Skoda Superb III 4x4 280 - A sleeper’s journey – 280ps to 560ps

Honestly, still way over priced as per the advice all that time ago. This is worth at most private retail of the equivalent age / mileage un modded one possibly with a nominal amount added or even discounted for the mods.

Doesn't detract from how great it is but it's the wrong car to have modded to such an expense and expected any return.
 
Scrutinize said:
Honestly, still way over priced as per the advice all that time ago. This is worth at most private retail of the equivalent age / mileage un modded one possibly with a nominal amount added or even discounted for the mods.

Doesn't detract from how great it is but it's the wrong car to have modded to such an expense and expected any return.
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Not the car for you then and that's appreciated, thank you for your comment.
 
Scrutinize said:
Honestly, still way over priced as per the advice all that time ago. This is worth at most private retail of the equivalent age / mileage un modded one possibly with a nominal amount added or even discounted for the mods.

Doesn't detract from how great it is but it's the wrong car to have modded to such an expense and expected any return.
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That logic doesn't follow when a car is as extensively modified as this. Its worth much more than a standard one to the right buyer.
 
Acme said:
That logic doesn't follow when a car is as extensively modified as this. Its worth much more than a standard one to the right buyer.
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I think he is right though. When I used to spend time on briskoda it always seemed like the modified fabias up for thousands more than the standard one never used to sell fast. Usually the owners would give up and strip the car back to standard because only then were the parts actually worthwhile to people. This is a way more extreme version of that scenario. I'm not sure if this has been asked, but have you considered going down that road OP?
 
Awesome car man, one of my neighbours has one of these, i look at it each day and think that is a hansom car, i have never considered owning a Skoda until i saw one these later ones.
 
Acme said:
That logic doesn't follow when a car is as extensively modified as this. Its worth much more than a standard one to the right buyer.
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We are talking a Skoda here not a Toyota Supra or a Skyline.

Nobody wants to spend £26K on a 4 year old Skoda with no warranty. In fact nobody wants a 560hp skoda apart from boy racers who have literally £4K to spend on a corsa.

The mismatch in price is to the point the owner should know he was always going to be losing his shirt on it. I think he is deliberately keeping the price high so he doesn't need to sell it as nobody will pay more than £10K for it.
 
It's going to take a very specific buyer to sell this at anything approaching the sort of money being asked for it. It could take months or even years for the right buyer to come along. Car modifications should be done for enjoyment, not investment. When I sold my supercharged MX5 I got more for it than a bog-standard one would fetch, but nowhere near what I spent on it, and that's fine. That's just how it goes.

It's not as if it's just had a remap, it is extensively modified and I would imagine if someone wanted to do this, they'd want to do it all themselves. There's a lot of personal choices involved. For example, I'd want to change the wheels on this one, so there goes another load of money on top of the £25k.

What would this car be worth if it was standard, out of interest?
 
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I don't understand the link here. Why is the cars used value at all related to how much of the original value has been repaid?
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I would assume because it owes him less now?

Not saying this is right, or commenting on it at all, just a guess :p


Honest, if I were a bit older with a kid or two I'd have it...
 
Hyburnate said:
I would assume because it owes him less now?

Not saying this is right, or commenting on it at all, just a guess :p


Honest, if I were a bit older with a kid or two I'd have it...
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According to some posts I will still have it in 20 years so you have plenty of time :)
 
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