Fook me!!!!!
http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auct...rth-40162.aspx

 

It would be interesting to see if any of these huge price rs's actually sell

 

Yes it did and I'm the new owner

 

Cheap that one Dojj, one sold for 47k......

 

Ye they are selling at these prices now sadly. Think the days of cosies being the working mans supercar have left us. (someone suggest a replacement)

 

Nice looking car, price is strong but not crazy considering the history and condition

Lucky owner

 

That was bollox by the way! 😄😄 that is what they are selling for, but I couldn't bring myself to pay that.😳

 

Ive always wanted a 3dr since I was a kid! Also a mk2 escort but I would never pay that amount of money for a car! Happy enough having my money in my properties! Each to their own though Looks a really nice car.

 

and they couldn't even hoover it before they photographed it.

 

That's why it was so dear! 15 year old untouched dust! 😃😃

 

The more they sell for tho, the less enthusiast that can afford them.
Keeps making me think I might sell mine as it gets very little use

 

They are simply being priced out of the market they were intended for, not bothered with the likes of ferarris and e types etc

 

Buyers set the price Dojj, if they aren't willing to buy at a price the prices must drop

Supply and demand, there's no conspiricy by 'them' to drive up prices

All cars are going crazy lately, the good ones with history and originality even more so

I would say personally that with interest rates so low and the economy not that strong that investors have driven the market for classic cars as a whole, this will change and the market will crash it's just a case of when and how much once

 

Is it your only 3dr or do you own the white one in your stig as well. Do you you think your use it much

 

No I was joking, if you look a bit further down I put I wouldn't pay that much. My sig was my rs500 which I sold about 5 years ago for 17k
I got a 3dr in White now with 73k from new, full history and pretty much original with dealer stickers will in window. Had that valued at 28750

 

Are right lol I didn't read that far down. I bet you kick yourself about the 500 now but such is life I guess

 

Yeh bit gutted, but at the time it was the right money. I'll hold on to the 3dr for a few years, and see what happens then. Gonna try and get a saffy too next year. Feel like being greedy! Lol

 

33k for a 3dr ? theres a rs500 for sale for 83k somewhere , see it earlier

 

i sold my low owner low mileage 3 door with genuine rs500 kit for 11k and within two years prices went mental oh well you cant win them all lol

 

I know the new owner of that 3 door .
It's gone to a private collection 👍🏻

 

The most important thing is did you enjoy the time you had with your 3 door? The trouble is nowadays a lot of people are not buying cars to enjoy them but mainly as investments.
Back in the 80s I sold a mint Lotus Cortina and a mint V6 Uren Savage 1600e for peanuts compared to what they would be worth now but at the time there were loads around and they were nothing special. How times have changed!!

 

In 1988 a bloke at school bought an rs3100 Capri for £200

Well, his brother bought it when was 17, but couldn't insure it so sold it on

There's one for sale now for £35k

 

Ye things change a lot! I remember seeing the fire brigade using mk2 escort mexicos in their demonstrations in cutting people out of cars. When my dad was 17 he was offered a lotus Cortina mk1 for 700. If only he bought it and kept it.

 

This^ Its not just fords, every car has shot up. Since the crash in 2008 prices for classic cars have gone through the roof. I look in classic car mags quite often and every week a record for what a car fetches at auctions gets broken. Even cars like base model novas and citroen ax's that a few years ago you could of had for 500 quid can now be worth nearer 5 grand in good condition. Its bonkers and I wish it didn't happen, but the market only seems to be getting stronger.

 

Intrested to know who valued it at £28,750 ?

I take it that wasnt an RSOC valuation

 

Do you think its to low or to high then? If he has an agreed insurance value on it he has done well.

 

One went for £47k a few weeks back

http://www.classicandperformancecar....ls-for-117-600

 

when they get to 50k i will sell mine ,i wont hold my breadth though


wouldnt sell my saff though

 

You might not need to wait as long as you think. Watch this space I reckon.

 

the sooner the better mate

 

my guess is by spring time (should put a bet on it)

 

i best get them ready so

 

Agreed value on my insurance. Prices have proven that you won't buy another completely standard car with 73k on it for less.

 

I should have kept mine, 54K miles, totally standard in Moonstone Blue.
How things move on

 

If your going to cash in now is the time , if they go up anymore buyers will be super fussy and want 100% mint examples .
I sold mine for 14.5k last year and guess its a 20k motor now, im not pissed best thing I ever did .

 

which don't mean a thing , I had to pay an extra £10 per £1000 on the value


so to up the cars value by 5k would cost me £50

 

But what I'm saying is that u wouldn't get another in same condition and mileage for less than that, so by guaranteeing a value at least if anything happened I could afford another.

 

have past this link on to a mate, whose mate has a 65k original moonstone, except stainless pipe car sitting in a garage, that's moted every year. he doesn't have the internet, so no idea on current value currently!

 

You are with the wrong Insurance Company if that is how they do things.

 

You are doing the right thing as you have to take into account where would you get another car the same as yours if it is stolen or written off and what would it cost if you had to get one and rebuild it up to the same standard.