Seriously Overpriced Cars

[un1corn]

£25k for a blue discovery with saggy leather seats and 90,000 on the clock? Don't mind if i do.

http://www.usedvehicles.landrover.co.uk/search#/de...

[anonymous-user]

un1corn said:

£25k for a blue discovery with saggy leather seats and 90,000 on the clock? Don't mind if i do.

http://www.usedvehicles.landrover.co.uk/search#/de...

No way is that 25k. More like 16k mate

[Limpet]

1981 Fiesta Supersport for a scarcely believable £20,000! I'll have some of whatever they are smoking.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C791083

[un1corn]

Does this count?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[GreatGranny]

Not sure if this belongs here.

No idea of 850 prices.

850 CSi for £60k?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-850-5-6-CSi/26260472...

[ambuletz]

Limpet said:

1981 Fiesta Supersport for a scarcely believable £20,000! I'll have some of whatever they are smoking.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C791083

love the seats. Why don't ford do something like that in the fiesta? VW do that with the golf and let you get the tartain seats.

[Devil2575]

Limpet said:

1981 Fiesta Supersport for a scarcely believable £20,000! I'll have some of whatever they are smoking.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C791083

It's a Ford though so daft as that price seems it's probably a decent investment. I'm no fan of overpriced old cars but I'd rather have that for 20k than that Land Rover for 25k. I'd put money on the Ford losing less money, being vastly cheaper to run and more reliable. You also don't need to be orange to drive it ;D

[mx5ian]

£7,500 for a Maestro!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-cars-AUSTIN-MEAS...

[trixyD]

GreatGranny said:

Not sure if this belongs here.

No idea of 850 prices.

850 CSi for £60k?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-850-5-6-CSi/26260472...

Lovely motor, and yes it belongs here. 60k!

[Devil2575]

mx5ian said:

£7,500 for a Maestro!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-cars-AUSTIN-MEAS...

Bet it's still rusty

[Squirrelofwoe]

Limpet said:

1981 Fiesta Supersport for a scarcely believable £20,000! I'll have some of whatever they are smoking.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C791083

Perhaps I'm being overly skeptical, but (ignoring the elephant in the room that is the price) the advert isn't really selling it- to me the following lines say;

advert said:

good unrestored condition

-It's rusty underneath and will need restoring at some point.

advert said:

some old MOTs

-Not much history

advert said:

very little sun damage

-There is sun damage

advert said:

the car also benefits from being a base model

-The car has no equipment that you would hope it might have. A wheelie-bin will have a higher spec.

When did advertising the fact that a car is the base model ever become a benefit?

For what it's worth I do think it looks superb, just not '£20k for an unrestored, 35-year old base-spec Fiesta with 'some' history and a spot of sun-damage' superb.

But it is a classic Ford so I've no doubt it will sell for a large chunk of that price.

Edited by Squirrelofwoe on Friday 23 September 16:09

[Hungrymc]

Devil2575 said:

You also don't need to be orange to drive it ;D

LOL... I'm now trying to work out what the appropriate stereotype for over priced 80's Fords is? Middle aged, fat, faded tattoos?

[Devil2575]

Hungrymc said:

LOL... I'm now trying to work out what the appropriate stereotype for over priced 80's Fords is? Middle aged, fat, faded tattoos?

To be fair two of those fit

[clio007]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-X5-xdrive40d-M-Sport...

BMW X5 40d for 15k......with 230k

[CO2000]

Squirrelofwoe said:

Limpet said:

1981 Fiesta Supersport for a scarcely believable £20,000! I'll have some of whatever they are smoking.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C791083

Perhaps I'm being overly skeptical, but (ignoring the elephant in the room that is the price) the advert isn't really selling it- to me the following lines say;

advert said:

good unrestored condition

-It's rusty underneath and will need restoring at some point.

advert said:

some old MOTs

-Not much history

advert said:

very little sun damage

-There is sun damage

advert said:

the car also benefits from being a base model

-The car has no equipment that you would hope it might have. A wheelie-bin will have a higher spec.

When did advertising the fact that a car is the base model ever become a benefit?

For what it's worth I do think it looks superb, just not '£20k for an unrestored, 35-year old base-spec Fiesta with 'some' history and a spot of sun-damage' superb.

But it is a classic Ford so I've no doubt it will sell for a large chunk of that price.

Edited by Squirrelofwoe on Friday 23 September 16:09

I think the only extra may have been a leaky sunroof!

[Fast Bug]

mx5ian said:

£7,500 for a Maestro!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-cars-AUSTIN-MEAS...

It's not hard to take a half decent photo. You can even see the picture you've taken straight away, it's not like you've had to wait a week for Supa Snaps to develop your film before realising your photos are gash! Such a pet hate!

Squirrelofwoe said:

When did advertising the fact that a car is the base model ever become a benefit?

I actually like base model stuff, they generally become the rarest down the line as they're the most unloved, used and abused examples. I had a 1959 'Standard' Beetle pass through my hands. If you wanted to move the seats back you had to undo the wingnuts and move the seats before bolting them back down. One sun visor, no chrome sidetrim, painted headlight rings and so on. The crash gearbox and cable operated brakes took a bit of getting used to though

[anonymous-user]

mx5ian said:

£7,500 for a Maestro!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-cars-AUSTIN-MEAS...

THERECARNT BE ANY IN THIS NEW CONDITION IN THE WORLD..



Indeed, therecarnt.

[VolvoT5]

mx5ian said:

£7,500 for a Maestro!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-cars-AUSTIN-MEAS...

I mean if they are going to take the piss on the price you would have thought the least they could do was spend 20 mins taking some decent photos. It isn't even an MG or a nice colour or anything.

Wasn't there a batch of these a few years back (late 90s?) that were discovered and sold off really cheap?

[mike74]

Oh dear...


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Impreza-WRX-STi-T...

[Cupramax]

Spumfry said:

mx5ian said:

£7,500 for a Maestro!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-cars-AUSTIN-MEAS...

THERECARNT BE ANY IN THIS NEW CONDITION IN THE WORLD..



Indeed, therecarnt.

Think mARK is posting on here

clarkson22 posted in the neighbour moaning about working on a car thread said:

oh really? so the new neighbours carnt be dicks then??