Dave I've read through all the above posts and I'm failing to see an example of 'moderators ignorance' TBH.
Ross knows the guy... So his first comment can only be taken in jest. Dagnut agrees the value is achievable to the right buyer... And the only other person to comment on value was Ken... And in fairness he's entitled to have an opinion regardless whether you agree with it or not so I can't see where you feel this thread needed moderating?
As I've said before... If this has been a members FS thread then it would have had moderators all over it but members regularly post FS ads from DD and we comment openly on them so I'm not sure how this differs.
I don't agree either that we can sway the price of the 2nd hand Subaru market here. There are a lot more influential reasons that cars values have dropped. The stagnant economy, unemployment, rising insurance and car tax rates... And also the changing demographic of owners who are no longer lads with expendible income and instead are building houses, getting married and starting families.
If it was the case that a clubs members could influence the value of cars and the markets would listen, then surely we'd be over hyping their value for our own benefit.