eBay tat volume 3.

[urpert]

Have we had this yet?

 

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=111487778875

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Do you have old Allegros or Marinas cluttering up the road/drive?

Do you want to upset your neighbours further?

Do you want a possible council investigation to see if you are running a business?

Spare £20?

 

 

They almost did a good job on this one except for botching the BL logo by squishing it. 

 

Replica enamel sign success rate remains 0.00%

[forddeliveryboy]

That is beautiful. It's such a shame they gave the UK models that weird kit car instrument panel instead of the groovy drum speedo etc.

 

Agree, but all in the Slough tradition. Except they're Jaeger clocks.

 

Original is rather weird and charming.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/rover-414-CLASSIC-CAR-/221580568354?

 

This guy looks like a flippin character from 'Bo Selecta'

[Fabergé Greggs]

Have we had this?

 

Mega blue seats on the blue forum

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/172045/lancia-kappa-1995-barnsley-1200

 

[Jon]

This is rusty but unmolested, which is an increasingly rare occurrence with these 70s Holdens. Three on the tree manual, so bristling with up to date technology of the time. Check out that pert rear!

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/holden/auction-795887759.htm

 

It's roadworthy but the holes obviously put people off, as it was on at £3000 starting bid and didn't sell - probably about as low as I though a usable one of these would get. Except now the starting price is £2500. Tempting........

[skattrd]

Have we had this?

 

Mega blue seats on the blue forum

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/172045/lancia-kappa-1995-barnsley-1200

 

 

I think I've posted that Kappa twice before, and each time it "sold" on ebay for around £700

 

edit: It looks like the same shill bidder won the auction both times ....

[Jon]

Here's where the sensible money would go, though. A smidge less than £1400 gets you a 25000 mile MG with placca trims like the one which appeared down my street last week.

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mg/auction-795783292.htm

 

Still has the thief-deterring Phillips Coded stereo sticker in the windscreen. The auto box marks this example as the pinnacle of MG's illustrious sporting pedigree

[Jon]

How about an antithesis to most Mini enthusiasts, in the form of a standard version of the car they all bloody love so much? 

 

 

 

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mini/auction-796168825.htm

 

£2250 for the above one, which I reckon is pretty fair, considering scene tax. Or try and keep an eye on this one, which is currently at no bids opener of £150:

 

 

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mini/auction-795854015.htm

[Jon]

This brown beauty could be a nice catch if the reserve stays low and you're willing to overlook the obscenely wank aftermarket speakers hacked in to the front door bins.

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/chrysler/auction-794995964.htm

 

Love how no effort was made to disguise the tacked on wing extenders after they moved on from the pretty hockey stick rear lamps.

[Jon]

Many people think that Aussies are a laid back bunch of jokers but spot how many add-ons which had to be made to an Aussie market MKIV Cortina (NZ was offered standard and Aus spec at the same time) to make it comply to their regulations of the time? 

 

 

 

I mean, they even had to meddle with the name!

 

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-793408850.htm

[skattrd]

Lancia Phedra £888 BIN

 

 

So it's in Elgin (that's between Inverness & Aberdeen if you didn't know) with no UK paperwork, 250k on the clock and a knackered turbo. WCPGW.

I want to see this in a collection thread

[Jon]

Billy's wet dream.

 

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/opel/auction-794604831.htm

[cort16]

This S600 was 100,000 quid new. It could now be yours for £2680 althought I recon you'd need deep pockets and big plums to take it on. Or big pockets and deep plums, either way.

 

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/172079/2000-mercedes-s600-chesterfield-2680#.VET7kFfct3Y

[skattrd]

Arsebiscuits.

 

The week after I give up looking for one of these and buy a Merc wagon one appears in the correct spec, reasonably price and with beige velour heated seats ffs

 

[tooSavvy]

▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲ twas evva thus

 

 

TS

[Junkman]

Arsebiscuits.

 

The week after I give up looking for one of these and buy a Merc wagon one appears in the correct spec, reasonably price and with beige velour heated seats ffs

 

Beige velour heated seats are by far the most arse friendly device ever devised by mankind.

