Seriously Overpriced Cars

[jimPH]

Fast Bug said:

lowdrag said:

This was about five years ago:-

Quite a few buses have sold for north of £100k, so it's not really overpriced compared to the market place for them.

They're horrible things to drive though!

Just shows we're all different, I had one and I loved driving it, sat in front of the steering wheels gives a different sensation, puts you on a pendulum.

[Shnozz]

jimPH said:

Fast Bug said:

lowdrag said:

This was about five years ago:-

Quite a few buses have sold for north of £100k, so it's not really overpriced compared to the market place for them.

They're horrible things to drive though!

Just shows we're all different, I had one and I loved driving it, sat in front of the steering wheels gives a different sensation, puts you on a pendulum.

With your legs basically acting as a bumper. I’ve seen some horrendous injuries from relatively low speed frontal impacts on these. Not one to usually even think about safety but certainly wouldn’t want to take a young family on narrow Cornish roads in one.

[Tim330]

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1264570

How about £13,750 for a low miles Rover 220 coupe.

Advert says 'the car has an agreed valuation of £17000' so it's a bargain.

[mekondelta]

They are death traps. I was in one as a student when we went round a corner and the sliding door opened and my friend fell out of the van. Luckily it way only 20mph and he got away with bruising and concussion.. Mind you that particular death trap had a accelerator as a pull cord going over the back seats, manual windscreen wipers (hand under the dash board to turn them) and manual indicators via a flag. Could have crushed it with my hand and put it into the recycling bin. Looked great but why anyone would want to risk their family in it is beyond me.

[itcaptainslow]

Tim330 said:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1264570

How about £13,750 for a low miles Rover 220 coupe.

Advert says 'the car has an agreed valuation of £17000' so it's a bargain.

I’ve been keeping an eye on that for a while, it’s been up for a few thousand more previously and the price has been slipping downwards.

It is the best spec of a unicorn car, but clearly nobody thinks it’s quite worth that as no-one has taken the plunge yet (me included ).

I don’t think the rather combative advert helps.

[Tim330]

itcaptainslow said:

Tim330 said:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1264570

How about £13,750 for a low miles Rover 220 coupe.

Advert says 'the car has an agreed valuation of £17000' so it's a bargain.

I’ve been keeping an eye on that for a while, it’s been up for a few thousand more previously and the price has been slipping downwards.

It is the best spec of a unicorn car, but clearly nobody thinks it’s quite worth that as no-one has taken the plunge yet (me included ).

I don’t think the rather combative advert helps.

When I was at university (20 years ago) I had a 216 gsi then a 216gti and looked forward to the day when I could reach the pinnacle of rover ownership in a 220 coupe, sadly this never happened.

[jimPH]

Tim330 said:

itcaptainslow said:

Tim330 said:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1264570

How about £13,750 for a low miles Rover 220 coupe.

Advert says 'the car has an agreed valuation of £17000' so it's a bargain.

I’ve been keeping an eye on that for a while, it’s been up for a few thousand more previously and the price has been slipping downwards.

It is the best spec of a unicorn car, but clearly nobody thinks it’s quite worth that as no-one has taken the plunge yet (me included ).

I don’t think the rather combative advert helps.

When I was at university (20 years ago) I had a 216 gsi then a 216gti and looked forward to the day when I could reach the pinnacle of rover ownership in a 220 coupe, sadly this never happened.

You may yet realise that dream!

I tried it with a 205 1.9 GTi many years later, was glad to get rid of it.

[anonymous-user]

Tim330 said:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1264570

How about £13,750 for a low miles Rover 220 coupe.

Advert says 'the car has an agreed valuation of £17000' so it's a bargain.

Isn't a agreed value just insured at a certain value, he pays much more for it?

[Tim330]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-Vauxhall-Vectra-3-...

How about £9,995 for a 137k miles 2001 vectra gsi?
It has a 3.2 engine conversion but you'd have to be a big fan to pay that!

[Dapster]

Tim330 said:

itcaptainslow said:

Tim330 said:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1264570

How about £13,750 for a low miles Rover 220 coupe.

Advert says 'the car has an agreed valuation of £17000' so it's a bargain.

I’ve been keeping an eye on that for a while, it’s been up for a few thousand more previously and the price has been slipping downwards.

It is the best spec of a unicorn car, but clearly nobody thinks it’s quite worth that as no-one has taken the plunge yet (me included ).

I don’t think the rather combative advert helps.

When I was at university (20 years ago) I had a 216 gsi then a 216gti and looked forward to the day when I could reach the pinnacle of rover ownership in a 220 coupe, sadly this never happened.

I worked at Rover at the time when these were new and they were hugely under-rated. Sweet chassis, proper coupe looks, t-bar roof and brilliant K series engines. Torque steer on the wait...wait....wait....bang! turbo was comical - the steering wheel was a bit player in deciding on direction on a damp or cambered road. The one to go for in my eyes was the facelift 1.8 VVC with the oval dash and engine from the later model 200. If you had told me at the time however that in 25 years time there'd be one on sale for more than a Boxster I'd have laughed at you.

[andburg]

Dapster said:

Tim330 said:

itcaptainslow said:

Tim330 said:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1264570

How about £13,750 for a low miles Rover 220 coupe.

Advert says 'the car has an agreed valuation of £17000' so it's a bargain.

