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Title: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: bestseany on 04 March 2007, 12:34:47
Right, the time has come to sell my Omega, but I'm not sure how much to advertise it for as I can't find something similar on the auto trader.

It's 1997 3.0 V6 Elite automatic and is LPG converted. The LPG is sorted now and it runs fine on it. The mileage is at 128,000 and it has 1 months tax and 7 months MOT. The car's dark green with black leather interior. All the walnut trim has been replaced with the carbon fibre stuff from an MV6.

No service history, but has the receipts for the parts I've bought for it, including cambelt, gearbox fluid and filter, oil and filter, air filter, pollen filter, spark plugs, cam cover gaskets and two front tyres.

It does have a few problems - the steering feels a bit vague, one rear tyre needs replacing, there's some rust scabs on the doors (chassis and arches are solid though), there's some scratching on the windscreen from a dodgy wiper blade and the headlamp washer jets are missing. Oh, and the grille has a lot of stonechips on it.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: sir moanalot on 04 March 2007, 16:41:28
hi m8, i would check on parker's site they have a guide for selling, it may help. tone
Title: Re: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: Essex_Andy on 04 March 2007, 17:33:23
i reckon around £1500 would be fair shout
Title: Re: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: STMO123 on 04 March 2007, 18:07:40
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i reckon around £1500 would be fair shout


I think you're pehaps being a bit optimistic there Andy :-?
Title: Re: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 04 March 2007, 18:36:27
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i reckon around £1500 would be fair shout


I think you're pehaps being a bit optimistic there Andy :-?

Agreed.. you should sell it to me for £200..  ::)
Title: Re: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: Essex_Andy on 04 March 2007, 18:46:24
i'd try and out it for £1500.....down this way lpg gets you off the congestion tax
Title: Re: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 04 March 2007, 18:47:25
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i'd try and out it for £1500.....down this way lpg gets you off the congestion tax

I was jesting about the £200... If it's multipoint LPG.. look for over £1k...
Title: Re: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: bestseany on 04 March 2007, 21:39:55
It's not a multipoint LPG system unfortunately, only a mixer system, but it seems to work fine and isn't slow or anything on it.

I'd expect £1500 if it was mint and had full service history, which it doesn't and isn't. I was hoping for around £1100, but I think I'm being optimistic.

I'm only selling it as I'm picking up a new (to me) car on Tuesday.
Title: Re: Not sure how much to advertise my Omega for
Post by: omegaV6CD on 04 March 2007, 23:27:08
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Right, the time has come to sell my Omega, but I'm not sure how much to advertise it for as I can't find something similar on the auto trader.

It's 1997 3.0 V6 Elite automatic and is LPG converted. The LPG is sorted now and it runs fine on it. The mileage is at 128,000 and it has 1 months tax and 7 months MOT. The car's dark green with black leather interior. All the walnut trim has been replaced with the carbon fibre stuff from an MV6.

No service history, but has the receipts for the parts I've bought for it, including cambelt, gearbox fluid and filter, oil and filter, air filter, pollen filter, spark plugs, cam cover gaskets and two front tyres.

It does have a few problems - the steering feels a bit vague, one rear tyre needs replacing, there's some rust scabs on the doors (chassis and arches are solid though), there's some scratching on the windscreen from a dodgy wiper blade and the headlamp washer jets are missing. Oh, and the grille has a lot of stonechips on it.

Any ideas?

For a quick sale 800ish should be OK. If you can wait you might get 1000. It will all depend on how well you advertise it and how good the pictures look.