Seriously Overpriced Cars

[HM-2]

carlove said:

I was thinking the same. Also says it’s got a year MOT but failed on 21/11 and hasn’t been retested yet.

Is the seller a bit simple?

It's £12.5k in both the description and the headline though.

[rwdaspirations]

WarrenB said:

If the hands glow green at night and it has an overly loud tick it'd be almost exactly like the one my grandma used to have by her bed.

Absolutely mental.

7 Owners "which can be explained" says the seller

Just 'service history' rather than full service history

No mention of the IWC watch which came with the car, which devalues it somewhat

So in essence a fairly high spec car with an (ironically for a high end watch maker) quartz clock in the dash for a £35k premium

[Matt-il77s]

£4k for a 16 year old diesel Polo?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volkswagen/volkswagen-20...

[epom]

WarrenB said:

aaron_2000 said:

WojaWabbit said:

Unsure if repost.... £50k for a CLS with a posh clock...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2020032286...

The clock reminds me of a base spec MK4 Fiesta that was too poverty spec for a rev counter

If the hands glow green at night and it has an overly loud tick it'd be almost exactly like the one my grandma used to have by her bed.

7 owner car bought as an investment. Can’t seem the name of the clock mentioned anyhow where ?

[WojaWabbit]

anonymous said:

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This had crossed my mind too. I wonder if its traded at £50k for each of those many 'internal' transactions.

[logan-1986]

This Audi A6? Asking for a friend

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010255...

[sim72]

logan-1986 said:

This Audi A6? Asking for a friend

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010255...

If it's as immaculate as the advert claims with only 29K, I'd say that's actually not unreasonable. The 3.2FSI is a fairly rare beast and most of them have starship mileage..

Edited by sim72 on Monday 30th November 22:17

[logan-1986]

sim72 said:

logan-1986 said:

This Audi A6? Asking for a friend

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010255...

If it's as immaculate as the advert claims with only 29K, I'd say that's actually not unreasonable. The 3.2FSI is a fairly rare beast and most of them have starship mileage..

Edited by sim72 on Monday 30th November 22:17

That's what I was thinking, it's an intriguing proposition.

[sim72]

logan-1986 said:

sim72 said:

logan-1986 said:

This Audi A6? Asking for a friend

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010255...

If it's as immaculate as the advert claims with only 29K, I'd say that's actually not unreasonable. The 3.2FSI is a fairly rare beast and most of them have starship mileage..

That's what I was thinking, it's an intriguing proposition.

I can see three of a similar age for sale, two are also 8K and have significantly higher mileage, and the other one is "far from perfect" but is 3K

https://www.carsite.co.uk/used-car/audi/a6-allroad...

[Chestrockwell]

Matt-il77s said:

£4k for a 16 year old diesel Polo?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volkswagen/volkswagen-20...

Price is silly but I can imagine that being a punchy little thing,

[Dapster]

The seller is flattering this classic in the pics and description - it may not be quite so immaculate close up

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W126-500-SEC-A...

[AdeTuono]

Dapster said:

The seller is flattering this classic in the pics and description - it may not be quite so immaculate close up

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W126-500-SEC-A...

Well, is have (sic) a new engine. 20 years ago.

[daytonavrs]

AdeTuono said:

That's got to be a mistake, surely? Can anyone really be that naïve?

It was, listing error, they have moved the decimal point

Or maybe they were still using the car and wanted to list up to gather interest without it selling yet, there is always more than one explanation for things

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202011256...

[aaron_2000]

Thoughts on this? What would you pay?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202011126...

[sim72]

aaron_2000 said:

Thoughts on this? What would you pay?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202011126...

With 278K, a month left on the MOT and not having had one for 18 months ...

[MattHall91]

My nomination. You could have this luke-warm, run-of-the-mill variant, or an RS5 (or many, many other cars). Nonsensical.

[Higgs boson]

Tell me it's not just me ...


https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/1996-bagged-bmw-5-se...

£8000!

[Fun Bus]

MattHall91 said:

My nomination. You could have this luke-warm, run-of-the-mill variant, or an RS5 (or many, many other cars). Nonsensical.

That’s an error. The listing quotes the price as £59,952. The headline price would also be about £12k above list on the car and I don’t think they’re selling over list!

[Its Just Adz]

Higgs boson said:

Tell me it's not just me ...


https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/1996-bagged-bmw-5-se...

£8000!

Thats lovely.

[Chestrockwell]

Higgs boson said:

Tell me it's not just me ...


https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/1996-bagged-bmw-5-se...

£8000!

What baffles me about people who modify/slam their cars is the fact that buy the earliest oldest least popular models and spend thousands on turning them into a facelift and expect to get their money back?

Why didn’t this guy just buy a 530i sport and put it on ‘air’, then take it off and sell it as it is, an original 530i sport