Mazda MX5 & MGF

#11

I paid 9k for a 3 year 5 month old Roadster import with 18k miles- DIRECTLY
from a specialised importer - Mazda dealers at the time were charging 12/13k
for cars with a 1 year "full warranty" but no service history but admittedly
give you a good p.exchg!(- so most people are overcharging but in the South
east especially and will probably get the dosh if we have a nice spring)

As the owner of a Primera and a jeep I admit that the "summer car" is used
all the time except when I have lots of shopping
I was told an MGF (I think looks a better car BUT sadly for Rover still not
reliable) is a Chaps car and the MX5 is a blokes car
still folks still call it a hairdressers cars but the truth is it can be a
fun, direct steering, cheap reliable car (just give itan annual service)
which won the best handling car in autocarlast year beating Porsche, TVR
etc. etc.
TVR - a mans car (again unreliable) a man with a small ****** admittedly but
still a "real man"

"Albert T Cone" <me (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

How well do they hold value? I mean, if I put £6.5k into a 1995/6
Eunos with a good spec (air con, electrics, CD, leather..) am I likely
to loose out in a big way over, say, three years?

Just completely forget about depreciation - you always lose out in a BIG
way - it's part of owning a car.

In 3 years, said car will be 12 years old, and as such, worth about 10p.

Infact, £6500 seems VERY expensive to me for an almost 10-year old car !

I had a look around in Autotrader, and they do seem to hold thier value
exceptionally well - £5k will buy you a '95 M plate wil reasonable
mileage.
A '93 K with proportionally higher mileage willstill get nearly £4k, so by
the standards of most cars the MX5 is almost a good investment :-)

An equivalent age/mileage family car of the same initial value would be
worth about £1.5k-2k by now. Having said that, the 'Eunos' imported
version doesn't do quite as well, which isn't suprising given that you
know
NOTHING about it's life before arrival in the U.K.

#12

Quote:

I had a look around in Autotrader, and they do seem to hold thier value
exceptionally well - £5k will buy you a '95 M plate wil reasonable mileage.
A '93 K with proportionally higher mileage willstill get nearly £4k, so by
the standards of most cars the MX5 is almost a good investment :-)

An equivalent age/mileage family car of the same initial value would be
worth about £1.5k-2k by now. Having said that, the 'Eunos' imported
version doesn't do quite as well, which isn't suprising given that you know
NOTHING about it's life before arrival in the U.K.

Have a look at dandycars.com, you get a history report of the cars
previous life, a guarantee that it's not stolen/crashed/written off in
Japan, and have a look at some of his stock - even the £3995 G-reg he
has looks about a year old!

/felix

#13

Quote:

An equivalent age/mileage family car of the same initial value would
be worth about £1.5k-2k by now. Having said that, the 'Eunos'
imported version doesn't do quite as well, which isn't suprising
given that you know NOTHING about it's life before arrival in the
U.K.

Have a look at dandycars.com, you get a history report of the cars
previous life, a guarantee that it's not stolen/crashed/written off in
Japan, and have a look at some of his stock - even the £3995 G-reg he
has looks about a year old!

/felix

I wouldn't put much faith in a dealers claim or gurantee that it had not
been stolen/crashed/written off, but the RAC inspection and the 12 Month
warranty are good things.

#14

felix.t5 wrote:

Quote:

I had a look around in Autotrader, and they do seem to hold thier
value exceptionally well - £5k will buy you a '95 M plate wil
reasonable mileage. A '93 K with proportionally higher mileage
willstill get nearly £4k, so by the standards of most cars the MX5
is almost a good investment :-)

An equivalent age/mileage family car of the same initial value would
be worth about £1.5k-2k by now. Having said that, the 'Eunos'
imported version doesn't do quite as well, which isn't suprising
given that you know NOTHING about it's life before arrival in the
U.K.

Have a look at dandycars.com, you get a history report of the cars
previous life, a guarantee that it's not stolen/crashed/written off in
Japan, and have a look at some of his stock - even the £3995 G-reg he
has looks about a year old!

/felix

they are a bit expensive.

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