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Old Sep 14th, 2008, 19:03   #1
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Default my car wont sell

going to give up i think..

just cant shift it

tried ebay,autotrader,local rag

just cant shift it,,,why.????

its got everthing

tax and tested

good price too
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Old Sep 14th, 2008, 19:19   #2
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It took me weeks to sell my 2.0t S40,

In end i might as well of given it away for what i sold it for
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Old Sep 14th, 2008, 19:24   #3
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why is it s40 turbos are hard to sell..its gota be one of the best cars ive had
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Old Sep 14th, 2008, 19:41   #4
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I think it's the same for all thirsty cars - bottom's fallen out of the market... buyers rule supreme, thanks to the current petrol prices.

T4s and T5s are affected pretty badly. I've got three at the moment
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I feel lucky with mine then! Sold it in under a week with just 1 months tax and only 1 1/2 months mot!!!
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With all due respect mate, it's because you want too much money for it. You're either going to have to hold onto it and enjoy the car or bend over and let the used car market do to you what it's doing to anyone with a performance car at the moment
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going to give up i think..

just cant shift it

tried ebay,autotrader,local rag

just cant shift it,,,why.????

its got everthing

tax and tested

good price too
Oh dear, and you were doing SO well, all the way to the last line.....

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Old Sep 14th, 2008, 23:44   #8
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There is a simple reason your car wont sell you just wont admit you have outpriced it out of the market. Even when the market was better it wouldnt have been worth what you are asking. The autotrader this week has a 2003 T4 with 90k(admittededly ex police but thats a good sign of no expense spared maintenance) for under £2k. There are loads of T4s on there that are much better priced and with low mileage. I think given what ive seen today you need to come down to £2k to shift it and tbh you will be lucky if you shift it then, most people looking for T4s look for manual cars that havent been chipped. One things for sure the longer you keep it the more its going to loose, so either out it now for what you can get or drive it into the ground.
Also as ive said before phone some of the reasonable priced cars on the trader up and see if they have sold. I reckon alot of them will still be for sale.
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Old Sep 15th, 2008, 11:36   #9
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There is a simple reason your car wont sell you just wont admit you have outpriced it out of the market. Even when the market was better it wouldnt have been worth what you are asking. The autotrader this week has a 2003 T4 with 90k(admittededly ex police but thats a good sign of no expense spared maintenance) for under £2k. There are loads of T4s on there that are much better priced and with low mileage. I think given what ive seen today you need to come down to £2k to shift it and tbh you will be lucky if you shift it then, most people looking for T4s look for manual cars that havent been chipped. One things for sure the longer you keep it the more its going to loose, so either out it now for what you can get or drive it into the ground.
Also as ive said before phone some of the reasonable priced cars on the trader up and see if they have sold. I reckon alot of them will still be for sale.

thats good advice, enough said !
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Old Sep 15th, 2008, 12:06   #10
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thats good advice, enough said !
I agree!
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