Seriously Overpriced Cars

[peteA]

Nice car but does this count?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

[Deep Thought]

Chestrockwell said:

Deep Thought said:

2011 SLK, Cat S repaired, £18,500?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Alternatively you could have the same car, but not a previous write off and with a dealer warranty for £10,000 less.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

That Merc must be the winner of the thread, realistic winner I say. Someone could want 10k for an old rusty Grenada but they think it’s a classic, this is a 9 year old 1.8 Merc on unoriginal alloys for 18,500!!! Who the hell is going to pay that???? Forget the fact it’s a Cat S/C as well. Absolutely ridiculous

Yeah hes literally £10,000 off the mark. I cant get my ahead around how some people come up with a valuation.

[krisdelta]

Chestrockwell said:

Deep Thought said:

2011 SLK, Cat S repaired, £18,500?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Alternatively you could have the same car, but not a previous write off and with a dealer warranty for £10,000 less.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

That Merc must be the winner of the thread, realistic winner I say. Someone could want 10k for an old rusty Grenada but they think it’s a classic, this is a 9 year old 1.8 Merc on unoriginal alloys for 18,500!!! Who the hell is going to pay that???? Forget the fact it’s a Cat S/C as well. Absolutely ridiculous

Why doesn’t the infotainment screen line up with the centre console on these.. what a mess.

[AstonZagato]

peteA said:

Nice car but does this count?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

To be fair, difficult to value. It is a half-way decent attempt, and from the pictures, the workmanship looks decent. But £85k for a BMW Z3 made to look like an old Ferrari? I'll pass, thanks.

[Mr lestat]

krisdelta said:

Why doesn’t the infotainment screen line up with the centre console on these.. what a mess.

I have an SLK55 same model. What do you mean ?

[Screechmr2]

Mr lestat said:

I have an SLK55 same model. What do you mean ?

Looking at it the vents and display are offset to the centre console

[anonymous-user]

Ouch! My OCD is ringing red alert!

[Shnozz]

janesmith1950 said:

Ouch! My OCD is ringing red alert!

Me too. Couldn’t live with that. Same with the air vents on the Ferrari 458 being at different heights.

[Mr lestat]

Screechmr2 said:

Mr lestat said:

I have an SLK55 same model. What do you mean ?

Looking at it the vents and display are offset to the centre console

fk I never noticed till now. Now I can’t stop looking at it fk fk fk

[Steamer]

AstonZagato said:

peteA said:

Nice car but does this count?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

To be fair, difficult to value. It is a half-way decent attempt, and from the pictures, the workmanship looks decent. But £85k for a BMW Z3 made to look like an old Ferrari? I'll pass, thanks.

it is damn lovely, in that same way that a very nice Cobra rep. is still a very nice car.

However, are the stories about Ferrari getting these sort of things confiscated and crushed true, or can that only be applied in certain countries?

[Tyre Smoke]

AlexNJ89 said:

I would love to chat with someone one day who happily buys Cat C write off cars. They must be so so hard to sell, yet someone must be buying them!

I've bought a couple. Cheap taxis.

What would you like to know?

[WCZ]

Chestrockwell said:

That Merc must be the winner of the thread, realistic winner I say. Someone could want 10k for an old rusty Grenada but they think it’s a classic, this is a 9 year old 1.8 Merc on unoriginal alloys for 18,500!!! Who the hell is going to pay that???? Forget the fact it’s a Cat S/C as well. Absolutely ridiculous

there's always idiots out there, someone comes into a bit of money and thinks "oh i'll buy a nice car" then goes to their local dealership and the rest is just persuasion by a salesman

[krisdelta]

Mr lestat said:

Screechmr2 said:

Mr lestat said:

I have an SLK55 same model. What do you mean ?

Looking at it the vents and display are offset to the centre console

fk I never noticed till now. Now I can’t stop looking at it fk fk fk

Sorry - that’s exactly it.. two different designers perhaps?

[Lily the Pink]

krisdelta said:

Sorry - that’s exactly it.. two different designers perhaps?

It could be interesting to see how they're aligned on a LHD car.

[Mr lestat]

Lily the Pink said:

krisdelta said:

Sorry - that’s exactly it.. two different designers perhaps?

It could be interesting to see how they're aligned on a LHD car.

Sat in it today and looked at the un symmetrical dash and thought fk

[StescoG66]

Lily the Pink said:

krisdelta said:

Sorry - that’s exactly it.. two different designers perhaps?

It could be interesting to see how they're aligned on a LHD car.

I think they are perfectly spaced on the dash but the footwell on the LHS is broader than the RHS so the console and tunnel is slightly offset to the right.

[AlmostUseful]

Integroo said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2018...

I have no idea what this is, but it cannot be worth 50k, can it?

Worth every penny, they did (or planned to) a 1300hp nitrous boosted version from the factory!

[p1stonhead]

krisdelta said:

Mr lestat said:

Screechmr2 said:

Mr lestat said:

I have an SLK55 same model. What do you mean ?

Looking at it the vents and display are offset to the centre console

fk I never noticed till now. Now I can’t stop looking at it fk fk fk

Sorry - that’s exactly it.. two different designers perhaps?

Blooooooooooody hell. How is that even possible?!

[Tyre Smoke]

Oh man! I'd have to sell the car. I couldn't live with that.

[Shnozz]

Tyre Smoke said:

Oh man! I'd have to sell the car. I couldn't live with that.

Me neither. And I feel bad because now Mr lestat has seen it, he can never unsee it.