The last UK SVX

b3lha · #1 11-15-2005, 02:34 AM

Currently for sale on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4590639168

I remember when we bought our SVX, this car was the last remaining unsold SVX. It was at Ace Kensington and as I remember, they wanted 34K for it - which was about 3 times our budget.

svxistentialist · #2 11-16-2005, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by b3lha

Currently for sale on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4590639168

I remember when we bought our SVX, this car was the last remaining unsold SVX. It was at Ace Kensington and as I remember, they wanted 34K for it - which was about 3 times our budget.

I remember seeing that car advertised at Haxbys of Plymouth. Never ceases to amaze me how so many SVXs end up in the West Country.

From memory, they were looking what I thought was too much for the car at £8500.

Wonder what is the asking price now?

Joe

blueji · #3 11-17-2005, 03:00 PM

Is it me or what?

As a "junior" member does there seem to be a growing interest in the SVX? there seems to be quite a few models turning up on ebay and the autotrader, and some of them not too bad looking examples either to boot! The bug has definitely bitten with me and I was pleased to be part of the JAE, where there seemed to be a bumper crop of svx's that turned up. Maybe the investment of paying a fortune for parts and servicing might eventually pay off on what was an initial cheap purchase. The two models on ebay at present, although not too bad, dont cut the mustard with me with them having the "Calibra" looking front end, but at least its still an SVX I suppose.

Lets hope the interest is growing.....
John

Maineman1963 · #4 11-21-2005, 08:49 AM

Saw this on Ebay too, was pulled at £4k in typical crappy Ebay fashion as guess sold elsewhere. Ebay doesnt half p***s you off when this happens as so mnay "auctions" just don't run the course !! The car looked good and had been in Autotrader as said in Plymouth late last year/ early this when bought my 95 black Uk car. Would have bought this black S reg too !

svxistentialist · #5 11-21-2005, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Maineman1963

Saw this on Ebay too, was pulled at £4k in typical crappy Ebay fashion as guess sold elsewhere. Ebay doesnt half p***s you off when this happens as so mnay "auctions" just don't run the course !! The car looked good and had been in Autotrader as said in Plymouth late last year/ early this when bought my 95 black Uk car. Would have bought this black S reg too !

Yes, I was watching it.

Sorry you missed it David. The guy is a dealer. I suspect he was trying his hand, seeing what the market would offer. When it did not come close to his cost price or threshold in time, he pulled it.

Six and a half should buy that car, but that's just my guesstimate.

There's sure to be another along soon, if blueji is right!!

blueji · #6 11-22-2005, 01:48 PM

I can see where you are coming from Joe, but surley the fact these car's are scarce and not in abundance and the Uk spec slightly better than the JDM, the word here is education, many folk think I own a Masda or the like and when I've finally ran out of breath telling them what's under the bonnet and all four wheels are actually connected they have the same want as I had before I bought mine.
What is coming available right now is a great deal of auction meat and the good ones seem to go quick, as recently seen on ebay and pointed out by maineman.
Whatever the value in money the Glasses guide put on them comes no where near what they are worth to me......as the look of poeple wherever I go is priceless!!

John

svxistentialist · #7 11-21-2005, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by blueji

Is it me or what?

As a "junior" member does there seem to be a growing interest in the SVX? there seems to be quite a few models turning up on ebay and the autotrader, and some of them not too bad looking examples either to boot! The bug has definitely bitten with me and I was pleased to be part of the JAE, where there seemed to be a bumper crop of svx's that turned up. Maybe the investment of paying a fortune for parts and servicing might eventually pay off on what was an initial cheap purchase. The two models on ebay at present, although not too bad, dont cut the mustard with me with them having the "Calibra" looking front end, but at least its still an SVX I suppose.

Lets hope the interest is growing.....
John

There seems to be more cars coming out of the woodwork, all right John.

It is nice to see in a way, but it appears to me they are selling quite cheap. For these cars to make their way up the Classics ladder in status and price, I think they would have to get scarce, and the market such as it is would have to notice or recognise the car in a "cult" way.

I can't see this happening in the near future. I think the values will continue to be kept low because it is easy to get rhd cars cheap from Japan. Until that market dries up, and they start to get really scarce, then we will continue to own cars at the bottom end of the value chain.

Buying one with low miles and laying it up is probably a good idea. Using one every day is probably not so good, value wise, if it was not such a nice car to own and drive.