RE: Renaissance Classics: PH Meets
Discussion
Dale487 said:
Turbobanana said:
Dale487 said:
Turbobanana said:
birdcage said:
Looks good but having 'Petrol' in every descriptions seems a bit uneccessary and flowery, The Testarossa for example could not be mistaken for a diesel!
Agree - it's obviously just PH's template which I guess is designed for numpties.Also, how has the black 911 in the photo got an "H" plate? They were 964s by then, surely? Retro-styled / import, perhaps?
myhandle said:
Dale487 said:
Turbobanana said:
Dale487 said:
Turbobanana said:
birdcage said:
Looks good but having 'Petrol' in every descriptions seems a bit uneccessary and flowery, The Testarossa for example could not be mistaken for a diesel!
Agree - it's obviously just PH's template which I guess is designed for numpties.Also, how has the black 911 in the photo got an "H" plate? They were 964s by then, surely? Retro-styled / import, perhaps?
2 GKC said:
Have a look at Hexagon - they've got convertible E46s in the mid to high teens. Someone must be paying these prices, not sure who or why though
Hexagon have always taken the biscuit crown. I think they get low milers in of anything remotely interesting and then overprice them buy a jaw dropping margin.
Then they will sell at less money than advertised but still high, not tell anyone then buy another one of the same thing in but price it even higher, thus driving up the entire market.
shalmaneser said:
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
10K for a Automatic 3 litre e46 Coupe sounds pretty adventurous - even if it is a nice colour and low miles!
Hope you get some wheel centre caps chucked in for that...
Bit like the 2002 330 Sport touring for £7995 !!
shalmaneser said:
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
10K for a Automatic 3 litre e46 Coupe sounds pretty adventurous - even if it is a nice colour and low miles!
Hope you get some wheel centre caps chucked in for that...
No heated seats either! Almost obligatory with leather.
And odd spec all round. Business Nav but no H/S or sunroof?
Love to know the reg to run a VZAR/88
All sounds like bods with a load of excess money jumping in at the top of the market because they think there's still room for more high end players.
They may well have been enthusiasts or "collectors" - doesn't mean they have experience or knowledge of the top end car business - look at the so called stock. A selection of what appears to be all the 'right cars' to have for the image they are trying to portray. Yes there are some great individual halo vehicles, those may be their own private cars, as the write up suggests.
A few posts have already suggested some of the 'stock' cars are known and have been around the block, in the trade unsold - either they've been stuffed up by their new friends in the business, or they're SOR.
Sorry to members who may think I'm cynical - I am !
I'm in the antiques trade (over 40 years) and have seen the same in our business - people coming in who have a strong interest in it, been successful in other lines of business, have plenty of spare money and think there's easy bucks to still be made at the high end. They've never lasted very long at it, being true entrepreneurs, they cut their losses and run.
It takes years to be, what they wish to be disassociated from being called - A Specialist in your field.
They've come in too late to the party if that's their 5 year plan.
Nice of PH to give them the free advertorial though - not pals of the owners of Haymarket by any chance.....?
They may well have been enthusiasts or "collectors" - doesn't mean they have experience or knowledge of the top end car business - look at the so called stock. A selection of what appears to be all the 'right cars' to have for the image they are trying to portray. Yes there are some great individual halo vehicles, those may be their own private cars, as the write up suggests.
A few posts have already suggested some of the 'stock' cars are known and have been around the block, in the trade unsold - either they've been stuffed up by their new friends in the business, or they're SOR.
Sorry to members who may think I'm cynical - I am !
I'm in the antiques trade (over 40 years) and have seen the same in our business - people coming in who have a strong interest in it, been successful in other lines of business, have plenty of spare money and think there's easy bucks to still be made at the high end. They've never lasted very long at it, being true entrepreneurs, they cut their losses and run.
It takes years to be, what they wish to be disassociated from being called - A Specialist in your field.
They've come in too late to the party if that's their 5 year plan.
Nice of PH to give them the free advertorial though - not pals of the owners of Haymarket by any chance.....?
Edited by Oakman on Friday 6th April 07:52
2 GKC said:
Have a look at Hexagon - they've got convertible E46s in the mid to high teens. Someone must be paying these prices, not sure who or why though
Yip Hexagon and 4star are two dealers I browse regularly. To see some lovely metal but mostly for a right good laugh at the prices. These guys seem to have copied their business models.In the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA) requires that paid content is unambiguously labeled as such. And this sort of thing is true for the majority of countries where people fuss over the sanctity of the polling place and where the electorate would frown upon the disappearance or chronic misfortune of political opponents.
