvments) are reasons to knock the asking price down and if you bought a car with those faults from a dealer they'd be obliged to put them right if they weren't declared correctly.£3,000 more value...... we ask the customer to place a value of his or her car based on the price they beleive the car is worth if sold to a like-minded enthusiast or how much the customer would be willing to buy the car for themself. Unfortunately not everyone follows/understands this. I've had a few recently, one in particular where the customer had added the purchase price of the car with the amount he had spent on modifications and put that down as his proposed agreed value.. this was £11k and the car was a 1994 Gt4... 
£15k.. we dont get any arguements from Supra owners..... do I value it at what I have spent? NO, I value it at maybe £1k more than I paid for it.. because in reality, that IS what it is worth. Not when you think of the other cars 6k will buy you! I put nigh on £9k into my NA including the car, and as most people who have seen it will say it was pretty tidy! And yet I still made a £7000 loss on that car...."how do you pay for it".£6,000 car - even if they have the cash, they might want to hang onto it. And who is going to want a debt tied onto a decade old car when similar examples of that car are selling for pocket money figures?'97 is going to be like a 94 now with an extra 30,000 miles typically, by the time a 3 year finance deal is up. It's not a valuable car. Finance on it would be daft. And no secured finance company would consider that value.......which i think is fair.... 
..if people do there homework, then theyll sure knock it down to 4k, or might not even bother.....only people who will appreicaite true value are enthusiasts....£3k. Spend £10k on it. When you sell it you'll get, mmm, maybe £4k-£5k for it, if you're lucky. Customising cars has been a great way to lose money for the last 50 years. Not to produce something you can sell on and get all your money back.£6k.£6k when they can have something newer, safer and faster.£25K sportscar can now be picked up for a couple of grand.£2,200 and I KNEW I was paying over the odds, even though it was a mint n/a with only 45k on the clock. Alas, living in the middle of nowhere means I'd have spend 3 or 4 hundred quid visiting cars for sale so it was worth paying the £2.2k for a car on my doorstep.£3k. For £6k you'd have to drag me away from an E46 3 series BMW.£25K, £18,995 new...£18,995 new in what, 1991. AND 1999. And the replacement was about the same price despite having more tech. That makes it a £75K car now, easily. What does £75K get you - top end BMW 6-series? Porsche Cayman with some decent kit, or a basic 911?£2,400 in 1980. And it was a CHEAP car, a basic, small entry level car, not something clever... And that's why a decade old MR2 will really never have any sensible value. People can afford much better cars for the same sort of "outlay" in real terms.RichardK wrote:Wasn't even
But it does illustrate a big failing in car prices in the UK.
It was
The last of the UK T-Bars sold for between 23 & 24k.£14K, but when I specced up one I'd like it was £25K.- how much was the T-bar over the hardtop in 1991?"normal" 2nd hand cars, just like a R32 Skyline is not a Normal 2nd hand car - specialest market , just like the mr2RichardK wrote:And the list price of a Nissan Qashqai is
Used prices rarely reflect the differences in sale price of the new car variants
One of those WhatCar books will give you the definative answer.