I’ve been keeping an eye on that for a while, it’s been up for a few thousand more previously and the price has been slipping downwards.

It is the best spec of a unicorn car, but clearly nobody thinks it’s quite worth that as no-one has taken the plunge yet (me included ).

I don’t think the rather combative advert helps.

When I was at university (20 years ago) I had a 216 gsi then a 216gti and looked forward to the day when I could reach the pinnacle of rover ownership in a 220 coupe, sadly this never happened.

I worked at Rover at the time when these were new and they were hugely under-rated. Sweet chassis, proper coupe looks, t-bar roof and brilliant K series engines. Torque steer on the wait...wait....wait....bang! turbo was comical - the steering wheel was a bit player in deciding on direction on a damp or cambered road. The one to go for in my eyes was the facelift 1.8 VVC with the oval dash and engine from the later model 200. If you had told me at the time however that in 25 years time there'd be one on sale for more than a Boxster I'd have laughed at you.

Look at the car, its an "FDH" as it has the high level brake light.
exported to japan, unsold and then reimported.

These were sought after as they manage to avoid the galloping red rot through not seeing UK winters as much and the high spec. Is it worth £13k? To somebody who had one back in the day and has some disposable money i can see why.

I'd still buy one, but it would have to be much cheaper and not the 2.0 turbo.

[waynecyclist]

Tim330 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-Vauxhall-Vectra-3-...

How about £9,995 for a 137k miles 2001 vectra gsi?
It has a 3.2 engine conversion but you'd have to be a big fan to pay that!

Bonkers

[Leftfootwonder]

Dapster said:

Tim330 said:

itcaptainslow said:

Tim330 said:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1264570

How about £13,750 for a low miles Rover 220 coupe.

Advert says 'the car has an agreed valuation of £17000' so it's a bargain.

I’ve been keeping an eye on that for a while, it’s been up for a few thousand more previously and the price has been slipping downwards.

It is the best spec of a unicorn car, but clearly nobody thinks it’s quite worth that as no-one has taken the plunge yet (me included ).

I don’t think the rather combative advert helps.

When I was at university (20 years ago) I had a 216 gsi then a 216gti and looked forward to the day when I could reach the pinnacle of rover ownership in a 220 coupe, sadly this never happened.

I worked at Rover at the time when these were new and they were hugely under-rated. Sweet chassis, proper coupe looks, t-bar roof and brilliant K series engines. Torque steer on the wait...wait....wait....bang! turbo was comical - the steering wheel was a bit player in deciding on direction on a damp or cambered road. The one to go for in my eyes was the facelift 1.8 VVC with the oval dash and engine from the later model 200. If you had told me at the time however that in 25 years time there'd be one on sale for more than a Boxster I'd have laughed at you.

A mate of mine had one when we were younger and we all took the piddle out of him for driving an old man's car, but secretly, I really liked it. Rode very well and was pretty quiet.

[W00DY]

Tim330 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-Vauxhall-Vectra-3-...

How about £9,995 for a 137k miles 2001 vectra gsi?
It has a 3.2 engine conversion but you'd have to be a big fan to pay that!

From that angle I like it, very BTCC. The front is less successful with the lights and removing the lovely standard mirrors.

£10k is lunatic money..

[Tim330]

W00DY said:

Tim330 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-Vauxhall-Vectra-3-...

How about £9,995 for a 137k miles 2001 vectra gsi?
It has a 3.2 engine conversion but you'd have to be a big fan to pay that!

From that angle I like it, very BTCC. The front is less successful with the lights and removing the lovely standard mirrors.

£10k is lunatic money..

Indeed. I had a 2.5 gsi between 2004-2006 and at the time thought it was a great car coming from a rover 216.

[Dapster]

Another stunning car with what I thought was a mistyped price - however states the equivalent Euro price in advert so must be right....

994 cab with nearly 200k km on the clock



https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1287888

[paulrockliffe]

My broad view of cars is that they're all too big, so I have a soft spot for small saloons as they're smaller in real life than they look in the pictures. The best example of this is the 1 series coupe, as it's basically the car the 3 series used to be.

But this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011-BMW-1-Series-3-0-M...

Can't be right surely?

[PhantomPH]

Shnozz said:

jimPH said:

Fast Bug said:

lowdrag said:

This was about five years ago:-

Quite a few buses have sold for north of £100k, so it's not really overpriced compared to the market place for them.

They're horrible things to drive though!

Just shows we're all different, I had one and I loved driving it, sat in front of the steering wheels gives a different sensation, puts you on a pendulum.

With your legs basically acting as a bumper. I’ve seen some horrendous injuries from relatively low speed frontal impacts on these. Not one to usually even think about safety but certainly wouldn’t want to take a young family on narrow Cornish roads in one.

Which is why modern cars weight 400 tonnes, have dubious styling (regulations for safety) and everyone on PH moans about them.

[irocfan]

Dapster said:

Another stunning car with what I thought was a mistyped price - however states the equivalent Euro price in advert so must be right....

994 cab with nearly 200k km on the clock



https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1287888

[Leftfootwonder]

irocfan said:

Dapster said:

Another stunning car with what I thought was a mistyped price - however states the equivalent Euro price in advert so must be right....

994 cab with nearly 200k km on the clock



https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1287888

God loves a trier.