Low mileage Stradale for sale

[BuckRog64]

I think you've really got to want a Strad to buy one right now at c.£60k+. I'm holding off buying anything else expensive as who knows what might happen at Brexit. Maybe a £60k used car could easily be £40k next spring. Wouldn't get used much in the winter anyway.

Something cheap to keep one amused over the winter months works for me. Now where is that well looked after late model manual 3200...

 

[rockits]

Agreed...so much uncertainty & many holding fire on all sorts. Cars....houses...not much fluidity at the moment.

 

[outrun]

Yep I hear you especially as the prices could and might come crashing down. I'm still in two minds about a Strad and when I see them at nearly £80k I do wonder if i'm doing the right thing. Is it 3 times the GTS? I know it's newer but that's about it... Weird situation and feeling....

You’re awfully negative these days, everything all right?

I don’t think a good Stradale will go below £50k ever unless the entire market crashes in which case the whole country is even more stuffed than it is now in this no-deal Brexit apocalypse. And yes, just like a gransport is better than any 4200, so a Strad is better than any GTS. It’s more then the sum of its parts, just like many other examples. Is the GT3 better than a nice Carrera S, yes. Is an m3 competition better than a 340, yes. Is a v10 r8 better than a v8, yup. The list goes on and on.

 

[Ewan]

Isn’t this the car that needs new carbon brakes? Which are not cheap! Before travelling to view, check this with the owner and then have the brakes inspected before purchase.

 

[rockits]

I don’t think a good Stradale will go below £50k/QUOTE]

I'm bookmarking that quote

It will happen & sooner than you think. I'm not a betting as I always lose but this is a given.

 

[rockits]

Isn’t this the car that needs new carbon brakes? Which are not cheap! Before travelling to view, check this with the owner and then have the brakes inspected before purchase.

I don't get why so many road cars firstly have carbon ceramic brakes. Then secondly why they ever need replacing it so soon. I thought the idea is they never needed changing or lasted the lifetime of the car.

Another reason why a Strad as 5 years old plus is not going to hold it's money as much as people think. How much is a set of carbon ceramic discs, pads & fitting? 10k?

 

[iainw]

Don’t have many photos (have loads of the rest of the crew). Here is one I found off my iPhone...

Nero with Nero Alcantara and leather interior with red stitching and red stitched headrests...

Red calipers, carbon interior. 22k Miles. I am original owner.

4 year service done in March at 21k miles. Clutch wear was 27%.

Has year 4&5 full warranty on the car which runs out at end Jan 2019.

About to replace with 4 new tyres in the next week.

Stu

How much are you looking for it Stu?

 

[Zep]

I don't get why so many road cars firstly have carbon ceramic brakes. Then secondly why they ever need replacing it so soon. I thought the idea is they never needed changing or lasted the lifetime of the car.

Another reason why a Strad as 5 years old plus is not going to hold it's money as much as people think. How much is a set of carbon ceramic discs, pads & fitting? 10k?

It’s more than that, but as usual there are options. There is a company that will re-infuse the discs with carbon and renew the surface layer to better than new for €1100. This will reduce as patents expire and more cars are fitted with them (Audi RS3 anyone?). Pads are £600 for a set before any negotiation and they last up to 30k miles. They are standard Brembo pattern sizes so how long before there are options here too?

I’m not going to say that a Strad isn’t going to drop below £50k but are they prohibitively expensive to run in comparison to a cooking GTS? No, and the gap will narrow.

Did people run screaming from the MCV because a damaged splitter would cost thousands? And if they did how do they feel now?

I think a sense of perspective is important. A mint low miles GTS is worth more than one with some miles on, a mint low miles Strad will always be worth more than that. If the MCV pattern holds true, when they are 12+ years old they will be worth something akin to the original purchase price.

Macro economic factors allowing of course.

 

[Contigo]

You’re awfully negative these days, everything all right?

