Seriously Overpriced Cars

[Never you mind]

How about the £99K MK 1 escort.

Was up for £120K previously.


https://www.redlinespecialistcars.co.uk/used-cars/...

[Vocal Minority]

CountZero23 said:

No expert on these, but shouldn't this be more like 2k - especially without an engine rebuild?

2008 MAZDA RX-8 2.6 R3 4D 231 BHP
£6,495.00



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-MAZDA-RX-8-2-6-R3-4...

It's the desirable one - it's not THAT old and looks immaculate - the 2k ones are still a little ropey and 5-6 years older - engine is in the 'zone of uncertainty - but if it is looked after properly it should have more in it. Mine made it all the way to 120,000 or so before its rebuild.

It's maybe a little steamy - but not outrageously.

[CountZero23]

Vocal Minority said:

It's the desirable one - it's not THAT old and looks immaculate - the 2k ones are still a little ropey and 5-6 years older - engine is in the 'zone of uncertainty - but if it is looked after properly it should have more in it. Mine made it all the way to 120,000 or so before its rebuild.

It's maybe a little steamy - but not outrageously.

The more I read about these, the less deserved their reputations begin to sound. Still, road tax on a later car is a serious wedge and imagine you'd be losing serious money when the time came to sell if you'd put many more miles on it.

[bertie]

Vocal Minority said:

It's the desirable one - it's not THAT old and looks immaculate - the 2k ones are still a little ropey and 5-6 years older - engine is in the 'zone of uncertainty - but if it is looked after properly it should have more in it. Mine made it all the way to 120,000 or so before its rebuild.

It's maybe a little steamy - but not outrageously.

Strikes me as a lot for a 9 year old Mazda...

[Sa Calobra]

Wbac value it at 3k so I imagine if you chopped it in in 6months or so any dealer would offer you under 3k by then.

[p1stonhead]

28k!

Starts and drives!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182760461023

[MissChief]

p1stonhead said:

28k!

Starts and drives!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182760461023

And then dumps all it's coolant 100 yards up the road, the engine overheats and lunches itself and he says 'not my problem bruv'?

(I appreciate something like this would be collected by low loader)

[lowdrag]

I'm not a porker person, but should that spoiler be up when the car is stationary?

[RumbleOfThunder]

lowdrag said:

I'm not a porker person, but should that spoiler be up when the car is stationary?

Yep. That part put me well off as well.

[Gunk]

On my old 964 there was a switch allowing you to manually raise the rear spoiler, I'm guessing the Boxster is the same.

Edited by Gunk on Sunday 17th September 20:13

[Sa Calobra]

It's operated by a long bar at the front of the car?

[anonymous-user]

anyone post this back in august.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-47...

''Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth sells for a colossal £115,000

1988 Peugeot 205 GTI go for £38,480 ''

[MDMA .]

145k

http://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C914771

[Fun Bus]

I cannot abide the use of capital letters on every, single, word.

[krisdelta]

Unreadable and what I did read seemed spurious to the car, its condition and actual provenence.

If you're asking £145k for a car, would you not list out it's "Extensive Past Historical History File", it looks like it was written by a bot.

[AlmostUseful]

Fun Bus said:

I cannot abide the use of capital letters on every, single, word.

What Is It That Upsets You So Much About It? The Thing That Annoys Me The Most Is Having To Use The Shift Key For Each Initial Letter.

[Grindle]

The answer to this one never changes and never has. Anything is worth anything if a buyer is happy to pay it. Is a small and tatty house in a noisy road in Camden Town with no garage or parking space (actual example i know of), worth £685,000? Well it sold for that. My house is twice the size, with triple garage and parking for 4/5 more cars in a tranquil area where the noisiest thing is the local cows and sheep. But someone preferred the above at twice what mine's worth. Is a CSL worth £70,000? In both cases, of course they aren't if judged by what most of us see as value for money. I had a Sierra Cosworth 500 way back when and the actual car sold for £55,000 recently. Bloody awful and slow car to actually drive compared with what you can get today and cars are for driving in my book, not locking up and hoping they rise in value. Sierra Cosworth 500 or an almost new BMW M4? DOH! Or perhaps a mint Cayman 2.7 and a Range Rover for the winter? Escort Cosworths are overpriced also. Loads of cars are, but whilst people buy them, it's c'est la vie. Their look out if they want to pay crazy prices simply because there are only 197 left.

[Gunk]

Grindle said:

My house is twice the size, with triple garage and parking for 4/5 more cars in a tranquil area where the noisiest thing is the local cows and sheep.But someone preferred the above at twice what mine's worth

Where do you live? Wales!

[robinessex]

AlmostUseful said:

Fun Bus said:

I cannot abide the use of capital letters on every, single, word.

What Is It That Upsets You So Much About It? The Thing That Annoys Me The Most Is Having To Use The Shift Key For Each Initial Letter.

ER. No you don't. Type in lower case, highlight all text, and then Shift F3!

[Agent XXX]

Gunk said:

Where do you live? Wales!

He wrote cows not sheep. Can't be Wales.