No wonder they aren't selling, look at them prices

If it wasn't for the Corsa reflected in this pic those photos could pass for being 10 years old plus!

A dealer near me has a lovely looking z3 for sale, black nice wheels, 1998 ish £6995.

Its been there for 2 years, would anyone ever pay that for an old z3 1.9 now? thats z4/boxster money.

This continues to fascinate me. The C reg Astra? It hasn't been taxed since 1988! It was just 2 years old when it left the road. But oddly the Cavaliers last tax disc expired in 2004?

That is fking wierd. Lottery winner?

lol I would go in and ask but, you know, I'm frightened I'd never be let out again

Sh*t! 5 speed gearbox! Mad innit, how many gears do you need?

What a bizarre garage. It has to be owned by some eccentric rich old geezer who thinks a Peugeot 405 is the last word in mid-market motoring excellence.

Stock turnover makes sense in any commercial operation but I think it is more important with new stuff as when it ages it devalues, if the classic stuff sticks around, is kept warm and dry and the owner can afford to have his outlay sat around it isnt such an issue, I think a lot or first and foremost collectors and dealers second, judging by the prices in some of the classic mags back pages they must want to hold onto them, some ludicrous prices, but sometimes waiting for the right punter who wants that car is worth it.


When I worked at a traders, we had cars hang around, kind of a row of motley stuff, probably 10/12 grands worth, if one sold, great, if not it didn't matter as we spent all week driving newish XR Fords, Orion Ghia's and other bread and butter stuff back which went like hot cakes, remember bringing eight XR2's back on a Thursday, valeted them on Friday, the boss paid quite a bit for them considering it was the auction, bidding was strong but all eight went over the weekend making on average about £600 per car, lower than normal margin but sell that many you make a good profit, remember repeating that several times, so a few manky Carltons, Granada's, Talbot Horizons hanging around wasn't an issue, only when space for new stuff got tight did we do a run to the auction the other way to get rid of the dross. The Boss was an old tight arse though, would make a grand on a couple of cars and if feeling generous would get the chips for lunch or sump tough as boots Rump Steak for Steak butties at lunch, perhaps some bog paper for the staff toilet, I really earnt that ten quid a day, apart from the time I washed a Sierra with truck cleaner which kind of took the shine off the paint, cue a bit of a kicking from the Boss's son, he backed up when I came back with the pressure washer lance

Classic Peugeot you say? That might appeal to someone who's bought a number of them over his life time. Does such a guy exist?

I had a mg midget built in 1980 but not registered until 1985 and it was on a B plate for the year of registration so perhaps the 3 year rule post dates the cars we are talking about.