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What's going on with alot of the prices people are putting on things lately, I know Christmas is round the corner but I can't help laughing at some of the figures people are asking for stuff, I know Novas are constantly getting rarer but we're not talking mk1/2 escorts here, or is it just me getting tighter as I get older??
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People need to realise that just because something is old, it doesn't mean it's automatically valuable.
I still see nova's as 50p paper weights as i remember the days when mates bought SR's for £30 and the like lol
I bought an e reg five door merit for bits for £20 with no t&t years ago, i still see them as being cheap old tat :p
You might, but that doesn't mean that's what there worth...yes they aren't mk1/2 Escorts, but on the other hand finding clean, un-abused mk1's IS getting harder so prices will rise...supply and demand etc etc
And if you arent buying then dont whinge.
You might, but that doesn't mean that's what there worth...yes they aren't mk1/2 Escorts, but on the other hand finding clean, un-abused mk1's IS getting harder so prices will rise...supply and demand etc etc
Wait until you're selling. lol
paul james
03-12-12, 03:35 PM
I still see nova's as 50p paper weights as i remember the days when mates bought SR's for £30 and the like lol
I bought an e reg five door merit for bits for £20 with no t&t years ago, i still see them as being cheap old tat :p
A lot of that is down to luck I think (and perhaps the area you live in), prices on Nova's has been quite stable really, as they have always been in demand. I've been driving them for 14 years and never managed to get a bargain like that. I've never seen a time when they have been really abundant and very cheap.
Really, i bought my 1990 H reg mk2 1.4 SR in about 2003 for £100, cost me about another £100 to get it through its mot then obviously £60 to tax it lol
It was lowered, had a k&n filter and a full powerflow from manifold back, had the ew and cl which worked, and it was solid too!
I paid 150 quid for a 1.4 SR that was garaged, totally standard, on its second owner etc.
This was only 2007.
CorsaBBoomer
03-12-12, 04:02 PM
Well, last year I bought a coilover kit (front and rear) for a 100 euro
Last week a guy dropped by asking a 100 for only a set of springs :wtf:
Said I will buy new for 50 :p
chrisd1986
03-12-12, 04:12 PM
it is becoming a joke now and starting to get on my tits, its like this with all 80's and early 90's cars now we complain about the prices of some digi dashes but if you want one for a mk2 golf your looking at £550 and upwards ive always called it scene tax
cj.glasson
03-12-12, 04:15 PM
I've got a 2door mk2 escort and its rediculous what money ive been offered for that!! Theres still the odd bargain out there though, got another 3dr nova 36k on the clock last weekend for under 600! :)
I still see nova's as 50p paper weights as i remember the days when mates bought SR's for £30 and the like lol
I bought an e reg five door merit for bits for £20 with no t&t years ago, i still see them as being cheap old tat :p
So you wouldn't try and get top dollar for yours? You'd just sell as a couple hundred quid paper weight? ;)
So you wouldn't try and get top dollar for yours? You'd just sell as a couple hundred quid paper weight? ;)
Easy on the winking there. That point has already been raised ';)'
So you wouldn't try and get top dollar for yours? You'd just sell as a couple hundred quid paper weight? ;)
Wouldnt sell, wouldnt get near what its worth to me, so the only choice is to put even more monies into it :p
chrisd1986
03-12-12, 04:33 PM
i have to admit i got mine £295 cheeper than advertised but i wouldnt sell it for any less than what i payed for it because you just dont see them around at all any more but that lad who advertised his convertable for 10k on here was on crack
*cough* fifteen, not ten *cough*
chrisd1986
03-12-12, 04:38 PM
still i wouldnt pay any more than 3k for a mint nova and it would have to be a performance model
Wouldnt sell, wouldnt get near what its worth to me
Same reason why I won't sell the GT4. I suspect the Nova will go the same way, I won't let that go for pennies.
Now the cav, thats looking like being the most valuable of the three lol
Link me to this convertible glue sniffers advert please. :d
Calamity Josh
03-12-12, 07:06 PM
i picked up a more door 1300l saloon last week for £60?
Thats because it has twelve doors and noone likes them lol
Should have paid £120 and left the other two doors.
