Graham Dimmock

Decided to sell my superb Impreza and was looking for opinions on the price.

Subaru Impreza 1999 T - Silver
19,800 - Full Subaru Main Dealer FSH
One owner from New
17" OZ alloys & Sony CD

Otherwise the car is in very good original condition.

Pictures...

Danny B

Anything between £6,500 - £7,500 depending on condition / history etc.

SimonD

I bought my silver MY00 last December from a main dealer with a similar mileage for £12.5k with a year's warranty.
I would have paid £10k for a good MY99 privately at that time. One owner, known history and a genuine low mileage is worth a huge amount to anyone interested in keeping their car. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Bucket loads of extras are worth little or nothing if they are sensible/tasteful and reduce the value of the car if they are not (i.e. most of them!).

If I were in the market I would have thought that this has got to be worth £8.5k to £9k. I don't think the wheels add to the value but they do suit the car very well and certainly don't detract from it - particularly if you have the originals. Classics in this kind of shape are getting rarer. I'm not trying to talk up the value of my car - by the time I sell it, it will have a huge mileage and be worth sweet FA!!

Nice car by the way.

Danny B

Just noticed that this doesn't have colour coded door handles or wing mirrors, does this mean it was manufactured in 1998 but registered in 99 ?

+Doc+

Nice example for sure, pity the 2nd hand car market is dead :|

ozzy

Colour coded bits weren't introduced until the MY00. That was one thing the RB5 boasted over a std MY99 - it was all colour coded.

Stefan

ozzy

19,000 miles

for god sake drive it dude

Graham Dimmock

Was offered £9500 by the dealer about 9 months ago and i've only done 2500 miles since then. Just had a baby and another one on the way so we mostly use the MPV

I wanted the 17" wheels for the wider tyres but did not want to change the look to much (still have the originals in perfect condition too).

Will check with the dealer again and add at least £1000

Cheers

Crockel

I have bought a '98 Terzo in the last fortnight. It has 50k on it and I paid £8k.

In the current market that was a fairly strong price but:

(a)I loved the colour (!)
(b) it didn't have any damage of any kind (not even a car park ding- the guy must only have driven at night)
(c) and more importantly the guy I bought it from was the first owner and hadn't done a single modification. He also produced every single receipt from new including the receipt for £23k when he bought it.

I had looked at quite a few cars but the one owner/ no mods swung it for me. With the mileage on your car it is barely run in! I agree with SimonD that it must surely be worth a bare minimum of £8.5k and nearer £9k in light of that fact. If I had been looking for a silver car I would personally have been comfortable paying that amount myself if it was all in order.

Lee

Danny B

Have you guys checked out http://www.parkers.co.uk recently?
Scary stuff...

Crockel

Thanks for the link DannyB.

I bought the Parkers guide before looking. I must say I couldn't find any cars along the south coast even near the prices they quote! Parkers claim that the difference between the same car sold privately and on the forecourt is less than £400. All the dealers I looked at worked on a difference of nearer £1200-£1500.

Parkers does however agree with our valuations on Graham's car because the adjustment for the mileage adds £1300 to its value taking it into the £8.5-9k range. ;-)

Lee

SimonD

Yes, thanks for the confirmation of the price Danny !

What that doesn't say is that you could look for months before coming across another car with this history and mileage.