[quote="pac1982"][quote="pacerpete"][quote="pac1982"][quote="pacerpete"]FFS pac ! all of them years serving Kias to tatted Motability types has f0000ked your brain !
Another few months will make diddly squat difference to the value of a 12 year old Patrol. Indeed, if we get some snow, it will be worth quite a bit more several months down the road.
As removing the box on one of these is a languagefest and all of the bits are pricey, I would be putting it on ebay as it is. Tell them that it has a clutch / gearbox issue and unless they are Paul Daniels, they won't be driving it away.
It will make more than you will net if you fix it /MOT it etc and then sell.
I am pretty certain these are good news for export , even though the 3.0 has a rather dire reputation.[/quote]
Back down bitch your wrong, it is true that they have a price spike in winter but that's only if A we have a bad winter and B the thing works.
With the reg plate it's not so much about the car being seen as older but more so that the used car market becomes stagnant as the market is suddenly flooded with second hand cars due to people and company's getting rid of there old cars/fleet and buying the new.
It's all cause and effect old boy, your obviously losing touch with the motortrade in your twilight years, go and suck on a worthers original[/quote]
Pac, you really have not got a clue have you. Forget all that sh1t that they drummed into you at the Kia dealers, the real world is quite a bit different. Not all cars are created or perceived as equal. a diesel Patrol is a relatively rare sought after turd . At twelve years old, depreciation is not really an issue, spec / mileage and condition are what dictates its value.
Unlike old E39s, which are all worthless bridge dodgers, only a couple of warning lights away from an appointment with a nice Chinese man
PS Have a look here at the 52 listings in the whole of ebay to help you understand why another month or two will not make the OPs car as worthless as a 523 that needs a few fuses and a regas
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Cars-Motorcyc ... nkw=patrol[/quote]
I can smell the shizen coming out of your mouth, I'll throw the gauntlet down here, lets value the car using one of the many valuation services such as Auto Trader, webuyanycar, wewantanycar etc now, and then again a month after the new reg comes out, I'll eat my hat if it hasn't lost value.[/quote]
Those valuation sites mean jack shit. A new reg plate will make little difference to the value of a 2001 Nissan Patrol. This Patrol is still worth more then your E39 even though it does not drive.
