Take a peek at the inside

[bigbob]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif.../page/1/postcode/w1m3hr/radius/1501?logcode=p

 

[Parisien]

NC = No comment....

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[bigbob]

Funny thing is the wall of cheap 4.2 GTs has not arrived yet. Maybe come November?

 

[Parisien]

Has to be soon......and then maybe an avalanche.......should be sub 40 by then....


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[dickygrace]

It's imminent, that's called bianca...., doesn't that mean White rather than grey? I honestly can't believe why anyone would order a car with a grey leather interior. Merc's have for years, loads of 996's and now a GT. Black, cream, brown as far as I'm concerned.

 

[conaero]

I am liking that.

Black on a GT looks great but not with a black interior IMHO.

Still think the best colours are the lighter and brighter ones like red, yellow and white, so you can put the aftermarket carbon MC kit on it for £1500 and you can actually see it. Its pointless on a black car.

Something has to give with the GT 4.2 prices, there are so many hanging around in the classifieds.

 

[bigbob]

They will fall, inevitably. I am sure if you rang up a main dealer with 'your' 57 plate 40k miles car then the bid would now be sub £40k. Even that would be a 45%+ retained value retail to trade after four years of relatively high miles - the trade actually likes these cars. You would not get that sort of retained value on, say, an XKR.

 

[Parisien]

Plus I beleive, no horror stories, seem reliable, still look good, are different, are still rare.......a lot of pluses.....but winter coming, markets/economy still poor......a lot of 07/08 cars now being moved on.....something will give....


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[Andyk]

That looks white to me......More white than grey anyway.....Take the wood out and it would be OK...

 

[dickygrace]

That looks white to me......More white than grey anyway.....Take the wood out and it would be OK...

I googled it and it's called bianco pregiato and from the limited images found looks whiter than it does grey. It looks grey on my screen on the Autotrader pics. Still, the car's £5k too dear anyway. Lots of us are waiting for £42k and below by the sound of it.

 

[Andyk]

Shouldn't be long Dicky....They have lost a bit over the last 6 months ot so...

 

[bigbob]

You should easily get one for that Dicky over the winter - as long as private punters start asking trade plus £4k rather than trade plus £8k.

 

[dickygrace]

You should easily get one for that Dicky over the winter - as long as private punters start asking trade plus £4k rather than trade plus £8k.

I can't understand why anyone would buy one privately at £45k ish when dealers are selling them for the same. The one at Targa Florio cars looks ok. I won't buy one til it starts with a '3' unless it's a GTS or an impeccable low mileage example in the right colour scheme.

 

[bigbob]

I agree. It's very hard to find privately advertised cars that fairly share the spread between trade and retail.

 

[bigbob]

Incidently these used 4.2 GTs need to get cheaper as they get to 4+ years old. Otherwise it is not much more expensive to buy a new one if you look at whole of life costs. Bear in mind that you could keep a new car longer too, thus averaging out dealer margins.

 

[conaero]

That looks white to me......More white than grey anyway.....Take the wood out and it would be OK...

My 156 Sportwagon had the same colour, its called elephant white, white with a hint of grey. When its clean, its really nice, shows the grubby hand prints quite badly.

 

[conaero]

Looks really nice with black.

 

[Parisien]

Not so sure Matt......have a grey leather ......phobia.......


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[Andyk]

When Liz was looking for a 156.......we look at one with that colour leather...I don't like grey but you are right Matt it looked lovely.....

 

[dem maser]

Like that.....good colour