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Well the words in the ad said ‘change of financial circumstances’ , so maybe a divorce. Who knows!

They might find £15k profit to be handy if they’re in financial trouble.

Obviously a reality check with a few around £90k now

Maybe £90k ish is the magic number for a physical car.......at the moment

Magma car just disappeared from Autotrader

Plenty coming to market now! Let's see if they sell....

- Maybe you had a terrible van and an even worse dealer that bought it - And, for a Mazda3, I hope it had a starting price of 1200 dollars! Only joking of course! If the market was predictable then we'd all be chilled out about things but it's not, so I guess the best option is to either buy...

But £300 per month on the warrantee isn't far off the PCP cost for the Emira with a decent deposit

Or that!

Quite an easy choice really. Buy a 570 and you pay for the next 3 years of breakdowns or buy an Emira and let Lotus pay for them but don't drive it as they won't have the parts to fix it 😂

Maybe the UK is behind the curve then because I've been dragged to the shops in various areas near me in the last few weeks and I can't even find a parking space. I also have several used car dealer friends who've had good sales for December. However, I've definitely seen a softening of the used...

Alpine A110 prices are going up by about 5% from January and they only sell a handful a week, so like most businesses I would imagine Lotus will have no choice but to increase their prices to keep any profit margin that's left in the Emira

Also, if the person buying the flipped car for £5k over list needs finance and they can secure a favourable APR deal now, then they might avoid interest rate rises in the future that may out way the overall cost in the long run, plus they have the car NOW!

Was that not enough for you to decide if you want the car or not considering you're going for touring spec anyway? Unless your considering delaying and going for Sport spec instead🧐

As you'd expect at 2-3 times the price!

It won't be full of water when you've just opened it, but you're rear storage and engine will be 😂

I spoke to my finance broker last week and he told me that the lenders are currently not forecasting a decline in values (above the ordinary expectations) and they are still offering good residuals. Obviously that could change...

The S1 Elise was selling for overs for a long time after it’s launch and is still newly list price for a used one 25 years later, so I beg to differ!!

Yep, and Goodyears

😂😂. I'm amazed it wasn't 10% of the value for a 6 series

And £75k more with the more desirable Sports suspension 😂

With Lotus finance currently offering a balloon (guaranteed future value) of £46.5k after 4 years I can't see it losing 40% in 2 years but for anyone financing the car, if it does, then they've had a result

I disagree. I think this has been a flipper's dream in the UK.....until now. £3-5k deposit (fully refundable), launched during the peak of the secondhand car price rise - making people feel like it was a safe bet, low interest rates at the time of launch and until 6 months ago.......All of these...

I'm pretty sure 'the911Goat' was bidding on the 918 the other day, so clearly has deep pockets or is a high end dealer

Actually, the more I've thought about it, the guy selling the car (emiraspain 😂) must be active on here and watching our comments, with such an early deposit. He/she may well be making judgments based on the sentiment we input. Or maybe I should stop thinking about it and go to bed! 😂. I just...

Seems a bit strange! It must be that the seller has been convinced to remove the reserve, otherwise it would've changed when the bid was placed a while back. Also, the highest bid was an 'absentee bid' which would indicate that they are not at their limit yet but simply auto-bid up above the...

I'm no tyre expert but I'd be interested to hear the problem!

Remember that Collecting Cars have to agree the reserve before they list it and they will want it as low as possible to guarantee their commission. I'd guess it's around £83k

The advert will change to ‘No Reserve’ once the reserve is met

The higher the balloon (option to purchase), the lower the monthly cost is on PCP because it means the amount borrowed is reduced because the car is worth more at the end of the term

More importantly, will they alter the PCP to have a higher guaranteed future value (balloon) if the cars get high overs?! It would be a nice way to balance the increased APR

Plus VAT....

It'll certainly set the benchmark and let's not forget the buyer's fee of 6% which at the current bid of £72.5k means another £4k+ on top

They'll soon change their tune if/when there are proven examples sold for decent 'overs.' Just need to look at the GR Yaris.... still selling for overs 2 years down the line. Obviously if an actual ramp up in production happens (which I doubt will be for some time) then the overs will reduce...

I'll be watching your progress on this as I get closer to my Feb/March delivery slot 👍🏻. Thanks for the keeping the rest of us in the 'waiting room' up to date on the realtime ownership!

Without wanting to move off topic, can I ask if these niggles are starting to detract from the ownership enjoyment? There's always a bit of a honeymoon period but it would be good to know if you still LOVE the car despite its flaws...

I got it. Feb build

Bristol is Touring

Ahh, I see! I thought you were digging deeper into 'what's all the hype of the Yaris' rather than you just don't like it because it's a Yaris! I didn't buy into the hype myself either as I thought it was another car every YouTube influencer bought for views, but I was disproved after driving one.

Have you driven one?