Most ludicrously priced cars for sale

[BorkFactor]

WoodsterT said:

Christ those Audi A2's are disgusting...

How about this one for a good laugh, I pray to god they were off their face on acid while doing the advert: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

EDIT: Vauxhall's are obviously very keen, this one is definitely an up and coming Classic Car, given the price, amirite? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Edited by WoodsterT on Thursday 24th April 20:09

These have GOT to be a joke??

That Astra is worth a grand on an exceptional day, but pushing 9? Almost tempted to call up and ask if there is an extra figure in the price

[CO2000]

I'm pretty sure this has been for sale here for 10 years +

http://www.hendersonsgaragenairn.co.uk/used-cars/l...

20 more & it may finally sell!

[GeorgeV12]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/a...

I know it is very rare, but nearly £250,000 for a mid-nineties Aston puzzles me... epic car though!

[Limpet]

Tyre Smoke said:

Totally agree, but look at all the late registered Xsara Picassos tooling around. Still in production long after the C4 Picasso came out. Main Dealer told me he couldn't get enough of them at the time because the old dears loved them and didn't like change. Citroen were producing new ones right up to 2009 I think.

I remember Citroen advertising the Xsara Picasso for £9,995 brand new OTR towards the end. A well-specced, spanking new family bus with full manufacturer warranty for under £10k is a bit of a bargain. I am not surprised they sold well. OK it's dull and boring, but who buys cars like this with anything other than their head?

God they are ugly though

[Bungleaio]

There's a garage on the North circular with some what looks like rubbish cars from the 80's that are up at very expensive prices. Sadly I can't remember the name of the garage.

[wildcat45]

Tyre Smoke said:

Totally agree, but look at all the late registered Xsara Picassos tooling around. Still in production long after the C4 Picasso came out. Main Dealer told me he couldn't get enough of them at the time because the old dears loved them and didn't like change. Citroen were producing new ones right up to 2009 I think.

Don't I bloody know it. My FIL had one "the best car I ever had". Traded it for a Nissan Tino. He's got a 2.3 petrol Mazda CX7 that was mine on permenant loan now. He now doesn't talk about the Citroen or the Nissan.

I recall when the new Nissan Note came out he was seeing himself with anticipation.

The worst is my wife's grandpa. A devotee of the French stbox....always in that bloody light blue colour. His last one got written off in a flood. He's got a perfectly nice mid range C Max now, but still goes on about how Picassos are the best thing ever. He's considering buying the newest used old style Picasso he can find.

Taste aside, Citroen must have been doing something right to sell to the retired and not into cars market. The same goes for Nissan with the old Micra. Certain people love them.

[Petrolize]

Bungleaio said:

There's a garage on the North circular with some what looks like rubbish cars from the 80's that are up at very expensive prices. Sadly I can't remember the name of the garage.

I think its BL dealership Derek Ketteringham Motors you mean, set to shut down this year. Full article here: http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/news/news-derek-ke...

[Mr Gearchange]

WoodsterT said:

Christ those Audi A2's are disgusting...

How about this one for a good laugh, I pray to god they were off their face on acid while doing the advert: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

EDIT: Vauxhall's are obviously very keen, this one is definitely an up and coming Classic Car, given the price, amirite? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/a]

That's as much as I paid for my A8 - which was 3 years newer, spotless, FSH and sales invoice stated purchase price of 73,000.
Mental. Just mental

[Escy]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-TOYOTA-COROLLA-AE86...

12k for a badly modified AE86. He'd be lucky to get half that.

[dai1983]

Integrale Evos? No doubting they are an awesome car with pedigree but there seem to always seem to be lots for sale in the classifieds at £20-30k. A lot more for sale than normal Integrales and similarly priced E30 M3s. Do they actually sell at this price?

Are motorbikes allowed? There's a £100k Honda NR750 always doing the rounds.

[P-Jay]

BorkFactor said:

WoodsterT said:

Christ those Audi A2's are disgusting...

How about this one for a good laugh, I pray to god they were off their face on acid while doing the advert: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

EDIT: Vauxhall's are obviously very keen, this one is definitely an up and coming Classic Car, given the price, amirite? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Edited by WoodsterT on Thursday 24th April 20:09

These have GOT to be a joke??

