Secondhand car price crash? (Vol. 2)

Secondhand car price crash? (Vol. 2)

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Niguy

162 posts

29 months

Thursday 27th June
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crged975jx7o

Not good for the erosion of our spending power

Hopefully great news for used car prices, with PCPs coming to an end and an increase in supply.

Frimley111R

15,742 posts

237 months

Thursday 27th June
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Niguy said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crged975jx7o

Not good for the erosion of our spending power

Hopefully great news for used car prices, with PCPs coming to an end and an increase in supply.
It's an ongoing thing though. A friend fixed his 5yrs mortgage just before the rates shot up so he's still got a couple of years to go before he's hit with a big rise. In between this you'll have all the other households slowly coming off their fixed rates.

Kerniki

2,028 posts

24 months

Wednesday
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Any dealers got some insight on pricing for a ‘23’ DBS Volante (blue) 7k miles

Wbac £143k, car advertised at £190k

been dropped £35k over last 6 months, thinking of going in at 180?

Hard end of the market for them currently?

ChocolateFrog

26,472 posts

176 months

Wednesday
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Surely if its advertised at 190 and you offer 180 they'd bite your hand off?

Sound like the kind of car that would lose that just sitting in a showroom for a few months.

ChocolateFrog

26,472 posts

176 months

Wednesday
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Auto810graphy said:
Rayny said:
Ad is from October 2023, and the price has dropped by more than £2K - I also find it amusing that so many companies still have Covid explanations ...
It was an additional setting within the Autotrader dealer portal that autofills the bottom of the advert along with another “about the dealership” that gives the standard info on the dealership. Knowing Autotrader it’s in an obscure menu so some have forgotten to remove it.
The kind of little details that would make me go no further than a click on the advert.

If they're too lazy to keep on top of that sort of stuff then they'll be too lazy to keep on top of other little details.

av185

18,747 posts

130 months

Wednesday
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Kerniki said:
Any dealers got some insight on pricing for a ‘23’ DBS Volante (blue) 7k miles

Wbac £143k, car advertised at £190k

been dropped £35k over last 6 months, thinking of going in at 180?

Hard end of the market for them currently?
Scary car depreciation wise.

Leave it towards the end of the third quarter this year they will be desperate end Sept into Autumn. Assuming it doesn't sell of course.

As ever it depends how much you really want that particular car and risk level missing it if you wait for further price drops.


e-honda

9,062 posts

149 months

Wednesday
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ChocolateFrog said:
The kind of little details that would make me go no further than a click on the advert.

If they're too lazy to keep on top of that sort of stuff then they'll be too lazy to keep on top of other little details.
It doesn't make them lazy, some people are button pushers when it comes to computers, when things change they have no idea.
Doesn't mean they can't be great at sourcing cars.

Deep Thought

36,130 posts

200 months

Wednesday
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e-honda said:
ChocolateFrog said:
The kind of little details that would make me go no further than a click on the advert.

If they're too lazy to keep on top of that sort of stuff then they'll be too lazy to keep on top of other little details.
It doesn't make them lazy, some people are button pushers when it comes to computers, when things change they have no idea.
Doesn't mean they can't be great at sourcing cars.
+1


ACCYSTAN

900 posts

124 months

Yesterday (05:37)
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My view from doing the delivery rounds is the market remains in a steady state.

Everyone complains from large dealership chains to one man Indis but all seem to be getting enough footfall and sales to keep the lights on.

One thing I have noticed at a few main dealers, a chunk of cars randomly registered (24 plates) and just sat in storage areas not moving.

Larger Van prices seem to be softening, especially the larger full size transit size vans.

New Ford transit custom is selling well, mid size van market seems to be where the demand is strongest.

Still high demand for anything in decent condition under £5k. Some of the older stock at the small Indis is better prepared than the. 3 or 4 year old stock at the main dealers, some dont seem to put any effort in prepping the forecourt cars.




Kerniki

2,028 posts

24 months

Yesterday (06:47)
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av185 said:
Kerniki said:
Any dealers got some insight on pricing for a ‘23’ DBS Volante (blue) 7k miles

Wbac £143k, car advertised at £190k

been dropped £35k over last 6 months, thinking of going in at 180?

Hard end of the market for them currently?
Scary car depreciation wise.

Leave it towards the end of the third quarter this year they will be desperate end Sept into Autumn. Assuming it doesn't sell of course.

As ever it depends how much you really want that particular car and risk level missing it if you wait for further price drops.
Agreed, thanks.. we’re not ready till autumn anyway tbh and normally leave cab buying till then anyway as summer is too hot where we are, apart from evenings and we already have a couple..

Been watching them and the Cielo for a while and the Cielo is getting hot even harder, i think the 150 -160 mark is the sweet spot, hopefully sept will see them both hit this mark, should do at their current rate of decline.

AlexNJ89

2,577 posts

82 months

Yesterday (08:24)
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As it's looking likely we'll see a Labour government, I wonder if there'll be a bounce in consumer confidence after the election.

av185

18,747 posts

130 months

Yesterday (10:10)
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Quality but non Franchise retailed lightly used Emiras taking a battering especially following 0% finance offer from Lotus on new purchases.

6 month old 73 plate 600 miler in the best colour and spec at £26k under list ££.

Great value. The first flipped cars sold for £105k btw.