Sell or trade in.

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:50 pm

Well after months of talk I finally put down a deposit on an RX-8 this afternoon. So the Pug will be traded in unless someone makes me a better offer for her.
2001 Y plate SE
22500 miles
Red / Black leather
Chrome hoops
Boot rack
Quick shift
Space saver spare.

TheMinel · Post by **TheMinel** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:54 pm

nooooooooo not the Wankel!

do you really need the 4 seats

just kidding, it's a very nice car, you going for the high power I hope...
enjoy

TheMinel · Post by **TheMinel** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:55 pm

ehehehe the site even censored it LOL

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:23 pm

The need for four seats is the only reason Iâ€™m changing cars, otherwise I would be happy to keep the CC.
I tried both the high and low power; to be honest there wasnâ€™t a great difference between them. However it was difficult to get a proper comparison as there was a couple of months between the two test drives, plus the family was with me in the high power so I wasnâ€™t so heavy on the right foot.
So the heart said high power, head and budget said low power in the end I decided that low power RX-8 was better than no RX-8 at all.

TheMinel · Post by **TheMinel** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:38 pm

fair enough, also apparently the low power version has got more low down torque than the high power one! so most probably around town you'll be better off with that!

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:07 pm

Adrian,
How much did they offer you on trade in if you don't mind me asking ?

Rich

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:06 am

Rich

They couldn’t commit to a definite figure because the new car won’t arrive until June, all they said was that it would be around 10k, that is the book price at the moment and cabriolet prices tend to stabilise or even so up slightly in the spring.

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:17 am

All the best with the new car Adrian.
You do spoil William - we all recommended tieing him to the boot rack but you went and bought a bigger car! Awwwww

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:51 am

Well hello stranger – how’s life without a CC?
Of course you will be seeing topless people everywhere you go now and you’ll be constantly thinking of your lovely CC.
At least Ill have a couple more months of wind in the hair driving.

As for William all he said was ‘Dad can we get one of those RX-8s’ so I went out a bought one!

Project for this year – clear out the garage and make room so we can start restoring the Midget - can’t live for long without a convertible.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:26 pm

i wouldn't buy a car without a definite trade in price as they can offer you whatever you want come the time.

if i had ordered a 307CC for march back in november like i was thinking of doing they would have given me a price and it would only have changed if the car wasn't in the same condition by the time they got it, i.e. no damage.

when i ordered the 206CC with the 20 week wait, 1 dealer wouldn't give a price, 1 was a guide price but most others did.

good luck with the RX-8

i like them but it's now 3rd on my list with the 307CC and 350Z ahead of it.

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 5:46 pm

I doubt that I will be forced to trade in. Im sure I can sell it privately, especially at this time of year and not having to rush into a sale.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 3:37 pm

good point :-)

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 3:38 pm

good point :-)