Scoobys must be selling like hot cakes
06 January 2003, 12:44 AM
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After 3 years of happy motoring I decided to sell my scooby and put it in the Autotrader. For the first 6 weeks on-line I received one phone call.
For the second 6 weeks on-line having lowered the price slightly from £10k to £8.5k (still two weeks remaining) I have received no less than 40 (forty) phone calls.
It was a Terzo reasonably priced for the milage.
Has anyone experienced a change in market conditions as I could have probably got a lot more for it.
PS No more phone calls please!
For the second 6 weeks on-line having lowered the price slightly from £10k to £8.5k (still two weeks remaining) I have received no less than 40 (forty) phone calls.
It was a Terzo reasonably priced for the milage.
Has anyone experienced a change in market conditions as I could have probably got a lot more for it.
PS No more phone calls please!
06 January 2003, 12:58 AM
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Was it this one?..............
1998 SUBARU IMPREZA Turbo 2000 Terzo 4WD 4dr Saloon
1998 Special Edition No 96 / 333, FSSH, AC, CD changer, cat 1 alarm, original condition with brake upgrade at last service.
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1998 SUBARU IMPREZA Turbo 2000 Terzo 4WD 4dr Saloon
1998 Special Edition No 96 / 333, FSSH, AC, CD changer, cat 1 alarm, original condition with brake upgrade at last service.
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06 January 2003, 01:02 AM
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People are still out there looking for cars, the problem is the 2nd-hand prices have taken a hit.
I found the same a few years back trying to sell my VW Golf GTI. Pristine condition, 6 years old and only 35,000 miles. Parkers had it listed at £6995 for A1 condition. Mine was like new inside and out, with no pain work defects (other than a few stone chips; VW paint is a lot tougher then my Scoobies
) so I advertised it at £6500. A couple of months pass with only a couple of calls.
I then got talking to a bloke in a pub who worked as a trader. He'd seen my car and said it wouldn't sell unless I'm really lucky with a punter who doesn't know any better or I reduce the price ti what the markets demanded.
Drop the price, got about a dozen calls over a weekend and sold her for £5250
Scoobs are still selling, but people won't get the money they think it's worth with the current state of the market.
Stefan
I found the same a few years back trying to sell my VW Golf GTI. Pristine condition, 6 years old and only 35,000 miles. Parkers had it listed at £6995 for A1 condition. Mine was like new inside and out, with no pain work defects (other than a few stone chips; VW paint is a lot tougher then my Scoobies
) so I advertised it at £6500. A couple of months pass with only a couple of calls.I then got talking to a bloke in a pub who worked as a trader. He'd seen my car and said it wouldn't sell unless I'm really lucky with a punter who doesn't know any better or I reduce the price ti what the markets demanded.
Drop the price, got about a dozen calls over a weekend and sold her for £5250
Scoobs are still selling, but people won't get the money they think it's worth with the current state of the market.
Stefan
06 January 2003, 01:16 AM
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It was the one with the brake upgrade (courtesy of TSL). 
It must be that the drop in price had a big affect on the amount of interest in the car then. One guy actually asked me if I could 'magic-up a similar car'.
It must be that the drop in price had a big affect on the amount of interest in the car then. One guy actually asked me if I could 'magic-up a similar car'.
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