Seriously Overpriced Cars

[Wheel_Turned_Out]

Dapster said:

4 cylinder Merc estate anyone? In amazing shape but crack pipe pricing



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-Mercedes-Benz-230-...

Was expecting the £20k mark, goodness me where did they get that number from.

[anonymous-user]

AdeTuono said:

Insane, isn't it? Desirable 5-speed box and undesirable 2600 engine.

i'd love to know how many of the cars that have appeared on here have actually sold.

Not many I'll bet, certainly for the advertised price. My cash will be staying in my pocket until the market returns to a degree of normality.

[Spanglepants]

Check out the sellers name, sounds about right

Dapster said:

4 cylinder Merc estate anyone? In amazing shape but crack pipe pricing



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-Mercedes-Benz-230-...

[EthanSmale]

2strokebroke said:

Another dipst, Saab 9000 V6 Griffin. £5500, salvage marker on it and it's done 168k. Looks quite rough despite him stating otherwise in his ad.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-9000-Griffin-V6-19...

Check out the plate.

Let Me Ride

[PhantomPH]

Wheel_Turned_Out said:

Dapster said:

4 cylinder Merc estate anyone? In amazing shape but crack pipe pricing



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1985-Mercedes-Benz-230-...

Was expecting the £20k mark, goodness me where did they get that number from.

Can't you read??!! It's the "best in the world"!! Sheesh, what more does the seller have to do? £1mil all day long...

[andburg]

EthanSmale said:

2strokebroke said:

Another dipst, Saab 9000 V6 Griffin. £5500, salvage marker on it and it's done 168k. Looks quite rough despite him stating otherwise in his ad.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-9000-Griffin-V6-19...

Check out the plate.

Let Me Ride

cant argue pricing is rather optimistic but despite the crap photos the mileage it has clearly been well looked after.
Given the beard and anorak approach of the advert you'll probably find more history of the car on some saab forums

[Type R Tom]

Relatively rare being a V8 but £30k for a 5 year old 5 GT. M5 money.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202101288...

[Wheel_Turned_Out]

Seems like a hell of a premium for an early UK car, and the 2LT isn't even the top trim. Can't say I'm a big fan of the red on red, either.



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202103190...

[rotaryjam]

Type R Tom said:

Relatively rare being a V8 but £30k for a 5 year old 5 GT. M5 money.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202101288...

I'd never buy a car off someone who advertises their car with pictures taken at night!

[AdeTuono]

Wheel_Turned_Out said:

Seems like a hell of a premium for an early UK car, and the 2LT isn't even the top trim. Can't say I'm a big fan of the red on red, either.



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202103190...

Bargain! Only roughly double the price of a new one.

[carlove]

I know these VW vans are the in things at the moment (not sure why but each to their own), this one seems a bit overpriced at £10k, a 53 plate with 240k miles with some stty photos attached, interior does look a little done. I thought they'd be about £3-4k for this sort of age and mileage so after having a little look out of curiosity gave me a shock!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/van-details/202103069...





The images were on their side down on the ad.

On the other end of the spectrum, a brand new one with Bentley wheels (not even a camper) at almost £60k! I can't imagine spending that much on a van, that probably wont even be used as a van, just as a weird status symbol.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/van-details/202007251... (when I click the ad now it says £70k, but it was about £58k when I linked it, bit odd)

Edited by carlove on Monday 29th March 20:26

Edited by carlove on Monday 29th March 20:28

[Chestrockwell]

Not sure if overpriced as I’m not up to date on X5M prices but the title on this made me laugh




Surely this X5 being bukakked by the top gear team at Dunsfold should be kept a secret

[Chestrockwell]

aaron_2000 said:

Anyone fancy a low spec 330i with nearly 150k on the clock for £8k?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-BMW-3-Series-3-0-3...

I’m a big fan of E46’s and check on their prices every now and then and 8k is sub 30k mile 330ci club sport money, that guy is dreaming, 3k max with that mileage

[aaron_2000]

Chestrockwell said:

aaron_2000 said:

Anyone fancy a low spec 330i with nearly 150k on the clock for £8k?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-BMW-3-Series-3-0-3...

