Seriously Overpriced Cars

[loganzy]

hi everyone i am thinking of purchasing a Ford Focus RS500. 9k miles 1 owner FSH approx £75k. I am wondering whether it is worth the money. Grateful of opinions. Thanks

[generationx]

loganzy said:

hi everyone i am thinking of purchasing a Ford Focus RS500. 9k miles 1 owner FSH approx £75k. I am wondering whether it is worth the money. Grateful of opinions. Thanks

Is it this one?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=19...

Enjoy the thread...

[anonymous-user]

aaron_2000 said:

The MK3/4 weren't really any good either but at least they had the XR3i/RS1600i/RS Turbo to give them some kudos, even the hot MK5's were garbage, especially when you remember what Peugeot were offering at the time.

My first car in 1992 was a 1985 MK3 Escort 1.1 Popular and it was absolute rubbish and end of life even then at seven years old. I replaced it with a seven year old Peugeot 205 XS and that car was amazing in comparison.

I can't even begin to imagine how awful it must be to drive an Escort in 2021.

Once the rose tinted specs "reliving my youth" nostalgia wears off what do people do with these cars once they realise they hate driving them?

[Jim the Sunderer]

I figure this is about 5x the price one might expect for such an old car with cachet.

[anonymous-user]

Jim the Sunderer said:

I figure this is about 5x the price one might expect for such an old car with cachet.

Yes but he says it is RARE.

[TheJimi]

loganzy said:

hi everyone i am thinking of purchasing a Ford Focus RS500. 9k miles 1 owner FSH approx £75k. I am wondering whether it is worth the money. Grateful of opinions. Thanks

Honestly? Mental.

I can generally see why some cars are priced as they are, but for the life of me, I don't get this at all. Even in the scheme of Ford RS daftness, that's just nuts, imo.

[Pommy]

TheJimi said:

loganzy said:

hi everyone i am thinking of purchasing a Ford Focus RS500. 9k miles 1 owner FSH approx £75k. I am wondering whether it is worth the money. Grateful of opinions. Thanks

Honestly? Mental.

I can generally see why some cars are priced as they are, but for the life of me, I don't get this at all. Even in the scheme of Ford RS daftness, that's just nuts, imo.

Better getting a Cossie RS500...

Or a 360 Manual.

[HM-2]

TheJimi said:

loganzy said:

hi everyone i am thinking of purchasing a Ford Focus RS500. 9k miles 1 owner FSH approx £75k. I am wondering whether it is worth the money. Grateful of opinions. Thanks

Honestly? Mental.

I can generally see why some cars are priced as they are, but for the life of me, I don't get this at all. Even in the scheme of Ford RS daftness, that's just nuts, imo.

I'm not sure which is stupider, £75k for a MK2 Focus RS or that orange MK3 with a remap that was up at £85k. If you want to spend that much on a mass production car you can't actually use there's a 430 Challenge in the PH classifieds which would look much nicer stationary.

[anonymous-user]

I think it is obviously an investment but can you see the car going to 150k, if there was ever a sign of peak bubble well this is it..

[anonymous-user]

bristolracer said:

W123 Mercedes for £59k anyone?

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

"Walt motor company"

[speedking31]

I see the Princess Di Escort (1981 W reg) made the BBC News this morning as it's coming to auction today. While I can see that someone might pay the £30k - £40k estimate due to its history, what I don't get is the auctioneers saying that this is 10 times what a car without the history would fetch, i.e. £3000 - £4000 for a 40 year old Escort, surely not!

[Simir]

HM-2 said:

TheJimi said:

loganzy said:

hi everyone i am thinking of purchasing a Ford Focus RS500. 9k miles 1 owner FSH approx £75k. I am wondering whether it is worth the money. Grateful of opinions. Thanks

Honestly? Mental.

I can generally see why some cars are priced as they are, but for the life of me, I don't get this at all. Even in the scheme of Ford RS daftness, that's just nuts, imo.

I'm not sure which is stupider, £75k for a MK2 Focus RS or that orange MK3 with a remap that was up at £85k. If you want to spend that much on a mass production car you can't actually use there's a 430 Challenge in the PH classifieds which would look much nicer stationary.

£75k seems steep for a Focus despite the mileage compared to these:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1287007

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1153020

[Driver101]

Simir said:

HM-2 said:

TheJimi said:

loganzy said:

hi everyone i am thinking of purchasing a Ford Focus RS500. 9k miles 1 owner FSH approx £75k. I am wondering whether it is worth the money. Grateful of opinions. Thanks

Honestly? Mental.

I can generally see why some cars are priced as they are, but for the life of me, I don't get this at all. Even in the scheme of Ford RS daftness, that's just nuts, imo.

I'm not sure which is stupider, £75k for a MK2 Focus RS or that orange MK3 with a remap that was up at £85k. If you want to spend that much on a mass production car you can't actually use there's a 430 Challenge in the PH classifieds which would look much nicer stationary.

£75k seems steep for a Focus despite the mileage compared to these:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1287007

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1153020

I just can't grasp the money people ask for Fords. It's bonkers.

[Mr Peel]

generationx said:

Another Mk5 Escort - ultra-basic 1.3:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1334626

Five grand for fks sake

"I was told the car was a Dagenham Motors demo car beforehand but no proof of this."

With provenance like that I'm surprised it's so cheap.

[essdaytwelve]

Mr Peel said:

generationx said:

Another Mk5 Escort - ultra-basic 1.3:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1334626

Five grand for fks sake

"I was told the car was a Dagenham Motors demo car beforehand but no proof of this."

With provenance like that I'm surprised it's so cheap.

Roadman tyres. 👀

[Spidersleg]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Probably been posted before, I did check back quite a few pages
Work of art ?
£2.2m
Silver?

[Jim the Sunderer]

Am I missin' something here? I know it's a guide price and I don't think it's a movie car on account of it looking fking st.



https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/product/2008-bmw-z4-s...

[HM-2]

Spidersleg said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Probably been posted before, I did check back quite a few pages
Work of art ?
£2.2m
Silver?

Think that's gone up in the last few weeks if anything. Same guy is trying to sell camera phone pictures of someone holding an ice cream for a million quid. Either trolling or certifiably mental.

[PhantomPH]

Jim the Sunderer said:

Am I missin' something here? I know it's a guide price and I don't think it's a movie car on account of it looking fking st.



https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/product/2008-bmw-z4-s...

Got to be to many '0's on there.

Aside from the way it looks, this description says it all, "Category S Insurance Loss. Vehicle Structurally Damaged But Repairable-Insurer Decided Not to Repair"

I wouldn't bother repairing it either...

[p4cks]

It was declared a cat s once those mods had been done