Why so many Aston Martin DBS's for sale with 5000 miles?
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Just noticed that there are a LOT of DBS's for sale with less than 5000 miles on the clock, some are 1500-2000 miles, not even run in!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?s=815
I am scratching my head trying to work out *why*
The only obvious conclusion is:-
1) Bought to sell at a profit, and wanted to hoon around a bit first, but can't really afford the car.
2) It was crap.
More of #1 ?
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?s=815
I am scratching my head trying to work out *why*
The only obvious conclusion is:-
1) Bought to sell at a profit, and wanted to hoon around a bit first, but can't really afford the car.
2) It was crap.
More of #1 ?
Some people who buy these cars want the latest thing and get bored very quickly, there was a thread on here about the AMV8 the other day which appears to appeal to the same clientele.
Now AM are a standalone company it would be interesting to see how many are 'ex-management' cars, its always a good way for manufacturers to dictate used prices if they sell 'used' cars to dealers allowing them to keep prices artificially, until private buyers begin to off load.
Now AM are a standalone company it would be interesting to see how many are 'ex-management' cars, its always a good way for manufacturers to dictate used prices if they sell 'used' cars to dealers allowing them to keep prices artificially, until private buyers begin to off load.
The mileage shouldn't surprise people. If you notice not that many people use these cars everyday, so they just don't put a lot of miles on them.
As far as how many there are, its tough to tell. The 2007 and 2008 cars may very well be the ones coming off 2 and 3 years leases. Remember that the economy tanked just after people leased these, so more people than normal may be giving them up. The 2009 cars are more likely to be demos or ones people just couldn't pay for. So you really need to look at each one individually to see why its up for sale.
As far as how many there are, its tough to tell. The 2007 and 2008 cars may very well be the ones coming off 2 and 3 years leases. Remember that the economy tanked just after people leased these, so more people than normal may be giving them up. The 2009 cars are more likely to be demos or ones people just couldn't pay for. So you really need to look at each one individually to see why its up for sale.
bogie said:
theres 3-4x as many F430 for sale ...hows does that correlate statistically?
do their owners get more or less bored as quickly?
..I wouldnt jump to too many conclusions based on what cars are for sale on a motoring website LOL
Fair enough I understand.do their owners get more or less bored as quickly?
..I wouldnt jump to too many conclusions based on what cars are for sale on a motoring website LOL
I think my point was trying to work out why people would sell the car after such a short period of time, incurring huge depreciation, and have hardly even run the bloody thing in! So they wouldn't even have been able to enjoy it on the limit!
Just seems crazy to me. If I made a commitment to buy a car like that, I would have test driven it enough to ensure that I love it. Therefore parting with it would be very difficult. I can understand people upgrading, but if you buy a DBS V12 Volante, where do you go from there?
Just trying to understand the logic.
it seems crazy to me too mate
but some people obviously have more money than we do...so much that losing £40K in a few months is just small change to them....
just check the number of Italian supercars you find with 20K miles and 5 years old
buy "dream" car on some finance deal
tell everyone you own a Lambo/Ferrari etc
go to the shops in it and pose around for 11 months
sell it before its due a big yearly service
seems to be what happens on lots of "supercars" for many people ...
...still without all these rich people who can afford to buy new supercars, there wouldnt be a slow depreciating, low mileage, pool of used cars for the rest of us to buy
but some people obviously have more money than we do...so much that losing £40K in a few months is just small change to them....
just check the number of Italian supercars you find with 20K miles and 5 years old
buy "dream" car on some finance deal
tell everyone you own a Lambo/Ferrari etc
go to the shops in it and pose around for 11 months
sell it before its due a big yearly service
seems to be what happens on lots of "supercars" for many people ...
...still without all these rich people who can afford to buy new supercars, there wouldnt be a slow depreciating, low mileage, pool of used cars for the rest of us to buy
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