selling advice - Page 2

**shimmy** · 09-04-2009, 10:59 AM

Paint it or the first 5 buyers will find somehting that has ben painted, and there may not be a 6th!

Rags · 09-04-2009, 11:55 AM

Let me give you some perspective from someone selling his car at the moment.

The paintwork on my car is immaculate, has minor stone chips on the front and because I am a fussy git, if it was bad, I would probably get it painted. But in its current guise, its rather minor chipping. I think it helps that mine hasnt been tracked or really taken on the motorway.

I have however had the wheels refurbished recently as I just cannot live with kerbed wheels!

You guys are right, you need to make sure that the car comes across well.

But it does surprise me that BHP have their car with all those cosmetic imperfections but are unwilling to move on price. It may be an SOR but still, since it has been for sale for so long, something has got to give - and it should be ££price.

SpineOnABap · 09-04-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

A battered car will make me think other items of work have been neglected.

You can't really make that link because the fronts of these cars do suffer (that's a CF bumper and paint easily chips from it).
I'm not going to respray mine every year, I just can't be bothered.

So if you were to see my car you'd suspect it had been neglected in other areas. If I sprayed it you'd be no better off really would you?

Look at the overall condition - don't just judge it on the notoriously 'weak' frontend

Rags · 09-04-2009, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpineOnABap

You can't really make that link because the fronts of these cars do suffer (that's a CF bumper and paint easily chips from it).
I'm not going to respray mine every year, I just can't be bothered.

So if you were to see my car you'd suspect it had been neglected in other areas. If I sprayed it you'd be no better off really would you?

Look at the overall condition - don't just judge it on the notoriously 'weak' frontend

Fair!

Radders · 09-04-2009, 02:25 PM

really pisses me off when dealers say i have left it original so you can see all the stone chips.. why do i want to see a car at its worst?

get it painted and make sure its a top job, a car having had paint would never put me off buying it, a car having had a crash and repair done is a different matter.

when any potential buyer comes to see the car first impressions are the most important. i have normally purchased a car before even getting in it, be anal with the cleaning, inside of the rims, exhausts, engine bay. Make it perfect and the first genuine buyer will buy..

went to see some csl's at nick J and i could not believe the state of them!!! he hadn’t bothered to hover, wash, paint, clean the wheels, bald tyres, stone chipped headlight (really bad) they were a mess.

azrael · 09-04-2009, 02:36 PM

A lot of CSL's have had front end resprays due to the stone chip issue. A realistic buyer would not be put off by this and should know to perhaps expect it. Get it done, otherwise buyer may see it as additional cost they have to endure.

derek · 09-04-2009, 02:42 PM

i found that in common with other dealers, they try to justify the dealers price based on all the work they need to do to make it A1, or give £1000 and supply the car as is and it still ends up higher than a private car and you need to arrange for all the remedial work. You need to ask what benefit is the dealer supplying in order to charge dealer prices

SpineOnABap · 09-04-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by azrael

A lot of CSL's have had front end resprays due to the stone chip issue.

I imagine a majority of them got repainted before 2003 was through

Mine was first repainted in Sep 2003 only a few months after getting it. Believe it or not they were a lot worse on that original factory paint - the dealer job was much tougher paint it seems

rs32 · 10-04-2009, 11:31 AM

thanks for the advice - very useful.

I have the option of trading it with a dealer as a last resort - but would prefer to see it go to a good home directly.

May as well get a few more miles in then send it off to be prepped before it goes to a new home

best thing for it though - not fair to leave it in the garage all by itself

09-04-2009, 02:25 PM	#15
Radders S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Merseyside Posts: 371 Casino cash: $551	really pisses me off when dealers say i have left it original so you can see all the stone chips.. why do i want to see a car at its worst? get it painted and make sure its a top job, a car having had paint would never put me off buying it, a car having had a crash and repair done is a different matter. when any potential buyer comes to see the car first impressions are the most important. i have normally purchased a car before even getting in it, be anal with the cleaning, inside of the rims, exhausts, engine bay. Make it perfect and the first genuine buyer will buy.. went to see some csl's at nick J and i could not believe the state of them!!! he hadn’t bothered to hover, wash, paint, clean the wheels, bald tyres, stone chipped headlight (really bad) they were a mess. __________________ the CSL, better that a 70k Porsche!

09-04-2009, 10:59 AM	#11
shimmy CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Uk Posts: 14,646 Casino cash: $43909	Paint it or the first 5 buyers will find somehting that has ben painted, and there may not be a 6th!

09-04-2009, 11:55 AM	#12
Rags S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 223 Casino cash: $624	Let me give you some perspective from someone selling his car at the moment. The paintwork on my car is immaculate, has minor stone chips on the front and because I am a fussy git, if it was bad, I would probably get it painted. But in its current guise, its rather minor chipping. I think it helps that mine hasnt been tracked or really taken on the motorway. I have however had the wheels refurbished recently as I just cannot live with kerbed wheels! You guys are right, you need to make sure that the car comes across well. But it does surprise me that BHP have their car with all those cosmetic imperfections but are unwilling to move on price. It may be an SOR but still, since it has been for sale for so long, something has got to give - and it should be ££price.

09-04-2009, 02:36 PM	#16
azrael S5, Sport On, DSC M-track Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Portsmouth/Reading Posts: 1,292 Casino cash: $9290	A lot of CSL's have had front end resprays due to the stone chip issue. A realistic buyer would not be put off by this and should know to perhaps expect it. Get it done, otherwise buyer may see it as additional cost they have to endure.

09-04-2009, 02:42 PM	#17
derek S5, Sport On, DSC M-track Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,159 Casino cash: $20658	i found that in common with other dealers, they try to justify the dealers price based on all the work they need to do to make it A1, or give £1000 and supply the car as is and it still ends up higher than a private car and you need to arrange for all the remedial work. You need to ask what benefit is the dealer supplying in order to charge dealer prices

10-04-2009, 11:31 AM	#19
rs32 S3 - On the open road Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 87 Casino cash: $250	thanks for the advice - very useful. I have the option of trading it with a dealer as a last resort - but would prefer to see it go to a good home directly. May as well get a few more miles in then send it off to be prepped before it goes to a new home best thing for it though - not fair to leave it in the garage all by itself