Seriously?

[Rocinante]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204061845996
Fire up the MIG... scuttled Amazon ahoy...

" I have got the car stored in a dry barn, so it's been protected from the elements"

while the photos shows it sat outside, covered in leaves, especially so the open bonnet photo.

[Rocinante]

Confused about this one, perhaps someone can clear it up?

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1475561

"TAX and MOT exempt...
...lovely registration number would be valued at £5000 if the car was MOTD could be transferred or sold separately...
....£3750 for the car and no offers..."

Am I reading this correctly ?
£3750 for the the car, that comes with a number plate that is worth £5000.

It needs an MOT to transfer the plate though, but if it's MOT exempt, why would you need an MOT to transfer the number plate ?

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Rocinante

Confused about this one, perhaps someone can clear it up?

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1475561

"TAX and MOT exempt...
...lovely registration number would be valued at £5000 if the car was MOTD could be transferred or sold separately...
....£3750 for the car and no offers..."

Am I reading this correctly ?
£3750 for the the car, that comes with a number plate that is worth £5000.

It needs an MOT to transfer the plate though, but if it's MOT exempt, why would you need an MOT to transfer the number plate ?

As far as i'm aware, the DVLA will only transfer registrations between cars showing as MoT'd so an MoT exempt vehicle (that the owner states by signing a declaration is roadworthy) wouldn't be eligible to transfer the registration number.
That's only a "best guess" based on my limited knowledge of registration transfers so may not be wholly accurate but is probably 99% there.

[BicycleBoy]

Clean 86 estate, £4.5k seems hopeful.
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1485265
Intact tan plastics(!) but dog got the drivers seat.

Absolutely nailed the tailgate shot though - that's the angle every buyer wants to see.

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

Clean 86 estate, £4.5k seems hopeful.
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1485265
Intact tan plastics(!) but dog got the drivers seat.

Absolutely nailed the tailgate shot though - that's the angle every buyer wants to see.

I love a trier!

[Othen]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

Clean 86 estate, £4.5k seems hopeful.
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1485265
Intact tan plastics(!) but dog got the drivers seat.

Absolutely nailed the tailgate shot though - that's the angle every buyer wants to see.

I'd have thought £2,000 would be plenty to buy a motor car like that; come the winter it might be £1,500.

:-)

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Rocinante

Confused about this one, perhaps someone can clear it up?

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1475561

"TAX and MOT exempt...
...lovely registration number would be valued at £5000 if the car was MOTD could be transferred or sold separately...
....£3750 for the car and no offers..."

Am I reading this correctly ?
£3750 for the the car, that comes with a number plate that is worth £5000.

It needs an MOT to transfer the plate though, but if it's MOT exempt, why would you need an MOT to transfer the number plate ?

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

As far as i'm aware, the DVLA will only transfer registrations between cars showing as MoT'd so an MoT exempt vehicle (that the owner states by signing a declaration is roadworthy) wouldn't be eligible to transfer the registration number.
That's only a "best guess" based on my limited knowledge of registration transfers so may not be wholly accurate but is probably 99% there.

I don't know the answer to the registration number transfer question, but Dave's guess sounds plausible. I'm often dubious about claims that registration numbers are worth thousands, that may be the price some dealer is advertising a similar one for, but there is a big difference between advertised and achieved prices.

There is an implication in the ad that the motor car is still being driven on the road, if that is the case then the current owner is flaunting the MoT exemption; signing the declaration of roadworthiness does not absolve him/her of responsibility. That motor car does need a lot of work just to make it safe and driveable, but Amazons make good money so it is probably an okay price.

:-)

[BicycleBoy]

Originally Posted by Othen

I'd have thought £2,000 would be plenty to buy a motor car like that; come the winter it might be £1,500.

I should bloody cocoa...

My recent obsessive tracking of the 240 market isn't just beer and holiday: I'll have to move the bicycle collection and other tat after my landlady snuffed it (26 years retired on the Costas, so not bad innings).

I've rented lutons on previous moves, but I'm in the mood for an estate - was when my current saloon popped up, and I bought it in full knowledge it would have to be supplemented when the time came...

So anxiously watching the RWD Volvo estate market with above sums, whilst awaiting 2 months notice from an extremely laid back agent, which will really start the ball rolling.

Low mileage original owner 245 unicorns only though... until I get desperate and start looking at 7/9s and plasterer's vans...

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

I should bloody cocoa...

My recent obsessive tracking of the 240 market isn't just beer and holiday: I'll have to move the bicycle collection and other tat after my landlady snuffed it (26 years retired on the Costas, so not bad innings).

I've rented lutons on previous moves, but I'm in the mood for an estate - was when my current saloon popped up, and I bought it in full knowledge it would have to be supplemented when the time came...

So anxiously watching the RWD Volvo estate market with above sums, whilst awaiting 2 months notice from an extremely laid back agent, which will really start the ball rolling.

Low mileage original owner 245 unicorns only though... until I get desperate and start looking at 7/9s and plasterer's vans...

A slightly tongue-in-cheek suggestion (with a bit of serious merit too) is to hire an electric Luton van to relocate your collection - if nowt else it would be one in the eye for Sadist Khan and his ULEZ!

Probably not much difference in cost although you'd have to be careful on range.

Someone on another forum i frequent was given an electric Pug Partner/Citroen Growfungus (Berlingo) van as a comany hack and the best range he got was 68 miles on a full charge, had to be recovered 3 days out of 3 with no productive work in between - they returned his previous diseasel van to him after!

The kicker is he works for a firm involved in the BEV "revolution" so charging etc wasn't a problem for him, it was just the vehicle!

[BicycleBoy]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

A slightly tongue-in-cheek suggestion (with a bit of serious merit too) is to hire an electric Luton van to relocate your collection - if nowt else it would be one in the eye for Sadist Khan and his ULEZ!

Getting outside of the soon to be expanded ULEZ is also a consideration, at least until the saloon matures into a historic vehicle in 5 years time. Got a lot of time for ULEZ, bought my saloon in the first wave last year and I'm expecting more original owner examples to come onto the market for the first time ever over the coming year. Oh yeah, the air is cleaner as well.

Bike lanes are great too, where they were actually done well. But thank Red Ken for that, not Boris or Mr Khan: Years in the planning and half-arsed implementation, plus ça change.