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Good read and states sports cars are seeing price increases anything's won't change until after Xmas 21 - great news all round
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Unless you are a car dealer, a bank, or selling to buy a cheaper car I don't see how this is good news?
The "feel good factor" means diddly unless you are selling and buying a pushbike, which are also rising in value due to the pandemic!
A real life example (mine):
I bought a car in April 2021 for £22,700. I have been offered £25,000 for the car today from the selling dealer. Great, I think.
The car I want to buy next is £27,000. In April this car would have been £24,500.
So I have made £2,300 but got to spend £2,500 more for the other car, so I am £200 out of pocket (on top of the extra initial cost).
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
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Mazda3 sold
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F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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I think car prices will remain high for sports cars but will fall for more normal metal which is a good thing and yes its only about the price to change.
I cane offered £1 for my car or £1m but just depends on the deal cost
I cane offered £1 for my car or £1m but just depends on the deal cost
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2011 23i M Sport Highline in Alpine White with Smart Top installed - Gone but not forgotten.
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We have just sold two cars for what we paid for them. Neither was brand new at purchase. One we sold to WBAC who gave £2000 more than any trade in deal we could get. The second was a BMW 330e which had been a lease car and I had only had it two weeks. The replacement is a 330e Touring MSport Pro Xdrive which was brand new but from existing stock and we got a discount of just over £5000. So I am very happy with the present situation.
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Indeed, yes. I have decided the Ford, although fun for a short while and ultimately practical, was not what I wanted. I am mid fifties!
I am in the process of buying a Merc E400 cab (I really wanted a V8 as you know but head over heart etc). Another compromise, but hopefully a better one. At least with the prices rising of all used cars, changing my mind every 5 minutes is easier to sell to the missus
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
- Argyll Andy
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Pondrew,
easier to sell to the missus
Is the money not still coming out of your pocket if you’re only selling to your Mrs?
easier to sell to the missus
Is the money not still coming out of your pocket if you’re only selling to your Mrs?
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that was Pondrew that made that comment?Argyll Andy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:46 pmIs the money not still coming out of your pocket if you’re only selling to your Mrs?
M4 Vert in Yas Marina Blue
2011 23i M Sport Highline in Alpine White with Smart Top installed - Gone but not forgotten.
2011 23i M Sport Highline in Alpine White with Smart Top installed - Gone but not forgotten.
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Feckin quoting system nearly as bad as your cutting and pastingOle gits rule wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:14 amthat was Pondrew that made that comment?Argyll Andy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:46 pmIs the money not still coming out of your pocket if you’re only selling to your Mrs?
G29 M40i Thundernight with Ivory interior, all option packs (here for a while, hopefully )
G29 M40i Misano Blue all option packs (Gone 26k of fun)
E89 35iS, Valencia Orange, Design Pure Traction pack (Gone)
E89 23i sDrive, Silver (Gone)
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Guy at the gym has one of those. Really nice interior and a good looking car.Pondrew wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:31 pm Indeed, yes. I have decided the Ford, although fun for a short while and ultimately practical, was not what I wanted. I am mid fifties!
I am in the process of buying a Merc E400 cab (I really wanted a V8 as you know but head over heart etc). Another compromise, but hopefully a better one. At least with the prices rising of all used cars, changing my mind every 5 minutes is easier to sell to the missus
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Nothing wrong with my cutting and pasting - I can wall paper as well as anyoneArgyll Andy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:25 amFeckin quoting system nearly as bad as your cutting and pastingOle gits rule wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:14 amthat was Pondrew that made that comment?Argyll Andy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:46 pm Is the money not still coming out of your pocket if you’re only selling to your Mrs?
M4 Vert in Yas Marina Blue
2011 23i M Sport Highline in Alpine White with Smart Top installed - Gone but not forgotten.
2011 23i M Sport Highline in Alpine White with Smart Top installed - Gone but not forgotten.
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Tax reasons Andrew. I can write the whole deal off against tax as a one-time gift to my spouse. Or, alternatively, issue her with a director's loan from the company to negate the need for any BIK...........yes I am making it up!Argyll Andy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:46 pm Is the money not still coming out of your pocket if you’re only selling to your Mrs?
I decide on a sabbatical for a couple of weeks and suddenly everybody's got a sense of humour; is it the heat??
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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That sentence could only be topped by "guy at my golf club has one of those".
Now I don't want one any more!
I went to a gym once; I was lost: looking for the Pub next door
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
- Argyll Andy
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I’m going to argue I’ve always had one of those
As for the rest of it, yes I knew it was p!sh but hey ho
G29 M40i Thundernight with Ivory interior, all option packs (here for a while, hopefully )
G29 M40i Misano Blue all option packs (Gone 26k of fun)
E89 35iS, Valencia Orange, Design Pure Traction pack (Gone)
E89 23i sDrive, Silver (Gone)