Haha, well I'm obviously amongst a few other 'barryboys' here who agree that it's well overpriced for what it is.....a quick blow over.

I think those who always try and over inflate poor examples are the ones to worry about as they are the ones looking for a quick pound for a blow over.....I call it greed

I agree still a very nice car, provided the paintwork is a good standard, even the brake discs look in better condition than the first advert. I have a little issue from the advert in that its' a bit misleading. There's no clue to the recent paintwork except that he says the wheels have been refurbished but other than that its 'totally original'. I do find it a little misleading personally.

For someone looking for a low mileage example thats already been sorted you couldn't go far wrong, assuming theres a bit of wiggle room in the price.

Yes, agree, should mention the paint, but will be obvious to prospective buyer.

Personally I don't have a problem with people buying low and selling high, provided the person buying high is not deliberately misled and are happy to pay that price. It seems to be a rising market.

Has anyone sent him a message on Ebay asking why the markup and why no mention of the extensive body and paintwork

How many rows do you want today?

I can imagine the response he will give, caveat emptor on this one I reckon, if a perspective purchaser knew anything about Coupe's/classic cars, coupled with the rapid change of ownership, a fresh blow over and cutting compound all over the engine bay, reckon it would ring huge alarm bells.

Be interesting to watch this one.

Yeah, at the end of the day, it's not my car, not your car and not anyone's car on here. Too many spouting about it's worth this or NO it's not worth that. If that's what you think, don't buy.

There are too many people thinking they know the prices for coupes and they don't . They think they do for sure. If you are a owner, or a prospective buyer, then price is of great interest these days.

Let's take my Plus, I thought it was worth 10K to sell to someone I did not really want to sell it to. So, 10K was the price offered. That's my business, if the guy wanted to buy the car at that price he would of, he didn't so he didn't buy.

I did not know the market either, as, as I said, no one does. So, I put the car (the Plus) to the market on eBay on a £1.00 start bid. It eventually sold for £7200.00

I had offers of £8K, £7.5K and £7K before the auction ended and when the car was around the £6K mark on the auction. I had committed to the auction and therefore told all, no thanks. If you want the car, bid, like everyone else.

I spoke to Rob40 about the car on the phone, he asked me what I thought it would go for, and I said around £7K. Rob, maybe you can confirm.

The car is worth what someone will pay, that I put here, very clearly, months ago .... CLICK ME

And I tested the market, the only person to do so with a Plus or LE and it sold for £7200.00. There has been a sprint blue for sale for a very long time (20VT) with non standard wheels for I think it was 6K the last time I saw, that, I think, remains unsold.

The LE that sold for 10K, also had a rare registration on, that upped the price.

after a hitch, it sold within an hour on the second advert for £7K. I was happy with that, for a fast purchase and it was worth in profit personally. I stated clearly in the advert that....

(a) I had bought the car in December 2015 and (b) I had paid a lot less.

There, is the benchmark.

All that is needed now is for someone, to put a genuine well cared for, low mileage car through a decent auction and we will begin to understand prices with greater clarity.

Until then, put up, or shut up

Out of interest, on eBay, it tells you that the car is overpriced when doing a normal advert, it says the average is £1500.00

If you go to Hagerty's site, classic cars, the Coupe (the last model) is not listed.

If you go to Glass's guide, the price is low. If you do a data check, the price for the model is low.

These, I think are the facts to date?

What do you think?

A Chrono LE with a professionally done ground up restoration ........I've just had a trouser incident

It may be worth 30K in future, let's hope for that ...

I welcome high prices too but there is a maximum anyone is willing to pay for a 18 year old coupe. I paid 8k for mine and spent another 1k within the first week on tyres, exhaust, windscreen and service, otherwise the asking price was going to be a lot higher. Ive now got it in with Joe for a complete bones up refurb which will set me back close to 25k in total (inc car purchase). Would anyone ever dream of buying my coupe once its complete for that price............no chance!

So, when a dog is put on the market for a high price against a minter at the same price it kinda puts it into context...........

There is too much guessing at condition and workmanship - if you know it's been a rush job then fair enough if you don't all you are doing is devaluing a car on opinion which isn't right. Alot of it goes on, nothing wrong with facts though!!

Fair play on your plus! It will be worth decent money one day, the 70's coupes are and when Phil (patch) has done sorting work on a few he's had some good prices (although he is super honest ane anal about his cars).
With positive talk in social media and a fair wind hopefully we'll see good prices again.

I welcome high prices too but there is a maximum anyone is willing to pay for a 18 year old coupe.