I wish there was one permanently attached to my backside. In fact, I should have been born with one permanently attached to my backside.

[Pillock]

Holy shit. A £100k car is worth less than an IKEA kitchen after only a few years.... And I know which one would he nicer in five years time (although will be poor at making toast)

[Junkman]

That's the Yookaye for you.

A similar car in the Vaterland costs almost as much as an Ashley Ann kitchen:

 

http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/mercedes-benz-s-600-l-v12-oldenburg/192525981.html?lang=de&pageNumber=1&__lp=2&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=17200&makeModelVariant1.modelId=93&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&minFirstRegistrationDate=2000-01-01&maxFirstRegistrationDate=2001-12-31&negativeFeatures=EXPORT&noec=1

[DS20]

To be honest, a near-six-litre V12 with over 100k miles on the clock is as much of a liability as an asset, in my book.  It's got electric everything, multiple computers, and because the whole car is interconnected, if one bit's not working properly, it can make other parts of the vehicle malfunction as a consequence.  A friend of mine has just sold a 2004 Audi A8 (4-litre diesel) with rather fewer miles, because random parts failing caused even more random weirdness to happen.  For example, the auxiliary heater packed up, leading to all sorts of OMGwarninglights and limp-home mode.  Also, the electronic control module for the gearbox began to fail, leading to all sorts of weird driving characteristics.  And are there going to be many people who purchase a £3k used car who are going to be happy to have to take it to the garage to have bulbs replaced, at whatever a main dealer is per hour?  IMHO, I'd far rather buy a mid-80s S-Class and shares in Waxoyl, than a fifteen-year-old one.  Although, come to think of it, a fifteen-year-old S-Class is likely to rust rather worse than a 30-year-old one, given M-B's 'dip' in build quality in the late nineties.  

[richardmorris]

This S600 was 100,000 quid new. It could now be yours for £2680 althought I recon you'd need deep pockets and big plums to take it on. Or big pockets and deep plums, either way.

 

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/172079/2000-mercedes-s600-chesterfield-2680#.VET7kFfct3Y

 

 

TV doesn't work - I'm out.

[gordonbennet]

S Classes a better bet with minimum toys and either the 3.2 6 pot or 5 litre V8, i've seen these V12's stripped out in my MB indies workshop, skipfulls of black death filling the rocker covers the like we haven't seen since 70's Fords.

Miles too complicated.

[DS20]

...now, this is my idea of a £3k S-Class.  Straight-six as used in tens of thousands of C- and E-classes, and steel wheels with trimz  They spoil the ad a little by declaring that this stunning Hyundai is professionally valeted, but I'd still choose this over the V-12 any day.  

 

S-Class on Ebay

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETA: 

NO SODDING RUSTY ARCHES TO DEAL WITH EITHER!!!!!!11!!1! 

[Junkman]

Let's settle this once and for all.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1991-Mercedes-560-SEL-96k-miles-Syrian-embassy-for-20-years-/321554688888

[DS20]

^ decadent alloy-wheeled example 

[Junkman]

It's full Hitler spec and not a penny less.

[richardmorris]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-CX-2400-GTI-Serie-1-Spares-or-Repairs-/261632220240?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cea7edc50

 

 

and check out the two-tone leather.

[tooSavvy]

... I'd bid just for that 'Hood Duct' alone..........

 

 

TS

[richardmorris]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-AX-gti-not-gt-retro-classic-px-poss-/381008592221?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item58b5e1bd5d

 

[Pillock]

Is it a liability?

He even admits in the advert it would break for more and I can see that easily, so run it for 3 years / 18 months / 6 months / until next Tuesday, whenever it breaks down and get the socket set out.

All those computers are full of magic and fairy dust so they'll bring in a far bit on ebay to other owners facing up to the fact they bought a liability. Engine has to be four figures, you pay half that for a Ford petrol lump out of a Focus which is about as rare as a Tesco Extra. Wheels are a bit shit but they're genuine at least. Heated leather has to be £500 all in.