Skyline S/H Market

[350wedge]

Is it me or is the Skyline market totally dead at the moment.

I've had my R32 GTR up for sale for a while now and had virtually no interest at all, its been advertised on both the main Skyline forums and is for sale here on P/Heads. Its not like mine is a basket case, its an excellent example which needs nothing doing to it and is in great condition..

[_Batty_]

350wedge said:

Is it me or is the Skyline market totally dead at the moment. I've had my R32 GTR up for sale for a while now and had virtually no interest at all, its been advertised on both the main Skyline forums and is for sale here on P/Heads. Its not like mine is a basket case, its an excellent example which needs nothing doing to it and is in great condition..

think all Jap motors have hit the floor, Supras are low (soz Gaz), so are liners and FTO's (Fibbs still got a bargin )

[MrFlibbles]

[The GMan]

The market is a joke, but there are some people still willing to pay the right price for the right car.

I have had a couple of offers on my Skyline and I'm not even selling it.

[tuttle]

Mine's on the market too, & have had very little interest,though I'm not not exactly in a hurry to sell.
Mebe things will pick up.

[_Batty_]

tuttle said:

Mine's on the market too, & have had very little interest,though I'm not not exactly in a hurry to sell. Mebe things will pick up.

Nooo
had enough T?

[Neil_H]

I think it's because there are so many being imported the market is saturated.

[350wedge]

Neil_H said:

I think it's because there are so many being imported the market is saturated.

Yeh that seems to be a big problem and the fresh imports that need work are being sold really cheaply and it effects the cars that were imported some time ago and are now fully sorted...

I think Ebay is a big factor too as a lot appear on there at really low prices from traders who've obviously imported it cheaply to make a quick buck...

[pentoman]

Would I be right to think the GT-R's are more likely to fetch 'enthusiast' money but the other models are not so desireable? Or are they all much of a muchness to the punter?

[The GMan]

pentoman said:

Would I be right to think the GT-R's are more likely to fetch 'enthusiast' money but the other models are not so desireable? Or are they all much of a muchness to the punter?

Mine is a GTST.

[wedgepilot]

I think desirable GT-R's (V-spec, etc) will always attract the enthusiast willing to pay top money. Very nice GTS's will sadly get lumped in with all the other 'average' examples, no matter how good they are.

[MeLLoN Stu]

the GTR market is definately slow especially as there's so many to choose from.

i picked up a nye one mint R33 GTR for just shy of 14k.

on the contrast i've not had a problem selling my R32 GTST, sold in a few days

[turbo-tastic]

MeLLoN Stu said:

the GTR market is definately slow especially as there's so many to choose from. i picked up a nye one mint R33 GTR for just shy of 14k. on the contrast i've not had a problem selling my R32 GTST, sold in a few days

that was quick Stu.

Whens the crotch rocket coming then?

[The GMan]

wedgepilot said:

I think desirable GT-R's (V-spec, etc) will always attract the enthusiast willing to pay top money. Very nice GTS's will sadly get lumped in with all the other 'average' examples, no matter how good they are.

I'm afraid I have to totally disagree with you on that one.

I choose my GTST over GTR's, and I would say I'm an enthusiast. For what I have paid out I could have had a good GTR, but I just preferred the driving experience of my car over the GTR's that I drove, and I drove a lot.

I believe if a car is spec'd correctly and can do what it says it can do, people are willing to pay that bit extra, be it a GTST or GTR.

Unfortunately the market is swamped with £5k Skylines claiming to put out 400bhp and they have only got a performance exhaust and induction kit? These are the cars killing the market. People who don’t have that much knowledge about Skylines buy them. They then assume they have got a fast cheap car, don’t have a clue about what they have bought, spout a load of s*** in the pub about how fast it is, then when you explain to them the spec of your car and the costs involved to get to that spec the penny finally drops. These are the people screwing the market, because a true enthusiast with knowledge of Skylines understands the costs and what it takes to get a true 400bhp car and is usually willing to pay extra for a good one.

Just my opinion, from what I have written you can probably tell there are some right t**** that drink in my local.

[wedgepilot]

I think that's more or less the point I was trying to make

With a lot of very average cars out there, Joe Public isn't able to sort the wheat from the chaff, and a genuine, well specced 400bhp car gets seen in the same light as the very average one. Only the 'obvious' ones stand out, like the v-specs for example.

I guess it's the old story of needing to be patient and waiting for the right buyer...

[chris dt]

Hi,
Second hand car market is the same all over.Ive been trying to sell or p/x my Impreza Type r for ages now.No success!

[fidgits]

wedgepilot said:

I think desirable GT-R's (V-spec, etc) will always attract the enthusiast willing to pay top money. Very nice GTS's will sadly get lumped in with all the other 'average' examples, no matter how good they are.

also, you need to factor in the high fuel costs, a lot of people are being put off 'performance' cars at the moment because of the added expense..