Valuation help required

El Capitano
El Capitano Posts: 6,400
edited April 2010 in The Crudcatcher
I have a large sized Carrera LRS frame, sat gathering dust in the shed. Looks a bit like this but in black:

LRS_lh_1.jpg

Someone is interested in buying it. How much do you reckon I should ask for it?
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    I'll give you however much you ask them for plus a pound.

    I'm serious.
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    I *personally* wuold say around £50-60 ...... but these things are hard to price. All depends on how bad someone wants one...

    So that's £61 to WAIH ;)
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    Having found out who's looking to buy it, I gracefully retract my bid due to sheer futility.
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    whyamihere wrote:
    Having found out who's looking to buy it, I gracefully retract my bid due to sheer futility.

    Not Mr Hazel is it :D
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    I reckon no more than £15-£20...
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    I'd say a couple of thousand, at least.
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    IBTL-Trinity.jpg
    :twisted:
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    Well, I was hoping for some useful advice here.

    Silly me... :cry:
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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    Cheesey did give a suggestion in fairness.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    El Capitano wrote:
    Well, I was hoping for some useful advice here.

    Silly me... :cry:

    in the Crudcatcher and contravening rule 15?

    what Ti bits do you need?
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  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,373
    £50ish + P&P.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    nicklouse wrote:
    what Ti bits do you need?

    Currently, probably a new knee-cap... :(
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  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,373
    So does Gill.

    Or I might get her a pink anodized alloy one for valentines day.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • Fantastic Mr Fox
    Fantastic Mr Fox Posts: 848
    My mate broke 2 if them in 6 months.

    IIRC they where £1000 at the time (like 2003-04) fully built.

    Here's one on ebay...

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Carrera-LRS-3-Mou ... 500wt_1182

    So with that in mind, £60-£70.
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  • Hercule Q
    Hercule Q Posts: 2,655
    swap it for an R/C car :wink:
    pinkbike
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  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    Hercule Q wrote:
    swap it for an R/C car :wink:

    Nitro or nIcad? :lol:
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  • Hercule Q
    Hercule Q Posts: 2,655
    its a subaru impreza n coms wit loadsa spaers innit bruv i av got a pit byk azwell if ya wont it
    pinkbike
    Blurring the line between bravery and stupidity since 1986!
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    Hercule Q wrote:
    its a subaru impreza n coms wit loadsa spaers innit bruv i av got a pit byk azwell if ya wont it

    You see, much as I'm interested in your offer, I already have a full race spec Tamiya Hotshot II (very old-skool) and have only just got rid of the pit/monkey-bike that was taking up room in the back garden.

    However, I may be interested in a P/X for your sister... :wink:
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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    El Capitano wrote:
    Hercule Q wrote:
    its a subaru impreza n coms wit loadsa spaers innit bruv i av got a pit byk azwell if ya wont it

    You see, much as I'm interested in your offer, I already have a full race spec Tamiya Hotshot II (very old-skool) and have only just got rid of the pit/monkey-bike that was taking up room in the back garden.

    However, I may be interested in a P/X for your sister... :wink:

    Tamiya Hotshot II..... gawd I had one of them... and a hornet, grasshoper

    Good times 8)
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    The Big Cheese wrote:
    El Capitano wrote:
    Hercule Q wrote:
    its a subaru impreza n coms wit loadsa spaers innit bruv i av got a pit byk azwell if ya wont it

    You see, much as I'm interested in your offer, I already have a full race spec Tamiya Hotshot II (very old-skool) and have only just got rid of the pit/monkey-bike that was taking up room in the back garden.

    However, I may be interested in a P/X for your sister... :wink:

    Tamiya Hotshot II..... gawd I had one of them... and a hornet, grasshoper

    Good times 8)

    I also had the Ford F150, but it came originally as a Baja racer and I just changed the body. They were so much better than the later ones. You could fix and modify them with bits of Meccano. (once made a snow plow for mine). Grasshopper was quick in a straight line, but had a tendency to tip over, even with a shock upgrade.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    The Big Cheese wrote:
    Tamiya Hotshot II..... gawd I had one of them... and a hornet, grasshoper

    Good times 8)
    I used to have a Tamiya Madcap Baja buggy RC car, then worked my way up to a Tenth Technology Predator. Ooh, the geekiness, ooh the memories :D
    Also had a boss cat, and a Schumacher fireblade.
  • Mancunianfightingcat
    Mancunianfightingcat Posts: 2,054
    Mardave Ministock, £38 including charger and battery! They were ace, I had a few and spare parts were only a few pence!

    Also had the F150 - Blackfoot,
    Tamiya Manta Ray
    Schumacher Cougar
    and then moved on to racing the RC10.

    About your frame though, £50 sounds enough to me!
    Ants
    Orange Blood - Orange 5SE - Marin Rocky Ridge
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Mancunianfightingcat wrote:
    Mardave Ministock, £38 including charger and battery! They were ace, I had a few and spare parts were only a few pence!

    Also had the F150 - Blackfoot,
    Tamiya Manta Ray
    Schumacher Cougar
    and then moved on to racing the RC10.

    About your frame though, £50 sounds enough to me!
    Woohoo, i'd forgotten about Mardave! my brother used to have the Marauder, and my friend had the smaller electric version, which i can't remember what it was called.

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