Seriously Overpriced Cars
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it's got to be like putting racing stripes on a washing machine.
zedx19 said:
I had one of those, briefly! Donated by my Dad, the generous hero that he is! F’king awful thing, no power steering and decidedly average in all respects. Can’t see the novelty value here.
zedx19 said:
I think that's a fair price for that car. There might only be one person in the country mad enough to want it... but it's priced fairly. The dealer probably gave £800 for it but a lot of cleaning and a lot of waiting around for the buyer to earn his bit. zedx19 said:
If that was for sale at KGF some mug would buy it!Llew said:
zedx19 said:
If that was for sale at KGF some mug would buy it!
Dapster said:
Towbar & leather seems an odd spec for Plod? Wonder if it was Highways?Edited to add that yes, it was!
Probably more appealing than a former Plodmobil then, will have done most of its miles at sensible m-way cruising speeds. Presumably a fair bit of towing and a it’ll have done shedload of idling, but better than being hammered daily and rebuilt half a dozen times.
Edited by Southerner on Sunday 7th January 01:08
Southerner said:
Probably more appealing than a former Plodmobil then, will have done most of its miles at sensible m-way cruising speeds. Presumably a fair bit of towing and a it’ll have done shedload of idling, but better than being hammered daily and rebuilt half a dozen times.
The only time the oil would have been cold is when they put new in at a service. Probably the only time in its life that it wasn’t running too. It’s still a lot of miles and hours on top idling. Can you still get away with exporting and clocking or are the car checking services good enough that the history will always stay with it?
trickywoo said:
The only time the oil would have been cold is when they put new in at a service. Probably the only time in its life that it wasn’t running too. It’s still a lot of miles and hours on top idling.
Can you still get away with exporting and clocking or are the car checking services good enough that the history will always stay with it?
They seem to be usually doing 50MPH or idiling, too.Can you still get away with exporting and clocking or are the car checking services good enough that the history will always stay with it?
Might make a good export to Africa or similar, but too expensive and too diesel for the market I'd imagine. Always wanted to try an Ex Womble car, see how they do after the mileage. The stretch of M4 in Berks near us seems to be patrolled by X5 or XC90 now. I'm sure it's a nice place to sit for a shift.
BananaFama said:
Underneath the large size price of £20K it has in small print , "£10K above average" .
That's a lot of miles for a lot of money .
There seems to be a view that “ex police” (or Highways etc) somehow commands a premium, despite the known lifetime of hard use & abuse that many/most of their vehicles will have been exposed to. Wasn’t the whole BMW engines drama a result of plod workshops adopting a less stringent servicing schedule than BMW had specified?That's a lot of miles for a lot of money .
5lab said:
It'll just be exported and clocked, you see it a lot on high mile premium cars
The ones that do get exported are bought directly from the Auctions..? This Dealer has already changed it to retail spec and prepared it so taken the margin out of it to make it worthwhile to export.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff