Bubble? What Bubble! Your most bonkers car prices
Discussion
I'll start with this, and its not like hexagon to ever try & push the boundaries of prices. Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the forty grand e46 M3
http://www.hexagonmoderns.com/car_sales/BMW-M3-E46...
Rare in alpine white, a waste with only 2200 miles, but bloomin'eck forty grand?!
http://www.hexagonmoderns.com/car_sales/BMW-M3-E46...
Rare in alpine white, a waste with only 2200 miles, but bloomin'eck forty grand?!
randomeddy said:
300 mile Mini van on that well known auction site,£42k.FORTY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS.
42 grand? Why would you when there's this other one on eBay for only THIRTY-FIVE grand?!http://bit.ly/RRAQyd
Slightly off topic.
Was at the classic car show last weekend and there was a Ford stand with an absolutely immacutalte Escort Cosworth. I'm talking spotless everywhere here and upon speaking to the owner he said he'd bought it for £30k 3 years ago and stripped it down, cleaned it and put it back together again.
Gorgeous car but when asked how it drove his reply was, "I don't know I've never driven it".
I mean seriously, buying a car with a view to never drive it is sad beyond all reason. I asked if he'd had any offers and he said he'd had a bloke offer £40k then the next day turned up with a cheque for £50k which he turned down.
I didn't really care by that point, he'd bought a piece of history and has never driven it, he claimed he hadn't bought it for financial gain (as he'd turned down £20k profit in 3 years) but couldn't state why he had it.
What a waste of a car.
Pretty much the same in this case. Why buy a car like that and never drive it?
Was at the classic car show last weekend and there was a Ford stand with an absolutely immacutalte Escort Cosworth. I'm talking spotless everywhere here and upon speaking to the owner he said he'd bought it for £30k 3 years ago and stripped it down, cleaned it and put it back together again.
Gorgeous car but when asked how it drove his reply was, "I don't know I've never driven it".
I mean seriously, buying a car with a view to never drive it is sad beyond all reason. I asked if he'd had any offers and he said he'd had a bloke offer £40k then the next day turned up with a cheque for £50k which he turned down.
I didn't really care by that point, he'd bought a piece of history and has never driven it, he claimed he hadn't bought it for financial gain (as he'd turned down £20k profit in 3 years) but couldn't state why he had it.
What a waste of a car.
Pretty much the same in this case. Why buy a car like that and never drive it?
MattOz said:
Hexagon snapped it up and have applied their "special" tax to it.
the thing I can't understand with them is their random pricing, the e46 m3 is plainly nuts, but they have a Z4M coupe for just under 20k. Same mileage as the one I sold last month & only four grand more which isn't bad considering the private sale to dealership spread.Well either that or mine was a bargain
There seems to a be a trend to get something half decent and go daft with the price, fair enough but dont expect to sell it.
I can understand a premium for a mint, low mileage example but a decent E46 is 12k, just because someone didnt use it, doesnt mean you get back what is cost new, things move on and unless it is something massively special it isnt going to appreciate a great deal, who really is going to pay 40 grand for an inferior/older car just for the fact is hasnt been used.
I can understand a premium for a mint, low mileage example but a decent E46 is 12k, just because someone didnt use it, doesnt mean you get back what is cost new, things move on and unless it is something massively special it isnt going to appreciate a great deal, who really is going to pay 40 grand for an inferior/older car just for the fact is hasnt been used.
Edited by J4CKO on Friday 23 November 20:30
Bitzer said:
I'll sell you one for £75k! 
14-7 said:
Slightly off topic.
Was at the classic car show last weekend and there was a Ford stand with an absolutely immacutalte Escort Cosworth. I'm talking spotless everywhere here and upon speaking to the owner he said he'd bought it for £30k 3 years ago and stripped it down, cleaned it and put it back together again.
Gorgeous car but when asked how it drove his reply was, "I don't know I've never driven it".
I mean seriously, buying a car with a view to never drive it is sad beyond all reason. I asked if he'd had any offers and he said he'd had a bloke offer £40k then the next day turned up with a cheque for £50k which he turned down.
I didn't really care by that point, he'd bought a piece of history and has never driven it, he claimed he hadn't bought it for financial gain (as he'd turned down £20k profit in 3 years) but couldn't state why he had it.
What a waste of a car.
Pretty much the same in this case. Why buy a car like that and never drive it?
Was at the classic car show last weekend and there was a Ford stand with an absolutely immacutalte Escort Cosworth. I'm talking spotless everywhere here and upon speaking to the owner he said he'd bought it for £30k 3 years ago and stripped it down, cleaned it and put it back together again.
Gorgeous car but when asked how it drove his reply was, "I don't know I've never driven it".
