Seriously Overpriced Cars

[Fun Bus]

Perhaps BMW refused to pay out on warranty for some reason.

[ambuletz]

I remember reading years back about a man who had put a chrome finish onto their BMW mini for his wife, only nobody wanted to insure them. I think they ended up trying to sell it for over 20k. mad price.

[jamiebae]

Fun Bus said:

Perhaps BMW refused to pay out on warranty for some reason.

Very strange. With the mileage it can't be down to a missed service and if it ran out of oil they'd cover it with 6k on the clock in almost any scenario. It's an Auto too, so almost impossible to have been buzzed by a mis-shift. I guess it's either been hydrolocked or someone has done something really silly while trying to modify it and destroyed the engine that way (ingesting bits of induction kit or similar.

[Sa Calobra]

Someone needs to email or call then!

[bertie]

daydotz said:

13k for a mini with a seized engine nice selection of photos
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Says it's got stop/start.....in this case it's more just stop!

[JZZ30]

How about £185000 for a datsun
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOR-SALE-Nissan-R34-Skyl...


It is lovley though!

[Escy]

I was just about to post that. Sometimes I think they are on a wind up with their prices.

[ambuletz]

they've also got an escort RS turbo for £40,000

[Driver101]

Crazy prices.

Too many people with rare cars trying to influence the market.

[don29]

It wasn't that long ago that you could buy M3's at this price....

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C892868

[greenarrow]

Most stuff from the 80s and even a lot from the 90s is now silly....£18,000 Astra GTEs, £8000 VW Golf GTI Mk2s, £40,000 Escort RS Turbos...

Sadly, its time to give it all a wide berth and instead snap up bargains from the naughties...that's where its at!!!

£2000 for a Clio 182 Cup, or the same price for something like a Mondeo ST220, Mazda RX-8 or leggy BMW 330 CI.

All are vastly superior cars to the above mentioned 80s cars and the prices wont be going down.....

[dave_s13]

I was in this garage over the weekend and whilst buying the car I bought had a sniff around this

http://www.kevin-martin.com/listing/range-rover-3-...

It was timewarp nice but pricey!

[itcaptainslow]

greenarrow said:

Most stuff from the 80s and even a lot from the 90s is now silly....£18,000 Astra GTEs, £8000 VW Golf GTI Mk2s, £40,000 Escort RS Turbos...

Sadly, its time to give it all a wide berth and instead snap up bargains from the naughties...that's where its at!!!

£2000 for a Clio 182 Cup, or the same price for something like a Mondeo ST220, Mazda RX-8 or leggy BMW 330 CI.

All are vastly superior cars to the above mentioned 80s cars and the prices wont be going down.....

Yup, hence why I've got a relatively low mileage, tidy, rust free Focus ST170 I picked up last year sitting not doing a lot apart from coming out on sunny days for nostalgia.

[gowmonster]

jamiebae said:

Fun Bus said:

Perhaps BMW refused to pay out on warranty for some reason.

Very strange. With the mileage it can't be down to a missed service and if it ran out of oil they'd cover it with 6k on the clock in almost any scenario. It's an Auto too, so almost impossible to have been buzzed by a mis-shift. I guess it's either been hydrolocked or someone has done something really silly while trying to modify it and destroyed the engine that way (ingesting bits of induction kit or similar.

maybe they bunged in 9 litres of screenwash into the oil filler

https://drivetribe.com/p/this-is-what-happens-when...

[Dapster]

Incredible example, but £325k??? Really???



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

[caelite]

Slow said:

warcalf said:

Land Rover Defenders, surely?

Don't get me wrong, I adore them. And one day wish to own one as a permanent second. But for what they're are, their overpriced. Especially when you look at discos and their cost!

But you cant roll a disco and straighten the roof/side panels/doors back using the back bucket of a jcb and some wood and only need a new windscreen like in a defender. From personal experience having worked at a offroad center which mainly used 300tdi disco's. They were more comfy than a defender but that is about it.

That's the problem I find though, Defenders are renowned for being cheap to run and repair. This is quickly not becoming the case as everything to do with them inflates to high heaven. I'd love one for the sentiment but for the money people are asking it's not worth it any more.

We used to use a couple in our work alongside various crew cabs (L200/Ranger), the pickups where better in every situation, right up until you reach an overgrown forestry track, you could thrash all of the vehicles through without much bother, difference being the Defender would come out the other side with a few scratches, the ranger will be dragging a big trail of plastic trim along behind it.

The defenders aren't really tougher than the trucks, it's just their boxy, steel front ends are grandfathered in where the pickups need to be pedestrian and front impact friendly. This isn't a problem everywhere else in the world where they can just fit bullbars, sadly our overbearing legislators decided to be blinded by the idiots in Chelsea tractors and ignore there purpose.

I suppose it could be some strange form of protectionism playing to the defenders grandfathered in advantages by hampering the ability to design other trucks to match it.

[Wills2]

Hope this isn't a re post but how about this near 50k mile RS2 for 80k

http://www.bramley.com/carsales/details/Audi/RS2-A...

[Leins]

Wills2 said:

Hope this isn't a re post but how about this near 50k mile RS2 for 80k

http://www.bramley.com/carsales/details/Audi/RS2-A...

Note sure if a re-post, but been there for sale a while now

Leads me to the question - is anything much selling at the moment? Does that £80k RS2 mean others are actively trading for £50-60k?

[Dapster]

Leins said:

Wills2 said:

Hope this isn't a re post but how about this near 50k mile RS2 for 80k

http://www.bramley.com/carsales/details/Audi/RS2-A...

Note sure if a re-post, but been there for sale a while now

Leads me to the question - is anything much selling at the moment? Does that £80k RS2 mean others are actively trading for £50-60k?

Ha ha! Good old Bramley. Another from the 4 Star Classics and Hexagon Classics school of automotive bargains!

[mx5ian]

Offers in the region of £25,000 !
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-2000-P6-Saloon-196...