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January 23, 2004
Alan
It's always very difficult to put prices on cars, specially without the ben
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efit of
seeing them, and owners quite often have very strange ideas on what things
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are worth, but at the end of the day, naturally, you need to decide what it
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s
worth to you.
Simple economics says that availability/supply and demand dictate prices of
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any product or service and that applys equally to cars. There are plenty of
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cars about in that condition and I don't see queues at sellers doors for th
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em,
so that suggests the buyer has the upper hand and not the seller.
Personally I put no stead whatsoever in so called 'book' price guides or ev
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en
price guides put out by Car Clubs referring specifically to the Austin Heal
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ey
Club of America, they seem to pluck prices out of the air and use those.
Coming back to your point, for a car in that condition, if it was me, I'd b
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e
looking to get it as cheaply as I could. $1,000 is about =A3650GBP, I would
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pay
much more than =A3500GBP ($750USD) for a car in that condition and $500USD
would be a 'good' price.
Nigel
"amukdigiphoto" < amukdigiphoto@... > 28524
Posted on January 23, 2004 11:25 AM
Posted to category(s) Body | Cylinder Head | Intake System | Miscellaneous | Technical Info
