SC430 FOR SALE Chat

Bob King · May 23

I’m a bit lost for words with the wheel arch extensions 😳

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405179829086

Bob King · May 23

This facelift is cheap as chips…..

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405230028489

Malc1 · May 24

But who knows what on earth you’d uncover after 3 years with no MOT and presumably off the road in benign storage 🤔

Malc

Boomer54 · May 24

1 hour ago, Malc1 said:

But who knows what on earth you’d uncover after 3 years with no MOT and presumably off the road in benign storage 🤔

Malc

I have to say I find it strange that someone opts to try and sell without an MOT. Not only does the task become harder in terms of finding a buyer, but obviously buyers are apt to assume the worst and mark the price down before they even decide to look. At least I would. Hence, the conundrum is does the seller opt to do so , because they already know something that we do not, or are they simply trying to sidestep the uncertainty of putting it in and it failing in some major way? Coin flip.

Alternatively, bite the bullet and then take it to a show and you will probably have the only one there.

You know looking the price of these relative to some other collectable cars having seen the turn out at the show the other week I don't know why they are priced so cheaply.

Mossypossy · May 24

One owner as well. Car is worth maybe £6000 with a ticket?

Malc1 · May 24

1 minute ago, Boomer54 said:

I have to say I find it strange that someone opts to try and sell without an MOT. Not only does the task become harder in terms of finding a buyer, but obviously buyers are apt to assume the worst and mark the price down before they even decide to look. At least I would. Hence, the conundrum is does the seller opt to do so , because they already know something that we do not, or are they simply trying to sidestep the uncertainty of putting it in and it failing in some major way? Coin flip.

Alternatively, bite the bullet and then take it to a show and you will probably have the only one there.

You know looking the price of these relative to some other collectable cars having seen the turn out at the show the other week I don't know why they are priced so cheaply.

Possibly a Covid victim relative now selling …… decd estate being wound up …. just want to clear it away …….. there’s too many old cars chasing too few “ new “ potential owners during this current recession where people are only reluctantly spending ………

Us Oldies with too much time and spare dosh mustn’t lose sight of the vagaries of the economic clime ……. and old collectible cars just ain’t “ essentials “ right now

But times will change I know 🤔

Malc

I just cannot accommodate a 3rd Ls400 whatever the price 🥵🤣

Mossypossy · May 24

You would struggle to get in and out of an SC!

Malc1 · May 24

😂 Not just an Sc but also a modern ridiculously tall SUV ……

Old fashioned Ls400 is “ just about right “. for me 🤞

Bob King · May 24

Could be a bereavement and the family just want it gone ☹️

logic says at least put it through an mot to see what needs to be done .

It is very cheap, I’m sure it will get snapped up by a trader .

Bob King · May 24

Lower roadtax as well .

Mossypossy · May 24

Sold

Bob King · May 24

9 minutes ago, Mossypossy said:

Sold

I guess by a trader…in a few weeks it will be back up for retail money.

lets say 9-11k ?

I’ll look out for its mot results in a few weeks .

MJ55JMV

Mossypossy · May 28

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405079449046

09 car for £9k.

Does this fit the real world pricing structure for average cars?

08 car £8k

07 car £7k

Etc

H3XME · May 28

9 minutes ago, Mossypossy said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405079449046

09 car for £9k.

Does this fit the real world pricing structure for average cars?

08 car £8k

07 car £7k

Etc

Consumers are the problem. They often judge a car based on age rather than condition.

Bob King · May 28

2 hours ago, Mossypossy said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405079449046

09 car for £9k.

Does this fit the real world pricing structure for average cars?

08 car £8k

07 car £7k

Etc

With 134k on the clock 9k is too much money to be honest.

Not many potential buying will take a punt on that mileage, which is all wrong as mechanically they a good for 250k but in the UK it’s the corrosion to the underside components that’s the killer !

Prices have dropped since I purchased mine 🙄, 10k should buy a good car with sensible mileage and all the mechanical bits serviced now.

All the 13k examples on AT are just collecting dust.

2Tanks · May 31

Nice blue one on eBay, High Wycombe, 120k, currently £225 but needs resurrection...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276486045724

Bob King · May 31

I watch and save many of the later SC430’s on the AutoTrader app, this one has been for sale the longest at 30 weeks, not sure what’s wrong with it other than the price .

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310233251809

Malc1 · May 31

QUITE PREFER the eBay blue one at a silly price maybe ............... sure a great project for someone

Malc

2Tanks · June 5

On 5/31/2024 at 8:18 PM, Malc1 said:

QUITE PREFER the Ebay blue one at a silly price maybe sure a great project for someone

Strange recent MOT history on this one...
March 2018 - Passed with 88.3k, but not tested again for 22 months
July 2019 - Passed with 92.5k.

The main banner states MOT expired on 25 January 2021, so an out of sequence MOT taken in January 2020, 6 months early, with 27k miles added between July 2019 and Jan 2021, before being parked up.

Auction ends in a couple of hours, 31 bids, currently at £1650

Bob King · June 5

Yes I found the recent mot history I bit odd, wonder if it been used without a mot ?

Anyway it’s very cheap so just need to take its checkered history on the chin .

Boomer54 · June 5

I don't see the appeal for a car like this. Age and mileage effectively caps it's value. Restoration costs on top of the buy are highly likely to soar past that value even if you are a mechanic using your own labour. Parts and paint alone will surely account for that. Perhaps it needs a lot less than I think, but we have seen quite a few like this have we not so think that is not likely to be the case.

Malc1 · June 5

16 minutes ago, Boomer54 said:

I don't see the appeal for a car like this. Age and mileage effectively caps it's value. Restoration costs on top of the buy are highly likely to soar past that value even if you are a mechanic using your own labour. Parts and paint alone will surely account for that. Perhaps it needs a lot less than I think, but we have seen quite a few like this have we not so think that is not likely to be the case.

we'll never know unless someone here gets it !

malc

Boomer54 · June 5

29 minutes ago, Malc1 said:

we'll never know unless someone here gets it !

malc

I take a different view. Take account of the vendors disclosures then extrapolate from those based on your experience of such cars and I think the highest probability outcome is already 'known' statistically. Moreover we now also know that it is a 'fact' that I was blessed with zero imagination.