Is everyone selling up???

[Mɐʇʇ]

I just did some browsing. For an estate car with sub 5 sec 0-6 time, there's a few mercs that compare for the money, but it's pretty slim pickings.

[Eddie555]

Nicely said.

I still want a Golf 1 GTi though.

A 1983 Anniversary in Blue or Green. Pirelli P wheels, tilt/slide sunroof and opening front 1/4 windows. Oops I’m showing my age. Loved them back then and still do.

[Ben_r1]

Lol no I’m not selling up, at least not anytime soon. But tbh I say that about every car I’ve owned and I get bored quickly and spend to much time on PH classifieds in my spare time...

As for the Golf R, I’d take the estate version over my 6 any day sorry, if it wasn’t for the fact I’d lose so much money on one.

[Mɐʇʇ]

Tell you what, I really reckon used car prices have taken a bit of a jump. On PH classifieds nowadays, 5K more or less buys a shed. But my first saab 9-5 aero hot was 1100 quid.

[Ben_r1]

We have different definitions of a ‘shed’. I’ve bought cars for £200 in the past and run them over years for the same amount again.

[Mɐʇʇ]

No, I don't think we do - but I think I made my point badly.
For 1K, I reckon used to be able to get something not completely <beep> - but similar age & mileage to then now seems to cost quite a bit more.

My best ever shed to the max was a 100 quid Peugeot 405. Got 4 years out of it with nothing more than normal service items. I liked that car.

[Ben_r1]

Perhaps, I remember 10 years ago dealers were offering 0% finance on new cars. The last time I asked a dealer for the same deal I was laughed out the showroom.

Maybe this sort of attitude pushes more custom to the 2ns hand market

[benh999]

You’re right, 0% is deffo in the past now, I just just checked Nissan and theirs is 9.9%apr

Personal loan from Sainsbury’s is 2.9%

[Jayjay101]

No, I don't think we do - but I think I made my point badly.
For 1K, I reckon used to be able to get something not completely &lt;beep&gt; - but similar age & mileage to then now seems to cost quite a bit more.

My best ever shed to the max was a 100 quid Peugeot 405. Got 4 years out of it with nothing more than normal service items. I liked that car.

Snap!! I had a 405D estate cost me £350 and when I scraped it it had 350 thousand miles on it and never let me down once in the 3 years I owned it and only ever needed tyres and brakes,great car


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[Mɐʇʇ]

I just checked - I sold that car in 2004. Time flies!
Bought it for £100 quid, sold 4 years later for £147

[benh999]

My RS never fails to disappoint me and it’s days like today that make me realise why it’s not a car I’m wanting to sell anytime soon. Driving home today and put her in manual mode, using the paddles I was still astounded just how quick this car is and just how urgent she feels... this is a stock car, I dare to think how she’d perform with a map on her

[Mɐʇʇ]

" RS never fails to disappoint" - was expecting it to have broken .....?

[benh999]

" RS never fails to disappoint" - was expecting it to have broken .....?

Terribly worded sentence ,sorry for that. What I meant was “it never fails to put a smile on my face”