For example, you may have seen some posts on PH about the Ford Mustang. Although these look almost like any other article on PH, they have been clearly labeled as sponsored content. And most notably, there is no comments section after such articles (although there's no reason why PH couldn't offer comments there).
So this article about Renaissance Classics cannot be paid content -- neither paid directly nor through things like barter or patronage.
What I believe is giving rise to questions here -- and, as a non-journalist, I defer to the professionals at PH -- is that the story arc at times feels more like a press release than news reporting. We get to (briefly and only in passing) meet the people behind Renaissance Classics, but there is little examination of the category in which they work or commentary from those around them. We learn nothing new, unusual or contrary from third parties.
In a way, this is all by design, as the headline of this article is appended with the "PH Meets" moniker, indicating that this is a continuation of PH's effort to do a quick bio on various entities in and around motoring and to introduce these to its readership.
For example, you may have seen some posts on PH about the Ford Mustang. Although these look almost like any other article on PH, they have been clearly labeled as sponsored content. And most notably, there is no comments section after such articles (although there's no reason why PH couldn't offer comments there).
So this article about Renaissance Classics cannot be paid content -- neither paid directly nor through things like barter or patronage.
What I believe is giving rise to questions here -- and, as a non-journalist, I defer to the professionals at PH -- is that the story arc at times feels more like a press release than news reporting. We get to (briefly and only in passing) meet the people behind Renaissance Classics, but there is little examination of the category in which they work or commentary from those around them. We learn nothing new, unusual or contrary from third parties.
In a way, this is all by design, as the headline of this article is appended with the "PH Meets" moniker, indicating that this is a continuation of PH's effort to do a quick bio on various entities in and around motoring and to introduce these to its readership.
unsprung said:
In the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA) requires that paid content is unambiguously labeled as such. And this sort of thing is true for the majority of countries where people fuss over the sanctity of the polling place and where the electorate would frown upon the disappearance or chronic misfortune of political opponents.
For example, you may have seen some posts on PH about the Ford Mustang. Although these look almost like any other article on PH, they have been clearly labeled as sponsored content. And most notably, there is no comments section after such articles (although there's no reason why PH couldn't offer comments there).
So this article about Renaissance Classics cannot be paid content -- neither paid directly nor through things like barter or patronage.
What I believe is giving rise to questions here -- and, as a non-journalist, I defer to the professionals at PH -- is that the story arc at times feels more like a press release than news reporting. We get to (briefly and only in passing) meet the people behind Renaissance Classics, but there is little examination of the category in which they work or commentary from those around them. We learn nothing new, unusual or contrary from third parties.
In a way, this is all by design, as the headline of this article is appended with the "PH Meets" moniker, indicating that this is a continuation of PH's effort to do a quick bio on various entities in and around motoring and to introduce these to its readership.
Its people like you that have made this country the way it is.For example, you may have seen some posts on PH about the Ford Mustang. Although these look almost like any other article on PH, they have been clearly labeled as sponsored content. And most notably, there is no comments section after such articles (although there's no reason why PH couldn't offer comments there).
So this article about Renaissance Classics cannot be paid content -- neither paid directly nor through things like barter or patronage.
What I believe is giving rise to questions here -- and, as a non-journalist, I defer to the professionals at PH -- is that the story arc at times feels more like a press release than news reporting. We get to (briefly and only in passing) meet the people behind Renaissance Classics, but there is little examination of the category in which they work or commentary from those around them. We learn nothing new, unusual or contrary from third parties.
In a way, this is all by design, as the headline of this article is appended with the "PH Meets" moniker, indicating that this is a continuation of PH's effort to do a quick bio on various entities in and around motoring and to introduce these to its readership.
Dale487 said:
Dr Interceptor said:
The Mini in the photo is interesting... 1994 Spi Cooper built to look like a Mk1 Cooper S, with black number plates, and a rotten rear inner arch according to its last MOT.
But I see that doesn't feature in their stock!
The article says they visited in February, so I guess it sold But I see that doesn't feature in their stock!
https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2018-0...
Dr Interceptor said:
Mercutio said:
Does anyone know what's happened to this company? The garage appears to be up for lease now?
They posted on facebook yesterday, so I don't think anythings up.Edited by preciousmetal on Tuesday 28th May 21:55
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