290 replies to this topic

[Bumblebee]

Yeah I couldn't agree more! ^^

Edited by Bumblebee, 09 February 2014 - 06:58 PM.

[jonnyboy]

Need to disable replies on cars for sale ads is dire.

[Claws]

What about wanted ads?

[2GOOD]

Surely a 2GOOD vxr is worth 17/18k?

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[Claws]

Surely a 2GOOD vxr is worth 17/18k?

efa

I was going to say...

[tooshy1988]

Hi every one prices never put me off am just waiting for someone off here to get back to me about selling his vxr thanks for the concern :-)

[YorkieAndrew]

Were there not a couple vxr's for sale last summer that struggled to sell (vxred, mmg)!? Agree with the talking down of prices but they'll be folk who don't think/like to inflate what THEY paid.

[zaff]

Suppose it depends on what you want. IIRC the two you mentioned had mods and plenty of them. Some people prefer standard with lower miles.

[JG]

 

I'm going to have the black one, one day. 

 

I thought, it was no longer?

 

 

Its fine, got lots of miles now , but fine.

[JG]

 

I think the op had a shock with prices. I sent him pics and details of mine . he then asked for the price. The price was similar to the figure mentioned above and have had no reply since. I was not bothered anyway as my other flight of fancy will be available for a long time yet.   It will just continue to be a well looked after cherished and rarely driven example.

Well the problem we have on here is that all the owners of the cars seem to take every opportunity to bash values of the cars so the view from outside looking in is that they can all be had for peanuts. This will have an effect on all the cars vxr or not.

 

 

yeah, that makes a BIG difference to values

[jonnyboy]

Course it will. It looks pretty bad to new people to the marque when owners are bashing the prices of their own cars. Kind of gives of the vibe that vx220s are just a car to be sold as cheaply as possible. Not to mention that it's just pretty bad manners. I must add that I myself haven't been subject to this treatment luckily so I have no personal axe to grind but it is not nice to see on others threads. Just makes people look catty tbh.

[tooshy1988]

The fella has getting back to me today his son wants the car so it's not forsale whitch is a shame looked really nice! So on the hunt again folks

[JG]

Course it will. It looks pretty bad to new people to the marque when owners are bashing the prices of their own cars. Kind of gives of the vibe that vx220s are just a car to be sold as cheaply as possible. Not to mention that it's just pretty bad manners. I must add that I myself haven't been subject to this treatment luckily so I have no personal axe to grind but it is not nice to see on others threads. Just makes people look catty tbh.

Trust me it doesn't. The market driver is far more complex that an few weirdos on a website talking down the values of a minuscule proportion of sales. They are worth what people will pay for them, most of whom are not influenced by this site. And if they are, well they'll come up against people that are not and lose out. Take the example of the copart sale part week for vanquish's car, 'it's only worth £400' they said. 'If it goes over 1500 they are mad' Final price £2800 Why? Because that's what someone is prepared to pay for it.

[JG]

I know what I'm prepared to pay for the black VXR and it has no bearing on what is said on here

[ArticMonkey]

Some are worried about price bashing, as they can't sell cheaply bought cars for premium prices.

[jonnyboy]

Lol you'd be surprised dude. The one I have at the moment is neither here nor there to me it will go when it goes. We all have a vested interest in maintaining value in the cars. My personal view on it is that I love the vx and just find it odd that people want to talk values down. It would be nice if a clam wasn't 50% of a cars value! This is on the whole a great forum but it's one of the areas where the lack of moderation has been a bit detrimental. If you remember on meganesport we stopped replies on cars for sale very early on for the same reason. That was probably you as well

[ArticMonkey]

I joined just as you sold up Jon (the golden years). Ill play nice though, might need a clam or hard top one day. However my opinion on the comments is in 80% of sales they acturly help and persuade potential buyers. It's only on the odd occasion you get a numpty come along and slate a genuine car for little reason. I'd also say some of the more vocal amungst us might feel obliged to make an indirect coment, if the seller has put little thought of effort in to their add. Leaving obvious facts out and making wrongful claims of spec or quality is what gets some people's backs ups. I could see some kind of limitation on new members posting on the sale adds though. 9/10 it is them who bring the tone of the thread down. If they wanted advice they could simply start their own thread or contact others who've posted on the forum. Like we have in the past.

Edited by ArticMonkey, 11 February 2014 - 11:39 AM.

[siztenboots]

Lol you'd be surprised dude. The one I have at the moment is neither here nor there to me it will go when it goes. We all have a vested interest in maintaining value in the cars. My personal view on it is that I love the vx and just find it odd that people want to talk values down. It would be nice if a clam wasn't 50% of a cars value! This is on the whole a great forum but it's one of the areas where the lack of moderation has been a bit detrimental. If you remember on meganesport we stopped replies on cars for sale very early on for the same reason. That was probably you as well

As a content moderator I can only follow what has been agreed. If you want a new for sale thread to be locked , then fine, thats not much of a overhead. Inevitably there will be a discussion thread , where buyers will want factual information , which is where it starts to go wrong with lots of speculation , posters doing a lack of research.

[jonnyboy]

I'd agree where there's genuine misinformation it should be aired (imran) but if you look at all the cars for sale ads there's no really positive contribution that any of the replies make.

[The Knobs]

^{Something is worth what a buyer is wiling to pay regardless of what is said on here. Car dealers play both sides of the fence, buy cheap and sell high, that's business at the end of the day. I personally buy on what I see and not what some so called experts tell me. Bought my VXR for £18500 and sold it a year later for £21500 bonus, as I was not bothered about resale at the time of buying, I wanted one and that was that.}