Seriously Overpriced Cars

[aaron_2000]

Ah forget it then, you all win. It's a steal, despite being sold as something it isn't. Now I've given you heroes your win, can we spare the day and a half of pointless argument over absolutely nothing that usually results from someone not liking a post on PH? Or have we got another 3 pages of this to go through?

[Driver101]

aaron_2000 said:

Driver101 said:

aaron_2000 said:

Way overpriced for a high mileage pre facelift 3.0d that's being falsely advertised as an SD

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-X3-3-0SD-2006-Twin-...

I don't understand why you keep linking cheap cars?

Firstly it's a rising price auction. It's not the seller that has overpriced the car. Someone is willing to pay that.

Book price comes back at £2800. It's only a few hundred quid up on book, and if the car is genuinely pampered, it's a small premium to pay for a good one.

sigh

A. Because overpriced is overpriced

B. Because it's falsely advertised as a car thats worth way more than that

C. It's a 160k pfl 3.0d, I doubt it.

D. Sorry my posts have you so worked up, you ok hun? xx

Worked up? What are you on about?

What a random reply to a very simple point. It sounds like my simple point has caused a strange reaction.

Overpriced is the valuation you put on something. As before it's very close to book price for that car.

aaron_2000 said:

Fun Bus said:

Ok, so what’s it worth?

With 33 bids, people clearly seeing it being worth more than you.

Maybe they think it's an SD like it's being falsely advertised as, in which case it'd be worth way more than it's currently at.

So people aren't bidding what a SD model should be and close to what an SE should be?

I'm not up to speed with the X3. Googling X3 SD I get cars that look exactly like that. What is the difference?

Edited by Driver101 on Saturday 14th December 18:08

[CRA1G]

aaron_2000 said:

Ah forget it then, you all win. It's a steal, despite being sold as something it isn't. Now I've given you heroes your win, can we spare the day and a half of pointless argument over absolutely nothing that usually results from someone not liking a post on PH? Or have we got another 3 pages of this to go through?

Sorry our posts get you so worked up, you ok hun..? xx

[aaron_2000]

Driver101 said:

aaron_2000 said:

Driver101 said:

aaron_2000 said:

Way overpriced for a high mileage pre facelift 3.0d that's being falsely advertised as an SD

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-X3-3-0SD-2006-Twin-...

I don't understand why you keep linking cheap cars?

Firstly it's a rising price auction. It's not the seller that has overpriced the car. Someone is willing to pay that.

Book price comes back at £2800. It's only a few hundred quid up on book, and if the car is genuinely pampered, it's a small premium to pay for a good one.

sigh

A. Because overpriced is overpriced

B. Because it's falsely advertised as a car thats worth way more than that

C. It's a 160k pfl 3.0d, I doubt it.

D. Sorry my posts have you so worked up, you ok hun? xx

Worked up? What are you on about?

What a random reply to a very simple point. It sounds like my simple point has caused a strange reaction.

Overpriced is the valuation you put on something. As before it's very close to book price for that car.

aaron_2000 said:

Fun Bus said:

Ok, so what’s it worth?

With 33 bids, people clearly seeing it being worth more than you.

Maybe they think it's an SD like it's being falsely advertised as, in which case it'd be worth way more than it's currently at.

So people aren't bidding what a SD model should be and close to what an SE should be?

I'm not up to speed with the X3. Googling X3 SD I get cars that look exactly like that. What is the difference?

Edited by Driver101 on Saturday 14th December 18:08

SD is a facelift with the 335d engine in it, that's a pre facelift single turbo 3.0d, worth low 2's at best as a low spec SE like that one is. SD's start at low 3's, an SD SE with those miles would be £3k to around £3400, so it's pretty clear the only reason it's bid up so high is because people are being led to believe it's an SD, and a cheap one at that. I only posted it because it's a false advert being used to run the price up, but oddly people here seem to like falsely advertised cars?

