dangerous brain Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 JIC are long gone lol. I didn't want to sell it on ebay just use it as an advertising medium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShox Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 try px'ing for another car - not from a trader cos they'll stuff you on value. drive it to meet someone and check out each others motors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 try px'ing for another car - not from a trader cos they'll stuff you on value. drive it to meet someone and check out each others motors... Don't think that'll help, he's already bought the replacement car. But this is something I might try with my 740i - I'm REALLY missing the Supe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Well I have offered to take pretty much any PX as long as the expected price for the PX car is realistic as I will have to sell that car on and need to sell it in and around the price. I'll even take a 740i even though its a bm At 11.5k this car is stealin money from my baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShox Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 i have company on autotrader now - a trader has stuck one on at 200 more than mine...but it aint no where near as good! mine is gettin nice interest cos the buyers are genuine and wanna come round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Thought you'd got an Aristo mate ? Or am I thinking of someone else ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 The car is BPU+++ all recognised good parts not cheaply done. Full UK brakes on decent 18" rims. To top it all its got the first front and rear full G&B retrim. Surely the best part of £7ks worth of kit on a car that makes the car better than the rest is worth a grand or 2 more than a stock 1? 60k miles on it aint huge. Its a late 94 motor so not the oldest one in the world. Mine's single T61 turbo. A nice 'n' simple and neat 'n' tidy clean install done by Phoenix. Run's very well. Mine's a '95 with 71k on it. Some of the feedback from my thread was £13k was asking too much. Find it peculiar that BPU cars can be sold for £10.5 - £11k .. whereas £13k for a properly fitted converted single supra isn't realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Mine's single T61 turbo. A nice 'n' simple and neat 'n' tidy clean install done by Phoenix. Run's very well. Mine's a '95 with 71k on it. Some of the feedback from my thread was £13k was asking too much. Find it peculiar that BPU cars can be sold for £10.5 - £11k .. whereas £13k for a properly fitted converted single supra isn't realistic. Yeah but mines not just a BPU+++ supe its an aerotop as well. Now there was a time when that used to mean something. That was the time that even the cheapest raggyest arsed TT supe was 9k now that those are hitting 5k its hard to get the 14k back on a car thats only +point over other BPU+++ cars is the fact the roof comes off. If mine was a hardtop BPU+++ car I would be mad to expect any more than 10k but its not IT is an aerotop and as such a helluva lot rarer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShox Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 brain does have an aristo - scroll down a bit on his 'My Supra' link... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Thought you'd got an Aristo mate ? Or am I thinking of someone else ! Yup I have got an aristo to replace my supra with. Just the supra is still there. I would however take a PX of any car as long as its below the value of my car and a saleable car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Indeed the Aero's are rarer. But we live in England .. we love rain and have shitty weather. Yes, the roof comes off/on. But I guess people look at it and say "Yeah - I like that! :thumbs:" .. Then look at the sky and think "Hmmmm - when am I going to have the chance to have the roof off ?" Am just to trying to think of why the interest in Aerotops have dropped. Imo - you're going to have more luck in the summer. That's providing we get a good hot summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Indeed the Aero's are rarer. But we live in England .. we love rain and have shitty weather. Yes, the roof comes off/on. But I guess people look at it and say "Yeah - I like that! :thumbs:" .. Then look at the sky and think "Hmmmm." Imo - you're going to have more luck in the summer. That's providing we get a good hot summer. Well when I was looking for 1 they were like finding hens teeth and much expensiveness. Also considering our w*nk weather we have more crop tops in this country % wise than anywhere else in europe. The car has been for sale since the middle of summer. Its not a recent thing which leads me to beleive that waiting for a buyer on this forum was not a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShox Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 gotta agree - the forum naturally contains many ppl who have soops so wipe themselves out of the prospective buyer pic...then there are a good %age who want sommit for nothing...get your car out there...somehow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I reckon Spring & early Summer is the time to start advertising it in Autotrader - particularly yours - being it's an Aero. Obvious I know but, a soft-top / convertable car has GOT to be harder to sell than a hard-top car in the Winter .. when it's cold & miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I reckon Spring & early Summer is the time to start advertising it in Autotrader - particularly yours - being it's an Aero. Obvious I know but, a soft-top / convertable car has GOT to be harder to sell than a hard-top car in the Winter .. when it's cold & miserable. Yeah. Now if I converted it 6 speed I bet it would sell REAL Quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Indeed. .. But spending £4k to make £1k ? I personally love Aerotops. You get the best of both worlds .. Has anybody come to look at your car ? And if so, have you asked any of the people that have .. why they've changed their minds ? Might give you an idea .. what's kept them from buying .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShox Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 yep 6 speeders will sell better i reckon. it aint worth spending all the money on such a conversion. but if u find a more mature driver who spends all day in traffic, he might appreciate the full auto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Why would it cost £4k to do a manual conversion? All I'd need is a drive shaft a gearbox an ECU a dash section from a manual with a gaitor and a bit of pipework to go from the clutch master cylinder to the clutch, oh and a clutch. That lot should retail in at about £1200. I'm pretty sure that a BPU++ aerotop manual would sell for £14k easy street. Considering I am currently offering the car at £11.5k and its not gone I'd be making more than a grand back by converting it. Someone has been to see the car even had it RAC style checked. He said the paintwork wasn't good enough for him (its got some stone chips a bit of cracked paint and a paint run on it also the front bumper has been replaced with a UK one that has had the dildo holes filled that you can see the outline of) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShox Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 someone AA checking mine next week - what sort of things to they pick on...im sure he'll spot things i can't see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Only thing he picked up on was a slight oil marking in the power steering rubber gaitor jobber. AFAIK he didn't pick up anything else other than the aforementioned paint issues which was impressive considering he was here for like 3 hours half of which time he spent rolling around under the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Why would it cost £4k to do a manual conversion? All I'd need is a drive shaft a gearbox an ECU a dash section from a manual with a gaitor and a bit of pipework to go from the clutch master cylinder to the clutch, oh and a clutch. That lot should retail in at about £1200. Extracted from this thread In total the complete conversion including the £50 increase in my insurance has cost me £8516.84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 It's possible to do a stock conversion for £3.5K. All new bits except the 'box itself and driveshaft. Mine was £8.5 because I had mostly non-stock parts (£2,000 on ecu and sensors! ) If you can find a 2nd hand pedal box you could do it cheaper. But I spent nearlly 3 months looking for one, before I decided to go to Mr T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I have all this lot ready to go for whoever wants to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShox Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 tooooo pricey for me! is there an aftermarket steering wheel that allows you to keep the thumb shifters on tiptronic mode??? do you also have a sparco/momo/TRD shift knob for auto - needs a universal thread i think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Sorry to bring this up from the dead- Brian, have you sold your Aerotop yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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