Thought that would attract you...I have been trying to sell a 98Y Turbo at £2000 below book price for the past 2 months, adverts in all the obvious places and guess what, not one call...what am I doing wrong?? any suggestions or explanations? (to those of you who has just taken delivery of a P1...my thoughts are with you!)

What's the book price on it?

My second hand Impreza MY98(S) was worth £16,000 this I got from my dealer. He put it on his forecourt and sold it the same day. I did not see it on his forecourt or know what price he sold it for. It went so quick. Well it was a quick car. http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/smile.gif

I tried to sell my 98 S (9,000 miles) earlier in the year. It sat at the local dealer for a month. I wanted £17,000 for it, only got one serious punter, he offered £15,500.

After this month of madness I decided to keep the car. What was I thinking!

David.

Sorry, more to add!

Book price then was £17,800, so I was aiming for nearly a grand under. I hate to think what it is now, probably circa £14,000 no doubt!

11-12 k is more like it these days. The market is flooded, flat and there`s a new model on the way.
Furthermore, there are more competitors in the market now with more up to date and attractive cars.

I sold my MY99, DBM car with 17" ST2s and Prodrive backbox in March for £17000. It had 13000 miles on it.

I checked out the glasses guide web page and it is telling me that my old car is now worth £15750.

Has dropped a lot in a few months.

Regards
IanF

Sold my STi V2 in a week, put it onto the IWOC or importingimprezas forum on the egroups website. And I never lost a bean on it.

mail me offline for details if you want.

Hi,

I live in Holland and tried to sell my Impreza. A year old, (still managed to drive 70000km!) It had the nice 17" Titanium-look Legacy B4-wheels, PPP+downpipe, Bilstein/Eibach suspension. Put several adds in large magazine's and newspapers. No one called. Not one person. Sold it to my dealer with 'quit some' loss.

Market is flooded and fuel-prices too high I think.

Gr.

Patrick

Keep the scoob!!! If those MY01 pictures are even slightly accurate then the current design will become more sought after. Hide it away in a garage for 20 years keeping it in mint condition and bring it out in 2020. You'll make a mint!!

Stolly,
You're not a saddo concourse person are you? Performance cars are supposed to be driven, not locked away.... http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/biggrin.gif http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/wink.gif
LOL
Mike
PS. D'oh! What a mistake, there's me admitting in public that I think the Scooby is a performance car....

solution. call me old fashioned but don't sell your scoob. pay it off and keep it. when all's said and done (and that's a lot), it's just a car - but practical enough for everything, looks good and great fun.

and if the 01 images are reliable, the new one looks, well, not a patch on the current model.

I bought my UK 96N wagon two years ago for £16K. The original owner paid £20.5K.

Depreciation of only 4.5k over three years!

I was happy to pay that as I knew the Scooby would still hold its value. Unfortunately the imports have killed off the rock solid residual values. Why pay £2K+ more for a UK car? Indepedenent warranties aren't that bad these days. I don't even look at what my cars worth any more.

Still loads of people asking 13 to 14K+ for R-reg <u>un-modified</u> <u>UK</u> cars in Yorkshire, only high milers seem available for less.

Wait until later this year - the new car won't have a reputation yet (and maybe is pretty ugly!), the supply of current models will be drying up, and everyone will want AWD for winter. I think prices will stabilise then.

Steve

PS Whatever happens, still lower losses than a "normal" car, don't get greedy!

The second hand market for all cars dropped. People now know UK buyers are being ripped off and the same car is availble abroad for ~20% less. Why would someone pay £16k for a 2 year old car when they know of people who have payed the same for a new one. The new model will not really affect prices until prople see real pictures and decide if they like it or not. Cheap imports, fuel prices and recent Impreza like competition are whats killing demand.

I sold my MY99 T with 12k miles for £17k six weeks ago. Bloody glad I did as well although I am missing it greatly. The only model I can see holding its value is the 22B. Everyone knows these will be great colloectors items, so long as they are not too heavily *******ised.

I was down at my dealers at the weekend ordering my MY01 and they have a Green Turbo on a T plate for £20,995. 2 Evo VI's for £29,995 both on a T. I do not no what kind of trade in value the owner got.