Easy on the winking there. That point has already been raised ';)'
but you quoted the wrong person, you quoted someone saying mk1's are hard to find... so clearly you fail at life ;) ;) ;) :wisewood: ;) :edd ;)
Calamity Josh
03-12-12, 07:17 PM
Thats because it has twelve doors and noone likes them lol
i like the 13sb engine :P
Wouldnt sell, wouldnt get near what its worth to me, so the only choice is to put even more monies into it :p
lol i like this very much lol
16v Nova Kev
03-12-12, 08:07 PM
A lot of the stuff for sale is funny money. You just offer less and try and get a bargain
< I only paid 60 for this
Danny mul
03-12-12, 08:20 PM
Paid 300euro for a standard 1.2spi with T&T in 2010.
Thought that was a bargain.
TeddyThom
03-12-12, 08:33 PM
I've got a 2door mk2 escort and its rediculous what money ive been offered for that!! Theres still the odd bargain out there though, got another 3dr nova 36k on the clock last weekend for under 600! :)
I bought my silver mark 2 with 9 months MOT and 35K on the clocks on it for £300. All it needed was a wheel bearing. Shot through another MOT as well, with no issues. MOT tester even commented on how clean it was. Now it's rotting on my drive as I'm trying to shift the TD. Boss was nice and bought me a van, so the TD is now pointless. Little too much work for my (lack of) skills.
The silver one needs a tidy up and some surface **** ground back and primed up etc, and a couple of dents knocked out, but other than that, not a lot of stuff needs to be done. Body work wise anyways lol.
Just need to find myself an X18XE1 then I will be very happy
Parts for all old cars are on the up now. Which is a bonus for a seller :D
Although theres still a fair few boggo reasonably clean 1.2/1.4's about for sale for like £500 etc.
EDIT: On the other side of things though, even the cheapies dont sell! I had my Got Bored Corsa for sale for £1k all in. That was like £3k's worth of mostly new top end parts (JRE engine parts, Sparco buckets, GAZ coils, RFX's etc) had no takers, so broke it, hiked the prices & sold it mostly with ease on eBay for nearly five times its asking price of £1k. Even sold the rolling shell for a fair old whack, after one classic ebay messer admitaddly, but it still sold none the less.
blue_peg_16v
04-12-12, 08:39 AM
My saloon cost me the massive amount of £150 1 owner 36k was like new just needed a lock set that was almost 11 years ago now though lol it's got a bit more rust now lol
Dan Stanley
04-12-12, 09:24 AM
The scrappage scheme and the value of scrap metal have seen virtually all cars languishing in peoples driveways disappear. I used to ask people if I could 'have' their cars and the only benefit to them was the fact I was taking an eyesaw off their drive. That never happens anymore, for a good few years as well. This means buying cheap cars for spares isn't worth it anymore (for me). So, all these 'bought for £60' cars are worth £100 or more in scrap and thats where they go. This close to London means that recovery truck owners trawl the streets and have scrapped anything they can get their hands on.
This takes the bottom of the market out and adds a few quid more they next tier up as people say 'I could scrap it for more than your offer' etc.
Then you have to add the effect of guys in the thirties who have spare cash buying novas to relive their youth and do what they couldn't afford when they were younger. They dont mind paying more dollar as they have it to spare. Again adding to the price of the market.
But as with any market, you can be in the right time at the right place and find a bargain. Apparently.
but you quoted the wrong person, you quoted someone saying mk1's are hard to find... so clearly you fail at life ;) ;) ;) :wisewood: ;) :edd ;)
You fail to capitalise and correctly punctuate. Want a hand down off that high horse? lol
I knew who I was quoting btw. ;)
Oh well, the amount of money I earn its clearly not holding me back in life....
Oh well, the amount of money I earn its clearly not holding me back in life....
Bragging about big bucks smacks of insecurity and/or showing off.
Most people with a well paid job don't feel the need to shout about it...
Perfectly secure cheers, and not showing off, (or would name figures) just pointing out that the ability to spell is not the most important skill in life as some on here would have you believe.
Perfectly secure cheers, and not showing off, (or would name figures) just pointing out that the ability to spell is not the most important skill in life as some on here would have you believe.
Aye, sure.
Stating someone fails at life on a messageboard is OK though?
Don't get me wrong, I couldn't give a fcuk what you or anyone else here or anywhere else thinks of me, but the term 'double standards' comes to mind.
He needs some love...
or :edd
Get a room, back to the o p, who is dreaming that a battered, rattle canned set of alessios with no tyres or centre is worth £250
turbojolt
04-12-12, 04:34 PM
if someone owns somethin they can sell it for what ever amount of money they want, its there property.
Most people with a well paid job don't feel the need to shout about it...
