As with most things, supply and demand will determine the price of a second hand Supe.
I have a 1997 N/A Facelift Manual J Spec with 84,000 miles and going by some of the comments made by members on this forum, I would be lucky to get £4500 for it.
Of course, if I owned a TT, it would be worth four or five times as much (so some TT owners think).
However; it is not whether the car is N/A or TT that will determine the price but the availability of the car.
I am sure that with the majority of owners on this forum being from the UK, the supply of Supe's outweighs the demand and therefore unless every single owner in the UK raises the sale price of their car, the price will ramain static/decrease.
However; my case is somewhat different. Due to the fact that I live on a small island with a population of 85,000 demand outweighs supply for Supe's. With only 6 Supe's on the island, the price for such a car is exagerated compared to the UK.
People over here actually prefer N/A to TT as they don't see the point of having a TT on such a small island.
I recently advertised my car on a local classifieds website and stated I was open to offers and was overjoyed with the response.
For your information, I purchased my car for £7k... Yes you read it right £7,000 and I have owned it for 4 months.
However; since driving it around and getting the car admired by everyone that sees it, I have been offered over £10k for the car.
Yup, £10k for a N/A.
I am not selling the car as it took me long enough to get it over here and through local authorities however; it displays that supply and demand is the key element and not the difference between N/A and TT.
It is about time that the N/A prices stopped getting a slating. If the guy wants to advertise his car for a price you think is over-priced, so what...
The price for a UK Supe will continue to fall if the price advertised gets a slating every time.
Come on guys... We are meant to be sticking up for one another here. At least support the bloke with his sale.
Extremely long rant over with now...