981 Spyder up for auction
#16
True, and there were some decent prices brought for 987 Spyders sold on BaT late last year, which sorta shoots holes in my hesitation.
Regarding one's ability to "[s]et the reserve high enough," a friend recently tried to sell a limited edition 911 on BaT and the car was rejected by them because they thought his reserve was too high. Thus, I don't know what freedom a seller actually has on BaT to set the reserve where he/she sees fit. If BaT doesn't see eye-to-eye with you, then you're SOL as I understand it. Not sure I like someone else dictating to me what the reserve should be, although I can understand BaT's desire/motivation to sell cars and weed out sellers who have an unrealistic sense of what their car is worth.
Regarding one's ability to "[s]et the reserve high enough," a friend recently tried to sell a limited edition 911 on BaT and the car was rejected by them because they thought his reserve was too high. Thus, I don't know what freedom a seller actually has on BaT to set the reserve where he/she sees fit. If BaT doesn't see eye-to-eye with you, then you're SOL as I understand it. Not sure I like someone else dictating to me what the reserve should be, although I can understand BaT's desire/motivation to sell cars and weed out sellers who have an unrealistic sense of what their car is worth.
And I agree of course; if they wouldn't let me set the reserve I wanted I wouldn't list there either.
#20
That price seems about right given the auction setting, mileage, lack of CPO, and the options list for a $100.9K car. I bet it would've fetched mid to high $90K's if CPO with half the miles. Great color combo and the sought-after LWB carbon bucket seats. I can hardly bring myself to blink when I look at these cars for fear of missing something. They are so intoxicating.
Last edited by SpyderSenseOC; 01-10-2018 at 04:17 PM.
#21
#25
I agree. If I lived in a warm weather area where I could have the top down all the time, I would have been first in line to buy one. The Spyder is about the best handling car that one can buy, regardless of price. I absolutely love the car, but I'm too dam lazy to fight that top.I got accustomed to just hitting a button.
#27
Yep, mileage is the killer. I assume that the original buyer paid $102K for the car and it sold for $88K or about a 14% reduction in two years. I have a 2013 BS which cost me $65K after a significant discount. In 2015 I was offered $55K from a co-worker who fell in love with the car. That is about a 15% reduction in two years. The big difference was mileage. My car had only 3800 miles when the offer was made. I suspect that if the Spyder had only 3800 miles, the price would have been in the upper $90Ks.
#28
Yep, mileage is the killer. I assume that the original buyer paid $102K for the car and it sold for $88K or about a 14% reduction in two years. I have a 2013 BS which cost me $65K after a significant discount. In 2015 I was offered $55K from a co-worker who fell in love with the car. That is about a 15% reduction in two years. The big difference was mileage. My car had only 3800 miles when the offer was made. I suspect that if the Spyder had only 3800 miles, the price would have been in the upper $90Ks.
#29
I bought a 3 year old MB CLS550 with 6k miles on it (and the computer showed average speed since new of 19 mph) for 42% less than original sticker. And that was CPO.
#30
Agreed. Car is two model years old now, new GT3 is out, and it's winter. I think it's expected (or should be anyway?).