Re Sale value

[rob]

Does anyone know if the fto is selling well at the moment with the recent credit crunch.

[Sebastian]

well
what do you got ?

[fatboyfat7]

been hit the same as everything else! Just check out the car sale sites, ie www.carzone.ie and see for yourself. Theres some very good value ones out there.

[rob]

I recently bought a 94 gpx mivec in sept and i might hav to sell it due to a new job hopefully i wont but this car some of the lads know has everything done to it.

[Sebastian]

...t but this car some of the lads know has everything done to it.

there is only 1 worthy 94 Mivec that still holds it's value


http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... p?pic_id=3

[cm75]

a recently purchaesd one for 300 , needs a bit off work .. roughly selling btween 1650 and 2500

[Myfeckin FTO]

FTO's aren't expensive to buy - there're expensive to run (relatively speaking). As the initial cost price is so low its unlikely that anyone is gonna be stung too badly with depreciation.

In many ways its a recession-proof drive.
Though having said that its a bit like my Zed in that I don't think it really matters at what low price you try and sell it at - if there are no buyers - theres no buyers. Who wants a performance car of 2L + these days along with assoc running costs/tax/insurance etc?

[cm75]

correct , the girl uses the fto mon -fri ,25miles in total . i run a vecrtra dti to work . at 19mpg(roughly) it costs me 15 quid a day for the fto . where as the vectra is 7

[TopCat]

Well I sold my GS only a couple of weeks back. But I think I may have been a bit lucky. I had it in the free adds for a couple of weeks when I wasn't that bothered about selling it. Then I got a bit more urge to sell (spotted one for sale I wanted) and put it on Carzone. I had about 6 people reasonably interested, along with a couple who weren't really bothered. Most were in Dublin, so didn't get round to looking at it, but 2 people brought it for test drives, the second of them ended up buying the car. Sold in less than a week.
I left the car up on carzone then out of interest, to see would there be many more calls, and there was very few in the last 2 weeks, and most of them were looking to trade in pieces of crap along with money. One guy offered me 2 cars, both with 2yrs NCT, and money for it.
So, I either sold it at just the right time, or else anyone interested in an FTO is keeping an eye on the market, and will ring very shortly after they see it for sale. Overall though, almost all the cars on carzone were there long before I put mine up, and are still there.

[TopCat]

Forgot to point out, with your car, if the price point is anyway reasonable, I find it hard to see anyone who is interested enough to view it walking away from it. Beautiful car.

[optical illusion]

...t but this car some of the lads know has everything done to it.

there is only 1 worthy 94 Mivec that still holds it's value


http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... p?pic_id=3

Who owns that Seb?

[Myfeckin FTO]

...t but this car some of the lads know has everything done to it.

there is only 1 worthy 94 Mivec that still holds it's value


http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... p?pic_id=3

Who owns that Seb?

Doh!- that'd be CJ's ex FTO.

[CJ]

Doh!- that'd be CJ's ex FTO.

;)

[adrian]

Rob, I think you need to point out to some readers who don't know what you have that it is actually CJs (and my) Ex FTO GPX. It's in a different league to most others to that should help you sell it! The actual car you are selling is the one being mentioned in the link:

http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... p?pic_id=3

I reckon CJ will buy iy back off you

[CJ]

I reckon CJ will buy iy back off you :D :wink:

You know, I'm half tempted!

Rob, suggest you consider reusing my original sales pitch, see for sale thread here:

http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... php?t=6615

CJ

[adrian]

and mine..... which is mostly CJs anyway!

http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... php?t=7784

[rob]

Thanks for the help lads but its looking very likely that ill have to sell her no resonable offer would be refused.