Harry Metcalfe's predictions 2010 v 2015

[chrisburns]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Well thanks a lot!

dont cry, Shimmy. You'll never sell yours !

Originally Posted by glendog74

Whilst I agree in the main, have you seen the prices commanded by high mileage (>100k miles) E30 M3s lately?

Yes true, but have you seen the prices of the low milage ones

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by chrisburns

I hate to say it but whilst I don't believe the CSL will de-value any time soon I think as the years go by the margins in milage will make a huge difference to value.

Cars with very small milage I think will soar in value whereas average milage cars wont.
Its nothing different to any other marque really.

Sorry Chris but I disagree CSLs were made in very limited numbers, UK RHD even more so @ 422. After 10+ years only around 300 exist (maybe fewer) so the numbers are already dwindling. As these numbers reduce further, mileage (or should I say the odometer reading) will not have much of an impact on the selling price as demand will outstrip supply. Most owners will be returning their CSLs back to OEM (some are already) as this is what sells the easiest. Potential buyers will be buying purely on good condition, originality & impeccable service history... if they aren't already. Mileage or like I said earlier "the odometer reading" is only an issue if you suffer from the British Leyland mentality.
All IMHO of course

[chrisburns]

Valid points Matt indeed, could go that way for sure and thats why I said I don't believe values are going to fall in any way.

I merely think the distance in pricing between high milage cars and low milage cars is going to widen a lot as the years roll by.

Guess we will have to wait and see.

[nw99]

Good article thanks for that . When you consider the car was £60,000 odd new in 2003 then the low mileage cars have plenty of room to appreciate if they are to catch the others up in price gains.