RE: Last-ever registered Peugeot 306 Rallye for sale
Discussion
Gad-Westy said:
Ian_C said:
blue_haddock said:
I'm actually a good friend of the previous owner, he won't tell me what they paid him though.
Initials CC per chance? I won't post the name!Ian_C (Alpine white 205 owner in East Anglia)
thelostboy said:
WCZ said:
thelostboy said:
You say that, a Clio Trophy sold for 45k on Collecting Cars with higher mileage. Think there is a picture of it next to the new owner's Chiron doing the rounds.
This is a delivery mileage car, some of you don't seem to understand that it's a unicorn. Values go up exponentially on older cars for condition and mileage.
Take the blinkers off. It may be hard to accept, but there are people with the same enthusiasm as you with more to spend. The eventual buyer of this 306 is not comparing it to what else they can get for the money, because they already own them too.
does anyone have a link to the trophy with the chiron?This is a delivery mileage car, some of you don't seem to understand that it's a unicorn. Values go up exponentially on older cars for condition and mileage.
Take the blinkers off. It may be hard to accept, but there are people with the same enthusiasm as you with more to spend. The eventual buyer of this 306 is not comparing it to what else they can get for the money, because they already own them too.
someone will buy this 306 at 40k imo, it's a 1 of 1
That photo is even outside Harry's barn.
Edit: here is Harry with the Clio in question
Edited by wpa1975 on Thursday 26th May 15:57
wpa1975 said:
Sorry to say but that Clio is not owned by the Chiron owner, that Clio is Charlie Metcalfe's (Harry Metcalfe's son), that photo I suspect was taken when Harry had the Chirron on loan for a few weeks.
That photo is even outside Harry's barn
Ha ha, yes of course it is. Fair play to the guy who let Harry put 1,000km on his Pur Sport Chiron. That photo is even outside Harry's barn
wpa1975 said:
Sorry to say but that Clio is not owned by the Chiron owner, that Clio is Charlie Metcalfe's (Harry Metcalfe's son), that photo I suspect was taken when Harry had the Chirron on loan for a few weeks.
That photo is even outside Harry's barn.
Edit: here is Harry with the Clio in question
You're right, that's not the actual auction car, but the Chiron owner is the one who won the auction. That's just the best photo I could find!That photo is even outside Harry's barn.
Edit: here is Harry with the Clio in question
Edited by wpa1975 on Thursday 26th May 15:57
Ian_C said:
blue_haddock said:
I'm actually a good friend of the previous owner, he won't tell me what they paid him though.
Initials CC per chance? I won't post the name!Ian_C (Alpine white 205 owner in East Anglia)
I've been in and around the Peugeot sport club for best part of 20+ years now.
Pommy said:
I had a 306 XSI from near new and it was amazing but thats because I could drive it, and in anger.
Doesn't matter how amazing this Rallye is to drive no one's gonna drive it with 300 miles on it for 46,000, let alone in anger.
So what's the point? It won't go up in value so you won't make any money and you can't drive it so what are left with apart from something to look at.
It's like paying 1000 for a high class hooker with average looks and just having a w
k whilst looking at her.
Couldn't have put it better myself. These zero mileage examples of cars that were good fun in their day but in the scheme of things nothing overly special seem pointless. Cars of historical importance or simply beautiful designs I can see the logic in keeping them and not driving them but cars like this if you drove it for 3 years and put 30k on it you would be lucky to get 1/2 that 46k back .Doesn't matter how amazing this Rallye is to drive no one's gonna drive it with 300 miles on it for 46,000, let alone in anger.
So what's the point? It won't go up in value so you won't make any money and you can't drive it so what are left with apart from something to look at.
It's like paying 1000 for a high class hooker with average looks and just having a w
k whilst looking at her.Unless you've owned or driven an old school Peugeot, you can't describe the feeling they give you but just driving to the shop felt like a rally stage, they were like terriers straining at the lead constantly...My Peugeot catalogue had 205 1.6, 205 1.9, 306 TDi, 306 XSi, 405 Tdi and even the Diesels were blessed with brilliant handling, the engines just kept on going petrol or diesel but the rest of the car fell to bits and I still say the 205 1.6 was the most exciting thing I've owned but others would disagree.
blue_haddock said:
Ian_C said:
blue_haddock said:
I'm actually a good friend of the previous owner, he won't tell me what they paid him though.
Initials CC per chance? I won't post the name!Ian_C (Alpine white 205 owner in East Anglia)
I've been in and around the Peugeot sport club for best part of 20+ years now.
Great things to drive but at that price, it’s destined for a collection. Shame yes, but no one would want to put miles on it having forked out that amount of cash. That said, I don’t think it’s “pointless” either as many have suggested. Frustrating yes, that it won’t be driven but I for one would love to see pristine examples of cars like this in collections in the years to come. Hopefully in the coming decades, I could walk around a collection with the grand kids and simply say “they were the days, a golden era long long gone”. Brilliant that such clean examples keep coming up for sale 
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:I'd honestly take the ST, nostalgia has a lot to answer for, the 306 Rallye may have been an amazing car in its day and this may be an immaculate example, but the game has moved on in the past 20 years or so. The Rallye may be more fun on a given day on a given road, but a modern hot hatch will be more fun more of the time because you can drive it daily, whereas this you'd have to mind very carefully and wince every time you put any miles on it.
I can’t pretend to understand what is actually going on at the moment fuelled, by seemingly rational intelligent individuals. We seem collectively to be investing heavily in nostalgic reminiscence of a purported golden age of motoring. I lived through this time which I am being encouraged to believe £46,000 can rekindle. Forget the Focus ST in any guise, if you are looking for a clear sharp lens with which to view this current fervent game of magical collector driven inflation, then this at the same price makes a fairly compelling argument.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202202162...
This is just one of the many modern reasons which lead me to believe that these time warp gems are actually nothing whatsoever to do with the driving experience but rather some investors wet dream of endless inflation.
I don’t mind if, when, or whether the bubble bursts, but I am quite clear about where my hard earned motoring money needs to be pointed even if it does go down in value. I can happily handle that.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202202162...
This is just one of the many modern reasons which lead me to believe that these time warp gems are actually nothing whatsoever to do with the driving experience but rather some investors wet dream of endless inflation.
I don’t mind if, when, or whether the bubble bursts, but I am quite clear about where my hard earned motoring money needs to be pointed even if it does go down in value. I can happily handle that.
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