Nice car on market

[gturner008]

I just noticed a lovely 3.2 at ClassicHeroes, a dealer in Sussex. 9k miles, manual. £85k seems pretty reasonable to me. I'd buy if I had garage space...

This is car or a new 911 (basic car - that will depreciate to £40k in three years)?

No brainer...

[NZNick]

Saw it on pistonheads last night - quite a price....

[marknsx]

So the value is in the low mileage? Or is it? Surely this car won't drive well with such low use

[andystevo]

Surely the same car which Plans sold last year, presumably for £50K? Still on their website.

[havoc]

I just don't get the "low mileage" thing:-
- You pay more for the car, yet the more you drive it, the more you stand to lose in depreciation;
- While some components will feel more 'factory fresh', others will need just as much refurb/maintenance (age related), and possibly more (because they've not been used regularly).
- "Originality" (bodywork, less risk of prangs/resprays/etc.) only matters to the top-end investment community. With respect, only a small handful of NSXs even stand a chance of reaching that rarefied atmosphere.

Anyway, I'm not going to grumble about prices going up...just saddened in a way that the "investment" fraternity are getting their hands on too many proper drivers' cars.
(Like the mint 964 RS I saw at Prescott...owner bought at the right time and is now starting to wonder if he can afford to keep hill-climbing it because of the insurance...which surely is the sort of thing it was built for in the first place!)

[NZNick]

I agree with you Martin - I deliberately avoided ultra-low mileage cars when buying mine, for both reasons of cost and potential under-use related maintenance issues. There is always a sweet-spot of age, mileage and condition, which tends to be a personal thing.

Yep, 'tis the same car as Plans sold, but with a huge asking price adjustment.....

[soddy]

how far will prices go before they become unrealistic?
i see plans have a red nsx with 189k miles is it and as it's a honda engine, what is the mileage they'll run to before a rebuild etc?

[Kaz-kzukNA1]

http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showth...=1#post1891025

http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/34107-time-for-a-high-mileage-update/page26?p=1891635&viewfull=1#post1891635

[soddy]

wow, that's really great news they are going strong and the owners have looked after them.
so how much would they be worth with those miles?

the £25k one plans have seems reasonable if these guys are getting 100k more than it.

[L696ULO]

In this thread last year there is an NSX in Austria which at the time had done 518,000km, now that's going it some!

http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/showthread.ph...hlight=mileage