What did you pay for your car?

[sorepaws]

70-110k depending on mileage and history

[richie2]

Thanks, thats interesting.

[goldtop]

Well, some people are being asked to pay £500,000. For (allegedly) Senna's NSX, now on Autotrader:




https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-det...02404088417999

[sorepaws]

I think typically the owner is trying to raise the profile - the advert states that Senna owned the car, this doesn't even agree with his blog page where he states the car was owned by Honda and available to Senna when he was in Portugal (this is backed up by the fax included in the blog) I suspect though that anyone who contemplates laying out this amount of money will do due diligence before buying. Rob has never been backward in coming forward. I do think this kind of behaviour casts a shadow over the OC for supporting this at Silverstone.

[britlude]

it'll only be at silverstone if they are giving him special treatment

carthrottle are running with it.... https://www.carthrottle.com/news/you...fhkUkob9R9ByNG

I think typically the owner is trying to raise the profile

if he was serious it wouldn't be listed on autotrader, it'll be at Bonhams.... or RM Sotherbys...... or shipped the Barret Jackson..... not autotrader......

[Papalazarou]

I’ve just taken a look at the photos of the car in question and I guess the owner has decided to leave it unrestored. The odd rusted bolt, missing grommets and the thin layer of dirt is no big deal. I wonder whether this is the way potentially historic cars should be viewed? Personally I like everything to be clean and to be in it’s right place, so when I look at it/drive it, it somehow feels complete. But then I’m mental and it’s all in my fragile little mind. So there is undoubtably a healthier middle ground. However, and it’s not always easy to see from the photos; why spend time on the bodywork and ignore the rest?
I’d just like to say that I’m not trying to be judgy. It’s just a question. I’ve never seen the car and I’m only going on the photos.

[goldtop]

I suppose knowing that in the dirt somewhere is some Senna DNA might make it extra collectible? Which is ironic since the most famous picture of him with the car is him cleaning it.

I guess 20% of the value is the physical car. And as-is-patina or squeaky-clean probably only accounts for 10% of that bit. So we're talking about 2% of the value being affected by the condition.

[Senninha]

Detailed and valeted to as-new condition theres no reason why, with this mileage it wouldn't break into 6 figures like the Black NA1 recently acheived. Add in the known usage (not ownership as I understand it to be) by Ayrton and maybe someone would go 150k ...

I seem to recall when this was first discovered and spoken about in any detail some years ago, along with another Black NA1, there was an asking price around ten percent of the £500k .....

If I had a red NA1 and was going to shows this year, Id make up a set of those plates for display purposes just for the fun of it ...

[duncan]

If it’s only a number plate issue, try this with a one digit difference, the link has been taken from a similar thread on Prime.
https://www.standvirtual.com/carros/...-ID8PC4bX.html

[Papalazarou]

Detailed and valeted to as-new condition theres no reason why, with this mileage it wouldn't break into 6 figures like the Black NA1 recently acheived. Add in the known usage (not ownership as I understand it to be) by Ayrton and maybe someone would go 150k ...

I seem to recall when this was first discovered and spoken about in any detail some years ago, along with another Black NA1, there was an asking price around ten percent of the £500k .....

If I had a red NA1 and was going to shows this year, Id make up a set of those plates for display purposes just for the fun of it ...

I think the best plate would be FEL 810?