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A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by BoxCleva on Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:42 pm
I know prices always take a bit of a dip this time of year, but this year seems to be way more severe than last year.

Facelift LWB petrols can be had for £500, B series V6's can be had for similar money and Dti's for under a grand. Modded Fronty's are even worse!

It will be interesting to see if they bounce back as much as they did last year in the winter, but some how I doubt it :?
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by Cnorris on Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:50 pm
Got my first one yesterday (1993) SWB 2.0 Sport with 91k on the clock for £350! :D But she will need a bit of work in order to pass the m.o.t

Winter will be back in full force and I'm betting the prices will go up....I can't wait for the snow is that wrong? :mrgreen:
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Yeah they seem to be. Im thinking of buying a couple of MOT failures just now and seeing if I can make a few quid on them come the winter :D
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by Bearcat on Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:31 pm
I wish it applied here in France , Fronty's fetch from 2000 euro's to 6000 eur's even with high kilometers, at UK prices I would buy one of each.
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just been on the bay of e and the prices aint
that cheap dont think theyve dropped that much.
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Don't look at the the prices people are asking , look at the prices they are actually selling for . There's a big difference :wink:
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Kicked myself a month ago - a V6 SWB B with 90k on it went for £670 on fleabay. Was a finance reposition on either a X/Y reg.
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by gregster on Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:38 pm
At least it saved you having an airbag moment up the woods Pete... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by gregster on Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:45 pm
Gotta say there are some good buys around at the mo, but there normally is this time of year....as soon as the bad weather starts up the prices will recover a bit.
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by snapper on Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:16 pm
2k for a 2.8 shorty on flea bay.... ROFL
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by BoxCleva on Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:18 pm
LoL. Winter or summer there are always idiots without a clue :lol:
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by Gazeddy on Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:45 am
Yes I bought a swb with 55k for 350 prices have fallen. Thing is they're all getting older and until they become "classics" will follow this trend saw it with sierra's couple of yrs back cheap in winter price went up in summer then started rising all year round now one that's worth buying is a grand plus.
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by snapper on Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:38 am
Price on the 'D's is likely to drop even more once the London tree huggers fav subject the LEZ gets going properly next year.
This posting may have been helpfull, on the other hand probably not... Either way, I may have had drink when posting it in which case it's probably not as helpfull as it could have been

Work safe, and remember all technical problems can be resolved with a hammer, the trick is knowing where to hit it and how big a hammer to use (I often find it may also help to have a spare bit in the shed to replace the bit you have just mullered ;) )

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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by Bigga on Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:19 pm
think its all motors ...... my 407 aint dear but people are offering stupid money....... once she gone though i can take ownership of the fronty i looked at today....roll on lol :D :D
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Re: A buyers market - Fronty prices crashing by Cnorris on Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:29 am
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