[aaron_2000]

But it's Saturday and nothing sounds worse than spending it having a pointless back and fourth about an old crossover on PH. I'll leave you to it.

[CRA1G]

aaron_2000 said:

But it's Saturday and nothing sounds worse than spending it having a pointless back and fourth about an old crossover on PH. I'll leave you to it.

[GregK2]

But what about a back and fifth instead?

[LarJammer]

Back OT, I thought this was expensive at £50k https://www.petervardy.com/item/79890/PORSCHE/911-...
Until I saw this at £80k https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Most Porsche 996 Turbos are 30-40k now.

[Driver101]

LarJammer said:

Back OT, I thought this was expensive at £50k https://www.petervardy.com/item/79890/PORSCHE/911-...
Until I saw this at £80k https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Most Porsche 996 Turbos are 30-40k now.

I've been in the Peter Vardy showroom a few times. Their stock has always been poor quality.

White doesn't suit that 911. That interior is horrible too.

[Maldini35]

aaron_2000 said:

But it's Saturday and nothing sounds worse than spending it having a pointless back and fourth about an old crossover on PH. I'll leave you to it.

Agreed

But you started it with your cringe-worthy
“you ok hun?”

(Which stopped being funny about 12 months ago)

If you want to be provocative by posting such grand-standing and entirely unnecessary put downs, then don’t be surprised when people react.

Worse still, don’t pretend to be ‘above it all’ as you have ably demonstrated that you are not.

As you said - best you leave us all to it.

[aaron_2000]

Maldini35 said:

aaron_2000 said:

But it's Saturday and nothing sounds worse than spending it having a pointless back and fourth about an old crossover on PH. I'll leave you to it.

Agreed

But you started it with your cringe-worthy
“you ok hun?”

(Which stopped being funny about 12 months ago)

If you want to be provocative by posting such grand-standing and entirely unnecessary put downs, then don’t be surprised when people react.

Worse still, don’t pretend to be ‘above it all’ as you have ably demonstrated that you are not.

As you said - best you leave us all to it.

Ok

[itcaptainslow]

Driver101 said:

LarJammer said:

Back OT, I thought this was expensive at £50k https://www.petervardy.com/item/79890/PORSCHE/911-...
Until I saw this at £80k https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Most Porsche 996 Turbos are 30-40k now.

I've been in the Peter Vardy showroom a few times. Their stock has always been poor quality.

White doesn't suit that 911. That interior is horrible too.

Wouldn’t be so bad all blue-it’s the bits of white that don’t do it any favours.

Wonder how much that was to specify new?

[John Locke]

If a zero was removed from the price, far better cars could still be bought for much less.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1185295

[LarJammer]

John Locke said:

If a zero was removed from the price, far better cars could still be bought for much less.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1185295

I agree, there are better cars available but one of those sold a couple of years ago for north of 200k...

[Fast Bug]

John Locke said:

If a zero was removed from the price, far better cars could still be bought for much less.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1185295

Of the 5 for sale on Auto Scout, 4 are more expensive. Which would lead me to believe it's not even slightly over priced, and that's its priced correctly.

[Elesmart]

£6K for a base spec 1996 Volvo S70, 10V:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-Volvo-S70-10v-4-do...

[RazerSauber]

Elesmart said:

£6K for a base spec 1996 Volvo S70, 10V:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-Volvo-S70-10v-4-do...

I suspect a significant part of this vehicle value is due to the reading on the fuel gauge.

[p4cks]

£27K for a cat D 993 with no service history and st paint



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Porsche-911-993-Carrera...

[Higgs boson]

https://www.usedcarsni.com/2006-BMW-Z4-M-256607438...

Really?

[ambuletz]

p4cks said:

£27K for a cat D 993 with no service history and st paint

as a child in the 90s there used to be a porsche/mercedes dealership in bow. I lusted over these along with all the SL mercs. ahhhhhhhh