I don’t think a good Stradale will go below £50k ever unless the entire market crashes in which case the whole country is even more stuffed than it is now in this no-deal Brexit apocalypse. And yes, just like a gransport is better than any 4200, so a Strad is better than any GTS. It’s more then the sum of its parts, just like many other examples. Is the GT3 better than a nice Carrera S, yes. Is an m3 competition better than a 340, yes. Is a v10 r8 better than a v8, yup. The list goes on and on.

Not negative but a optimistic pessimist.

 

[D Walker]

 

[rockits]

It's never good to have an empty glass......or is it?

 

[Zep]

It never good to have an empty glass......or is it?

Time will tell!

 

[rockits]

I think with all these final extra special models you always have the law of diminishing returns. Depends what you want as well. An older slightly restrained or understated character may prefer a GT S to a Strad.

Most cars run a average/ballpark depreciation of 50% loss over first 3 years. These 11 plate Strads at 7 years old should be 50k or less already so have quite a shallow depreciation curve as it is. How much is an 11 plate QP now that cost the same as a Strad new? 30k?

 

[Zep]

I think with all these final extra special models you always have the law of diminishing returns. Depends what you want as well. An older slightly restrained or understated character may prefer a GT S to a Strad.

Most cars run a average/ballpark depreciation of 50% loss over first 3 years. These 11 plate Strads at 7 years old should be 50k or less already so have quite a shallow depreciation curve as it is. How much is an 11 plate QP now that cost the same as a Strad new? 30k?

Totally agree. The main difference is someone wanting something understated has literally 500 times more choice than some wanting something a bit more lairy. When there is a pool of around 80 cars (for a 2 seat) you only really need 10 or 20 people to want one at a given time to keep prices boyant. And half of them are reading this right now.

I hope

 

[iainw]

Life's too short to worry too much about depreciation. Would you care losing 10k ish for 1-2 years in a Strad? I wouldn't. Its all relative. Think of those buying a brand new 5 or 7 series :O

 

[D Walker]

Life's too short to worry too much about depreciation. Would you care losing 10k ish for 1-2 years in a Strad? I wouldn't. Its all relative. Think of those buying a brand new 5 or 7 series :O

I agree - I wanted a GS in Med Blu (preferably). I passed on mine because of the interior(initially) but now I really like it, did I pay too much, possibly, will i lose money, probably, do I care, not really, I'm going to enjoy it while its in my stewardship, the 4200 is the only car I have ever not lost money on (sale price) - not spent!!!!!
I keep my eyes on the market but the advice I've had is trading the GS in for a Strad is just daft due to the likely trade in value of the GS.
I was going to wait and see what the Brexit fallout brings but as Iain says, Its to short, time is the only thing we are all running out of.....

 

[rockits]

Life's too short to worry too much about depreciation. Would you care losing 10k ish for 1-2 years in a Strad? I wouldn't. Its all relative. Think of those buying a brand new 5 or 7 series :O

Maybe for you but I couldn't afford to drop £10k depreciation on a car in 1-2 years. The only car I have dropped any discernible depreciation on will be my wife's current Freelander 2 SD4 HSE. I bought it trade 3 years old and we have had it for 4 years and will drop about £5-6k on it over 4 years. Most of the cars I have bought and sold have either made a small profit, broke even or a small loss. This is the only way I can afford to what I do by buying the car in the first place as cheap as I can.

I have other more pressing pulls on my financial resources so dropping depreciation numbers like £10k is just not an option for me.

 

[iainw]

Blimey. If I ever had a car I lost 5k on over 4 years I would be delighted. As bob will tell you though. I am lucky to keep them 6 months.

 

[azapa]

I have an offer to buy my strad now, exactly what I paid 2 years ago. That's a lot of stupid grins for not much money!

Regarding that car and it's 'hood': Novitec made that style carbon version before the 4 seaters came out. Maybe it's one of those?

 

[Scaf]

Me too, my classic cars have always been kind to me I think my GTS has dropped 10k in less than 3 years even though it was well priced at the time is a decent desirable spec and low miles........
I can’t face thinking how much my XJ’s have cost me in depreciation over the past 10 years but I imagine 50k +