Where have they all gone?!

[garethXC]

This chap seems to have some stock of 740,940,850 early cars...some with good MOT history & some with some ? that would need sorting - especially for the money being asked IMHO. ( NB - nothing to do with me, just found in my Sunday browsing of the site he lists on)
see: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/user/ccts3492/

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by garethXC

This chap seems to have some stock of 740,940,850 early cars...some with good MOT history & some with some ? that would need sorting - especially for the money being asked IMHO. ( NB - nothing to do with me, just found in my Sunday browsing of the site he lists on)
see: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/user/ccts3492/

Something doesn't smell right about all of those cars - how come he has managed to find all of the low mileage cars?

Either he spends 90% of his working week seeking out low mileage examples and a small fortune transporting them back to his sales yard or he's very lucky they've all found their way to him.

Yes, a few low mileage cars in a lot full of varied mileage cars but all of them?

I know he can easily come down on price during negotiation but can't really go up, that said he has a lot of room to drop and still make money on all of those.

I'm being kinder than normal, i'd normally say he's either on drugs or needs to be!

[baggy798]

£1500 was an amazing price for an original 740 turbo estate in non-chavved condition.

Same seller has got a 940 CD LPT almost same as mine bar no egg crate and grey leather, a snip at £4995.


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[Dippydog]

Cheap cars disappear as prices for the good ones rises.People see good ones advertised at £5,000[for example] and think well if that's worth that kind of money my £200 banger must now be worth £XXXX so the cheap ones are no longer cheap.Nearly two years ago now I bought my '95 960 saloon with 122,000miles on it and a fair bit of history all four door cards wrinkly the plastic trim at the side of the drivers seat[where the adjustment switches are]broken and some laquer peel on the front bumper for £695.It's still got those issues and is now at about 125,000miles,what's it worth now? I haven't a clue and don't really care as until something I fancy more at a price I can afford comes up it's staying,but I can't see it being worth any less than I originally paid for it.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Dippydog

Cheap cars disappear as prices for the good ones rises.People see good ones advertised at £5,000[for example] and think well if that's worth that kind of money my £200 banger must now be worth £XXXX so the cheap ones are no longer cheap.Nearly two years ago now I bought my '95 960 saloon with 122,000miles on it and a fair bit of history all four door cards wrinkly the plastic trim at the side of the drivers seat[where the adjustment switches are]broken and some laquer peel on the front bumper for £695.It's still got those issues and is now at about 125,000miles,what's it worth now? I haven't a clue and don't really care as until something I fancy more at a price I can afford comes up it's staying,but I can't see it being worth any less than I originally paid for it.

Very true! Funny thing is the last two cars i've sold went for (healthy) multiples of what i bought them for. Again bought at the low end of their price curve and sold when they were on the up. Granted i did improve them both in general but the selling price more than covered that.
Both of those were ahead of the trend the 7/9xx is currently in so it all seems to follow a fairly common pattern. Go back 20 years and you could barely give a Jag XJ6 away, now they're going for £LOADS, ditto the Rover SD1, many Ford models from the 70s and 80s - all a case of waiting for the right time.

I've always fancied owning a Lexus LS400, a couple of years ago they were around for banger money. Now the survivors have all shot up in value, the 7/9xx is just following a pattern that seems to be fairly predictable now.

[James_N]

i wouldn't pay anymore than £1,000 for a good 7/940 so i guess that puts me out of the market, but they are around, just gotta find them i guess!

Some people might be asking £6,995 for a 740 but it will be for sale for eternity!

[Laney760]

Originally Posted by 360beast

As if you had to ask!

After I posted ''which one?'' I had looked on the net and was amazed to see the Aston Martin is not that reliable. We have a lot of them around here and with their awesome looks and prices I assumed they would be reliable! As my 24 year old 940 has had its first few breakdowns in the couple of years and been on the back of a recovery truck, I thought you were referring to my posts!

[griston64]

I don't care about how unreliable an Aston Martin is, as to me they are bloomin gorgeous

The DB9 must be one of the best looking supercars ever made !

If anyone on here has one kicking around that they don't want, I'll happily swap my 940 for it

[MiniNinjaRob]

I'm selling mine soon if you're interested...... not put it up for sale yet as no-one can come and visit!

1997 940 CD Turbo, HPT, full leather, all the options, lots spent on it - but my wife isn't working right now and we aren't using it.

Last 3 MOTs passed with no advisories cos I look after it!

Won't be huge money as it isn't perfect but I think it is very good. Thinking around £2k

[omc 47]

Originally Posted by garethXC

This chap seems to have some stock of 740,940,850 early cars...some with good MOT history & some with some ? that would need sorting - especially for the money being asked IMHO. ( NB - nothing to do with me, just found in my Sunday browsing of the site he lists on)
see: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/user/ccts3492/

Yes he's been around for some time,all his cars are photographed at the same spot.
I sent him a message last Autumn saying "Your having a laugh with your prices on Volvo Estates" his reply was "Thankyou for your enquiry, the vehicle listed has now been sold"......................so...........the question is has anybody actually parted with Lager Tokens for these cars?