Rocket88 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 In response to the "worthless" thread, and not mentioning obvious scene tax stuff, why is some stuff worth what's asked for it.Shall we start with this?Audi A2, ridiculous prices asked.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 The A2 is an exceptional bit of kit though. I did some reading up on them and they really are very interesting - in a James May sort of a way - and there's good reasons for them to hold their value the way they do, not least being some pretty awesome engineering and some very sensible approaches to creating an efficient little car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 My family have just sold an 03 plate 1.6 A2. Bought 18 months ago for £3600 and sold last week for £3500. Negligable depreciation. Only sold because it lacks a central rear seat belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 I did read that Audi lost money on every one they made, but it was worth it to promote the brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 They all Aluminium, which is probably the only car in that class every to be Ali. I think they where way ahead of their time as they had tiddly diesel and petrol engines and a super light body at time when fuel hadn't quite got to the offensive stage it's at now. I think they went through a phase of being pretty unwanted but in the last couple of years they've picked back up in value because, they're small, super cheap to run and an Audi. Apparantly they're a liability when they come across a decent motorway cross wind because they're so light and slap sided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 They're great, I love those A2's, the A1 looks good as well. Well done Audi for sticking to your 'design guns' and not following BMW's lead making horrible blobby design mistakes. I can add Audi A3 to this. Last time I checked, a 13 year old A3 TDi is around 2k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 bmw mini.....................? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-T Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I know they're a fairly specilist car, but a nice Honda CRX Vtec (90-92 shape) has never really dropped below £2.5k, despite the fact that they almost always have intergalactic mileages and no rear arches left and are now at least 20 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Land Rover Defender. Yes, they're very good off-roaders and good tow vehicles. But they're nothing special on-road, plus they break fairly regularly and they do rust. A 20+ year old one will still cost you upwards of £2,000 (possibly even £2,500) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 The Rover 75 V8 just doesn't fall into Autoshite territory either, despite OMG petrol prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 MK1 Escorts. I know they're good and all that but tens of thousands of pounds? Really? scruff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 MK1 Escorts. I know they're good. I strangely know the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 MK1 Escorts. I know they're good and all that but tens of thousands of pounds? Really? Yup, build a rally car from one and win all the historic events for half the price of an even slightly usable 911. Worth every penny. Unless it's a four door, in which case about £3.5k tops as nobody wants one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxobarges_Are_Us Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Peugeot 504. The market for them is pretty international, and there's still plenty of demand for them as an everyday car in many parts of Africa and Near/Middle East, but some of the prices take the piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I saw an A2 go through ebay a few weeks back with engine problems (it was a 1.4 pez, so needed cheap replacement engine out of a polo or whatever) go for about 600 quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Peugeot 504. The market for them is pretty international, and there's still plenty of demand for them as an everyday car in many parts of Africa and Near/Middle East, but some of the prices take the piss.£500 buys mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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