Spanking 280zx for sale at a bargain £5.5k

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
the fact is that car is worth every penny.
The price is right and it needs an enthusiast to snap it up.
This car will never decrease in value
The value WILL increase in time.
Bear in mind that 240's and 260's are rapidly rising in price, out of the pockets of many young enthusiasts and the ZX is next in line.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Only very slowly and only if kept in such a condition which will cost money which may oustrip the increase in value so no investment.
No - pockets can easily (as previously stated in my post above) be tempted by other make-competitors and then there's the current influx of less expensive 280Zs to contend with.
Have to be realistic, ZXs have static values with certain indivudal cars worth less or more depending upon their condition.:eek: Fact.
 

STEVE BURNS

Club Member
The 280ZX 2+2 has languished in the doldrums for a couple of decades without achieving anything other than a very limited following at modest prices.
Its not a given by any means that its going to change dramatically.

IMHO it is a given that the prices will rise as the time passes but do not think they will rise
in such a stupid way that is happening now with the S30

People buy 'em because they'll enjoy them and they're not expensive and not because it's going to go up in value.

Shame the newer S30 owners are not thinking in that way

I know what you're saying Mr Mac, but a rising tide lifts all - given z values and where they are heading, they are bound to have an effect on the 280zx (IMO of course) - hell just look at property prices in Streatham and Brixton. They went up not because they were desirable or great areas but because everything else near them became unaffordable!

I'll have a little side bet with you; let's revisit this thread again in 3 years' time!

I'll have a little side bet on this as well as the value of the 280zx will rise as the years pass is not all doom and gloom

I don't think so - I agree with Uncle Pete so yes, lets, all IYO of course......

One day you say that the 280zx is an under rated car and the next you imply it is not but as you say IYO


The 280zx is less desirable to the 260z as the 260z is to the 240z but still i do think the prices will rise on the 280zx in the UK due to the fact that there are less rhd 240 /260zs in the market place and also because the price of 240z and 260zs are going out of peoples reach,therefore they might end up buying a 280zx to get the next best thing that they can afford due to supply and demand prices will go up IMO

but i would say that

Derrick

280ZX will rise in price as the years pass

I still agree with Uncle Pete - ZXs'll never increase in value
Absolute rubbish
 
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STEVE BURNS

Club Member
Johns 280ZX is currently the cheapest 280 on Car and Classic cars site at £4950
And IMHO i know what I feel is a better option between a S130 priced at just shy of £5k and a S30 at 30K plus
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
Johns 280ZX is currently the cheapest 280 on Car and Classic cars site at £4950
And IMHO i know what I feel is a better option between a S130 priced at just shy of £5k and a S30 at 30K plus

You always had better memories of your S130 than your S30 Steve:)

I'm NOT knocking this car - great value but when we agree upon that we're really saying that it should be higher priced and if it was, it wouldn't sell like the others up there :

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/68/280zx/
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
IMHO it is a given that the prices will rise as the time passes but do not think they will rise in such a stupid way that is happening now with the S30
280ZX will rise in price as the years pass

Shame the newer S30 owners are not thinking in that way

I'll have a little side bet on this as well as the value of the 280zx as the years pass is not all doom and gloom

One day you say that the 280zx is an under rated car and the next you imply it is not but as you say IYO
Yes
Yes -very slowly and no more than any other 'youngtimer'
Don't know what you mean :confused:
They'll rise but not above the inflation % :D
It IS underrated and always had a bad press but no-one can convince Joe Public that and This Z Club is not doing anything to promote them (and don't mention this forum because Joe doesn't look at every thread).
 

STEVE BURNS

Club Member
Of the 3 Zs I owned never had one of them with a view of what they were worth I had them because I enjoyed having them
To me it is a shame as it seems owners thoughts are turning more and more to what the car is worth and as the prices continue to spiral out of control people will be even more reluctant to take their cars out incase they get damaged or the whether is to wet to take them out than they are at the present
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
Me neither Steve and still don't but as you refer to 'new' S30 owners and the current mode is to modify/swap them, I can't see them being pampered in a garage when built to be thrashed...but how to explain your Z dos (Donnington excepted) where one plays spot the S30 amongst the ZXs and Z33/4s ?

IF 'new' S30 owners (but where are all the old ones with existing owners ?) are weather/mileage wary, isn't that simply a sign of the times where everyone is working to earn, spare is less and the roads are overcrowded ?
Surely not just S30 owners but society as a whole ?
 

