Seriously Overpriced Cars

Seriously Overpriced Cars

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Andynbr

89 posts

160 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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ambuletz said:
apologies for the small image as I don't think PHs rules allow me to link to it, you'd have to be logged into FB for the link to work anyway. came across this on a classic mini group. they must have been smoking something.
Err you do realise that price is there as an arbitrary figure as FB requires you to put something in there, so most people just go with 12345... it's not actually for sale for over 12grand...

ambuletz

10,754 posts

182 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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did not realize that, I've never listed anything on FB.

Davie_GLA

6,525 posts

200 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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I seen this an i expected to see "celebrity owned", "film featured", "Collectable" on this as i was looking for range rovers...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...


Krikkit

26,541 posts

182 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Davie_GLA said:
I seen this an i expected to see "celebrity owned", "film featured", "Collectable" on this as i was looking for range rovers...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Misprice with an extra 1, surely?

Davie_GLA

6,525 posts

200 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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I'm sure of it.

Fast Bug

11,719 posts

162 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Price on the windscreen is £15k, so I'd assume they've dropped the price and slipped an additional digit in by mistake

numtumfutunch

4,731 posts

139 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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DoubleTime said:
Bargain!

Imagine how much they'd be asking if it didnt have 5k on the clock

Form an orderly queue please

irish boy

3,537 posts

237 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Thats bonkers.

p1stonhead

25,576 posts

168 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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DoubleTime said:
Absolutely unbelievable. Batst.

krisdelta

4,566 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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p1stonhead said:
DoubleTime said:
Absolutely unbelievable. Batst.
It's the shiny studio / chrome paintshop pro effect, adds £400k to the list price. They are beyond dreaming.... this thread really delivers the goods

p1stonhead

25,576 posts

168 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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How much is a Carrara GT these days? Last time I looked it was less than this!

NickCQ

5,392 posts

97 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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krisdelta said:
p1stonhead said:
DoubleTime said:
Absolutely unbelievable. Batst.
It's the shiny studio / chrome paintshop pro effect, adds £400k to the list price. They are beyond dreaming.... this thread really delivers the goods
Amazing they feel the need to state on a 6 year old, 5k mile car that the paint is 'original from the factory' - gosh that is rare biggrin

Krikkit

26,541 posts

182 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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p1stonhead said:
How much is a Carrara GT these days? Last time I looked it was less than this!
About the same price. Mental.

As absolutely epic as the GT3 RS 4.0 is, 500k is absolutely mental.

MissChief

7,114 posts

169 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Graeme-5f30l said:
Sonic Blue, *1 of 16 UK Cars made*Registered 01/04/1999*T 22B UK Number Plate included with car*This was the brochure car used by Subaru it was also used for their calendar (comes with car)*Car has been dry stored for the last 7 years and has covered 200 miles in that time*Factory Alcon £5000 brake upgrade, 5+ owners, Black Cloth interior, Four wheel-drive, 5 seats, *Full Subaru specialist history, *Rodger Clarke timing belt kit and genuine service kit (recently serviced), *Totally standard and original, *Fog lamps and Fog lamp covers, Delivery available to anywhere in the UK at additional costs., £98,500, This is an imported vehicle

So which is it?

Squirrelofwoe

3,184 posts

177 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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MissChief said:
Graeme-5f30l said:
Sonic Blue, *1 of 16 UK Cars made*Registered 01/04/1999*T 22B UK Number Plate included with car*This was the brochure car used by Subaru it was also used for their calendar (comes with car)*Car has been dry stored for the last 7 years and has covered 200 miles in that time*Factory Alcon £5000 brake upgrade, 5+ owners, Black Cloth interior, Four wheel-drive, 5 seats, *Full Subaru specialist history, *Rodger Clarke timing belt kit and genuine service kit (recently serviced), *Totally standard and original, *Fog lamps and Fog lamp covers, Delivery available to anywhere in the UK at additional costs., £98,500, This is an imported vehicle

So which is it?
I took it to mean it's a UK car imported to Ireland (where it's located), but then County Tyrone is Northern Ireland so part of the UK anyway?! I only looked into the location because those two lines had me a bit confused too! hehe

Dimebars

899 posts

95 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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MissChief said:
Sonic Blue, *1 of 16 UK Cars made*Registered 01/04/1999*T 22B UK Number Plate included with car*This was the brochure car used by Subaru it was also used for their calendar (comes with car)*Car has been dry stored for the last 7 years and has covered 200 miles in that time*Factory Alcon £5000 brake upgrade, 5+ owners, Black Cloth interior, Four wheel-drive, 5 seats, *Full Subaru specialist history, *Rodger Clarke timing belt kit and genuine service kit (recently serviced), *Totally standard and original, *Fog lamps and Fog lamp covers, Delivery available to anywhere in the UK at additional costs., £98,500, This is an imported vehicle

So which is it?
All Impreza's were classed as imported I'm sure, regardless of whether they were UK market or not

Atomic12C

5,180 posts

218 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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DoubleTime said:
At a guess I'd say that the seller is just trying to get the car to list at the top of search results in the case whereby people list the price "high to low".
Which would then see the seller hope to gather interest and inquiries in to the real asking price of the car.

Because that's obviously not priced to sell, more to basically boast I would say wink

A buyer aiming to spend that amount of cash would not really be looking at Porsche 911s.

Jimmy Recard

17,540 posts

180 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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If the Impreza was built abroad (Japan, I guess?) then it was imported.

If it was intended for sale in the UK, it was built for the UK market.

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

229 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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krisdelta said:
p1stonhead said:
DoubleTime said:
Absolutely unbelievable. Batst.
It's the shiny studio / chrome paintshop pro effect, adds £400k to the list price. They are beyond dreaming.... this thread really delivers the goods
Yeah, but Top Gear and McLaren use the same photography stuff. I don't know why they consider that to be any sort of plus point.

hehe