Price Guide S2 Disco

[rfmej69]

I am currently contemplating selling our disco and was wanting some advice on what seems to be a reasonable (realistic) price for private sale. There seems to be such a range of prices on carsales & trading post I don't know where to start. The details are:1999 S2 Discovery V8 petrolAutoJava BlackACELR side stepsWoodgrain interior trim80,000kmService HistoryCondition of vehicle excellentapprox 5 mths rego remainingThanks in advance Fiona

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Have a look on the redbook guide. Everyone who has a vested interest usually bags the site, but it is a good guide to what you will actually sell your car for :) Don't for get to add/subtract for lower/higher than average km, and add a little for options that might appeal :)

Good luck :)

http://www.redbookasiapacific.com/au/vehicle/index.php'make=LAND&family=LCDISCOVE

[4X4V8]

I'd agree - look at Redbook for a ballpark figure. After six weeks of looking, I've just bought an early S2. I actually wanted an immaculate S1 V8 and just couldn't find a good one for a reasonable price. The best I found had 55,000km but was $16,000. It wasn't worth it. I lucked on an early, really well presented 1999 S2 V8 instead for much less than that.

Don't give away your car, but if you do want to sell, don't dismiss genuine offers without trying to negotiate first. You may kick yourself weeks later for letting a buyer go.

A (very low) baseline is trade price, so you may want to go to a dealer for a valuation. Don't accept that price unless you're deperate, but at least you have a worst case scenario. It can only get better from there.

[Captain_Rightfoot]

A (very low) baseline is trade price, so you may want to go to a dealer for a valuation. Don't accept that price unless you're deperate, but at least you have a worst case scenario. It can only get better from there.
In my experience look at the trade low price, and that is what a dealer will offer you at best (regardless of how good the car is)... and even more so if you're not buying another car from them.

They get offered lots of cars, and they make offers everyday that are on the cusp of stupidity. If 1 in 3 accept then they will try and make 10k on a late model car... lol.

So, my advice would be if you want to sell, look at the redbook price and add 1/2 k at most. If it's a dog go to the low end and if it's a pearler go high end. Be prepared to wipe the extra off :o

If you do that you'll sell your car within a couple of months on the likes of carsales.

Alternatively, disregard this, and put 5/10 k on the redbook value. You never know your luck. Stand your price as long as you can but don't burn buyers. When they offer you fair money if you don't want to accept it yet take their name and number. When you want to sell price it according to the above. Expect the price to have dropped 2-5k in the ensuing year :p :p

This is how people sell defenders in my experience. :)

Looking at the guide for your car, if it is in exceptional condition that matches it's low k's I'd try 22/23. If you want a quick sale set it at 19999 and stand your ground :)

[Utemad]

I have looked at quite a few series 1 Discos in the last 6 months and a few series 2s. Most of the Discos I have been watching for sale all this time are still there! The series 1s seem to start at $10-15K and some have dropped to the $6.5K mark and are still for sale.
When I was selling my Rodeo I started at the upper end of the Redbook value and got zero calls. By the time I sold it I had dropped it to the lower end and had about one call per fortnight for a few months but only one serious sounding guy. No one came to look at it ever and I ended up selling it to our family business as a workshop ute.
I don't really know what the series 2 market is like but if it is like these other two vehicles than I don't like your chances of getting good money for it. Sorry.

This is for V8s.

[4X4V8]

If you want a quick sale set it at 19999 and stand your ground :)

Really? Okay, maybe I am missing something, but the range I found on Redbook is $14-$17.3k for a private sale.

As mentioned on this site before, D2 V8 wholesale price is now around $11k. I bought a car with a few mechanical 'issues' but with lowish kays and in very good cosmetic order from a private seller for not much more than that. I reckon a good low-kay 99 V8 is worth about $17k max, and more like $15k to actually sell it. As Utemad says, try selling a car in the current market. There are not a lot of buyers out there for thirsty English 4WD V8s. I had my previous car on carsales for 3 months and finally sold it on ebay for thousands less than I first asked for it.

[Captain_Rightfoot]

If you want a quick sale set it at 19999 and stand your ground :)

Really? Okay, maybe I am missing something, but the range I found on Redbook is $14-$17.3k for a private sale.

As mentioned on this site before, D2 V8 wholesale price is now around $11k. I bought a car with a few mechanical 'issues' but with lowish kays and in very good cosmetic order from a private seller for not much more than that. I reckon a good low-kay 99 V8 is worth about $17k max, and more like $15k to actually sell it. As Utemad says, try selling a car in the current market. There are not a lot of buyers out there for thirsty English 4WD V8s. I had my previous car on carsales for 3 months and finally sold it on ebay for thousands less than I first asked for it.
My apologies... I clicked td5 instead of petrol :eek:

I kind of got the impression it was a luxury model... but it could have been the base model. If it's the base model it ranged from 14-17 like you say. We didn't really get a good description of the car. I thought the woodgrain might indicate a higher spec. In which case the guide is 19.5 to 23.6.

I guess we're both guessing with the nebulous description given :eek: :)

I think in a way we're both saying the same thing... don't overprice it. Just because someone is asking ...say $25 for that car definately doesn't mean they will sell it for that. In my experience the cars sit for many many months before the owners expectations come to the market. The redbook is a really good way of seeing roughly where the market is now :)

[4X4V8]

I guess we're both guessing with the nebulous description given :eek: :)


You are quite right! And no offence meant about prices... just having gone thru the process of being a seller knocking off thousands to sell my car, then being a buyer facing sellers who refused to budge on their inflated prices ('if I don't sell for this amount, I'll keep it') it was all very frustrating! Even more so when I see one of those Disco 1s I really wanted to buy still for sale... at a lower asking price than their "I'll take no less" price :rolleyes:

[Captain_Rightfoot]

I guess we're both guessing with the nebulous description given :eek: :)


You are quite right! And no offence meant about prices... just having gone thru the process of being a seller knocking off thousands to sell my car, then being a buyer facing sellers who refused to budge on their inflated prices ('if I don't sell for this amount, I'll keep it') it was all very frustrating! Even more so when I see one of those Disco 1s I really wanted to buy still for sale... at a lower asking price than their "I'll take no less" price :rolleyes:

I went through the same thing looking for a defender last year. We went out and got a price on a new one... 46k on the road... and then looked at second hand options.

I saw countless 3 year old cars go on at between 39 and 45. I would then offer them a price a couple of k above the redbook top. They would laugh at me.

One guy who started at 45 ... well one year later the last advertised price I saw twelve months later was 32k... and I'd offered him $35 six months earlier.

Another local started at 39... and I again offered him $35. Again last advertised price was $32 (redbook high). The car dissapeared only days later. Neither of these cars had much in the way of options. Meanwhile I'd given up and bought new! oh well.

As I said people with versted interested always knock the redbook guide values. Sure sometimes people do better... but if you want to sell your car they are a **really** good guide.

[rfmej69]

Thanks for a starting reference. I was hoping for close to $19k so I think with lower k's this may be achievable. Would love to hear from others who have recently sold and what they got (if that is not too nosey).Is it worthwhile advertising car on this site or does everybody already have one!!!!Thanks againFiona