What Would you do With This??

[GIYess]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Maestro-1-3-HLE-1...

What on earth would you do with this Maestro? If you drive it 1000 miles you've wiped any "perceived" value you might have had in the first place surely. Is I really worth £6.5k?

[hondansx]

Well, it's for a collector. A very sad one, but nevertheless, it's a museum piece and would be a shame to use it now.

[Integroo]

If somebody fancied driving around in a time warp of a car, why not? The depreciation caused by driving it is no worse than the depreciation on a new car they could buy today ... Run it for four years, sell it for a grand, they've only 'lost' 5.5k.

[MDMA .]

GIYess said:

What on earth would you do with this Maestro?

Buy it for the dogs to sit in when it's raining outside.

[kambites]

I've never really understood why someone would pay a premium for any car just because it hasn't been driven... but they do.

[Dave Hedgehog]

MDMA . said:

GIYess said:

What on earth would you do with this Maestro?

Buy it for the dogs to sit in when it's raining outside.

or crush it

both equally valid uses for it

[GhostWKD]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/news/102-mile-aust...

Been doing the rounds for years

[Gad-Westy]

Integroo said:

If somebody fancied driving around in a time warp of a car, why not? The depreciation caused by driving it is no worse than the depreciation on a new car they could buy today ... Run it for four years, sell it for a grand, they've only 'lost' 5.5k.

True. But what cost having to drive a metallic beige Maestro for 4 years?

I jest a little. I know this sort of thing will interest some and will probably find a buyer. I do wonder how these time warp cars come about though. It seems this one has just sat in some house and never moved. Who buys a 'normal' car and then never drives it? I can sort of understand it more with supercars with the speculators and collectors but a mid range family hatchback?

[kambites]

Transplant a modern engine (something like a 2.0 TFSI would do) into it and fit MG suspension bits and you'd end up with quite an amusing little hot hatch. These things only weighed about 900kg so 300bhp/tonne should be achievable. If you left it on those wheels you'd certainly surprise some people.

[soad]

Drop a caravan on it.

[GIYess]

I can appreciate an older car in nice condition and driving about in one might be a novelty but you couldn't drive this one. I suppose it would be a nice museum piece. Never thought of that.

Re-how does this happen. Good point! anyone know how it does? Can you imagine someone now buying a new Vauxhall Astra and storing I away for 30yrs time when it will be worth 6k.
The thought of that has amused me!

Edit just read the article!

[grumpy52]

Oddities will turn up all the time if you work for a family garage with a large percentage of older customers .
Where I worked we had a Nissan Micra come in for its first mot with 19 miles on the clock , this was the distance from the supplying dealers to the customers house , the car was a prize in a charity draw won by an old dear who had a mini Rose with 11000 on the clock .
We had several customers with annual mileages in the hundreds all in run of the mill cars .

[Resolutionary]

kambites said:

I've never really understood why someone would pay a premium for any car just because it hasn't been driven... but they do.

Isn't this the fundamental principle of new car sales?

[Yipper]

It is a time-machine rather than a car (assuming genuine mileage).

Someone should buy it and donate to a museum.

Museums show the best cars. Some show the worst cars. This one is a perfect 1980s example of why the British car industry died.

[ambuletz]

Resolutionary said:

kambites said:

I've never really understood why someone would pay a premium for any car just because it hasn't been driven... but they do.

Isn't this the fundamental principle of new car sales?

yes but it's also a NEW car. as in built in 2017. and comes with warranty etc..