Car price..insult
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Car price..insult
We got a letter from Subaru UK the other week saying that we had been chosen 1 of 200 out of 6000 people who had been to a local Subaru dealer with the last year so come and have a price on our car above what we'd normally be given...
Cut a long story short, went in had a chat, they looked over our car Scooby turbo in Blue MY99 78k on the clock FSH, went over it with a fine tooth combe came back and said he couldn't find a mark on it and it was a great car.....
so what did he offer us ?....£2k but as we had this letter from Subaru UK he'd give us £3k for it....i told him i'd sooner take a sledge hammer to the car than give it up for that price !
Still wanted us to pay full retails for a new or second hand car though....not my way of doing business ! the cars worth more to me that £2k or £3k.
They can't be that hard up for car sales !
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Cut a long story short, went in had a chat, they looked over our car Scooby turbo in Blue MY99 78k on the clock FSH, went over it with a fine tooth combe came back and said he couldn't find a mark on it and it was a great car.....
so what did he offer us ?....£2k but as we had this letter from Subaru UK he'd give us £3k for it....i told him i'd sooner take a sledge hammer to the car than give it up for that price !
Still wanted us to pay full retails for a new or second hand car though....not my way of doing business ! the cars worth more to me that £2k or £3k.
They can't be that hard up for car sales !
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"We got a letter from Subaru UK the other week saying that we had been chosen 1 of 200" - Translation; "We're desperate for sales, please come and look at a new car".
"said he couldn't find a mark on it and it was a great car" - Translation; "I will massage your ego, we're desperate for sales".
I may be being a bit harsh and I'm sure that your car is a lovely example, but it's just a marketting exercise and should be viewed as such. Having said that, if you ever do want to sell your car privately, you can tell the prospective buyer that your Subaru dealer went over the car thoroughly and reported it to be a fine example. ;-)
"said he couldn't find a mark on it and it was a great car" - Translation; "I will massage your ego, we're desperate for sales".
I may be being a bit harsh and I'm sure that your car is a lovely example, but it's just a marketting exercise and should be viewed as such. Having said that, if you ever do want to sell your car privately, you can tell the prospective buyer that your Subaru dealer went over the car thoroughly and reported it to be a fine example. ;-)
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taking the pi55 they are.....
how much mark up do they want?????
plus the commision they get from financing !!!
if it looks too good to be true, it usually is!!!
keep your classic... they are better cars anyway
how much mark up do they want?????
plus the commision they get from financing !!!
if it looks too good to be true, it usually is!!!
keep your classic... they are better cars anyway
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Different car, but.... I looked at a Forester at a main subaru dealer, wanted to trade the Volvo V70R in. This was a 39k car new, on a T 99, every option,new MOT, blah blah, they said, 'it's only worth £500 to us as we will just sell it to the trade, i'll give you £1000 and thats us loosing £500' You what!!!!! I just laughed and walked away.
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£3k is more than fair for a my99, especially as a trade in.
See what offers you get trying to sell privately.
Friend of mine bought a my00 for £1800 just a little while back, they may be the last of the classics but they are 10years old now, or rather the my99s are.
See what offers you get trying to sell privately.
Friend of mine bought a my00 for £1800 just a little while back, they may be the last of the classics but they are 10years old now, or rather the my99s are.
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i have seen a few scoobys go at auctions rather cheap have u been to any auction halls over the last year the price fall is hitting all cars for small to top ov the range more so at the top end just be thankfull u dont own a range rover hse sport there losing thousands on em at the moment go to your local auction hall on a fleet sale day and id bet u will come away from the auction and wanna kiss the guy that offerd u 3 k on yer scooby thats not being harsh it reality ur cars allways going to be worth more to u than to a car dealer and if u sold it to him for 3 k id bet it be on his yard with a £4995 sticker on it.keep ur car till it dies and enjoy the lodsa fun for little mun lol
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I have no illusions that my MY00 Classic with One Owner is worth less than my 14 year old MX5 now ....... I'm looking at a loss of about £19,000 since new 9 years ago - that, alone, has cost me £176 a month - £41 a week - £6 a day ... just in lost value!
To me, while it is running sweet, it is worth far more than any amount of money I could realise from it ....... so, I will keep it.
To me, while it is running sweet, it is worth far more than any amount of money I could realise from it ....... so, I will keep it.
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You would be waiting a long time for it to sell then
Its worth about 2k, as its already been said (though i shall repeat it for you ) its not what you think its worth that counts, its what the market knows its worth.
And i picked up my 6 year younger MY99 V5 type R for 5k with 28k on the clock, work that out
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Its worth about 2k, as its already been said (though i shall repeat it for you ) its not what you think its worth that counts, its what the market knows its worth.
And i picked up my 6 year younger MY99 V5 type R for 5k with 28k on the clock, work that out
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You would be waiting a long time for it to sell then
Its worth about 2k, as its already been said (though i shall repeat it for you ) its not what you think its worth that counts, its what the market knows its worth.
And i picked up my 6 year younger MY99 V5 type R for 5k with 28k on the clock, work that out
Tony
Its worth about 2k, as its already been said (though i shall repeat it for you ) its not what you think its worth that counts, its what the market knows its worth.
And i picked up my 6 year younger MY99 V5 type R for 5k with 28k on the clock, work that out
Tony
Arnt the Type RA's worth more than the WRX's? there was one on auto trader the other week same reg as mine for £3995 prob not as nice as mine too
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Thats a shame if the base model for the very first Subaru Impreza Group N rally car isnt worth anything ...........but still not selling for less than 3k
Maybe in time it will be worth alot more to a collector of classic rally cars, there cant be that many 93 Type RA's about now
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