What’s my RCF Carbon worth?

[tomRCFcarbon]

Am considering selling my car. I haven’t made my mind up yet, but pricing the car is proving tricky as it’s so rare and therefore there is a lack of comparables. 
 

Would be interested to find out the consensus view on here, as an element of what something is worth has to be simply what someone is willing to pay. 
 

It’s silver with the carbon bonnet, boot and spoiler. It has now done 30,000 miles. I’m the second owner after Lexus UK. It will have a fresh MOT and have just had the major service. 
 

It’s completely mint save for a bit of kerb rash to an alloy which I’ll have polished for sale. 
 

AT says it’s worth £28k. 

[Fair and square]

Avoid book pricing for any F models right now! F models are moving.

A GSF came up for sale last week at 25k, it was criminally under priced, within an hour of the listing going live I made contact with the dealer and suggested 35k, he ammended the listing to 30k, 2 days later, gone!

You have not specified the year on yours, however, based upon your profile I will take it as a 2015 model.

There is a none carbon edition, 2015, white, 30,000 with none oem wheels model up for just shy of 30! 34-37k should be about right for your model. Considering the major service and MOT, I would suggets 37 and see what offers come in.

[tomRCFcarbon]

4 hours ago, Fair and square said:

You have not specified the year on yours, however, based upon your profile I will take it as a 2015 model.

Yep! Sorry, meant to include that!? but you were right. 2015 model.

Interesting story about the GSF, well done for speaking to the dealer, GSF owners have you to thank for shoring up values!  

£37k sounds maybe a bit toppy? but then again considering the rarity and also what an incredible car it is...

[Fair and square]

37k is top, but credible hence my estimate of 34-37.

From a buyers perspective, they will see your model sitting between a 2015 none carbon with 30,000 on the clock at 30k and a 2018 none carbon with 8000 on the clock at 39k. Providing that yours is unmolested, unlike the wheel change on the 2015 model, you will tend to attract a different buyer. A buyer who does want a full MOT, a major service - ah, did you mention that you have / are doing these. 😀 So providing that the condition is relevant to the age of the car, decent pads, disks and tyres, then you can command the higher book.

Pre Covid plenty of these Carbons moved between the 33-37 mark. As it stands there are no used carbons on the trader so should another carbon appear, they will use your price as the one to base theirs! For now the trader market is now yours!

[Oldnslow]

Hi. If it helps I have a 2015 carbon in red with 15k fsh lexus and I think mine is worth 34k.

[Flytvr]

F cars are difficult to shift. Either you take the hit and trade it in or just be patient as there never seems to be an abundance of buyers.

The other issue is that many people these days want PCP.

Good luck 👍

[doog442]

There was a 2016 carbon bouncing around between dealer and private seller on here for £36k nearly two years ago...mileage 40k I believe

Looking at some of the non carbon RCF's that have been sold recently, how much would you add on for Carbon  ...  I dunno. 

2018 - 20k miles up for 35k...(specialist dealer told me he wouldn't touch one but if he did no more than 30k part ex)

2016- 14k miles ...29k

2016- 7k miles - sold for 29k

2015- Guy on here sold to dealer recently , now up for £30k

 

I would try Wizzle

https://www.wizzle.co.uk/

 

No option to sell and no cost but they will give you an idea of how much a dealer would give you and take it from there. 

 

The issue is people want finance, so dealers are king in that regard. 

 

 

 

 

[Soperman]

With mileage at 30,000 , I would be inclined to also factor in the cost of brake pads and discs. At over £2000 from a dealer, the condition of these should influence the value in the eyes of a prospective purchaser.

[Subculture]

The bottom seems to have fallen out of the market for these car as far a dealers are concerned. Lexus Liverpool have just offered me £24k for my 2016 GSF on 28kMiles. Just put the details into Wizzel and the price is even less! I still owe £29k on it :(.
I am going to ride this out and hold on to it though,

[ColinBarber]

Lexus have and always will offer very low figures for an F as trade-in.

[Fair and square]

12 hours ago, Subculture said:

The bottom seems to have fallen out of the market for these car as far a dealers are concerned. Lexus Liverpool have just offered me £24k for my 2016 GSF on 28kMiles. Just put the details into Wizzel and the price is even less! I still owe £29k on it :(.
I am going to ride this out and hold on to it though,

Lexus Liverpool will retail your car for 34995 all day long.

Wizzel - waste of time unless you are desperate to see it go. These "buy your car" places are car retailers.

Last week, an independent dealer sold a 16 reg 50k mileage for 30000. It sold within 2 days. That car could have gone up for 35k and still sold.

No bottom has fell out of the ISF or GSF, in fact, very much the opposite. Dependant upon finer details, a 2016 GSF with 28k on the clock could be sensibly listed at the 34-35k mark. 

Over the course of this year Lexus has listed x3 GSF 16 reg, mileage circa of 30k and all models have had a screen price of between 35-38k and have gone either within the day or 2, photos never even made the listings.

RCF is still a little turbulent.

 

[Fair and square]

4 minutes ago, ColinBarber said:

Lexus have and always will offer very low figures for an F as trade-in.

For any car for that matter. This is not exclusive to Lexus. The motor trade.