Seriously Overpriced Cars
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hornetrider said:
That's about right, apart from the crap advert and photosThe convertibles always held their value very well and the sportline model tended to be the most desirable
kayzee said:
Not sure what's worse.. the price or the fact a car like that hasn't been used in 10.5 years.AMGJocky said:
kayzee said:
Not sure what's worse.. the price or the fact a car like that hasn't been used in 10.5 years.With a bit of judicious haggling, you could have TWO new Mini JCWs for the price of a 2006 car.
Seems legit.
MorganP104 said:
AMGJocky said:
kayzee said:
Not sure what's worse.. the price or the fact a car like that hasn't been used in 10.5 years.With a bit of judicious haggling, you could have TWO new Mini JCWs for the price of a 2006 car.
Seems legit.
AMGJocky said:
MorganP104 said:
AMGJocky said:
kayzee said:
Not sure what's worse.. the price or the fact a car like that hasn't been used in 10.5 years.With a bit of judicious haggling, you could have TWO new Mini JCWs for the price of a 2006 car.
Seems legit.
It still looks expensive, you can't benchmark it against a standard JCW though
Surely a typo of one, or maybe two additional zeroes....
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/j...
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Didn't know the answer to this until today when I read several road test reports on the new MX-5 RF. Most complained about tiny cabin & ALL about how blustery the cabin was when the roof was open & noisy when closed. THEN I noted the list price of the top model 2 litre with Sat Nav. - £27K - oh please!!!
Have just visited local Mercedes main dealer & on the forecourt is another 2 litre manual gearbox sports car with a folding metal roof, sat nav, lots of cabin space. Discounted price £30k (New NOT used).
So why in all that's holy would you want a titchy middle market Mazda when you can have a classy premium Mercedes for just a few bob more?
And don't give me all that nonsense about lightweight handling & how it might go round corners as if on rails. This is the UK & most drivers spend most of their time in a queue so the Mercedes has to be a much nicer play to be.
Have just visited local Mercedes main dealer & on the forecourt is another 2 litre manual gearbox sports car with a folding metal roof, sat nav, lots of cabin space. Discounted price £30k (New NOT used).
So why in all that's holy would you want a titchy middle market Mazda when you can have a classy premium Mercedes for just a few bob more?
And don't give me all that nonsense about lightweight handling & how it might go round corners as if on rails. This is the UK & most drivers spend most of their time in a queue so the Mercedes has to be a much nicer play to be.
WJNB said:
Didn't know the answer to this until today when I read several road test reports on the new MX-5 RF. Most complained about tiny cabin & ALL about how blustery the cabin was when the roof was open & noisy when closed. THEN I noted the list price of the top model 2 litre with Sat Nav. - £27K - oh please!!!
Have just visited local Mercedes main dealer & on the forecourt is another 2 litre manual gearbox sports car with a folding metal roof, sat nav, lots of cabin space. Discounted price £30k (New NOT used).
So why in all that's holy would you want a titchy middle market Mazda when you can have a classy premium Mercedes for just a few bob more?
And don't give me all that nonsense about lightweight handling & how it might go round corners as if on rails. This is the UK & most drivers spend most of their time in a queue so the Mercedes has to be a much nicer play to be.
You're comparing the list price on the Mazda (which I bet no-one will pay!) to a discounted price on the Mercedes-not an entirely fair comparison IMO.Have just visited local Mercedes main dealer & on the forecourt is another 2 litre manual gearbox sports car with a folding metal roof, sat nav, lots of cabin space. Discounted price £30k (New NOT used).
So why in all that's holy would you want a titchy middle market Mazda when you can have a classy premium Mercedes for just a few bob more?
And don't give me all that nonsense about lightweight handling & how it might go round corners as if on rails. This is the UK & most drivers spend most of their time in a queue so the Mercedes has to be a much nicer play to be.
I'd much rather have the MX5 than the SLK as I value driver appeal over a badge and a nice interior. However most of the UK would probably have it the other way around-fair enough.
Not a fully fledged classic and never will be, you'd have to pay a real knobhead to pay more than £2k for this piece of s
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http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
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Northernchimp said:
Not a fully fledged classic and never will be, you'd have to pay a real knobhead to pay more than £2k for this piece of st.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
Pistonheads predicts the futuret.http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
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Northernchimp said:
Not a fully fledged classic and never will be, you'd have to pay a real knobhead to pay more than £2k for this piece of st.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
Good examples of those have never been as low as £2k so no idea where you get that price from.t.http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
itcaptainslow said:
You're comparing the list price on the Mazda (which I bet no-one will pay!) to a discounted price on the Mercedes-not an entirely fair comparison IMO.
I'd much rather have the MX5 than the SLK as I value driver appeal over a badge and a nice interior. However most of the UK would probably have it the other way around-fair enough.
Also (possibly) a poverty-spec SLC against top of the range MX5?I'd much rather have the MX5 than the SLK as I value driver appeal over a badge and a nice interior. However most of the UK would probably have it the other way around-fair enough.
However, brokers are offering massive >20% discounts on SLC at present (unsurprising, as it's basically a six-year old design), but almost nothing on MX5
Mazda MX-5 RF Sport Nav Manual 2dr Targa (160PS 2.0 Petrol 161g/km) : DRIVE-AWAY Grand Total Price £25,110
Mercedes-Benz SLC200 AMG Line Manual 2dr Roadster (187PS 2.0 Petrol 150g/km) : DRIVE-AWAY Grand Total Price £27,752
https://broadspeed.com/CarView/Mercedes-Benz/SLC-C...
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