Seriously?

[Othen]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

All the fun up North today.
245 '80 one owner low miles "driveway find" - so no bull**** about barns.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411408269
£650 start.

The bit of the bonnet still attached to the slam panel probably says all you need to know...

Run away!!!!!

[BicycleBoy]

No decent Amazons to calm my nerves after those rusty horrors, but here's a very pretty (for a DAF) Volvo 66 with outrageously low mileage:
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1498796
Dutch, LHD etc, but probably bag you best in class at the BKV.

[BicycleBoy]

...and a 36000 mile 360GLT a bit closer to home
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1498477
Six grand is a lot, but it looks good.

[BicycleBoy]

Turbotastic 940 anyone?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295207743713
The list of mods is really something...

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by BicycleBoy

Turbotastic 940 anyone?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295207743713
The list of mods is really something...

Wouldn't touch it with somebody elses bargepole!

That said, a drift-boy would like it probably............

[Bob 1967]

......
My mistake

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Othen

Bidding for this one seems to have stalled at £1,950 - which seems like more or less the right price to me. The auction has less than a day to go and I suspect the seller may be disappointed if he hold out for 4 grand.

:-)

I was curious about this one and bidding ended whilst I was having a cuppa before taking Bob for his first walk (Dan took him for a 3 hour walk last eve, so Bob is having a bit of a lie-in this morn) - so I watched the end of the auction.

There was no frenetic last-minute bidding and it fizzled out at £2,050 - well short of the reserve (which the seller helpfully tells us was £4,000).

We have been commenting on this series of offers and auctions since the end of July; the motor car has 5 months MoT then and only 3 months now. The seller is still holding out for £4,000, but the motor car is never worth that. It remains a £1,500 car plus a bit of allowance for the Weber carburettor set up, so £2,050 wasn't a bad offer.

This isn't a specific comment about Bromsgrove man thinking his slightly old Volvo is worth much more than it really is (well, it is that - but only as an example, I could have selected many others), but a more general observation. Volvo 240s aren't particularly rare and they don't have any particular engineering or aesthetic value (in the way that an E-Type does). They are simple and well built cars that are easy to maintain and drive, and part of their allure is they are quite cheap (compared with, say, 1980s Fords). It is beyond me to understand why so many sellers think their slightly old 240s are worth much more than they really are.

We have seen (over the past 3 years that I have been involved with this forum) and number of over-priced cars, but the market tells us the market for non-historic 240s tops out at £6,000 (and for that they have to be as-new), and most will be in the £1,000 to £3,000 range.

I suppose we will see Bromsgrove man and his 1986 GL saloon again next week, and perhaps every week if he insists on expecting twice what it is worth.

:-)

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by Othen

I was curious about this one and bidding ended whilst I was having a cuppa before taking Bob for his first walk (Dan took him for a 3 hour walk last eve, so Bob is having a bit of a lie-in this morn) - so I watched the end of the auction.

There was no frenetic last-minute bidding and it fizzled out at £2,050 - well short of the reserve (which the seller helpfully tells us was £4,000).

We have been commenting on this series of offers and auctions since the end of July; the motor car has 5 months MoT then and only 3 months now. The seller is still holding out for £4,000, but the motor car is never worth that. It remains a £1,500 car plus a bit of allowance for the Weber carburettor set up, so £2,050 wasn't a bad offer.

This isn't a specific comment about Bromsgrove man thinking his slightly old Volvo is worth much more than it really is (well, it is that - but only as an example, I could have selected many others), but a more general observation. Volvo 240s aren't particularly rare and they don't have any particular engineering or aesthetic value (in the way that an E-Type does). They are simple and well built cars that are easy to maintain and drive, and part of their allure is they are quite cheap (compared with, say, 1980s Fords). It is beyond me to understand why so many sellers think their slightly old 240s are worth much more than they really are.

We have seen (over the past 3 years that I have been involved with this forum) and number of over-priced cars, but the market tells us the market for non-historic 240s tops out at £6,000 (and for that they have to be as-new), and most will be in the £1,000 to £3,000 range.

I suppose we will see Bromsgrove man and his 1986 GL saloon again next week, and perhaps every week if he insists on expecting twice what it is worth.

:-)

I concur Alan, by the time that car makes £4k, £4k will be worth about £2k.

Saw the same thing with Land Rovers, some owners think anything with that badge is a ticket to great wealth! 🤨

[loki_the_glt]

What am I bid for a 1987 240GLT saloon, in charcoal grey with black leather interior, gauge pack, and 164k miles? Last MoT'ed in 2017, garaged ever since then.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Moomoo

I concur Alan, by the time that car makes £4k, £4k will be worth about £2k.

Saw the same thing with Land Rovers, some owners think anything with that badge is a ticket to great wealth! 🤨

Exactly, but we see it very often - and sometimes on these pages. the chap with the barn find in northern France that thought he could polish in a shine that would sell it for £15,000 in England comes to mind (he disappeared once he realised that was bunkum).

:-)