GR86 GR86- Cars for sale - General Discussion

RumbleandSway said:
That isn’t the profile of a flipper :)
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As this man said - not the profile of a flipper and not someone I’d be digging out. You’re interested in using the car but also being “looked after” in terms of depreciation, rather than simply rinsing it for as much profit as possible. There’s a subtle but big difference 😎
 
Grblue86 said:
Anything that is taking money out of your pocket and not in is a financial liability (that includes your own house), is only when you sell that it may become an asset (provided you actually made money on it)
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Assets aren't the same as investments - anything of value that you own, wholly or partly, is an asset even if it is depreciating.
 
Itcaptainslow said:
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Itcaptainslow said:
If memory serves, Renault pulled a similar stunt with the Clio Williams (they then produced two further batches).

Didn’t stop them being a brilliant car, nor hurt residuals - look at a good one of those now, irrespective of which batch it came from.

The only people severely negatively impacted right now are those who bought purely to flip, and quite frankly, f**k them. They were the reason I couldn’t get hold of one from the first batch, and I refused to pay their offensive premiums. Glad I did.
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I wasn’t in the market for one the first time around but when they announced they were doing a second batch I missed out.
By the time the third list came out I was hesitant because the interest rate rises had been happening so I hedged my bets that they would struggle to sell the remaining cars.
It wasn’t until December when a brand new one in the colour I wanted came up and I snatched a deal with £2500 off of it.
I used some of that money to have the car PPF and ceramic done.
 
Hachi-roku said:
It’s fair to say 99% of cars should be viewed as a financial liability as opposed to an asset until the point they prove to be otherwise.

On the plus side it could be worse… if you’d bought a Taycan you could have purchased 2 GR86 with the money you’ve lost in depreciation on your battery powered miscalculation in the past year or so.
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I’m kinda happy if we do keep the GR and get a smaller car for everyday use… I love it and it gives me a chance to convince SWMBO to go for something like an UP GTI 😬
 
Bluemanc100 said:
I’m kinda happy if we do keep the GR and get a smaller car for everyday use… I love it and it gives me a chance to convince SWMBO to go for something like an UP GTI 😬
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I’ve just taken my old Up! GTI back on from my partner as my daily car. They’re brilliant little things - it does a great impersonation of a Golf in a hot wash on the motorway, but thanks to a light kerb weight, makes the most of 115bhp.

It's a super foil to the GR86 and when Em was driving the Up!, I was always looking at it with puppy dog eyes, missing it furiously.
 
Itcaptainslow said:
I’ve just taken my old Up! GTI back on from my partner as my daily car. They’re brilliant little things - it does a great impersonation of a Golf in a hot wash on the motorway, but thanks to a light kerb weight, makes the most of 115bhp.

It's a super foil to the GR86 and when Em was driving the Up!, I was always looking at it with puppy dog eyes, missing it furiously.
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I agree. I chose the High Up! TSi version with the turbo for my son's first car to keep the insurance cost down with the hope that he'd get a GTI in the future.
 
jb1750 said:
Interesting one on autotrader - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404028213603
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Interesting it has the GR front end bits bit not skirts or rear. Personally I wouldn't bother with a CAT S. Yes it's "cheap" but life's too short to have the worry over it. Even if repairs were minor, how do you know for definite it's all OK? I wouldn't feel good fully sending it into a corner unless I knew it was spot on.
 
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Interesting it has the GR front end bits bit not skirts or rear. Personally I wouldn't bother with a CAT S. Yes it's "cheap" but life's too short to have the worry over it. Even if repairs were minor, how do you know for definite it's all OK? I wouldn't feel good fully sending it into a corner unless I knew it was spot on.
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Or it's a track car, come tourer... Each to their own I suppose.
 
Vistalite said:
I agree. I chose the High Up! TSi version with the turbo for my son's first car to keep the insurance cost down with the hope that he'd get a GTI in the future.
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The first car I bought for my wife once she eventually learned to drive was a High Up! in white. It was a great little car and much better than the Seat equivalent that followed. She has progressed in that 13 years to the GR86. However, I cannot get the keys back to my XC70. The great laid plans of mice and men 🤔😉😁
 
Suddenly there's 40 for sale on autotrader, are these cars handed back at the end of their PCP deals?
 
westcoast said:
Suddenly there's 40 for sale on autotrader, are these cars handed back at the end of their PCP deals?
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PCP deals were 4 years. Oldest ones are 18 months old currently.
 
westcoast said:
Suddenly there's 40 for sale on autotrader, are these cars handed back at the end of their PCP deals?
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Probably summer coming (eventually) so the peak time to sell.

I'm keeping an eye on the activity as I'm selling up when I've got my personalised plate off to try and get some kind of price to sell. #NoClue
 
Dal3D said:
Probably summer coming (eventually) so the peak time to sell.

I'm keeping an eye on the activity as I'm selling up when I've got my personalised plate off to try and get some kind of price to sell. #NoClue
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It's certainly not family friendly even though it makes you feel like a driving god!
 
Possibly a mix of the car not being quite what some hoped or the cost/repayments needed when people need money for other things. Or jumping ship while prices are still fairly strong.

Im keeping an eye on FL5 Civic Type-R prices, if they come close to what I can get for the 86 then I think I'll be moving over
 
SJR202 said:
Possibly a mix of the car not being quite what some hoped or the cost/repayments needed when people need money for other things. Or jumping ship while prices are still fairly strong.

Im keeping an eye on FL5 Civic Type-R prices, if they come close to what I can get for the 86 then I think I'll be moving over
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I'm keeping an eye on them too but to replace the Swift. Then I'll have the best of each drive type.
 
Not sure the price of the GR86 and the Civic Type R will ever get that close, the Civic was £20k more new.
Unless our cars go up in value when there are EVs everywhere...
 
rsh1972 said:
Not sure the price of the GR86 and the Civic Type R will ever get that close, the Civic was £20k more new.
Unless our cars go up in value when there are EVs everywhere...
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Supra’s were 20-25k more when new, they are nearing GR86 prices now (4-5yo but still).
Do Type Rs have better depricitation than that? 🤔
 
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