what's it worth?

[smithy13]

An old friend of mine has a 1985 toyota corolla ae86 trueno levin.

He's thinking of selling it and just wanted to know what its worth, its not in bad nick for the year of car (26 years old!) No mods at all to it.

What you think?

Thanks

[retrowagen1234]

80 million gazilion pounds

[MikeyPhresh]

Someone is looking for one in 'Wanted' section mate.

[том]

i'll swap it for my pony astra... and my spleen... and my first born

[dbizzle]

As with everything, it's worth what someone will pay for it. Try Googling around and seeing what similar ones are going for - it's not like there's a hard and fast price list for used cars...

[BenzBoy]

That'll go to Ireland for a fair old wad of cash. Just put a decent, well-worded ad on eBay and it'll find its value no bother.

[bryn]

Jan 25, 2011 15:56:13 GMT smithy13 said:

An old friend of mine has a 1985 toyota corolla ae86 trueno levin.

He's thinking of selling it and just wanted to know what its worth, its not in bad nick for the year of car (26 years old!) No mods at all to it.

What you think?

Thanks

Hi Smithy,

You're obviously savvy enough to know how to ask on a forum as to the value of a car. You also refer to it as an AE86 Trueno Levin, which uses pretty much every Google reference term you'd need to know how popular these are. You also haven't posted any pictures of it, or explained the current running condition other than an incredibly vague 'not in bad nick'.

In short, what do you actually want?

[bryn]

Jan 25, 2011 16:24:29 GMT BenzBoy said:

That'll go to Ireland for a fair old wad of cash. Just put a decent, well-worded ad on eBay and it'll find its value no bother.

Would have, the market is still strong but the days of 'whack it on ebay and it'll get bought by an Irishman' are gone

Driftworks would be a better place to advertise it or Pistonheads

[BenzBoy]

Jan 25, 2011 16:27:02 GMT bryn said:

Jan 25, 2011 16:24:29 GMT BenzBoy said:

That'll go to Ireland for a fair old wad of cash. Just put a decent, well-worded ad on eBay and it'll find its value no bother.

Would have, the market is still strong but the days of 'whack it on ebay and it'll get bought by an Irishman' are gone

Driftworks would be a better place to advertise it or Pistonheads

Ah, I am out of touch! The economy going down the toilet is boud to have affected things.

[smithy13]

The reason I know the full name of it as it says on the back lol!

And I'm a massive J car fan. Just wanted to know what its worth to tell the old boy.

[bryn]

Jan 25, 2011 16:35:51 GMT smithy13 said:

The reason I know the full name of it as it says on the back lol!

And I'm a massive J car fan. Just wanted to know what its worth to tell the old boy.

Okay, you're best bet is to advertise on Driftworks or Pistonheads, as to value. It's a Japanese import, which affects very little, provided it's MOT'd and Tax'd with no mods, and the original equipment in place (seats etc) it would be 2K and up. Prices did get pretty crazy, 10-12K euro for good examples but people are more realistic these days. You should try and post some pictures which would help, a lot

[smithy13]

I'll try and put some up later, my comp is playing up so I'm replying on my blackberry.

Thanks for the advice

[8bitash]

Jan 25, 2011 16:24:29 GMT BenzBoy said:

That'll go to Ireland for a fair old wad of cash. Just put a decent, well-worded ad on eBay and it'll find its value no bother.

Why Ireland? I sold a Silvia before christmas and it went to ireland Coincidence or do they love J?

[Eidolon]

He either has a Trueno or a Levin, they are two different models.

Trueno = Fixed headlamp
Levin = Pop-up Headlamp

The Levin wasn't a Corolla in Japan, it was a Toyota Sprinter, however for the export market they used the Corolla name on both models.

[hongkongphooey]

4-5 grand *







*an off the top of my head type guess.

[surprisingskoda]

Jan 25, 2011 16:32:28 GMT BenzBoy said:

Jan 25, 2011 16:27:02 GMT bryn said:

Would have, the market is still strong but the days of 'whack it on ebay and it'll get bought by an Irishman' are gone

Driftworks would be a better place to advertise it or Pistonheads

Ah, I am out of touch! The economy going down the toilet is boud to have affected things.

Not one bit. There isn't as many being imported, as quite a few already have been and many come straight from Japan now. But believe me, the prices haven't nose-dived.

[surprisingskoda]

Jan 25, 2011 17:29:12 GMT 8bitash said:

Jan 25, 2011 16:24:29 GMT BenzBoy said:

That'll go to Ireland for a fair old wad of cash. Just put a decent, well-worded ad on eBay and it'll find its value no bother.

Why Ireland? I sold a Silvia before christmas and it went to ireland Coincidence or do they love J?

"Diffing".

Look it up.

AE86s are uniquely referred to as 'twin-cams'
E30 325iS' are uniquely referred to as 'sports'

Both are priced far above market trends.

[surprisingskoda]

Jan 25, 2011 16:35:51 GMT smithy13 said:

The reason I know the full name of it as it says on the back lol!

And I'm a massive J car fan. Just wanted to know what its worth to tell the old boy.

£500.
Let me know when to pick up

[aled930]

i'll go to £600

[bryn]

Jan 25, 2011 18:08:05 GMT surprisingskoda said:

Jan 25, 2011 16:32:28 GMT BenzBoy said:

Ah, I am out of touch! The economy going down the toilet is boud to have affected things.

Not one bit. There isn't as many being imported, as quite a few already have been and many come straight from Japan now. But believe me, the prices haven't nose-dived.

Interesting, not what I'd heard but I only know some guys down south. I know people are still asking strong money, just maybe not getting i ;Dt