Recommended price for my car?

Looks like the 996 has got to go What are your ideas on the price i should be asking for it looked on autotrader and the differnece in prices hasn't really helped me! But a thing in my favour is there isnt another 996 speed yellow advertised on there in the country! details are 2000 w reg C2 full gt3 bodykit speed yellow black leather 60,000mls FSH had all the usual repairs ie RMS, MAF etc.

Nice car. I'd say about 18k, maybe 19.

If Ady944 isn't doing this already, then I will: ~ Maxie

I would think around £22-23k ! I know the market is slow blah,blah,blah.. I would change the wheels to GT3 wheels, the current alloys do not look good with that kit ! What do you see its worth ? What did you pay for it ?

I have to agree with Dan on the price there. I would have said £23k also especially if it looks as good a condition as in the photo. The speed yellow/ GT3 kit combo also helps too but the alloys save it from being mistaken for the real thing. That should sell a bit more easily than other cooking C2/C4 cars out there. ~ Maxie

Paid £25k about 14months ago, which at the time was around 3-4k cheaper than most others! I know the arse has dropped out of the market but i think £18k is a bit low i was hoping to get somewhere between £20k & £22k, thing is i dont need to sell because of financial reasons so 'm in no rush, its just that i am not using the car and it seems a waste of time & money it being parked in the garage. i'm a massive ford escort mk2 rs 2000/mexico fan so i might as well park 1 of them up in the garage and use it every now and again! and it will make me money! GOD I HATE LOSING MONEY ON CARS!!!!!!

don't talk to Wattie then :lol:

It's incredibly depressing, but I feel the 996 market really has fallen off a cliff recently. More so than other marques or models I'd wager (excluding the 997, which has also taken a battering). My car is an 03 Targa Tip, good colour combo and spec, with 45k miles. I suspect this is worth about 24k, which is why I couldn't see an earlier pre-facelift (admittedly nice spec and colour), example going above 20k. 99/00 cars go anywhere between 17-22k, so if you want to price to sell it, I would have thought to go between these two values. I always look at Portiacraft to give a good indication of where prices are, eg: Turbo Tip 03, low miles - 36k C4S 03, very low miles - 28k Targa Tip 03, low(ish) miles - 26k Cab 00, average miles - 22k Not saying I'd necessarily buy from Portiacraft, but they price their cars very aggressively and if you are looking to sell privately, I'd take about 2k off these numbers. Cheers, GD

Whilst I know that there are those that disagree with me, the sale price of anything at the moment is dire because there is no confidence and little credit in the market. With lenders now requiring a higher equity stake, this reduces the number and budget of potential buyers. This must then change the balance of supply and demand and thus everything, not just 996's, drops in value. Well maybe not asking prices for Porsche 968's and 356's but thats another story. Real world values only bite when one has to sell so probably the advice is don't .......... and perhaps drink more :?: Certainly there's an argument for just enjoying what you've got and try to ride out the storm.

Whilst I agree with what you're saying, the price is never going to go back up for the 996 and 997. The depreciation will probably slow though. So, if I was going to sell, there's no benefit of putting it off for a year, as I'll just lose more money (depreciation, service, tax). As long as it's priced competitively (and I don't mean trouser down price), then I'd hold out and don't accept any stupid offers.

Actually, I think it's more a case of them being artificially high for too many years... The 996 was built in similar numbers to things like Merc SLs and BMW Z-series, yet the residual values had been assumed from the start to be consistent with previous 911 models (built in much, much lower numbers). Then when they started to go wrong, the trade and the guides suddenly seemed to realise that they were now a much higher volume, automated production line built sports car (albeit a well designed one - mostly), and values started to plummet. IMO 996 values, if anything, are still on the high side compared to anything costing a similar amount at the same time - e.g. BMW 7-series, Merc CL, Audi A8, etc... If you don't believe me would you pay £20,000 for a 8 year-old 60,000 mile Maserati? What makes people think 996 values are low is simply because they are comparing them with previous 911 models (993 in particular), which were mostly hand-built in much lower numbers, and are not the same thing at all. I wish it were not the case, but I'm afraid I am speaking as one of the people that didn't see that coming either <where's the ostrich smilie when you need it>

Those points are well made :thumb:

As someone who has just recently bought a 996 I would not have looked at a pre-facelift much over £20k... there have been quite a few cars below this price advertsied over the last few months, and i think as a private seller you'd be pushed to get £20k+... i paid less than that for a facelift car from a dealer, though admitedly with higher mileage than yours has. Facelifts are now appearing in the low £20k's... and however nice yours is it is inevitably competing against these newer cars... i'm no expert though... just speaking a recent first time buyer!