Seriously Overpriced Cars
Discussion
crashley said:
Even if I had the money and desperately wanted a puke yellow M3 with 14 previous owners and 140k on the clock, what would put me off most is the seller's arrogant and deluded write up. It is as if he thinks he is doing someone a favour taking 35k off their hands. What a plonker. VolvoT5 said:
Even if I had the money and desperately wanted a puke yellow M3 with 14 previous owners and 140k on the clock, what would put me off most is the seller's arrogant and deluded write up. It is as if he thinks he is doing someone a favour taking 35k off their hands. What a plonker.
My thoughts exactly. The car is devalued by the advertVolvoT5 said:
Even if I had the money and desperately wanted a puke yellow M3 with 14 previous owners and 140k on the clock, what would put me off most is the seller's arrogant and deluded write up. It is as if he thinks he is doing someone a favour taking 35k off their hands. What a plonker.
Puke yellow......?? "Dakar yellow"......!! 
but yes I do agree with " plonker"
ambuletz said:
why does it have two types of springs in it? that cant be right surely. also what's with the hungarian MOT thing? slang for something else?
Because it has been botched. You don't stack springs of different rates in high frequency applications as they with bounce. If you want to add variable rate response then get a variable rate spring made.The Hungarian MOT could be a euphemism...
Craig said:
Is he? Is that still the only modern RWD Lambo? If it is the most desirable modern Lambo and very rare.
ambuletz said:
why does it have two types of springs in it? that cant be right surely. also what's with the hungarian MOT thing? slang for something else?
They are called helper springs, commonly used on race or very low cars on coilovers in the 80s and 90s where the main spring is very stiff, but made short so as to get a low ride height. The helper springs stop the shock being unsprung at full extension and reduce stress on the main spring as it becomes loaded, stops it "chattering" so to speak. Its basically where there isn't enough adjustment on the coilover for the super stiff spring. There is not too much wrong with it, but it will drive crap on modern UK roads with that set up!
Edited by s3fella on Sunday 28th August 20:51
Dave Hedgehog said:
Is he? Is that still the only modern RWD Lambo? If it is the most desirable modern Lambo and very rare.
Odd comment - you can buy a RWD Hurracan so no it's not the only modern RWD Lambo. It's also essentially the same as RWD LP550-2 if rarer. The most modern collectable RWD Lambo is Diablo SV and you can pick them up cheaperI've been looking to get back into older VW's recently, having bought a Jetta Gl in 2011 for £600 and bought and sold a mk2 golf for £1100 a couple years ago i was taken back at how much people are asking for Golfs now, not even 16valve gti's. 3k for a 1.3 auto? Really?
Edited by Henno196 on Monday 29th August 11:03
Leins said:
Guvernator said:
Leins said:
I'd love to hear of someone buying one of these extreme low-milers, and then using it normally. Of course it will depreciate massively, but then so will a new 318d
I suppose the issue is whether the car would be up to it, as standing around for so long will have done it no favours
I know of someone who uses a pretty mint E30 M3 Evo Sport as a track toy. They've even modded it a bit to make it better for that task, sacrilege to some maybe but I think it's doing exactly what it was intended to do. I suppose the issue is whether the car would be up to it, as standing around for so long will have done it no favours
I'd like one too but the cheapest E30 M3 on PH is £36k for a very early 1987 non EVO model. Too rich for me whereas if you could still pick one up for £10k like you could a few years ago, I'd be flinging one round a track with abandon right now. This is why I think it's sad that this appreciation bubble means the majority will spend their remaining years sitting in air conditioned garages rather than out on the road\track where they belong.
Yep, there's something of the "musical cars" going on right now with the music stopping, as it's become very difficult to change to the next car up, if that makes sense. My plans of being in a 964RS went out the (manual) window a while back!
Who knows what will happen, but there are still quite a few cars sitting in garages out there that I want to try. I just hope they're being looked after for when they eventually get sold again
Even if I wanted a Dakar e36 M3 convertible (I've just never got the whole ''M3 cabriolet thing'') that listing a couple of pages back, would have me looking elsewhere. Maybe that museum could sweep in and buy it instead?
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