Seriously Overpriced Cars

[PhantomPH]

Mr lestat said:

swisstoni said:

glazbagun said:

MattsCar said:

Have we had this yet?

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/9763981?ut...

Jaguar XJ coupe for £150k with cheap aftermarket speakers in the doors, loose leather, random dab tuner slapped in to dash along with some industrial style switches along with a paintjob that is questionable. Would have guessed it would be £15-20k.

Cool project but yeah, a customised classic with lots of tat added to it. Also no mention of which engine or details of the build which is all-important if you're buying a car that's been changed so dramatically.

It’s a PH Readers Car if I recall correctly.

Yes I think it is, there were two Jaguar coupes being upgraded at one point one was black and this I think is the other one

Is it wrong that I quite like this? It's an 'almost' car in as much as it's almost good...but not quite. Certainly not £150k good.

[AstonZagato]

MattsCar said:

Have we had this yet?

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/9763981?ut...

Jaguar XJ coupe for £150k with cheap aftermarket speakers in the doors, loose leather, random dab tuner slapped in to dash along with some industrial style switches along with a paintjob that is questionable. Would have guessed it would be £15-20k.

ETA..it is sold..whether it sold for that price I have no idea.

Edited by MattsCar on Monday 3rd May 22:28

Retropower were the builder. LS3 powerplant.
https://retropower.co.uk/2019/02/04/jaguar-xjc430-...

I like their work but that upholstery is shocking.

[Driver101]

E63eeeeee... said:

Stretching the term "car" a touch here

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/184810365157?ul_ref=https...

That's one for the ringing thread.

[Type R Tom]

Low mileage but £10k for an auto 2.0 (the rubbish engine) prelude!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104271...

[AdeTuono]

1981. £7000. Happy to provide contact details. Where do I sign?

[W00DY]

Type R Tom said:

Low mileage but £10k for an auto 2.0 (the rubbish engine) prelude!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104271...

Bet he paid £500 for it too. Insanity.

[Type R Tom]

W00DY said:

Type R Tom said:

Low mileage but £10k for an auto 2.0 (the rubbish engine) prelude!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104271...

Bet he paid £500 for it too. Insanity.

I bet, robbed and old boy of it.

A 2.2 VTi type S or Motegi in that condition maybe, but even that would be a stretch.

[d_a_n1979]

Type R Tom said:

Low mileage but £10k for an auto 2.0 (the rubbish engine) prelude!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104271...

£2k car priced x5 it's worth

Even £2k would be a stretch for that!

Crap engine, crap box...

But garaged = £megamoney

[d_a_n1979]

Type R Tom said:

W00DY said:

Type R Tom said:

Low mileage but £10k for an auto 2.0 (the rubbish engine) prelude!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104271...

Bet he paid £500 for it too. Insanity.

I bet, robbed and old boy of it.

A 2.2 VTi type S or Motegi in that condition maybe, but even that would be a stretch.

Even a mint freshly imported Motegi with low miles wouldn't fetch £10k on these shores... Great cars, but they never got the love the ATRs, EP3s, DC2s etc

[HM-2]

d_a_n1979 said:

Type R Tom said:

Low mileage but £10k for an auto 2.0 (the rubbish engine) prelude!

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104271...

£2k car priced x5 it's worth

Even £2k would be a stretch for that!

Crap engine, crap box...

But garaged = £megamoney

The photos are awful, and it's not even that clean for the mileage. Absolute chancer.

[yeager2004]

d_a_n1979 said:

£2k car priced x5 it's worth

Even £2k would be a stretch for that!

Crap engine, crap box...

But garaged = £megamoney

Especially for something that can't be proven. It's like the ads where they state 'never driven hard from cold' or 'never been on a track day'

[PhantomPH]

AdeTuono said:

1981. £7000. Happy to provide contact details. Where do I sign?

SEVEN GRAND????? Excuse me whilst I go out to the garage and lovingly lick my '61 Mini. It's gonna be raining cash when I come to sell it!!!! May even get me one of those new Ferrari 812's with the profits...

[Genuine Barn Find]

Type R Tom said:

I bet, robbed and old boy of it.

Who then buys it back off him for £10,000, having forgotten he’d sold it to the dealer a few weeks beforehand, and remembering fondly that he used to own one when he drove past it on the dealers forecourt

but as said...... absolute chancer

[d_a_n1979]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174759558243?hash=item2...



I'm sorry; 'ow much  


It may be very, very clean. It may be very, very low miles. But it is not E39 M5 money territory



That's priced as if Hexagon are selling it  

[W00DY]

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1337537#&...

It's a great looking thing, but It looks like an 8v with all of 95bhp and a tow bar.

[aaron_2000]

W00DY said:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1337537#&...

It's a great looking thing, but It looks like an 8v with all of 95bhp and a tow bar.

At £2500 it's a pretty good buy. At £10k it's a wife asking her husband to sell the yellow Laguna and him telling her that it just isn't selling.

[Dapster]

Absolutely zero information on the advert but someone's trying to shift a delivery mileage Rover 75 V8 (4.6, teens MPG, 319 g/km) for nearly new 5 series money

https://www.hursleyhillgarage.co.uk/used/rover/75/...

[d_a_n1979]

Dapster said:

Absolutely zero information on the advert but someone's trying to shift a delivery mileage Rover 75 V8 (4.6, teens MPG, 319 g/km) for nearly new 5 series money

https://www.hursleyhillgarage.co.uk/used/rover/75/...

There really are some fkwit chancers about

[irocfan]

Dapster said:

Absolutely zero information on the advert but someone's trying to shift a delivery mileage Rover 75 V8 (4.6, teens MPG, 319 g/km) for nearly new 5 series money

https://www.hursleyhillgarage.co.uk/used/rover/75/...

who cares about teens MPG when buying a car like that? I'll grant you the price is somewhat lumpy but I'd rather have that than an equivalent BMudi

[d_a_n1979]

irocfan said:

Dapster said:

Absolutely zero information on the advert but someone's trying to shift a delivery mileage Rover 75 V8 (4.6, teens MPG, 319 g/km) for nearly new 5 series money

https://www.hursleyhillgarage.co.uk/used/rover/75/...

who cares about teens MPG when buying a car like that? I'll grant you the price is somewhat lumpy but I'd rather have that than an equivalent BMudi

Agree; you don't buy a stonking V8 for the economy

But you also wouldn't consider a Rover 75 V8 for nearly £40k