Drive a "used" car? How much was it new?

[Petrol Only]

£20500 new

40k and 18 used months later.

Value?

Still mine.




I'm doing this wrong right?

330ci £32300. I paid 4k sold 3k.

[funkyrobot]

Hungrymc said:

Quite the opposite!

This is PH and anyone who buys new is a mug who has bought a white good and can no longer claim to be an enthusiasts.

So say Bearded double hard bds who know everything about everything.

Good point.

Back on topic. I think I'm doing this wrong.

My car was around £18,000 new. I paid £8,000 for it when it was just shy of 3 years old and had 20k miles on the clock.

My next car will be significantly cheaper though.

[Limpet]

£14k new 15 years ago. £174 very used 2 weeks ago.

[IceBoy]

Gavin0478 said:

FalconWood said:

Eight years ago I bought a six month old 4500 mile Mercedes S65 with an invoice at new of £177k for £105k.. Still got it at 75,000 miles now worth about £25k. Depreciated approx £70k in first six months then a further £70k in next seven and a half years!! Bargain!!

How was it optioned up to that much!!!

My Q7 was just over £80k and i paid half that at three years old and with just 16k on the clock.

Firstly it's a Benz and secondly it was a very special car, very special!
IceBoy

[Jasandjules]

Hmm, well my first TVR was 35-36k new and I paid 24k at 3 years old. The current Passat was 28-30k or so new and I paid 9k at 2.5 years old...

[Mr Adds]

2010 BMW 320 coupe- list price of £38,000 with options, I bought it at 3.5 years old for £17,000

[john2443]

£2650 new in 1951 equals £81000 now, bought for £500 in 2002, now (after lots of hard work!) worth about £25000.

Bugger, it's depreciated by 56 grand (sort of!)

[Hi]

SL55 AMG £97k when new in 2003, worth about £15k now. I bought it earlier this year for much less then half that though

[sinbaddio]

1992 R129 500SL, new - north of £50k I'd expect, I paid £3750 with FSH and two owners from new. However, it costs serious money to keep going, new exhaust beckons.....

[Dannbodge]

'09 E90 335i - Calculated list price of over £55k

Paid £15k for it in Feb

[iacabu]

Clio 172 Cup

£12,995 in 2002
Advertised in 2010 for £4700, sold for a few hundred less than that
Bought by me this year for £2000

Not done too badly for depreciation, even considering its low price new

[rouge59]

2003 Boxster which was a smidge over 40k with options.

Bought it 4 years ago for 10.2k, put 34k miles on it & it's still worth around 7 grand.

[GroundEffect]

E92 M3 - £58k new (with the options) in 2007

Bought this year for £19k.

Bargain for the performance and the kit.

[anonymous-user]

Got a mate who tells anyone who'll listen down the pub that he drives a 35k BMW. It was 35k new in 2004 but he bought it a few years ago for 10k. We keep telling him that means it isn't a 35k car anymore but he'll have none of it.

[TIGA84]

My snotter of an alfa 156 1.8 that does 160 miles a day, £19870 new in 1997 (I have the original hand written invoice) bought for £900 3 years ago.

Passed its MOT yesterday with no advisories, none, zilch, nada.

Two front tyres, tracking, some brakes and a back box and that's its. Not a single thing has ever, ever not worked.

£180 a year insurance, probably the same tax. 33mpg on the motorway.

Its almost free motoring.

[bakerstreet]

I've only ever had one new car and that had delivery mileage. List price on that car was £12k and we paid £9100 for it. Sold it for £3500 4 years later with 50k on the clock.

Current Saab 9-5 Aero was probably £30k isn't new. Bought mine in March for £1k, which is rock bottom for that car.

Obviously some manufacturers depreciate more than others, but that can vary with different models. Generally speaking Fords, Citroens and Renaults depreciate more than Mercs, BMWs and Audis.

[nlm13]

My last car was an A8, £66k new, I bought it at 6 weeks old with 1096 miles for £42K!!!

Current RS6, £96k new, I paid £70K at 10 months old and 9k miles on the clock.

Neither were exactly cheap, but a hell of a lot less than buying new.

[Ruffy94]

Slightly different. But i recently found out that mk1 mx5's were £14,500 in 1990 which is the equivalent of something like £23,000 today. Considering the base 1.6 starts at £18,495 this year it seemed pretty ridiculous.

[bearman68]

Limpet said:

£14k new 15 years ago. £174 very used 2 weeks ago.

That thread has been a bugger - I've been looking at Ebay, wondering if the Mrs would consider shipping the kids about in a Puma. Think not.

[MrBarry123]

I think mine was around £33,000 when new (February 2011) with the options it has and I bought it for £21,500 in March 2014.