it may ONLY have 35,802 Miles, but why !!!!!!!

[simonjunior831]

looking thought ebay and seen this.......why would you pay £2,995.00 for a Austin Maestro 500 City Van.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Perfect-Austin-Maestro-5...

its not even a collectors car......is it ?

[Kozy]

I'm not sure who would buy it necessarily, but how much are you suggesting it should be worth?

[Dave Hedgehog]

why would anyone collect buy any BL cars they where all ste but some people seem seam seaman semen to love them

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Saturday 29th September 08:09

[GTIAlex]

Its not even that few miles really is it...madness.

[simonjunior831]

Kozy said:

I'm not sure who would buy it necessarily, but how much are you suggesting it should be worth?

£1500 tops. Just cos its old and low miles does not make it worth a lot. Its no mk1 escort van

[Graebob]

Ah, but item is only worth what the potential buyer is willing to pay. You, OP, may think it's a bit crap, but that means you're not a potential buyer

[Deisel Weisel]

Dave Hedgehog said:

why would anyone collect buy any BL cars they where all ste but some people seam to love them

This The mileage is maybe the result of it breaking down, for the 21st time, as BL vehicles were prone to do, and the owner giving up on it, leaving it mothballed somewhere.

[RJP001]

But on a serious note something like that should end up in a Commercial Motor Museum of some sort.

[0a]

My Dad used to purchase 1 year old cars and run them for a year before punting them on.

Then he purchased a 1989 maestro and became poor... That was the family car for 100k miles and the whole of my
schooldays (at a private school - the Maestro wasn't replaced for a reason).

There are happy and sad memories in seeing that dashboard.

[marmitemania]

It is a collectors car for anyone who collects BL cars. If it was a VW Caddy of the same vintage and in the same condition people would be pulling their belly sticks off and offering stupid money for it. I just cant understand the hatred for most British made cars, its a big reason we have no car industry left.

[kambites]

I learned to drive in a Maestro and have never understoof the dislike for them. It was a far, far better car than period Escorts, etc.

[0a]

kambites said:

I learned to drive in a Maestro and have never understoof the dislike for them. It was a far, far better car than period Escorts, etc.

It did 10 years and 100k with my mum driving (not good with the gears) before the clutch went at 120k for my parents - a good car.

Rusty arches for most of that time though (but never fixed, they just went more rusty!)

[Riley Blue]

Could probably be bought for around £2,500. Easy to maintain, cheap parts - I can see its appeal.

[Johnnytheboy]

That "tobacco brown" vinyl interior is just hateful.

[AnotherClarkey]

kambites said:

I learned to drive in a Maestro and have never understoof the dislike for them. It was a far, far better car than period Escorts, etc.

Yes, I thought they were pretty good too. Pretty refined, spacious interior, huge glass area for a really airy feel, good handling and the fast ones were indeed really fast. I always liked the Montego more than the Sierra and Cavalier as well - so did many contemporary tests.

[Urban Sports]

Dave Hedgehog said:

why would anyone collect buy any BL cars they where all ste but some people seam to love them

Seam

[Astra Dan]

Check out the awesome in car sounds! (In front of the gearstick.)

[Vince70]

I parents had a 1.6 petrol maestro back in the 80's which I occasionally used, I must say I was quite impressed with the old girl.
It seemed quicker than my 1.6 escort and was more economical, and you could buy a talking one lol.
A friend of mine had a diesel montego which was about a 20 owner car and on 300,000 miles when he had it, so I guess the diesels couldn't have been too bad.
I think rust was the killer with the maestro but then again it was no worse than a vauxhall or a ford from the same period for rust issues.

Edited by Vince70 on Saturday 29th September 08:13

[Dave Hedgehog]

Urban Sports said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

why would anyone collect buy any BL cars they where all ste but some people seam to love them

Seam

im sorry if my dyslexia offends you, i have corrected it for you

[GingerWizard]

Astra Dan said:

Check out the awesome in car sounds! (In front of the gearstick.)

there be some banging toons blasting out right there!!!!