That Astra is worth a grand on an exceptional day, but pushing 9? Almost tempted to call up and ask if there is an extra figure in the price

Mental, saying that I recently foolishly walked into a Carcraft branch looking for a car for the Wife.

First car in the warehouse, 57 Plate Astra 5dr 1.4 Club, which is the exact car She has now, only this one had 20k more miles on it, was a year older and a different colour - they wanted 8 grand for it!! a whole £1000 more than my Wife paid for hers, when it was a low mileage ex-demo with a Vauxhall warranty.

They're a "we'll finance anyone" type of outfit, I was tempted to ask them for a trade-in deal for a laugh, but one of their "no hard sell" sales guys cornered us, melted my face with his terrible breath and assaulted by eyes with his horrible suit / tie combo and needed a actual, real life used-the-words-and-everything "fk off" before I could break away.

Horrible place.

[Porkie]

DanielSan said:

And old Ford seen as a 'classic' no Sierra is worth 50k Cosworth badge or not and no old Escort is worth 20-30k.

but they do change hands for over this... so you are completey missing th point of this thread I think

[ChemicalChaos]

dai1983 said:

Are motorbikes allowed? There's a £100k Honda NR750 always doing the rounds.

I have seen a Brough Superior SS100 advertised for £195,000, and one sold by Bonhams fetched £157,000.

I know they are possibly the most desirable motorbike in history and have a massive cult following, but come on - £200k for an old motorbike?

[Bonefish Blues]

austinsmirk said:

can't be bothered finding links, but pick any 50's, 60's, 70's vw camper or van you want for examples of pricing gone mental.

weirdly or perhaps not the same is happening with the T25's (the 80's ones)

I appreciate its the scene- but I had loads of these, many years ago, when they were relatively newish.

they were rubbish then, as cheap, mechanically perfect vehicles, let alone 30/40 year old things. long drives in them, which is what you did as camper vans, was always a horrible event.

although, I did enjoy it at the time, thought I was quite cool............

wouldn't touch them these days and I loved the point where I started running the new front engined diesel vw campers instead.

Coming up to the season when they can be found littering the verge of the A30

[Mr Gear]

1000TCR said:

Also a great contender:
Audi A2 for almost 20k€

http://m.mobile.de/portal/index.html#Car/DES/17492...

Panic-buy an A2 now while they are still cheap, that's my advice.

[petrolsniffer]

Bonefish Blues said:

Coming up to the season when they can be found littering the verge of the A30

same with beetle's so overpriced!

[s m]

dai1983 said:

Integrale Evos? No doubting they are an awesome car with pedigree but there seem to always seem to be lots for sale in the classifieds at £20-30k. A lot more for sale than normal Integrales and similarly priced E30 M3s. Do they actually sell at this price?

Yes, they can and do sell at these prices.

Different people will place different values on things depending on their interest in that thing

[P-Jay]

petrolsniffer said:

Bonefish Blues said:

Coming up to the season when they can be found littering the verge of the A30

same with beetle's so overpriced!

Not all of them, 70's Beetles are about as popular as syphilis you can buy them for a few grand - my Dad is having his restored now, it was probably worth about £1500 as it stood, a non-runner with flat non-standard paint and a bit of rust that had lived in our garage for about a decade since it last moved. He's just sunk more than 10 grand into it and could be worth upwards of £4000 once it's finished ha ha.

You can't put a price on nostalgia and he'll hardly miss the money.

[Anglade]

seems a bit optimistic;

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

[marmitemania]

chris watton said:

scorcher said:

fuzzymonkey said:

Is that garage with all the old delivery mileage MG Rovers still going? That was always worth a laugh!

This one? Plenty of overpriced tat in here...........
http://www.smgrover.co.uk/#

http://www.smgrover.co.uk/used/rover/75/18t-connoisseur-se-4dr/bristol/avon/14579908

A 10 year old Rover 75 for almost £10k!



I think they'll have their stock for quite a while....

That looks a positive bargain against the ste Lupo.