I do lol had utter crap jobs for 14 years and finally landed mega bucks for doing not much 4 years ago
I wouldn't give £2.50 for a set of Speedlines lol
if someone owns somethin they can TRY TO sell it for what ever amount of money they want, its there property.
Edited for accuracy :p
Just because i think my nova is worth about £3.5k (as thats a rough guestimate of what i have in it) doesnt mean its worth that, its a D reg nova with a high mileage xe, woohoo lol
I wouldn't give £2.50 for a set of Speedlines lol
I gave £300 for mine, with four mint/almost brand new kumho KU11's and minimal (like very minimal) kerbing :d
I do lol had utter crap jobs for 14 years and finally landed mega bucks for doing not much 4 years ago
When I finally start living on more than 5.5k a year I might just need a megaphone myself lol
turbojolt
04-12-12, 08:15 PM
When I finally start living on more than 5.5k a year I might just need a megaphone myself lol
how the feck do you manage to only earn that :wtf:
i could walk around pickin up loose change and earn more :p
I work 50-60 hour weeks for 3.5k a year and parents throw in about £200 a month to keep me alive.
They definitely need to start paying students more though lol
turbojolt
04-12-12, 08:20 PM
I work 50-60 hour weeks for 3.5k a year and parents throw in about £200 a month to keep me alive.
They definitely need to start paying students more though lol
you must have some serious budgeting skills there mate, how much longer till your finished studing (its not a media course is it lol)
With any luck, done this year... and my budgeting isn't amazing, basically it costs me 7.5k a year which is fairly average from talking to people etc, I've put about 8k into it myself from working summers etc and have debts floating around 4k.
It's frustrating at times as there are situations where you can save yourself money by spending more in one go, i.e year worth of tax, insurance in one hit etc etc and sometimes you just can't.
And no, not a media course lol Motorsport engineering, so similar job prospects really :p Hoping to get something vaguely motorsporty shifting parts or similar while I try and nudge my way into race engineering but I might try my luck with a few chassis based jobs too.
With any luck, done this year... and my budgeting isn't amazing, basically it costs me 7.5k a year which is fairly average from talking to people etc, I've put about 8k into it myself from working summers etc and have debts floating around 4k.
It's frustrating at times as there are situations where you can save yourself money by spending more in one go, i.e year worth of tax, insurance in one hit etc etc and sometimes you just can't.
And no, not a media course lol Motorsport engineering, so similar job prospects really :p Hoping to get something vaguely motorsporty shifting parts or similar while I try and nudge my way into race engineering but I might try my luck with a few chassis based jobs too.
lol good luck with that.... might be better off going into the more fun traditional automotive industry, I hear there are lots of jobs going at Mclaren Automotive (but the turn over is mental)
Doesn't fit my mentality though, I like proper performance stuff, tbh after seeing a couple of lectures this year I'd rather go into research engineering like fusion power/defense etc, I used to think Motorsport stuff was high tech on materials etc but they were quoting alloys and elements I'd never even heard of being used for fusion reactors lol
Even most of the shonky crap you see in less than top level motorsport irks the **** out of me so I don't know how I'd even cope looking at crash structures and oh we couldn't afford the good stuff parts all day lol
tbh ALL motorsport is shonky bodges, even F1
If you dont mind dying of actual boredom then yes Defense is the way forwards lol
tbh ALL motorsport is shonky bodges, even F1
Couldnt agree more TBH.
Mk, youll probably find that once you finish you degree, you will struggle to find work doing what youd like to do, and probably have to settle for something carp like stress analyst or brake tester etc just to get your foot in the door!
Not that that would be crap money mind. Where I work currently have a vacancy for a Chassis Engineer, £17.49 p/h PAYE or £22.35 if your self employed.
Couldnt agree more TBH.
Mk, youll probably find that once you finish you degree, you will struggle to find work doing what youd like to do, and probably have to settle for something carp like stress analyst or brake tester etc just to get your foot in the door!
Not that that would be crap money mind. Where I work currently have a vacancy for a Chassis Engineer, £17.49 p/h PAYE or £22.35 if your self employed.
My, that's a low rate for a proper engineer :(
My, that's a low rate for a proper engineer :(
Dont know what the going rate is TBH, but thats for a basic chassis system engineer with minimal generic experience. Theres a couple of similiar roles for far more advanced peeps that are upwards of £35 p/hour PAYE.
30+per hour is more like it :)
Mike, reckon you can forward me details for that? Sounds pretty spot on for me tbh :)
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