Re: This is why Sprees and Elites have no resale value
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:59 pm
Good point. Up here fairly often on CL. Not clean tho haha
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vintagegarage wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2017 7:25 am In Florida, I am finding it easy to buy a Spree for $500 US and very difficult to sell one for the same price. My usual deal is I buy a nice one for $450, spend $200 to fix what is wrong with it and to cherry it up (typically putting on new tires, getting it running right, perhaps replacing an electrical switch or two, and installing a new battery), and then can't sell it for $500. I usually end up getting $450 for it after working the sale for several months and turning down a dozen or so $100 offers during the two months. I also get the title straightened out and in my name, which adds about $150 to the loss.
I think what you are supposed to do with the $500 Chinese scooters is to drive them with no maintenance or oil changes until the tires are bald. By then, besides the bald tires, the body has cracks, the sides are scraped up from layovers, the chrome is starting to get rusty, the battery is shot and the engine is pretty tired. There is no need for new spare parts, and that is why there aren't any. You drop the scooter off at the junkyard and buy another one, sort of like buying a new iPhone each year. You get a fresh scooter each year as long as you want one. It does make your life easier, and your fingernails cleaner.
Are they really?noiseguy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:31 pmThey're not. Much more common in colder areas where they don't get ridden that much.benji wrote:Cleeeeaaaan for $350. I'm betting sprees are all over Florida, just cuz of the weather and the old folks bringing em down on the backs of RVs when the retire down there.