Seriously Overpriced Cars
Discussion
MorganP104 said:
Shamrock_ said:
Charge like a wounded Rhino 
I like the look of the XJR however my knowledge of Jag's is pretty poor therefore I struggle to understand how a 2007 model with 35k miles commands £25k whilst a 2006 model with 49k miles commands £10k.
It's a significant difference in price. I must be missing something.
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
My mate just picked up a 2003 Jag XJR for £3,800... Go figure.I like the look of the XJR however my knowledge of Jag's is pretty poor therefore I struggle to understand how a 2007 model with 35k miles commands £25k whilst a 2006 model with 49k miles commands £10k.
It's a significant difference in price. I must be missing something.
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
MDMA . said:
Bloody hell."world record sold for £50k with circa 5k miles last year" making this one a snip at £40k, who actually pays this kind of money?
Surely by now the world an their dog have cottoned onto 4* Classics and their often bonkers pricing.
Apologies for going off on a tangent...
who was the trader that stuck extra badges on everything? eg he'd be selling a BMW 5 series V8, and he'll have stuck loads of extra V8 stickers on the boot and the front wings and in the engine bay. I think he may also have advertised with letters after his name, Arthur Daley B.Eng, MIMechE.
Is he still on the go?
who was the trader that stuck extra badges on everything? eg he'd be selling a BMW 5 series V8, and he'll have stuck loads of extra V8 stickers on the boot and the front wings and in the engine bay. I think he may also have advertised with letters after his name, Arthur Daley B.Eng, MIMechE.
Is he still on the go?
MDMA . said:
£32,500 for a pretty average Ford Escort.https://www.hollybrooksportscars.com/cars/ford-esc...
berlintaxi said:
But they are - Run by Enthusiasts, For Enthusiasts!MDMA . said:
berlintaxi said:
But they are - Run by Enthusiasts, For Enthusiasts!Well I'm sold.
Aston Martin anything...
DB4-6 are off the chart.
V8's were priced right (for a more crappily built XJ-S with Capri 2.8i dynamics) at about £30k-£40k based on rarity and looks but to be topping out at near £100k is frigging nuts.
They are rare and pretty in a brutish way but having driven lots and also having owned XJ-S' and BMW 635CSi's I can assure you you are missing nothing with the cheaper GT cars.
Manual Vantages are an exception, but they are silly (like house price) money now. (and not a crap house at that!)
DB7's look at the XKR & late XJ-S'. Now read a road test from 1996.
Worth double for the rarity & badge... Probably.
Worth 3 times for the badge? Not when 90% of it is Jaguar anyway, and was nailed together by TWR.
DB4-6 are off the chart.
V8's were priced right (for a more crappily built XJ-S with Capri 2.8i dynamics) at about £30k-£40k based on rarity and looks but to be topping out at near £100k is frigging nuts.
They are rare and pretty in a brutish way but having driven lots and also having owned XJ-S' and BMW 635CSi's I can assure you you are missing nothing with the cheaper GT cars.
Manual Vantages are an exception, but they are silly (like house price) money now. (and not a crap house at that!)
DB7's look at the XKR & late XJ-S'. Now read a road test from 1996.
Worth double for the rarity & badge... Probably.
Worth 3 times for the badge? Not when 90% of it is Jaguar anyway, and was nailed together by TWR.
http://www.4starclassics.com/mercedes-sl-320-for-s...
Slightly spurious looking alloys,rusty discs, 6 months mot and barum tyres?!
That'll be 25 bags please!
Slightly spurious looking alloys,rusty discs, 6 months mot and barum tyres?!
That'll be 25 bags please!
Hopefully not a repost - the £100k Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
Classic dealers are not all laughing all the way to the bank, they only work on the margin of the commodity, they have to pay higher prices for new stock. Take a nice newish car and bolt a load of fibreglass bumpers and skirts on it then wrap it, paint the wheels black, the roof silver hey presto 30 k margin from nowhere
Codswallop said:
Hopefully not a repost - the £100k Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
Very well written advert too.http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
Adz The Rat said:
Codswallop said:
Hopefully not a repost - the £100k Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
Very well written advert too.http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
Adz The Rat said:
Codswallop said:
Hopefully not a repost - the £100k Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
Very well written advert too.http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
Drive Blind said:
Apologies for going off on a tangent...
who was the trader that stuck extra badges on everything? eg he'd be selling a BMW 5 series V8, and he'll have stuck loads of extra V8 stickers on the boot and the front wings and in the engine bay. I think he may also have advertised with letters after his name, Arthur Daley B.Eng, MIMechE.
Is he still on the go?
Found him, although he appears finally to have run out of halfords badges.who was the trader that stuck extra badges on everything? eg he'd be selling a BMW 5 series V8, and he'll have stuck loads of extra V8 stickers on the boot and the front wings and in the engine bay. I think he may also have advertised with letters after his name, Arthur Daley B.Eng, MIMechE.
Is he still on the go?
http://www.hicalibrecars.com/index.htm
as you were....
MDMA . said:
Adz The Rat said:
Codswallop said:
Hopefully not a repost - the £100k Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
Very well written advert too.http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Good car, but price does see rather optimistic.
It must be worth their while to try and bump up values that they can afford to advertise it for years now.
Yes, it's a turbo S and yes the miles are low - however.....
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
MDMA . said:
berlintaxi said:
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