Biggest trade up

[CO2000]

Inspired by the buying cars for cash thread

Biggest genuine trade up I have heard of is a guy I know who for 4 years ran an old Mondeo bought for £1600 & traded in for £500 for a brand new 57K Merc ML (the Mondeo was his only car & the Merc was a 60th Birthday pressie to himself) he also paid cash, well money straight from a bank account but no credit/loan etc

Any similar jumps of car ownership esp only car ones ?

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Not cars, but I went from a Yamaha DT125 to a Kawasaki ZXR750, over 100bhp difference!.

I'm still alive to boot!

[Charlie Michael]

I went from a Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec to a Z4M Coupe.

[rallycross]

a mate of mine went from a Ka 1300cc as first car then into Ferrari 355 after 6 months of passing his driving test. And yes he did crash it.

[Willy Nilly]

Buff Mchugelarge said:

Not cars, but I went from a Yamaha DT125 to a Kawasaki ZXR750, over 100bhp difference!.

I'm still alive to boot!

C90 to SV650S, ten fold increase in power

[Hoofy]

rallycross said:

a mate of mine went from a Ka 1300cc as first car then into Ferrari 355 after 6 months of passing his driving test. And yes he did crash it.

You knew we'd all be wondering that.

[rohrl]

It has to be some overnight success popstar or lottery winner who'll win this one.

[CO2000]

Hoofy said:

rallycross said:

a mate of mine went from a Ka 1300cc as first car then into Ferrari 355 after 6 months of passing his driving test. And yes he did crash it.

You knew we'd all be wondering that.

Ka's are pretty cheap to fix though

[Robb F]

Someone I used to work with traded a 1.3 Ka for an Evo 8. Not a bad move!

[POORCARDEALER]

A 90G fiesta to a ferrari 355 Spyder. (lottery winner)

[Benbay001]

50cc moped to 650cc bike.

[wheedler]

I went from a £1000 106 1.5d to a brand new 18k type r when I was 18. Then traded down from a 30k is250 to a 8k audi a6 estate

Never buying a new car ever again

[jonby]

Just traded up my Astons: 4.7 V8 Roadster to a V12 Roadster (c. 75k against c. 170k). Had to put in over 90k........hurt as I considered keeping the 4.7 and buying a 3.8RS with the change-up money

[Benbay001]

jonby said:

Just traded up my Astons: 4.7 V8 Roadster to a V12 Roadster (c. 75k against c. 170k). Had to put in over 90k........hurt as I considered keeping the 4.7 and buying a 3.8RS with the change-up money

Im not sure that counts.

[rmuss]

I had a mk2 golf gti then switched to a 335I re-mapped. That was quite a big change in power, value, age

[matc]

jonby said:

Just traded up my Astons: 4.7 V8 Roadster to a V12 Roadster (c. 75k against c. 170k). Had to put in over 90k........hurt as I considered keeping the 4.7 and buying a 3.8RS with the change-up money

I'd have gone with your first option of keeping the original and having the RS; I just couldn't warrant the £90k to change up to the V12V.

Either way, you've got a stunning car now!

[Stedman]

I plan to go from a V70R to a 997 GT3, albeit in a couple of years

I'll keep the Volvo though!

[Puddenchucker]

I went from a Vauxhall Cavalier, sold for £75, to a £15k Toyota MR2.

[danjama]

rallycross said:

a mate of mine went from a Ka 1300cc as first car then into Ferrari 355 after 6 months of passing his driving test. And yes he did crash it.

slap him from me!

[rohrl]

A few years ago I went from a 957cc Mk2 Fiesta to a 4 litre Jaguar Sovereign which was rather a change in surroundings. The Fiesta cost me £80 and the Jag was £440.