Seriously Overpriced Cars

[Dapster]

How about £45,000 for a car Bono might have owned? About 8 times overpriced. Extra points for a terrible advert including 2 different prices.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C835235

Dodgy Ad said:

The car is believed to have featured in U2 videos such as 'Rattle and Hum' and 'One' and is also believed to be the first car Bono purchased after the band hit the big-time with their debut album 'Boy'.

That's convinced me! Where do I sign?

[Driver101]

CRA1G said:

Chestrockwell said:

ArmaghMan said:

https://www.usedcarsni.com/2005-BMW-M3-232361426

18 and a half grand
Seriously??

Price seems right to me, 100k mile manual coupe M3’s hover around the 10 k mark, the rest are all SMG cabs so 18 for a low mileage pristine model sounds about right. If that was carbon black, would be up for at least 20 I reckon.

Ps, is that Austin Yellow?

Yep,i don't think that's silly money at all for a low mile manual E46 M3 Coupe.. It's a shame it wasn't Daker yellow i would have be tempted to add it to my little collection..

It's a little overpriced, but not deserving of this thread.

[Chestrockwell]

Dapster said:

That's convinced me! Where do I sign?

That’s a very cool car, no denying but 45 grand! With that mileage!

He would have been better off trying to convince us it’s a true classic than justifying the price because it may have been in a U2 music video

Seriously though, if I won the lottery, I’ll start a TV show and interview people like this seller and the one trying to sell a 300 pound mondeo for 4 grand because it’s going to be worth £25,000 in 10 years. Seriously, where do these people get these ideas from ?!

[aka_kerrly]

Dapster said:

How about £45,000 for a car Bono might have owned? About 8 times overpriced. Extra points for a terrible advert including 2 different prices.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C835235

Dodgy Ad said:

The car is believed to have featured in U2 videos such as 'Rattle and Hum' and 'One' and is also believed to be the first car Bono purchased after the band hit the big-time with their debut album 'Boy'.

That's convinced me! Where do I sign?

Well isn't funny what Google can turn up. It appears that Bono DID own a silver Mercedes 450SEL and he put it into a charity auction to raise money for Ethopia in 2000.

The car appeared again in 2013 on EBay for 99k Euro, lowered to 45k then to 38k before vanishing again.... until now.

It is also claimed that there was/is a £15k stereo system installed - hard to believe - probably a cassette deck with a 30band graphic equaliser an half a dozen 6x9s.

[epom]

Dapster said:

How about £45,000 for a car Bono might have owned? About 8 times overpriced. Extra points for a terrible advert including 2 different prices.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C835235

Dodgy Ad said:

The car is believed to have featured in U2 videos such as 'Rattle and Hum' and 'One' and is also believed to be the first car Bono purchased after the band hit the big-time with their debut album 'Boy'.

That's convinced me! Where do I sign?

Dude this is PH, you can't sign for anything... you pay cash and that's that or you will face the wrath !!!

[Dapster]

epom said:

Dapster said:

How about £45,000 for a car Bono might have owned? About 8 times overpriced. Extra points for a terrible advert including 2 different prices.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C835235

Dodgy Ad said:

The car is believed to have featured in U2 videos such as 'Rattle and Hum' and 'One' and is also believed to be the first car Bono purchased after the band hit the big-time with their debut album 'Boy'.

That's convinced me! Where do I sign?

Dude this is PH, you can't sign for anything... you pay cash and that's that or you will face the wrath !!!

Exactly - once I've finished in the gym I'll get one of the lads to go round with a bag of used tenners.

Really, if you are going to sell some pop memorabilia, you need to prove the provenance with some photo's or documentation. Not just stick the car up for 10 times the market value accompanied by some stty photos and a tenuous claim to connection with pop history.

[rich12]

Pretty sure this is up there in the top 5!
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[aaron_2000]

rich12 said:

Pretty sure this is up there in the top 5!
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Doesn't seem overpriced to me. Still wouldn't touch it though, been for sale since Feb 2017.

[FIREBIRDC9]

What do we think of this then?

Does only having 5000 miles make this Evo 7 worth 35k?

http://www.hhcsportscars.co.uk/car/unique-evo-2001...

[Greg the Fish]

FIREBIRDC9 said:

What do we think of this then?

Does only having 5000 miles make this Evo 7 worth 35k?

http://www.hhcsportscars.co.uk/car/unique-evo-2001...

Probably!

[Driver101]

aaron_2000 said:

rich12 said:

Pretty sure this is up there in the top 5!
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Doesn't seem overpriced to me. Still wouldn't touch it though, been for sale since Feb 2017.

The decimal point was in the wrong place yesterday.

[Krikkit]

Driver101 said:

aaron_2000 said:

rich12 said:

Pretty sure this is up there in the top 5!
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Doesn't seem overpriced to me. Still wouldn't touch it though, been for sale since Feb 2017.

The decimal point was in the wrong place yesterday.

They're also recycling adverts - it's not been with them that long unless they did 10k miles in it.

[aaron_2000]

Krikkit said:

Driver101 said:

aaron_2000 said:

rich12 said:

Pretty sure this is up there in the top 5!
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Doesn't seem overpriced to me. Still wouldn't touch it though, been for sale since Feb 2017.

The decimal point was in the wrong place yesterday.

They're also recycling adverts - it's not been with them that long unless they did 10k miles in it.

That makes sense

[Faust66]

Proof that the old/classic Ford market tends to attract 'ambitious' sellers...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Sierra-XR-4x4-1990...f:0

[Croutons]

Daihatsu Fourtrak. Ten grand...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2018...

[Screechmr2]

Faust66 said:

Proof that the old/classic Ford market tends to attract 'ambitious' sellers...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Sierra-XR-4x4-1990...f:0

especially when you can buy a working one for only £750 more

[epom]

Greg the Fish said:

FIREBIRDC9 said:

What do we think of this then?

Does only having 5000 miles make this Evo 7 worth 35k?

http://www.hhcsportscars.co.uk/car/unique-evo-2001...

Probably!

Well its not totally bonkers priced, I think the only reason it might be dodge is its the rather unloved Evo 7.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

Katie Price's Vitara

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-Vitara-Barbie-Ca...f:0

[CRA1G]

Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:

Katie Price's Vitara

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-Vitara-Barbie-Ca...f:0

No MOT.. And soft top needs replacing..!

[Faust66]

Screechmr2 said:

Faust66 said:

Proof that the old/classic Ford market tends to attract 'ambitious' sellers...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Sierra-XR-4x4-1990...f:0

especially when you can buy a working one for only £750 more

The blue 2.8? Looks quite nice.... and I do like XR4x4s (paid 400 quid for my 2.9 back in 2007 - excellent condition with receipts for work totaling about 8 grand in the glovebox!)

I'd have another in a heartbeat if they weren't so over-priced IMO.