Mark Stanton Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Strip it out and sell it off as parts - you'll probably get more usually plenty of Se narrow owners looking to "upgrade" Quote
lippydave Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Well, all you have to do to see the logic is reverse the roles. Put yourself in the shoes of a buyer. If you were looking to buy an open topped car, now is the time to do it financially with winter approaching and the subsequent opportunity to "chip" any potential seller. If you were a first time Westie buyer, what would you look for in a car? Does a secondhand Westie appeal to a particular demographic of buyer? I suspect many would like to build from kit but either through financial/time or space constraints they are unable to do so. Do they want the finished/polished/sorted article? Isn't some of the attraction of a kit car in the building, or at least the personalisation of a car? In that case, you can understand the logic of someone buying something cheaper and then putting it together in the way they want with the components they want? Which all adds credence to Jeff and Cast_Iron's theory that the way to maximise profit is to minimise the spec' and sell off the trick bits separately. A lot of hassle IMHO, and it would be a shame to do to such nice cars, but if that's the only way to get a sensible return? Quote
Matt Seabrook Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 I can understand the problems selling a Westfield at this value. When I sold my black Westfield I thought long and hard about the price. I looked at what others that actually sold where asking for there cars in the first place. Zetec and VX cars that sell seem to be in the 7-8k bracket. The nicer ones up at closer to 8k so knowing my car was higher spec than most being sold I stuck it up slightly more than that. I also considered that living in Cornwall most people would have to travel to see the car so asking a high price and hoping it would see did not make much sense. To be honest I was in no rush to sell but I did not want to have to deal with too many tyre kickers. This is the reason I sold my car for what I did. If you add the sum of the parts up your car is under priced. If you look at other cars that are selling your car is a little over priced. That said if it sells at this price someone will have a lot of car for the money. Every now and again cars will sell for silly money (not meaning yours is silly money) but it could take 12 months to reach a sale. So the way I see it if you want rid of the car you should drop the price, if you want the price you will have to wait. Or do as I am doing start a spread sheet with all the bits and bobs on your car with prices you want for the components and see what its worth in parts. I am close to your asking price for your car already and I have not sold every thing yet. I wish you luck, but selling a Westfield for more than 10k can be a waiting game. Quote
chazpowerslide Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Breaking it would be the last thing I'd do. You'll be left with loads of bits hanging about for ages and no cash for them. We can chat later if you like. Chaz. Quote
JeffC Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Breaking it would be the last thing I'd do. You'll be left with loads of bits hanging about for ages and no cash for them. I disagree I had a queue of people for the upgrade bits I removed from my busa and ended up quids in. I had my 1550 busa up at 14995 with no interest in it but then advertised it at 9995 but with options of spec . I sold the car straight away and with a little bit of effort exceeded my original asking price. Quote
oioi Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Breaking it would be the last thing I'd do. You'll be left with loads of bits hanging about for ages and no cash for them. I disagree I had a queue of people for the upgrade bits I removed from my busa and ended up quids in. I had my 1550 busa up at 14995 with no interest in it but then advertised it at 9995 but with options of spec . I sold the car straight away and with a little bit of effort exceeded my original asking price. im with jeff on this one. made an extra grand or so by removing the bgh gearbox and the quaiffe diff and seeling separately. Car doesnt need to be broken in to all its little components, just de-specced. remove the easy things that have high value. the cage, diff and gearbox should all be sold individually. if you have a set of carbs lieing about i would consider fitting megajolt and selling the ECU and injection system. I would expect that would realise you over 3k. And whilst everyone has been ncey nicey I wont be. a narrow life axle isnt worth 10.5k, no matter how good. Quote
jeff oakley Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 There are several things against you on this. The economy, the time of year and the spec of the car. On the spec many people who buy a first westfield will want nice comfy bits for a weekend drive, they then get bitten and spend a fortune to get to your spec, by having a car so high specced your market is limited. Time of the year many will see it as a waste as they will get littel use. And finaly the economy, people like me who have some spare cash at the moment know that people are desperate so can bargin hard for every thing and steal things. If you are desperate to sell people will know and knock your price. Breaking might well be a good way of getting the overall price you want, which ever wau good luck. Quote
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 its alright suggesting stripping it down if you happen to have lower spec parts laying around and have the luxury of time Mark clearly wants to sell ASAP so re-sourcing cheaper parts to bung on in place of is not really that practical - people often say they made an extra 2-3k by stripping off the nice bits, but from what I can see often forget the value of the lower spec parts that at some point have no doubt been paid for Clearly if you need to sell quickly the two main things you can do are improve the advert and market the car elsewhere and/or drop the price Failing that stick with it and wait to find the right buyer - your still a young man I believe your car is worth the money you are asking for it - tis not your average westy Quote
Tonsko Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Speaking from a prospective buyer's point of view: I originally set my budget at 8, dropped it to 5, then it slowly crept up as I realised what would happen @ around 5K. I've looked at yours loads of times, and it looks great - but it was simply over budget for me I'm afraid. If I had that budget, you would have already have sold it (plus some advice on how to remove the full cage). So, the spec is top notch, but simply outside the amount I can afford Quote
RedditchJay Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I think the full cage looks fantastic...... having had a "standard" Westy my next one I want to be more track day and less road going Quote
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I think the full cage looks fantastic...... having had a "standard" Westy my next one I want to be more track day and less road going get it bought then chap - this car is propa beau Quote
Bean Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 It's quite simple, if you need to sell quickly you'll have to drop the price. If you can afford to wait, you may get the asking price but I have to agree with oioi that it is overpriced in today's market. Quote
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 just put a link to this in your advert - should do the trick Quote
SootySport Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 just put a link to this in your advert - should do the trick Not sure that is a good idea, He seems to have trouble going in a straight line Quote
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 that was the idea of the day Quote
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