I’m a big fan of E46’s and check on their prices every now and then and 8k is sub 30k mile 330ci club sport money, that guy is dreaming, 3k max with that mileage

I check daily as I do with everything else that I might want to drunkenly bid on at 3am. I'd love a nice 330i saloon with a manual box but not if that's what they start being priced at

[Shnozz]

carlove said:

I know these VW vans are the in things at the moment (not sure why but each to their own), this one seems a bit overpriced at £10k, a 53 plate with 240k miles with some stty photos attached, interior does look a little done. I thought they'd be about £3-4k for this sort of age and mileage so after having a little look out of curiosity gave me a shock!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/van-details/202103069...





The images were on their side down on the ad.

On the other end of the spectrum, a brand new one with Bentley wheels (not even a camper) at almost £60k! I can't imagine spending that much on a van, that probably wont even be used as a van, just as a weird status symbol.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/van-details/202007251... (when I click the ad now it says £70k, but it was about £58k when I linked it, bit odd)



These have been around these prices for as long as I can recall.

Edited by carlove on Monday 29th March 20:26

Edited by carlove on Monday 29th March 20:28

[Zoon]

rotaryjam said:

Type R Tom said:

Relatively rare being a V8 but £30k for a 5 year old 5 GT. M5 money.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202101288...

I'd never buy a car off someone who advertises their car with pictures taken at night!

It's been for sale a while, photos took at Christmas

[andy118run]

Any body fancy this (from gumtree) -
2007 BMW M sport 325i convertible hardtop M sport (118000 miles)



-£5500
-'minor damage'
-No MOT ('due to COVID and child care')
-number plate check suggests a mileage reduction of 4k or so around 2015
-'Unfortunately this car is no longer practical for my growing family as we now need a 7 seater'
-and two lines later - 'change of job forces sale'
-Autotrader valuation - 3910 - but one assumes that would be for a half tidy example.

Anyway, a no thanks from me.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-325i-m-sport-man...

[anonymous-user]

andy118run said:

Any body fancy this (from gumtree) -
2007 BMW M sport 325i convertible hardtop M sport (118000 miles)
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-£5500
-'minor damage'
-No MOT ('due to COVID and child care')
-number plate check suggests a mileage reduction of 4k or so around 2015
-'Unfortunately this car is no longer practical for my growing family as we now need a 7 seater'
-and two lines later - 'change of job forces sale'
-Autotrader valuation - 3910 - but one assumes that would be for a half tidy example.

Anyway, a no thanks from me.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-325i-m-sport-man...

m badge on boot, why wouldn't you get that repaired , i pretty sure it would fail mot on that alone.

milage issue looks like just a typo.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 1st April 16:52

[Driver101]

andy118run said:

Any body fancy this (from gumtree) -
2007 BMW M sport 325i convertible hardtop M sport (118000 miles)



-£5500
-'minor damage'
-No MOT ('due to COVID and child care')
-number plate check suggests a mileage reduction of 4k or so around 2015
-'Unfortunately this car is no longer practical for my growing family as we now need a 7 seater'
-and two lines later - 'change of job forces sale'
-Autotrader valuation - 3910 - but one assumes that would be for a half tidy example.

Anyway, a no thanks from me.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-325i-m-sport-man...

Yet there isn't a single car on AT for £3910 regardless if tidy, a mess or a write off.

I don't think the car has been clocked. I think the MOT tester should have recorded 93k and has wrongly recorded 83k. That's consistent with the mileage the car was doing and the big jump between 83k and 99k the following year.

[PhantomPH]

Driver101 said:

andy118run said:

Any body fancy this (from gumtree) -
2007 BMW M sport 325i convertible hardtop M sport (118000 miles)



-£5500
-'minor damage'
-No MOT ('due to COVID and child care')
-number plate check suggests a mileage reduction of 4k or so around 2015
-'Unfortunately this car is no longer practical for my growing family as we now need a 7 seater'
-and two lines later - 'change of job forces sale'
-Autotrader valuation - 3910 - but one assumes that would be for a half tidy example.

Anyway, a no thanks from me.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-325i-m-sport-man...

Yet there isn't a single car on AT for £3910 regardless if tidy, a mess or a write off.

I don't think the car has been clocked. I think the MOT tester should have recorded 93k and has wrongly recorded 83k. That's consistent with the mileage the car was doing and the big jump between 83k and 99k the following year.

All things being equal - have you SEEN that interior?? Could be the most immaculate and pristinely kept BMW on earth and I still wouldn't touch it for that effort.