Seriously Overpriced Cars

[Lester H]

Faust66 said:

Saab 900 turbo... always wanted one of these, but not at £22,500!

Quite so. A pity there is no Zoopla equivalent for cars so that we could all see what they actually go for. Often such cars hang around for ages, then disappear. Shame PHs don't have a snoopers' charter!

[DegsyE39]

Fancy a polished to death prelude on evergreens? Step right this way sir.. 5 grand please





http://www.kgfclassiccars.co.uk/details.php?cid=630

[TotalControl]

Saw a 306 GTI up for £8k. A Dimma convertible was going for almost double that on the bay of the E.

Nuts.

[StescoG66]

DegsyE39 said:

Fancy a polished to death prelude on evergreens? Step right this way sir.. 5 grand please





http://www.kgfclassiccars.co.uk/details.php?cid=630

That's is rather nice however...

[un1corn]

DegsyE39 said:

Fancy a polished to death prelude on evergreens? Step right this way sir.. 5 grand please





http://www.kgfclassiccars.co.uk/details.php?cid=630

I dont think that's too unreasonable :/

Less mileage than your average 4 year old family hatch, and probably 3x more reliable.

[Jimmy Recard]

DegsyE39 said:

sdkrc said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C657940

Polo harlequin - £10,000
137,000 miles
He's had to confirm the price: "Yes the price is ten thousand"

Oh my fking God that's optimistic

[mrtwisty]

un1corn said:

I dont think that's too unreasonable :/

This is two fifths of the price of the kgf one:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C644553

Very similar. 3 grand saving.

A late j reg efi example for me though please. 150bhp, silver, Spanish, with cow. One of those with 50k and a good history and zero rust (ha!) might just be worth 5k. Maybe. In a couple of years.

Edited by mrtwisty on Friday 12th August 23:47

[sdkrc]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-rare-golf-GTI-colou...

A golf GTI colour concept £4995 starting bid.
A loved car but not £5k of love.
Here's a similar example for £800 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mk3-golf-gti-2-0-8v-colo...

Not in a rude way but I wonder how he came to that price when making the ad, genuinely curious.

Edited by sdkrc on Sunday 14th August 19:46

[Jimmy Recard]

sdkrc said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-rare-golf-GTI-colou...

A golf GTI colour concept £4995 starting bid.
A loved car but not £5k of love.
Here's a similar example for £800 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mk3-golf-gti-2-0-8v-colo...

Not in a rude way but I wonder how he came to that price when making the ad, genuinely curious.

Edited by sdkrc on Sunday 14th August 19:46

Does 'colour concept' mean 'colour coded interior' or something extra?

[sdkrc]

I can't find anything about them but I think it's just paint, seats and a couple of badges.
I personally like the Bon Jovi edition as the whole thing makes absolutely no sense.

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/volksw...

[Löyly]

Faust66 said:

Saab 900 turbo... always wanted one of these, but not at £22,500!

Wow, what a price. I regret not buying a 900 Turbo when they were ten a penny. I missed a lovely white one with colour coded bumpers and three spoke wheels for £2750 a few years ago because I couldn't be arsed to get a train to Crawley.

[MissChief]

I mean it's lovely and everything, but £8k seems strong!

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

[Jimmy Recard]

sdkrc said:

I can't find anything about them but I think it's just paint, seats and a couple of badges.
I personally like the Bon Jovi edition as the whole thing makes absolutely no sense.

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/volksw...

Good car for ChemicalChaos?



I can't understand why anyone would want a Bon Jovi edition of a car

[31mph]

MissChief said:

I mean it's lovely and everything, but £8k seems strong!

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

Unmolested examples of those are very hard to find

They're popular with the 'drift' scene

[Lester H]

Jimmy Recard said:

sdkrc said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-rare-golf-GTI-colou...

A golf GTI colour concept £4995 starting bid.
A loved car but not £5k of love.
Here's a similar example for £800 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mk3-golf-gti-2-0-8v-colo...

Not in a rude way but I wonder how he came to that price when making the ad, genuinely curious.

Edited by sdkrc on Sunday 14th August 19:46

Does 'colour concept' mean 'colour coded interior' or something extra?

Well, he thought of a number. There is absolutely no science involved in pricing older cars. With newer popular models it's done by looking at other ads on on line. not so with older cars which are a bit different. However, very disappointing that this is a Mk 3 Golf, the corrosive dud of the entire Golf line.

[imaginativename]

As much as I like it, £15k for an X-Type? Really?
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/j...

Edited by imaginativename on Sunday 14th August 22:26

[Jimmy Recard]

imaginativename said:

As much as I like it, £15k for an X-Type? Really?
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/j...

Edited by imaginativename on Sunday 14th August 22:26

I would really like to own that but not for that money.

[epom]

Lester H said:

Jimmy Recard said:

sdkrc said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-rare-golf-GTI-colou...

A golf GTI colour concept £4995 starting bid.
A loved car but not £5k of love.
Here's a similar example for £800 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mk3-golf-gti-2-0-8v-colo...

Not in a rude way but I wonder how he came to that price when making the ad, genuinely curious.

Edited by sdkrc on Sunday 14th August 19:46

Does 'colour concept' mean 'colour coded interior' or something extra?

Well, he thought of a number. There is absolutely no science involved in pricing older cars. With newer popular models it's done by looking at other ads on on line. not so with older cars which are a bit different. However, very disappointing that this is a Mk 3 Golf, the corrosive dud of the entire Golf line.

The came with a few extras. Essentially colour coded heated leather Recaros which were to this day the nicest seat I've ever sat in, electric sunroof, tinted lights and exclusive alloy wheels, can't remember much more. They came in Yellow, Green, Blue and Black (can't imagine black standing out much) I had a yellow one (sounds awful I know) but of all the cars I've ever had the only one people still ask about and where it went is that one. Everyone loved it. As a car it was actually quiet a pleasant thing, as a Golf GTI is was terrible.

[W00DY]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-Volkswagen-Corrado-...

Confident.

[Jimmy Recard]

epom said:

The came with a few extras. Essentially colour coded heated leather Recaros which were to this day the nicest seat I've ever sat in, electric sunroof, tinted lights and exclusive alloy wheels, can't remember much more. They came in Yellow, Green, Blue and Black (can't imagine black standing out much) I had a yellow one (sounds awful I know) but of all the cars I've ever had the only one people still ask about and where it went is that one. Everyone loved it. As a car it was actually quiet a pleasant thing, as a Golf GTI is was terrible.

Thanks. I've heard of them but I wasn't sure quite what was special about them