Help - Should I let my car go for this price?

[grant_goulding]

Hi Everyone
I have put my 997 up for sale and have an offer of £24000. Is this too cheap.
It's 65k miles, Atlas Grey, Full PSH, Chrono pack, Bose.
Needs new front tyres and the bushes doing on the roll bars but otherwise very good. Slight stone chips to bonnet.
No PCM
What do you think? Am I underselling it?

Cheers

 

[jdpef356]

Grant

If I came to see your car and it needed tyres and other mechanical work doing it would give me the impression that you were an owner who did not maintain his cars properly! [X(] Thus I and I suspect many others would walk away whatever the pricel

 

[grant_goulding]

Hi
It is maintained properly with major service at Porsche Centre in June. It had it's MOT last Friday when these items came up. I had booked the car in for the bushes but tyres on any Porsche always seem to be near needing to be done! I take the point though. But assuming it is maintained properly any ideas of value?

 

[garyw]

What years is it?

 

[paulmichele]

Parkers has the guide price of a private sale, good standard C2 05 at a fraction under £25k, with 50k miles.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/used-prices/Valuation.aspx?deriv=28973&plate=78#amount=27000&years=3

My use of Parkers (vs Glass' Guide) albeit from years ago suggests the values on the website aren't far off the mark. Of course it's a bit self-fulfilling because used buyers in the know tend to quote these prices ("book value"). So we might quibble but the art of selling is to demonstrate the value above this point.

 

[Dylan1]

i would say a nearly 6 yr old average mileage 997C2 is about right.you would expect to pick it up at an indi for under 30k so allowing for 5k markup it feels about right.in current climate definately not much more[]

 

[grant_goulding]

Thanks guys. That suggests it might be right pricing then. Sad but then owning one of these has never been an investment. I shall try to replace in the Spring so that may help comfort me []

 

[Rodney Naghar]

I agree I think the price is about right having just looked at other ads on Pistonheads. It's going to be slow moving this time of year though.

 

[Lancerlot]

ORIGINAL: grant_goulding
......Sad but then owning one of these has never been an investment......

Not quite true. I remember back in the '70s and early '80s being able to buy a 911, run it for 2 years, PX it against a new one and get the same price back for it.

Oh, happy days. [8|]

 

[Rotorhead]

ORIGINAL: Lancerlot

ORIGINAL: grant_goulding
......Sad but then owning one of these has never been an investment......

Not quite true. I remember back in the '70s and early '80s being able to buy a 911, run it for 2 years, PX it against a new one and get the same price back for it.

Oh, happy days. [8|]

True, but we did have huge inflation in the '70s and '80s, and Porsche prices were going up every six months, so there was still a notable 'price to change', although 911s did do quite well in the late'80s when demand was exceeding supply.

Nowadays, new cars are so much cheaper in real terms, and volumes match or exceed demand, so lower residuals are inevitable.

To get the best value, use and enjoy it lots and keep it for a long time.

 

[Dylan1]

a rather rarer beast back then though eh clive!!

rather more expensive to run though i seem to remember..or was it just that i was younger and poorer and it seemed more expensive!!

 

[mikfinch]

I've just bought a 997 C4S cab and based on my recent search, there are plenty of early C2 and C2S cars around for sale privately and from indies in the high £20k's. The lack of PCM doesn't do your car any favours so an offer of £24k for a high miler like yours seems about right, especially as its not totally mint

 

[robertpoole]

It's interesting to read of cars for sale here. I don't know where I got the impression from, but I thought this was 'disallowed'. I have a low mileage, very well specced Carrera S (2005/6) with full Porsche service history to sell as I'm getting a GT3. Can anybody advise me where I should advertise? And is anybody brave enough to guess what I might get?

Many thanks

Robert

 

[pwebb]

Robert, there's a For Sale section on the forum where you can post your car or a link to your Pistonheads ad (assuming you are advertising there too). Private sales are fine, it's traders who are not supposed to post there.

Oh, and value about £30k according to Parkers, without knowing too much detail...

 

[robertpoole]

Thanks Peter, both useful pieces of info.

Robert