STEVE BURNS

Club Member
IMHO another of the reasons that owners do not attend meetings as much is the Internet
Before this the only way to get up to the minute news relating to the Z was to attend a meet and actually talk to people face to face now days people who use the internet do not need to go to meet people
One of the things that support this view in some ways is the number of people who attend the monthly meets that Mike did at the Hallfway House who were non internet inclined people were about 75% of the attendees
 

supermik

Well-Known Forum User
I used to have an almost identical 280zx, even had the same wheels. I quite liked the red interior and the velour seats were very comfortable on long journeys. The only difference was that I had a Janspeed turbo fitted to mine. Only problem though was at higher revs it smoked like mad and brought the mpg down to almost single figures!
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
IMHO another of the reasons that owners do not attend meetings as much is the Internet
Before this the only way to get up to the minute news relating to the Z was to attend a meet and actually talk to people face to face now days people who use the internet do not need to go to meet people
One of the things that support this view in some ways is the number of people who attend the monthly meets that Mike did at the Hallfway House who were non internet inclined people were about 75% of the attendees

And a magazine....

So close down the forum and become a close-knit 'family' again !
 

iandecjak

Club Member
I am a little disappointed to see so many comments about the 280zx being the poor mans 240/260 as if it is some lesser car because it doesn't have the same market values the others command and is seen as a downgrade.

For me coming from the era when the 280zx was the latest thing on the road I was never interested in the 240/260 not because of looks but mainly down to the mechanics and wanting a GT. Much in the same way I have owned other cars from this era, Triumph Acclaim , Saab 900 Turbo 8v and 911 Targa - they were not bought because of any rising value or bragging rights but because they are cars I wanted to own and drive.

So I am not bothered if prices go up or down, I just prefer the looks of the 280zx over many other cars not only other Z's (including later ones) and one day I will probably move onto something else. At the moment I also have a 1937 Austin 7 because in its day it was cutting edge and is certainly a different driving/owning experience.

Enjoy the difference; worry less about value, accept not everyone has your tastes...........
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
And that's it !

280ZXs attract a different owner from S30s and therefore all this bullcks about Z prices dragging up ZXs is rubbish - mere fanciful speculation.

If I wanted a sporty looking 2+2, a 924S is half the price of most equivalent condition 280ZXs and has probably reached rock bottom in prices - can only go up.

Rightly said, only the press ever said it was a poor-mans' Z - the buying public judge the car upon looks and what they can afford - not against other Z/ZXs.......only 'we' do that 'cos we live them !
 

kev64

Well-Known Forum User
Me neither Steve and still don't but as you refer to 'new' S30 owners and the current mode is to modify/swap them, I can't see them being pampered in a garage when built to be thrashed...but how to explain your Z dos (Donnington excepted) where one plays spot the S30 amongst the ZXs and Z33/4s ?

IF 'new' S30 owners (but where are all the old ones with existing owners ?) are weather/mileage wary, isn't that simply a sign of the times where everyone is working to earn, spare is less and the roads are overcrowded ?
Surely not just S30 owners but society as a whole ?

I try to get my Z out as often as possible but at the moment it is a poorly Z so:eek: no shows or meetings for me.
 

Ped

Club Member
Fellas,
I met a member who doesn't use the web forum with the cleanest most original red 280zx I have ever seen. He wants 5.5k for his 280zx to clear space in garage and funds to start his other projects. He's getting time wasters calling him. One said to him isn't the pristine red interior a bit garish!? Anyone own a shotgun they won't mind lending out!?
£5k or so sounds good value for money for a nice usable, and pretty 'rare' classic car (only 35 showing on How Many Left). The style is not for everyone, but its a lot of car for the money. Also its not an MG, so you can jump in it and be 99% confident it will start. :D

10 years ago this car would have been worth about £3k, so prices are going up... slowly.
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
I try to get my Z out as often as possible but at the moment it is a poorly Z so:eek: no shows or meetings for me.

Mine too - just a keyboard poser for now...:(.

10 years ago this car would have been worth about £3k, so prices are going up... slowly.

165%

And a UK market 240Z in comparable condition was worth ? £8k ?........and now £25k ?

300%
 

STEVE BURNS

Club Member
Does it matter what % the S30 has risen by in the last 10 years the thread was about a S130 that is for sale
The whole world does not revolve around the increasing price of S30s
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
Does it matter what % the S30 has risen by in the last 10 years the thread was about a S130 that is for sale
The whole world does not revolve around the increasing price of S30s

1st reference to other than an S130 was post no.6 on page 1.

We're on page 3 and you either wake up and discover that the discussion has evloved but stayed on topic or you've run out of argument and just want to shut us all up....:p

I've had 6x ZXs - no bias from my side and my post No. 7 confirms it.:thumbs:
 

John

New Forum User
Hello, this is my 280zx UPR833X; just to confirm the price of the car is actually less than stated in the title and is advertised at £4950. It comes with a Datsun and a Haynes manual, in-garage dust cover and outside waterproof cover. There are also two spare wheels and various other spares. More info here http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C631021
 

STEVE BURNS

Club Member
Yes on this thread I do want you to shut up going on about the prices of the S30 and the complete lake of value of the S130 after all 14 post out of a total of 38 by you self does tend to just go over the same thing time and time again and again
 

kev64

Well-Known Forum User
Why is your Z poorly then Sean? Mine has a growly noise from the diff area a:bow: good friend on here has offered his ramp and a helping hand to suss out whats occuring.
 
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