warren t claim Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Just worked out that the list price for my Mercedes with all it's trimmings when new was £25,108. Let's say I paid £350 for it... That means it has lost 98.6% of its value over the last 17 years! Can anyone beat that figure with their current shite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
254575 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 the e32 750il I had was around £40k new.. bought it for £500 cba to work out percentages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 97.5 % (based on a list price of £10,165). ....Although I had to put 6 months tax on it straight away so less of a depreciation buster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 the e32 750il I had was around £40k new.. bought it for £500 cba to work out percentages 98.75% - if I have my sums correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
254575 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 this was (apparently) £80k new... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Paid £250 for a fully-functioning, MoT'd Range Rover Vogue SE.... Though any car you get for free you instantly win the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 £2350 for my Merc last year, at 12 years old, invoice for £45K new... Big petrol cars rule, S500 L for me next I reckon, around a 2000 model, another year should see them within budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Audi 90 Quattro Sport... retailed at £23k in 1991, I got it for £275 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 That Merc is incredible, just shows you the new price is only reflective of the desirability/status. It's true worth is on ebay 20 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Though any owners of CityRovers instantly win the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Arf! £300 for a 12-year-old Omega 3.0 Elite estate, with full MOT. £30k new. Not a complete wreck, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Mine cost £49k new with all the options, but I'm not gonna win this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 1125.oo for a 1979 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance when it was 20 years old. I have no idea what the new price was but you needed to be a doctor or lawyer in the US to buy one; and a pretty "successful" one at that. World's Number One Luxury Car, and the top of their range too... Three years later I swapped it for a 1987 BMW 525e (won't make that mistake again!) and a 1988 Mini Mayfair. I kept the BMW four weeks (five weeks too long) and the Mini four months, and sold them both for cash, which totalled up to... exactly what I paid for the Cadillac in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Assuming my Rover cost 12 grand new, and I paid 100 quid for it, it's lost 99.2% in 19 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 My 1992 Lexus LS400 cost its first owner about £42,000 new and me eighteen years later £200! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 My first XM was about 20 large when new in 1989; I paid £0 for it, and still possess quite a lot of it in component form... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 I think webuyanycar could win this challenge easily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I have no idea what my 607 HDI auto SE cost new in 2001, but it ain't worth much now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I was going to start my own topic on this but I searched first and it wasn't an original thought. Anyway my current Lexus LS430 cost me a grand but when new in 2003 had a minimum list price of £49,795 so that's quite a saving puddlethumper, The Moog, warren t claim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 205 Gti I got given, 100%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Freebies don't count. Mind you, my 825 was FOC, but that doesn't necessarily make it good value Tickman and cort1977 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Was talking to my mate the other day about his insignia SRI he bought at 12 months old. 2500 miles on it he payed 19. List price was 32k. I’m unable to work out the percentage loss, because the price he payed will be more than the dealer bought it for..... but I worked it out at about £6 a mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 My Jag that cost me $3,500 sold new for $80,000* in 1985. (* Approximately. I can’t recall the exact figure, it’s written on the brochure in the seat pocket, but it was definitely $80,xxx) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Wife made me buy her a brand new car in 2006, because neither of us had had one before. We bought a Suzuki Ignis although "bought" is a bit of a stretch: we swopped a three year old PT Cruiser in, no cash involved. A little over three years later we gave the Suzuki away, to her daughter's inlaws, so that's 100%. warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob88h Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I can’t find the exact figures on my car but an XJS V12 HE in 1990 was £34,200, adjusted for inflation makes for just over £81,000. I got an ‘89 for £2400 so that’s lost 97% of its original value! NigeT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrabbieRonnie Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Fun game! As far as I can tell, my big liability Audi A8 cost somebody's offshore account 50k back in 2003... If we're adjusting for inflation, that's 79 big ones! The £1500 smackers I paid is about 1.88% of that, a mere 13 years (and 130,000 miles) later! Must have been nice new though... Is there a quicker way to lose money?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrabbieRonnie Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 10 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said: My Jag that cost me $3,500 sold new for $80,000* in 1985. (* Approximately. I can’t recall the exact figure, it’s written on the brochure in the seat pocket, but it was definitely $80,xxx) 80k in'85 is equivalent to 244k today! According to the Bank of England inflation calculator... I knew jaaaaags were pretty exclusive, but 'kinnel! MorrisItalSLX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 trying to find out how much a 80 1.3 fiesta ghia was i could only find out a base 76 model was 1716 quid i rescued the ghia from under a tree for 40 quid in 1996 ish if the brochure lickers here could help id like to know for curiosity fanks edit 99.04% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, TrabbieRonnie said: 80k in'85 is equivalent to 244k today! According to the Bank of England inflation calculator... I knew jaaaaags were pretty exclusive, but 'kinnel! 80k aussie more than 2 bucks a pound then MorrisItalSLX and TrabbieRonnie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrabbieRonnie Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, hairnet said: 80k aussie more than 2 bucks a pound then Missed the crucial piece of information there, didn't I?!!! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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