marc_p Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hi, Just been scrawling through autotrader/pistonheads/ebay for supras and came across this one, does anyone else think the price is a bit stupid? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-Supra-Sports-SZ_W0QQitemZ170174820173QQihZ007QQcategoryZ18290QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Ah well...op beat me to it by posting up a link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallace9 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Thats the company i bought my first supra from. Cars are very clean but they do tend to be really pricey. Not many importers north of the border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JODY T Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 all their cars look v expensive to me.. JT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallace9 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 yeah, they are but the get away it it because stupid people like me don't check how much they're actually worth. I paid 9k for a silver 96 auto NA a year ago from them. I wrote it off after 30 hours, got 8.5k back from the insurance company, and bought my current one for 5k. Tworked out quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 yeah, they are but the get away it it because stupid people like me don't check how much they're actually worth. I paid 9k for a silver 96 auto NA a year ago from them. I wrote it off after 30 hours, got 8.5k back from the insurance company, and bought my current one for 5k. Tworked out quite well. Unlucky but lucky at the same time you don't get that very often. But I see what you mean I was just going through there other cars and they all see way overpriced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 yeah, they are but the get away it it because stupid people like me don't check how much they're actually worth. I paid 9k for a silver 96 auto NA a year ago from them. I wrote it off after 30 hours, got 8.5k back from the insurance company, and bought my current one for 5k. Tworked out quite well. 30 hours! You must have been gutted. At least it worked out ok in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolarbag Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yeah agree, cars are clean, WAY overpriced though, if you want an enthusiasts car you gotta be willing to travel, the guy was friendly enough when I enquired...until I turned up in mine for the same price he was trying to sell me a shagger of an N/A! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I wouldnt complain! Its people like these guys who are keeping the prices up and we all know theyre coming down hard at the mo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couv3z Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 well now i'll have to price my car up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlton Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I wouldnt complain! Its people like these guys who are keeping the prices up and we all know theyre coming down hard at the mo! I agree, you cant win! People complain that prices are going down fast and when somone dares to put a price up everyone says that its over priced... I dont get it This IS expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 That car is not overpriced AT ALL! The prices of Supra going for sale at the minute are bl00dy ridiculous for the car you get. Now there is no new model coming, the car is/will be a classic and they should now have depriciated as much as they are going to. These motors are SUPERCARS producing power capable of putting most cars to shame. People who sell their Supra for a low price are screwing themselves and the rest of us out of our assets (unless of course if its an emergency sale then fair enough). If/when i sell my TT i will definately not be following the sell it cheap route, even if it does take longer to shift it. rant over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Fascinating that so many people claim the cars are undervalued. Is anybody investing in them, then? Surely if they're so underpriced, you could just buy them all up and sell them on for an easy profit......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 obviously not mate - main reason its winter and therefore harder to sell, also, as so many people sell them cheap these days, they are now under valuing everyone else's motora as people will think they can get it cheaper somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Ah - I see - you're saying that the fact there are lots of buckets around selling for peanuts now means is harder to sell a good quality car, because people always compare the price to the junk ones? Doesn't that mean the problem isn't the undervaluing of cars (after all - these low price Supras ARE dogs), but rather the fact that there are a lot of rubbish Supras around now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Doesn't that mean the problem isn't the undervaluing of cars (after all - these low price Supras ARE dogs), but rather the fact that there are a lot of rubbish Supras around now? quite possibly mate, yes. There sure are a lot of 'ol dogs going for sale currently - i just hope when it comes to selling a decent version that the prospective buyers will know that have to stump up considerably more wonga!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I think a lot of the problem is down to the numbers now out there. When the Supra was attracting very good money the amount of cars available and for sale meant they had an exclusivity factor. That also meant that the type of buyer was prepared to pay a premium for this exclusivity. With the numbers that have been introduced from Japan (and the Fast and the Furious film didn't help either) it has meant that they are now not exclusive at all and therefore the type of buyers (and amounts willing to be spent) have changed. People per se have not forced the market down - the availability has. And if anyone thinks that their car is going to suddenly increase in value then I think they are not seeing the reality of the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 True. I have said before i think the good unmolested cars will hold their value. The no of cars coming from Japan can't be sustained forever and with the low prices of some cars and younger drivers buying them more are gtting written off (a stereotype i know but its true) supply and demand will in time reverse positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 True. I have said before i think the good unmolested cars will hold their value. The no of cars coming from Japan can't be sustained forever and with the low prices of some cars and younger drivers buying them more are gtting written off (a stereotype i know but its true) supply and demand will in time reverse positions. By the same argument, wouldn't cars like MkIIIs, ZX300, GTOs, etc. be going back up in value? The only big Jap performance car that seems to hold well are the NSXs, but they've always been considered a classic car, and Supras are far too reliable to end up as rare as NSXs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 By the same argument, wouldn't cars like MkIIIs, ZX300, GTOs, etc. be going back up in value? The only big Jap performance car that seems to hold well are the NSXs, but they've always been considered a classic car, and Supras are far too reliable to end up as rare as NSXs! You don't see any NSX on the road so value is dictated by scarcity and demand in Japan is still reasonable for them i believe. I didn't say go up in value i said "sustain" value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 You don't see any NSX on the road so value is dictated by scarcity and demand in Japan is still reasonable for them i believe. I didn't say go up in value i said "sustain" value. Fair enough. My point was, that I don't think it's just scarcity. You don't see many 300ZX and GTOs any more, either, but they sell for peanuts too. I think the NSX has sustained it's value because it has always been considered a "classic" car - it's value never dropped that quickly in the first place. Much as I hate to say it, I think that the MkIV's appearance in pop-culture cinema and it's greater production numbers and therefore (combined with the reliability) greater amount in circulation (in total, for the last fifteen years, not just at a given point in time) will prevent it from achieving the same cult status as the NSX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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