Citroen DS for £75000! Blimey
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Appreciate that Convertibles fetch a few bob but when did saloons hit £75000? What do you think the chances are of selling at that price? Eclectic Cars have one at sub £20000 but even that seems like fantasy land.
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Edited by E31Shrew on Sunday 14th March 00:06
I've noticed prices going vertical on a lot of 'affordable' classics. I was hoping for a DS myself but less likely now. I hoped the prices would drop during a recession but both the DS and Fiat 500 have been going mental.
The last time there were increases like these was during the Thatcher boom years. No such thing as boom or bust anymore (thanks Gordy) so WTF is going on?
Why have the money festering in a bank account losing you money by the time inflation takes has its way, as always with the classic car market, the best cars are going for strong money, with fully resotred / upgraded cars leading the way, for £75k you get a fantastic looking and driving car that isnt going to lose as much in 3 years as a new BMW / Merc / Porsche of the same costs
AndrewW-G said:
Why have the money festering in a bank account losing you money by the time inflation takes has its way, as always with the classic car market, the best cars are going for strong money, with fully resotred / upgraded cars leading the way, for £75k you get a fantastic looking and driving car that isnt going to lose as much in 3 years as a new BMW / Merc / Porsche of the same costs
Go along with that all the way but still find it hard to believe a DS can fetch £75000. Get your wallet out!E31Shrew said:
AndrewW-G said:
Why have the money festering in a bank account losing you money by the time inflation takes has its way, as always with the classic car market, the best cars are going for strong money, with fully resotred / upgraded cars leading the way, for £75k you get a fantastic looking and driving car that isnt going to lose as much in 3 years as a new BMW / Merc / Porsche of the same costs
Go along with that all the way but still find it hard to believe a DS can fetch £75000. Get your wallet out!AndrewW-G said:
Why have the money festering in a bank account losing you money by the time inflation takes has its way, as always with the classic car market, the best cars are going for strong money, with fully resotred / upgraded cars leading the way, for £75k you get a fantastic looking and driving car that isnt going to lose as much in 3 years as a new BMW / Merc / Porsche of the same costs
I think if you use it, it will drop in value faster than any bmw /merc/porsche. Its a lot of cash for a car to tow to concourse events or look at in a garage.Nice car but I would want more for my £75k
We have a Citroen restoration shop near our house in France. I visited a couple of years ago, just before he finished a 2 year total restoration.
This was nut and bolt it was just back from the paint shop. It looked far better than anything that ever came out of Quai de Javel. He estimated the final bill would be around €100,000. Which I suppose shows the sky can be the limit - whether any sane person would do that is ....... an interesting question!
This was nut and bolt it was just back from the paint shop. It looked far better than anything that ever came out of Quai de Javel. He estimated the final bill would be around €100,000. Which I suppose shows the sky can be the limit - whether any sane person would do that is ....... an interesting question!
Pete54 said:
We have a Citroen restoration shop near our house in France. I visited a couple of years ago, just before he finished a 2 year total restoration.
This was nut and bolt it was just back from the paint shop. It looked far better than anything that ever came out of Quai de Javel. He estimated the final bill would be around €100,000. Which I suppose shows the sky can be the limit - whether any sane person would do that is ....... an interesting question!
Holy thread resurrection, batman.This was nut and bolt it was just back from the paint shop. It looked far better than anything that ever came out of Quai de Javel. He estimated the final bill would be around €100,000. Which I suppose shows the sky can be the limit - whether any sane person would do that is ....... an interesting question!
For some people the attachment to the car is worth more than the sum of its components. Whether its a family heirloom or a childhood "hero" car. Some people just want "the best" of something, money no object.
A "dream car" is not necessarily a 250SWB or a Muira or a T57 to a lot of people. And a some of those people are very wealthy.
Two years ago I saw a Mini 850 restored at a final cost of £60,000, and its saving grace was that it was a very early 1959 car. But I have doubts as to whether he'll get his money back. In 1992 I saw one of the first E-type roadsters, with a £60,000 restoration by Southern Classics behind it, sell for £21,000 at auction. Looking at all the money I've spent on my E-type over the years there is no profit margin and probably a loss if I bothered to count up all the bills, but then I've never thought of it as anything other than my car, not an investment. I did a rough calculation the other day an reckon I have probably put 25,000 litres of fuel in it over the years 
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