I mean seriously, buying a car with a view to never drive it is sad beyond all reason. I asked if he'd had any offers and he said he'd had a bloke offer £40k then the next day turned up with a cheque for £50k which he turned down.
I didn't really care by that point, he'd bought a piece of history and has never driven it, he claimed he hadn't bought it for financial gain (as he'd turned down £20k profit in 3 years) but couldn't state why he had it.
What a waste of a car.
Pretty much the same in this case. Why buy a car like that and never drive it?
I am sure I saw that car on set up day with the tyres wrapped in clingfilm so they did not get dirty!!
Athlon said:
14-7 said:
Slightly off topic.
Was at the classic car show last weekend and there was a Ford stand with an absolutely immacutalte Escort Cosworth. I'm talking spotless everywhere here and upon speaking to the owner he said he'd bought it for £30k 3 years ago and stripped it down, cleaned it and put it back together again.
Gorgeous car but when asked how it drove his reply was, "I don't know I've never driven it".
I mean seriously, buying a car with a view to never drive it is sad beyond all reason. I asked if he'd had any offers and he said he'd had a bloke offer £40k then the next day turned up with a cheque for £50k which he turned down.
I didn't really care by that point, he'd bought a piece of history and has never driven it, he claimed he hadn't bought it for financial gain (as he'd turned down £20k profit in 3 years) but couldn't state why he had it.
What a waste of a car.
Pretty much the same in this case. Why buy a car like that and never drive it?
Was at the classic car show last weekend and there was a Ford stand with an absolutely immacutalte Escort Cosworth. I'm talking spotless everywhere here and upon speaking to the owner he said he'd bought it for £30k 3 years ago and stripped it down, cleaned it and put it back together again.
Gorgeous car but when asked how it drove his reply was, "I don't know I've never driven it".
I mean seriously, buying a car with a view to never drive it is sad beyond all reason. I asked if he'd had any offers and he said he'd had a bloke offer £40k then the next day turned up with a cheque for £50k which he turned down.
I didn't really care by that point, he'd bought a piece of history and has never driven it, he claimed he hadn't bought it for financial gain (as he'd turned down £20k profit in 3 years) but couldn't state why he had it.
What a waste of a car.
Pretty much the same in this case. Why buy a car like that and never drive it?
I am sure I saw that car on set up day with the tyres wrapped in clingfilm so they did not get dirty!!
I couldn't be arsed doing all that cleaning myself, but fair play to the guy.
When I had my Jags and I went to the enthusiasts days there was always this chap with an absolutely spotless XJC, he never let anyone near it and spent the whole day sitting with the car just in case someone dare breath on it, at the end of the day it was wheeled on carpet onto a trailer, whats the point? The best laugh I had was when it (XJC) was in the Autoglym concourse at the NEC classic car show, one of the judges inspecting it slammed (in the very very losest sense) the boot, I thought the man was going to have a heart attack.
Athlon said:
14-7 said:
Slightly off topic.
Was at the classic car show last weekend and there was a Ford stand with an absolutely immacutalte Escort Cosworth. I'm talking spotless everywhere here and upon speaking to the owner he said he'd bought it for £30k 3 years ago and stripped it down, cleaned it and put it back together again.
Gorgeous car but when asked how it drove his reply was, "I don't know I've never driven it".
I mean seriously, buying a car with a view to never drive it is sad beyond all reason. I asked if he'd had any offers and he said he'd had a bloke offer £40k then the next day turned up with a cheque for £50k which he turned down.
I didn't really care by that point, he'd bought a piece of history and has never driven it, he claimed he hadn't bought it for financial gain (as he'd turned down £20k profit in 3 years) but couldn't state why he had it.
What a waste of a car.
Pretty much the same in this case. Why buy a car like that and never drive it?
Was at the classic car show last weekend and there was a Ford stand with an absolutely immacutalte Escort Cosworth. I'm talking spotless everywhere here and upon speaking to the owner he said he'd bought it for £30k 3 years ago and stripped it down, cleaned it and put it back together again.
Gorgeous car but when asked how it drove his reply was, "I don't know I've never driven it".
I mean seriously, buying a car with a view to never drive it is sad beyond all reason. I asked if he'd had any offers and he said he'd had a bloke offer £40k then the next day turned up with a cheque for £50k which he turned down.
I didn't really care by that point, he'd bought a piece of history and has never driven it, he claimed he hadn't bought it for financial gain (as he'd turned down £20k profit in 3 years) but couldn't state why he had it.
What a waste of a car.
Pretty much the same in this case. Why buy a car like that and never drive it?
I am sure I saw that car on set up day with the tyres wrapped in clingfilm so they did not get dirty!!
Amazing! I like to keep a clean car but I would feel like I was depriving it of its purpose.
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