Cars that cost you nowt?!?!

[BUG4LIFE]

Ok, moving on from my '0-60 in less than 6, 30mpg...' thread, what about cars that will really hold their value [I know EVO have an article on this this month]. Again, £15k or less [now or in a couple of years time], 2/3 years of ownership, 5k miles a year...

My punt; an unmodified TT Supra [gold dust I tell ya], or a phoenix yellow DC2 Integra [I bought one, ran it for a year and then sold it for the same dosh only last year, for over £9k].

[iva cosworth]

An escort cosworth might fit that criteria

but my crystal ball is currently broken

[TTwiggy]

Porsche 911 3.2

TVR Cerbera

TVR Chimaera

Lotus Esprit S4

Porsche 928 S4

These are purely off the top of my head, and may not all be in budget.

Edited by TTwiggy on Friday 18th February 16:36

[jonnydm]

Made money on the MX5 that I had last year. Including fuel and insurance etc only cost me £150 (admittedly over 6 weeks). Cant see early MX5 values changing any more - other than between seasons.

[BUG4LIFE]

Gaz. said:

BUG4LIFE said:

My punt; an unmodified TT Supra [gold dust I tell ya]

That wasn't always the case. Especially the aerotops which used to command very strong money up until 2005/6 where they halved in value in under two years although to be fair 2008/9 was the lowest Supras were ever worth and most of the TT variants have been steadily climbing ever since, facelifted tips are bucking this trend though as they flood in from Japan.

They didn't produce RHD TT aerotops did they? I'd love a near standard vvti Supra, or an earlier UK spec car - don't really see many in the classified though, they all appear to be a bit, well, yuck!

[boredofmyoldname]

I paid £1000 for a Berlingo, got £2000 back for it and then bought a Volvo for £1000. So both cars were effectively free.

[Rawwr]

996 GT2?

[TTwiggy]

Rawwr said:

996 GT2?

For £15k?!? Where do I sign

[Rawwr]

TTwiggy said:

For £15k?!? Where do I sign

You could buy a third of one

[harryowl]

S1 elise. Especially one of the special editions (135, 160 etc.).

[Captain Cadillac]

My E28 M5, even after sucking up a lot of cash, is worth more than I have into it.

The recently purchased 356A ought to be similar.

[Carfeed]

Supra's are a good bet. Getting a bit rarer now especially unmodded versions. I've owned 3 facelift Supras (all standard) and made about £4k profit over 4 years of ownership. They are also relatively cheap to run, built like tanks and a nice car to live with. Oh, also if you buy one go for the rarer colours, Royal sapphire pearl, gunmetal grey etc. These are much easier to sell on.

Trev

[Carfeed]

If it was my money though I'd go for a Clio V6 phase 2. Only going one way in price over the next few years and look like a riot to drive. Running costs would be quite high but I think over 2/3 years you'd probably break even.

Trev

[EDLT]

At the cheap end of the market, the 306 GTI-6 can't be far from the bottom now and there is a rally championship for them so the numbers will thin over the next few years. You might not make any money, but I can't see it losing any.

[matty_doh]

My dad bought a Mk3 1.8 Golf for £150 with 130000 miles on it (This was about 4-5 years ago before the scrappage scheme effectively ruined super cheap motoring for the masses).

3 years and 50000 miles later in need of an exhaust and two tyres, it sold on ebay for £147. The guy who bought it just gave him £150 and left it at that!

£0 a year and no costs other than routine servicing & fuel - I wish he had kept that car as it would have done nicely for a daily hack and I could have that elusive Caterham then

[Stedman]

Volvo V70 Tdi.

2 Owners - the 9months I had it (Full Volvo SH).

Low mileage. Bought for £2200, sold for £2500~£2600 after 9000miles. :thumbupL

[Sorry for anybad typing, Friday 'few' bevvies out with mates 'n'all]

[irodger]

Stedman said:

Volvo V70 Tdi.

2 Owners - the 9months I had it (Full Volvo SH).

Low mileage. Bought for £2200, sold for £2500~£2600 after 9000miles. :thumbupL

[Sorry for anybad typing, Friday 'few' bevvies out with mates 'n'all]

Another shout for Volvos here... I paid £400 for my '98, 72k mile V40 last year. Costs so far are exhaust and rear pads, so about £150. I could sell it easily for £800 just now, more if I put a full years MOT on it

[daemon]

Realistically, the lower the outlay, the lower the chance of loss.

It should be relatively easy to buy a sub £1000 car that you can run for a year and sell with no loss.

Early MX5's are another - buy at £1000-£1500.

Focus ST170 is probably another - IF you buy at the right price.

Early Boxsters, especially 3.2S's.

[j44esd]

Porsche 996 - I just can't see them sinking any lower in price - I know it's the first of the water cooled - but it is a 911; and tidy, historied, 1999ish cars are fetching very little money in comparative terms! (Seen plenty with all the major known work done for £12k-£15k)

[V88Dicky]

As soon as I get a new MOT for my daily snotter in a few weeks, I'll be selling it on. Apart from regular servicing and replacing consumables, it's only cost me the fuel over 2.5 years and 25,000 miles.

Looking in the classifieds, they now seem to be selling for more than I paid for it.

1997 Fiesta 1.4 Ghia