HERBIEMERCMAN
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- 97. E300.TD. 7 SEAT.ELEGANCE. EST.TOYOTA SUPRA MK4. RS. VAUX. CORSA.GLS AUTO. SPORT.
hi everyone, i am selling my wife's vectra estate, we have spent £1,000 completely restoring it, based on us keeping it, but due to ill health my wife must now have an automatic and the vectra is a manual.
perhaps i am being neive as i know a 1996 vectra estate would be worth £600 to £700. i am asking £1,500 as the car is superb, new fuel tank, new tyres, new timing belt, water pump,alternator, windscreen, new battery, the list goes on.tax. MOT etc.
if i had bought an old cottage and renovated it then i would have had no difficulty recouping my outlay.
why are cars so different ? if somone buys merc for £2,000 then spends £2,000 improving it why would this not be appreciated by a potential purchaser ?
perhaps i am being neive as i know a 1996 vectra estate would be worth £600 to £700. i am asking £1,500 as the car is superb, new fuel tank, new tyres, new timing belt, water pump,alternator, windscreen, new battery, the list goes on.tax. MOT etc.
if i had bought an old cottage and renovated it then i would have had no difficulty recouping my outlay.
why are cars so different ? if somone buys merc for £2,000 then spends £2,000 improving it why would this not be appreciated by a potential purchaser ?