Seriously Overpriced Cars

[baldy1926]

200Plus Club said:

mx5ian said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MX-5-S-Special-1-8...

I know it's only done 3000 miles and is immaculate but £19,995!!!

Absolutely on drugs those guys.sweet baby jesus

If they took the 1 off the front of the price it would still be over priced

[CorvetteConvert]

The E Types you can buy now at £1,000,000 are the most stupidly-priced cars ever. That they sell them at that price tells me some people simply have too much money and not enough sense.
I have recently seen M3 CSLs at £70,000. Porsche GT3s at £180,000. Again, utter nonsense prices.
But as someone said, if people pay it it is deemed to be worth it to them.
A 1993 McLaren went for 6 MILLION recently. Crazy.

Lower down the new Honda HRV petrol is way too expensive for what you get.

[Wills2]

LordGrover said:

1972 Escort RS 1600

Yours for £59,495

The GT40 and The Ford GT aside, I simply to not understand the prices people pay for classic European Fords or why people want them.

[MG CHRIS]

mx5ian said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MX-5-S-Special-1-8...

I know it's only done 3000 miles and is immaculate but £19,995!!!

Mental money and the ad cant even state the correct colour its not laguna blue anyway.

[EDLT]

Wills2 said:

The GT40 and The Ford GT aside, I simply to not understand the prices people pay for classic European Fords or why people want them.

That isn't even that bad, occasionally a rally prepared Escort comes up for sale with "Colin McRae looked at it once" in the description and a £100,000 price tag

[C7 JFW]

mx5ian said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MX-5-S-Special-1-8...

I know it's only done 3000 miles and is immaculate but £19,995!!!

They did one with Recaro PP's and a host of other great bits - surely you'd get the kitted out one instead?

But hey, there are some serious enthusiasts for every model.

[mx5ian]

C7 JFW said:

mx5ian said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-MX-5-S-Special-1-8...

I know it's only done 3000 miles and is immaculate but £19,995!!!

They did one with Recaro PP's and a host of other great bits - surely you'd get the kitted out one instead?

But hey, there are some serious enthusiasts for every model.

I think unmodified clean mk1s will start making strong money soon but maybe not 20k! A brand new one starts at £18,495

[mx5ian]

10k for a Austin Maestro!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C660780

[Gargamel]

mx5ian said:

10k for a Austin Maestro!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C660780

How badly wrong must your life have gone if that is your fantasy way to spend 10k

I learnt in Maestro's and did mankind a good service by crashing two of them to bits in the next two years.

TEN GRAND !

You could have some serious metal for that money.

[cirian75]

£7k 1991 Volkswagen Scirocco

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I like the original Scirocco, but this price, mmmmmmmmm.

and I call bks on the claimed miles.

[rohrl]

Gargamel said:

mx5ian said:

10k for a Austin Maestro!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C660780

How badly wrong must your life have gone if that is your fantasy way to spend 10k

I learnt in Maestro's and did mankind a good service by crashing two of them to bits in the next two years.

TEN GRAND !

You could have some serious metal for that money.

Hmmm.

Shall I spend £10,000 on a pig-ugly 1.3 litre Maestro or should I get an E46 M3?

It's a real dilemma isn't it?

[swisstoni]

cirian75 said:

£7k 1991 Volkswagen Scirocco

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I like the original Scirocco, but this price, mmmmmmmmm.

and I call bks on the claimed miles.

Little over a 1k miles a year avg.
Maybe it was only used for ceremonial occasions

[CO2000]

If you do a search on AT for cars over 10 years old but under 5k miles it brings up all sorts of oddities

[Devil2575]

mx5ian said:

10k for a Austin Maestro!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C660780

This must end the thread as this is surely the winner.

Crazy money for a car that was st when new.

[cirian75]

swisstoni said:

cirian75 said:

£7k 1991 Volkswagen Scirocco

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I like the original Scirocco, but this price, mmmmmmmmm.

and I call bks on the claimed miles.

Little over a 1k miles a year avg.
Maybe it was only used for ceremonial occasions

same car sold earlier this year

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C589124#

I'll bet it was closed to 3 to 4 k

sold in middlesbrough

now for sale in Bournemouth

[WCZ]

rohrl said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C80083#



How much is a 4,700 mile 1990 Bentley Turbo-R worth? This one is armour-plated but even so the price of £95,000 seems just a little on the high side.

worst in thread imo

[derin100]

mat205125 said:

Neil E 99 said:

BMW Z8 yes its an Alpina version but its also £350k ??????
Think I would look at my wad before buying that.

When they were new and nearly new, BMW couldn't give them away.

Just been browsing this thread...and the above is absolutely true!

It must have been about 2002 and I was offered a nearly new Alpina Z8 by my local BMW Main-dealer for £42K IIRC. It seemed like a lot of money to me then...and still does but they were really, really struggling to get rid of it.

But then that was before a 'certain dealership' artificially hiked their value by employing cartel tactics. I won't name them but someone got ever so upset before.

[Gargamel]

WCZ said:

worst in thread imo

Agreed, that must be overvalued by about 1000%

[mx5ian]

rohrl said:

Gargamel said:

mx5ian said:

10k for a Austin Maestro!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C660780

How badly wrong must your life have gone if that is your fantasy way to spend 10k

I learnt in Maestro's and did mankind a good service by crashing two of them to bits in the next two years.

TEN GRAND !

You could have some serious metal for that money.

Hmmm.

Shall I spend £10,000 on a pig-ugly 1.3 litre Maestro or should I get an E46 M3?

It's a real dilemma isn't it?

What really makes me laugh is some builder found it in a garage he was pulling down and either took it away for free or very little money put a battery on it and now suddenly its 10k!!

[BrabusMog]

mx5ian said:

10k for a Austin Maestro!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C660780

I used to live about a 2 minute walk from where that car was originally registered