Thanks Gareth,
As always an interesting observation.
My view is that there is also a lot of luck in matching the right buyer with a seller. When we bought our Bentley Turbo R in 2001 a lot of luck was involved. Finding the right service garage. Finding a good negotiator. Finding the car that continues to serve us well at minimal cost.
Golfers tell me that the more you play the luckier you get. With that in mind, as I am not in a rush to trade our Audi for an EV, the more research I can do into what this sort of car can command the more likely I am to be lucky and find the right buyer. I've already got two people interested and I have only been chatting around for about a month.
Yes the dealers and some of the auctioneers say I'll only get the few hundred that AutoTrader suggests.
Maybe neither of my two potentials will come good - but I only need one!
Tony