Advice Needed Please - How much should I advertise my 90 for?

Hi all,

Thinking of selling the 90 and sawpping it for a bit newer one (TD5). What do you guys think it would be worth and what should I advertise it at?

My 90 is a 1992 200tdi Hard Top in Blue with 150k miles.

Discs all round with new pads and discs. New radiator New Steering Box New Steering Pump New Clutch Master cylinder New OME Steering damper Just replaced Head Gasket. Honing marks still all present and each cylinder is within 5% compression of its neighbour. 4 x 1/4 worn BFG AT 235x85 R16 Tyres on Disco Steels. 1 x new BFG AT 235x85 R16 Tyres on Disco Steel. Orange Polybushes throughout No Oil Leaks from Engine / Gearbox / T/Box - Honest! New TD5 front Bumper K&N Air Filter New doors and hindges.

Chassis has had a few patches welded to the main rails (by me), front and rear ends in fair condition. Bulkhead is sound.

Vehicle also has the following but I think I would remove these and transplant to new vehicle: Mantec Wheel Carrier PC1700 Odyssey Battery 9mm Aluminium Steering Guard Diff guards On-board York 12cfm air compressor, air tank, pressure switch and air filter.

Any thoughts / advice welcomed. Also where would you suggest is the best place to get rid if I decide to do so? ebay or LRO Mag or on the newsgroup??

Thanks Jon

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Jon
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...and Jon spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

Ebay - guaranteed to sell if you're in a hurry. Will get a ridiculous price (high or low) depending on the market & the idiocy of buyers Magazine - probably best price if you don't mind waiting This group - guaranteed good home, but not the broadest of markets.

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Richard Brookman

New exhaust too Forgot to say had new springs and Monroe Gas dampers about 3 years ago.

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Jon

On or around Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:24:18 -0000, "Richard Brookman" enlightened us thusly:

don't put the starting bid too high, and don't put the reserve too high. Mostly, these days, things seem to find their own level on eBay. I know one chap (not selling LRs, mind) who puts everything up as 99p start and no reserve, and has had very few complete washouts.

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Austin Shackles

Any ideas what a sensible reserve would be? Jon

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Jon

I'd say it was worth about =A32500. Depends a lot on how straight and clean it looks. If you're going to ebay it then I'd keep the reserve low, you are more likely to interest bidders more and get them actively involved in the auction process.

Regards

William MacLeod

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willie

On or around 28 Feb 2006 04:13:41 -0800, " snipped-for-privacy@macleod-group.com" enlightened us thusly:

the reserve is so that you don't end up selling it ridiculously cheap, basically. It's often a mistake to put the reserve at the level you actually want.

The other one is "buy it now" - that definitely puts a ceiling on what you get for it, so if you do a "buy it now", then put that at the price you think you ought to get for it, on a good day. Put the reserve somewhat lower.

If the bidding only just gets to the reserve, then you get that. If it starts to get near the BiN price and someone's keen, they may jump in and buy it, in case they lose it.

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Austin Shackles

£2500 - would that be to trade or private? I was rather hoping for around the £4k mark (but then I could be way off mark).

At £2500 its almost work breaking and selling it in bits!

Thanks Jon

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Jon

I'm Scottish and every Land Rover I look at that hasn't been rebuilt with galv bits I see as a pile of rot ;-)

It's a hard top so normally isn't going to make top money (that goes to county station wagons). It's on it's original lt77 box, it's not got a good chassis (and that's not a slur on your welding, don't take it like that!) and by the sounds of it it's been used off road - new bumper, protection kit etc (presence of off road kit devalues your vehicle in your "average" buyers eyes). It may well be worth more as parts, and you'd definately have no trouble shifting the engine for a reasonable sum. Most of the bits you list are normal service items for a 13 year old 150k vehicle. By all means start at 4k, you might get that for it with a weeks advertising! Especially if you have the gift of the gab like the Irish man the other day selling gennys, he must make regular visits to the Blarney stone... 90s normally do make fairly good money, and if you get the right non-Scottish buyer then you're all set. My tip would be to clean it really,really well inside and out - it's amazing how few people do that and the difference it makes to the buyer, it might well be enough to tip the balance from a no sale to sale.

Regards

William MacLeod

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willie

...and Jon spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

I always work on the principle that the reserve price should be what you would (not could) sell it for at an absolute minimum - a pound less and you would not sell it at all. So if someone came to your door and offered you £x in cash, you would sell, but £(x-1) and you would tell them where to go. That way, if it sells at all, you will be happy to sell, and if not, you still have your goods.

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Richard Brookman

Thanks for the above. I had planned to remove the protection and transplant to the new vehicle / sell seperatley.

Sounds like its going to have to be out with the car wax, polish and Mr Sheen!!!

Thanks Jon

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Jon

On or around Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:23:17 -0000, "Richard Brookman" enlightened us thusly:

Have a look at 90 auctions and see what they're selling for, put the reserve around there, and put a BiN at about 4K or what you think it'd fetch on a good day.

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Austin Shackles

Seriously, you still have your overvalued goods. Value being defined as usual as what somebody will give you for it. You have proved your peceived value exceeds its true value.

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GbH

...and GbH spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

To be picky ... I'd question the idea of "true value". I don't think there is such a thing. To rephrase - you have proved that your perception of the value exceeds the perceptions of those who saw the auction and were in a position to bid at that time. It all depends on the market at the time. I still maintain that if you set your reserve for £1 over a price that would have you kicking yourself for "giving it away", then you won't go far wrong.

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Richard Brookman

Don't think I disagree, just that most?many people put the value of something at what they paid for it not what someone else would.

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GbH

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