ebay 'BARGAINS'

19,596 · September 11, 2023

14 minutes ago, rob88h said:

Ignoring the Austin Powers parking - 55 grand!?!

That has to be £5495, surely

1,082 · September 11, 2023

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295925673642

"Please I ask only for Genuine Enquires. !!!!!!!!! NOT TIME WASTERS OR TYRE KICKERS.!!!!!!!!!"

"The Price is £13995. Please NO OFFERS. "

To be fair the price is probably to cover the cost of the sheer gallons of tyre shine used on those joyroad ditchfinders

2,471 · September 11, 2023

Bloody hell.

’no expense spared’ - apart from the shit tyres

’dashboard gauges have chrome rims fitted, which will be sold with the car’

Oh right, now I get why it’s £11k over asking.

15,667 · September 11, 2023

2 hours ago, rob88h said:

Ignoring the Austin Powers parking - 55 grand!?!

Quote

Free collection from Ripoff

EFA

14,586 · September 18, 2023

23,464 · September 18, 2023

8 hours ago, wesacosa said:

Knob.

5,984 · September 18, 2023

9 hours ago, wesacosa said:

Plus post 😂

10,799 · September 21, 2023

Possibly the bestest Volvo ever made. Needs a handfull of brave pills and some serious gonads to take her on.

14,586 · September 24, 2023

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/204377702660623/?ref=search

1,413 · September 24, 2023

On 8/22/2023 at 6:26 AM, EyesWeldedShut said:

Eventually they went with the 2.0i Sierra for us lowlifes, traffic gods got Rover 827 - both came in automatic form as that was the norm (not sure if the manual box in the Montego/Maestro was seen as a minus). Tickford were someplace on the periphery of the 827 assessments and you'd see the odd thing (like a Turbo Technics twin turbo Sierra 4x4) floating around that we could often look at but not touch.

How did the Sierras fare? I always found they fell apart quite soon.

My mate was the chassis engineer for the 827s for various polices forces around the country. They hated the A68 in Northumberland when used in anger. Having driven this road at speed, I can understand the issue. The last vehicle I took on it at speed and load was a MG ZT-T 260.

9,420 · September 25, 2023

10 hours ago, R Lutz said:

How did the Sierras fare? I always found they fell apart quite soon.

My mate was the chassis engineer for the 827s for various polices forces around the country. They hated the A68 in Northumberland when used in anger. Having driven this road at speed, I can understand the issue. The last vehicle I took on it at speed and load was a MG ZT-T 260.

The Sierras were OK - by the standards of the day they were fast(ish) and mechanically they seemed reliable enough (all on auto boxes). They replaced the 6 cyl SD1 2600 and were a bit quicker off the mark. Biggest problem was that if hit a speed hump or pothole hard there was fuel cutoff switch in the boot that would activate and leave you stranded for a bit - kind of embarrassing. I was using them in Central London so you're not getting up to much more than 45 mph in reality. Once I moved further out to the likes of Staines then they were feeling a bit sloooow esp on the M25.

Around 1987 I got the chance to drive an 'evaluation' Sierra up at the driving school. That was a Turbo Technics XR4x4 - it was rather pleasant. No way they'd have issued it to us - maybe specialised units but I never saw one used in anger.

827s were the remit of The Traffic Gods and folks like the Royalty Protection bods - we were not worthy - never heard much moans/groans/rumours about them to be honest. I'm guessing that A68 driven hard was bending/stretching bits of the cars that the designers had not considered when laying out a wafty barge?

1,413 · September 25, 2023

12 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

827s were the remit of The Traffic Gods and folks like the Royalty Protection bods - we were not worthy - never heard much moans/groans/rumours about them to be honest. I'm guessing that A68 driven hard was bending/stretching bits of the cars that the designers had not considered when laying out a wafty barge?

It's difficult to describe the number of severity of the sharp crests on this fairly main road. The issue was the car would land differently to it taking off..if that makes sense? Something like 12% crests.

9,420 · September 25, 2023

1 hour ago, R Lutz said:

It's difficult to describe the number of severity of the sharp crests on this fairly main road. The issue was the car would land differently to it taking off..if that makes sense? Something like 12% crests.

Yup - bendy monocoque setup probably not helped by a ton load of kit in the boot?

September 26, 2023

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/975922083602872/

£650 for a car that you’ll have to scrap otherwise for, let’s me generous, £200?

19,596 · September 26, 2023

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2000-vauxhall-omega-saloon-saloon-petrol-automatic/1465814087

17,544 · September 30, 2023

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/mobility-scooter-cabin-car/1465976683

That's not far off the price of a new Ami

15,108 · October 1, 2023

4 hours ago, sdkrc said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/mobility-scooter-cabin-car/1465976683

That's not far off the price of a new Ami

TBF, the Ami is only slightly better!

20,339 · October 1, 2023

On 9/26/2023 at 9:41 AM, grogee said:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2000-vauxhall-omega-saloon-saloon-petrol-automatic/1465814087

Given it hasn't done 50k yet, what price would you think reasonable ? £3k ?

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/2000-vauxhall-omega-recc31668-1-online-0823

It didn't sell in August.

Whereas this one with a few extra miles sold for £4400 earlier in the year.

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/2001-vauxhall-omega-mv6-rec08712-4-0319

20,339 · October 1, 2023

4 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

TBF, the Ami is only slightly better!

To be fair, you can't drive an Ami on the pavement or around the inside of Asda and get away with it.

11,040 · October 1, 2023

Just seen this in a Hubnut video and did a double-take at the price.

http://classicmotorhub.com/showroom/1968-renault-16-ts/

Very nice but £22,500 is about three times what an R16 is worth 🤯Pocket change compared with most of their stock like the £575,000 Delahaye and £935,000 DB5, but still...