Cv19 and car prices

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Passed by Charles Hurst used cars on Boucher this morning and it was only half full. Must have sold loads!
 

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svensktoppen said:
I don't think anyone knows... Depends on model and type of car too... Massive discounts on some things, other things selling over the odds... Depends if you were looking new or second hand as well...

Do what is right for your family (within reason...). Not like it will be an investment anyway...

Look in England as well as NI.
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Definitely, we have an upper limit in mind and won't go past that and are keeping our eyes peeled for something here or across the water. Ultimately hoping for the freshest car in that price range that we like, (can see this one having to stay for many years) and if the prices were going to drop soon it'd be worthwhile holding off a bit longer to possibly get something that little bit fresher.
 

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aaflyer79 said:
... but is part of that not offset by them selling next to nothing from March - June/July?
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Guy I was talking to said they were flat out from the first morning. They brought back 6 staff on day 1 and the next week needed 20 to cover the demand.
 

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I follow a good few car dealers on Facebook and they all seem to be shifting plenty of stock and alpt of it is stuff at £20k upwards.
 

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Lyons said:
Anything I’ve been looking at is higher than it would’ve been 6 months/1 year ago.
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Same here, holding fire on my winter daily until the prices settle a bit.

My mate paid 17k for a 2013 330d with 90k on the clock the other day. Absolute madness.
 

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AlpineF30 said:
Same here, holding fire on my winter daily until the prices settle a bit.

My mate paid 17k for a 2013 330d with 90k on the clock the other day. Absolute madness.
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Is he simple? Take it he didn’t look at mainland prices?
I just found a great car on Auto Trader:


https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202008202723076
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I know Jap cars are on the up but flip me and seem to be selling like hot cakes.

Am I best holding off until things chill out and be more realistic or what should I be doing.

Finding it hard to commit to the prices of old skylines/s14a etc

Ones I’ve seen worth 2k and advertised at £9000!!!
 

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ossy2004 said:
I know Jap cars are on the up but flip me and seem to be selling like hot cakes.

Am I best holding off until things chill out and be more realistic or what should I be doing.

Finding it hard to commit to the prices of old skylines/s14a etc

Ones I’ve seen worth 2k and advertised at £9000!!!
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mill probably not own another. Most are 2/3 times what I’ve bought/sold cleaner better modified cars for in the past. Extremely hard to justify to myself especially if I probably repeat similar route of modifications that I’ve done multiple times, example being buying my 4th link ecu for a skyline. There more or less 2 grand each by time there mapped
 
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Lappintyre said:
On the flip side, Prentice have an M2 Competition in their showroom reduced from £58k to £48k... That seems like a serious drop to me..
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Been looking at the M2s the past while and any that have come up have been gone with in a few days. A used competition seem to be around £40k already
 

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trev 1515 said:
Been looking at the M2s the past while and any that have come up have been gone with in a few days. A used competition seem to be around £40k already
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IIRC from another thread you're not one for finance but BMW are offering low APR's at the minute, I don't think an M2 comp would lose a lot in a year or 2, could be worth a punt!
 

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Lappintyre said:
IIRC from another thread you're not one for finance but BMW are offering low APR's at the minute, I don't think an M2 comp would lose a lot in a year or 2, could be worth a punt!
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Was never one for finance but I have been keeping an eye on the rates also. The M2 seems to be the best of the 2/3/4 for holding value. And would be my favourite
 

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A nice spec one seems to be few and far between, and seem to be snapped up fairly quick. Had a nosey around a white one over in prentice, think it was the one holybrook had in, it was box fresh but it would have to be long beach blue for me
 

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Are cars selling privately at the minute? Whole clatter saved on the trader and not much shifting.
 

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trev 1515 said:
Been looking at the M2s the past while and any that have come up have been gone with in a few days. A used competition seem to be around £40k already
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I've been after one for the last week or so, but keep missing them at the right price.
Lappintyre said:
On the flip side, Prentice have an M2 Competition in their showroom reduced from £58k to £48k... That seems like a serious drop to me..
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Easy enough to find a pre reg one at that price, BMW are not going to sell many at list price as there are plenty of pre-reg around at the £48k or below mark. Problem is getting one, I have been trying to get one since last week and at that price they are gone within a couple of hours.
 

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Can't see that one listed on the prentice website, anyone happen to know the spec?
 

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davyk31 said:
Long Beach blue one sitting outside JKC but think it had £58k on the windscreen.
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Yeah, tried them a few times but they are way off other dealerships. Most likely why they still have it, plenty around at £10k cheaper than that but as I say they go within a couple of hours.

JKC need to wise up on their pricing.
 

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They were the cheapest NI dealer by quite a margin when I bought the m135i. Bavarian were closest, Country were miles out and Prentice didn’t even quote despite me contacting them 3 times.
 
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