Top Gear - Volvo 760 GLE
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I've just been watching Top Gear on Dave with the £100 cheap cars challenge. At the end, Clarkson reveals that his Volvo 760 GLE cost him £1. Richards Rover cost £80 and James's Audi cost £70. How is it possible to buy a working car for £1? It's worth more than this in scrap metal! Does anyone else believe he bought this for such a small amount?
Yup, trade in car and dealer doesn't want the hassle or hasn't time to scrap it.
A few years back I could have bought one of those old boxy Protons for £5 (the value of petrol put in to shunt it round a yard, effectively a free car) Had MOT but no Tax, it was actually in really good nick and would've been a great winter beater. st car but I wonder why I didn't buy it.
A few years back I could have bought one of those old boxy Protons for £5 (the value of petrol put in to shunt it round a yard, effectively a free car) Had MOT but no Tax, it was actually in really good nick and would've been a great winter beater. st car but I wonder why I didn't buy it.
v8will said:
Yup, trade in car and dealer doesn't want the hassle or hasn't time to scrap it.
A few years back I could have bought one of those old boxy Protons for £5 (the value of petrol put in to shunt it round a yard, effectively a free car) Had MOT but no Tax, it was actually in really good nick and would've been a great winter beater. st car but I wonder why I didn't buy it.
So where can you actually buy a car this cheap?A few years back I could have bought one of those old boxy Protons for £5 (the value of petrol put in to shunt it round a yard, effectively a free car) Had MOT but no Tax, it was actually in really good nick and would've been a great winter beater. st car but I wonder why I didn't buy it.
wackojacko said:
It's obvious he bought it from a dealerhe knew or maybe signed a load of autographs for etc. Not rocket science to see that he didn't pay £1 and walk out...... he did various things so that he could have an invoice that says he paid a quid for it.
Yes, I agree. I can't see any possible way he could have bought it for a quid otherwise.ROB2828 said:
wackojacko said:
It's obvious he bought it from a dealerhe knew or maybe signed a load of autographs for etc. Not rocket science to see that he didn't pay £1 and walk out...... he did various things so that he could have an invoice that says he paid a quid for it.
Yes, I agree. I can't see any possible way he could have bought it for a quid otherwise.In the early 2000s it actually cost money to scrap a car. This was because the value of scrap metal @ £150 a ton outweighed the cost of processing the car and moving it on to a trader. As such cars were actually dumped on the side of the road in some cases and effectively fly tipped. Dealers stuck with sheds as PX cars didn't want them, it was hassle binning them.
As such, getting a scrapper for free wasn't as hard as you might think
Very difficult now after the scrappage scheme and even 5 or 6 years ago you had to know the right people in the trade (I found that anyway)
Franchise dealer has job lot of trade ins, offered to private dealers (say 5 or 6 'decent' cars with a few stters thrown in for a set price) or sent to the auctions.
I got offered the Proton as the private dealer I'm pals with had got it with a batch of motors he'd bought from a local franchise, he didn't want to retail it for obvious reasons. He did really well from ex franchise stuff and traded loads of it on, I bought quite a few job lots of cars off him in 2005/6 and did Ok as a home trader until it just became too much hassle to do (people wanting and expecting warranty on sub £1000 cars and people just not having the cash to buy at much over 3K)
It was good fun for a while but by the time all the bills were paid and the hours put in added up I decided the Motor trade wasn't for me.
Franchise dealer has job lot of trade ins, offered to private dealers (say 5 or 6 'decent' cars with a few stters thrown in for a set price) or sent to the auctions.
I got offered the Proton as the private dealer I'm pals with had got it with a batch of motors he'd bought from a local franchise, he didn't want to retail it for obvious reasons. He did really well from ex franchise stuff and traded loads of it on, I bought quite a few job lots of cars off him in 2005/6 and did Ok as a home trader until it just became too much hassle to do (people wanting and expecting warranty on sub £1000 cars and people just not having the cash to buy at much over 3K)
It was good fun for a while but by the time all the bills were paid and the hours put in added up I decided the Motor trade wasn't for me.
ROB2828 said:
So do you belive he bought it for a quid or do you think it was just made up for a laugh?
i believe he did buy it for a quidat the time it cost something like £200 to scrap a car, cars where being dumped in the street, i remember driving through the rat runs in london seeing dozens of cars with the councils yellow stickers on
so if a car was fit for scrap or close a main dealer would be happy to get shot of it
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