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Jun 9th, 2022, 23:33 | #1741 |
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Seems a little odd for a (late) GL to have a B200E in it (I'd have expected a carbed engine in a GL), but I know they messed around with the engine specs of 240s a lot!
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The alternative would be to keep it garaged and perhaps take it to car shows in farmers' fields in Lincolnshire to be admired by other bearded middle aged men... but it is only 30 years old and not a particularly rare or interesting motor car in the first place. I have no axe to grind here, maybe someone is looking for just this thing and doesn't mind paying over the odds for a bit of nostalgia, but I can't help thinking that must be a very small market indeed. Just my musings before Bob's first walk. Alan
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There is no market, these come up again and again, and only ever sell after an extended period of dutch auctioning (falling price). As they form a large proportion of the current vehicles for sale, anyone using the classifieds to value a vehicle is going to get a false impression of the average value of a 240.
So when an excitable dealer finds a single owner 240 (newsflash: Volvo owners keep their cars longer) they think it is rare and valuable and price for the top of the (percieved) market. I would defer to market data aggregation specialists like Hagerty: https://www.hagerty.co.uk/valuation/ who put a concours 240 around the £4k mark. And these cars ain't concours. |
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As a guide I'd say (from what I've seen things apparently sell for - not ridiculous asking prices): I don't think these £10,000 (or even £15,000) motor cars ever sell - but there are plenty of folk that disagree with me (of which I care not one iota) :-)
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That particular car does look exceptionally nice and extremely low mileage, it either had one very careful, minimal-use owner or is genuinely low mileage and has been tarted up so the condition appears to reflect the mileage. It's not a colour i remember seeing new 240s in around that time which is another huge question mark for me. Quote:
Granted we've bickered over the percieved value of certain models (Jubilee edition comes to mind!) but generally we're on the same sort of level for most when we've guessed at the final value on auction listings and your values tend to be a bit higher than Hagerty while not being "car dealer on amphetamines" high.
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It’ll break for more, not much though!
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Topping the charts this week, a new entry straight in at twelve grand:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-det...02206026411988 62 technicolour pictures to get your juices flowing: Steam cleaned like new, you can almost smell the detailing products. |
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This one, however, is, IMHO, worth the money
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-det...02206126723378 £3k for a GLT with 12mths ticket & 50k... Last edited by BicycleBoy; Jun 13th, 2022 at 16:48. |
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