Seriously Overpriced Cars
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No idea why people are bidding on this considering the amount of rust all over the arches, sills and boot. how did it recently pass MOT? overpriced for its condition.
mk4 golf GTI on ebay
mk4 golf GTI on ebay
Speaking of Golfs - 11 thousand mile auto VR6 seems a bit strong to me at £10k.
It's a good looking thing, no doubt, but paying all that for a sluggish 20+ year old auto box seems a bit of an acquired taste.
But at least it does have some, albeit slim, collector appeal to someone for the low mileage. Then there's this '88 1.8 GL auto for only a few quid less. 72k on the clock and still £9.5k! But it has GTI trim though, so that's okay.
I know loads have been rusted, crashed, and abused into oblivion and they're fairly rare now...but nearly ten grand for a pedestrian automatic hatchback?
It's a good looking thing, no doubt, but paying all that for a sluggish 20+ year old auto box seems a bit of an acquired taste.
But at least it does have some, albeit slim, collector appeal to someone for the low mileage. Then there's this '88 1.8 GL auto for only a few quid less. 72k on the clock and still £9.5k! But it has GTI trim though, so that's okay.
I know loads have been rusted, crashed, and abused into oblivion and they're fairly rare now...but nearly ten grand for a pedestrian automatic hatchback?
I like an R34 Skyline a whole bunch, but £150k for this one can sod right off. I guess that's the premium for so many of the others having been modified into oblivion.
Wheel_Turned_Out said:
I like an R34 Skyline a whole bunch, but £150k for this one can sod right off. I guess that's the premium for so many of the others having been modified into oblivion.
I prefer their 'Hartley' puddle to the original.
Wheel_Turned_Out said:
Speaking of Golfs - 11 thousand mile auto VR6 seems a bit strong to me at £10k.
It's a good looking thing, no doubt, but paying all that for a sluggish 20+ year old auto box seems a bit of an acquired taste.
But at least it does have some, albeit slim, collector appeal to someone for the low mileage. Then there's this '88 1.8 GL auto for only a few quid less. 72k on the clock and still £9.5k! But it has GTI trim though, so that's okay.
I know loads have been rusted, crashed, and abused into oblivion and they're fairly rare now...but nearly ten grand for a pedestrian automatic hatchback?
Automatic VR6 is an odd one anyway. Your customer is neither interested in performance nor reasonable running costs. It's a good looking thing, no doubt, but paying all that for a sluggish 20+ year old auto box seems a bit of an acquired taste.
But at least it does have some, albeit slim, collector appeal to someone for the low mileage. Then there's this '88 1.8 GL auto for only a few quid less. 72k on the clock and still £9.5k! But it has GTI trim though, so that's okay.
I know loads have been rusted, crashed, and abused into oblivion and they're fairly rare now...but nearly ten grand for a pedestrian automatic hatchback?
I guess someone wealthy who just wants an automatic Golf and picks the big engine for no particular reason
Jim the Sunderer said:
I don’t understand that. Why import an X Type when there’s plenty of X-Types for sale here. Doesn’t look like a special spec or anything. carlove said:
I don’t understand that. Why import an X Type when there’s plenty of X-Types for sale here. Doesn’t look like a special spec or anything.
I'd guess the only selling point on importing it would be the comparative lack of rust on a Japan car, given how many Brit X-Types are rotten as a pear by now. Trouble is I can't imagine anyone with £10k to spend would want to buy an X-Type when they could easily get an XJ for the same money. Probably one of those "it was already on the boat by the time they realised it was a bad idea" situations.
Wheel_Turned_Out said:
carlove said:
I don’t understand that. Why import an X Type when there’s plenty of X-Types for sale here. Doesn’t look like a special spec or anything.
I'd guess the only selling point on importing it would be the comparative lack of rust on a Japan car, given how many Brit X-Types are rotten as a pear by now. Trouble is I can't imagine anyone with £10k to spend would want to buy an X-Type when they could easily get an XJ for the same money. Probably one of those "it was already on the boat by the time they realised it was a bad idea" situations.
PhantomPH said:
Wheel_Turned_Out said:
carlove said:
I don’t understand that. Why import an X Type when there’s plenty of X-Types for sale here. Doesn’t look like a special spec or anything.
I'd guess the only selling point on importing it would be the comparative lack of rust on a Japan car, given how many Brit X-Types are rotten as a pear by now. Trouble is I can't imagine anyone with £10k to spend would want to buy an X-Type when they could easily get an XJ for the same money. Probably one of those "it was already on the boat by the time they realised it was a bad idea" situations.
Even on something made of cardboard, like the X-Type. Given rainwater just washes off, where winter road gunk sticks until it's washed off. Makes no odds to me either way, I'm not buying one from there or here, just guessing as to why a dealer went to the trouble of importing it and what their selling point might be.
Yeah great it's had a rebuilt engine, but £8k for a bug WRX?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202102209...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202102209...
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