Argue with me on prices..

[M@H]

..or agree

I'm trying to help a friend out in Pricing an S2 for private sale and have come up with the following, does it sound reasonable to you guys:

...Your car is a tricky one really.. The thing is, regardless of your specific car (unless its astounding), an S2 is not going to fetch the same amounts as the later S3's, and if you look at the S Series cars for sale on PH they consist of:

S3/S3C: £7900 £8300 £7500 £8500 £7500 £7500 £7500 £6250

S2: £7950 (Adrian Blyth) £5200 £5200 £5200 £6250 £6250 £6000(s1.5)

S1: £6795 (Bavid Batty) £5250 £4500

Then if we consider that these prices are basically for cars that are all described as "perfect" with XY and Z making them even better, and start doing some rounding and add some assumptions I'd say that a rule of thumb for S prices would be something like this:

S3/S3C £7000 - £8000 for a good example

S2 £5500 - £6500 for a good example

S1 £4500 - £5500 for a good example

Now of course there are cars that fall outside this scale as they are either a) astoundingly good, or b) less than perfect ;-) and that's why there are gaps in my scale, also consider that a "good example" can be perfect in some areas and not so good in others.

Many thanks all.
Cheers
Matt.

[Podie]

Alright, put the boot on the other foot.

I have the cash in my pocket to buy an S series car, so what would I pay?

I'd go with the scal in Matt's post;

S3/S3C £7000 - £8000 for a good example

S2 £5500 - £6500 for a good example

S1 £4500 - £5500 for a good example

These seem to be sensible prices, but in each case it's down to the individual car. If it needs new tyres or some work doing, then I'd pay less...

[M@H]

Hence the caveat at the end

Cheers
Matt.

[Podie]

M@H said: Hence the caveat at the end

Cheers
Matt.

- alright, alright... I just thought that "I agree with M@H" was a bit boring...!

[andyf007]

Argue with you?

Unlikely, as I'm a buyer.

You appear to be the ideal car salesman.

Andy

[Jonzo]

I'd go along with those prices, they pretty much reflect what i was seeing in my search for one. I ended up paying £6500 for my S2, but it was pretty fine, though not perfect, and had a good TVR plate with it.

[M@H]

andyf007 said: Argue with you?

Unlikely, as I'm a buyer.

You appear to be the ideal car salesman.

Andy

You might think they're too high then

[pete_w]

....I paid £4800 for my S2....only trouble is you can't seem to shift them at that price