STeve

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Not often you see one of these crop up let alone being sold for the Police


just 15.000 miles too

http://auctions.motorhog.co.uk/vehic...hp?value=76633

gjh

Wow! Would it be HPI alert?

stephenbatey

iTrader: (1)

Who ever it belonged to will be gutted.

TOOTALL

Wow. That's 2 low mile RS500's in 1 evening

CrOwSoN15

Front tyre is flat, been stood a while?

KregRS

So whats Cat N?

Brendan

iTrader: (1)

cat n = stolen recovered (I think)

you can verify this by ringing the auction house!

fezzy240bhp

gutted its got to be worth a tidy sum

Fullflush

Hpi clear

STeve

iTrader: (11)

well looks like someone will pick up a bargain

daniel buckley

I'll have a bash at this

jameswrx

Can't find anything on google about cat n.

It states in the auction it's being sold on behalf of the police from a confiscation order. That suggests to me it's more likely to have been taken from a criminal maybe, drug dealer or similar who they've deemed to have gained it from proceeds of crime? It's got the service history and stuff.

Could be a serious touch for a buyer if it's a straight car and just been taken off a criminal.

15k mile concours winner, it'd be about Ł40k on pistonheads...

Checks piggy bank..

Ad4m RST

Yeah worth a punt then

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

black rs500's is automotive porn

Mr RS500

iTrader: (6)

Its known car to the club

been stood quite a few years , but will still fetch good money at the auction

The police contacted me regards this car to verify exactly what it was etc

Looks a nice car

dojj

iTrader: (3)

so who's car was it then?

RSLUBBY

iTrader: (19)

Surely that will go for big money

Alps Pacino

the thing with this car is it will always have a stigma to it and a tainted history even though nothing as actually happened to the car apart from it being taken off the owner and auctioned off by the police.

Plus you will never make a profit on it cause everyone in the rs scene will be watching it and will know what it goes for.

b5rlr

If its a genuine car! Some will have to sit on it for quite some time if they want to make a profit with all the hype this cars going to get.

1.9 xr2 on 40's

i think it being in its position wont harm it 1 bit, if anything its better it had known history and just because it could been bought with a bag of fivers it still looks like one of the best rs500's around and loosk untouched by silly hands, no daft filters or wonkey dumpvalves

Alps Pacino

But if you knew i paid 20k for it would you pay 35k for it even if it was worth it?

1.9 xr2 on 40's

not that long ago an rs500 was 10 grand, shit happens, look at series ones, not long ago a grand would let you take you pic not you wont find much under 5 grand, if you dont like the idea of someone making money by reselling dont buy a house or anything collectable ever

if it worries you taht someone coudl make 10k by being teh the right place at teh right time (and an identical car isnt available for under 30k) then dont buy it and someone else will
nyrs dude sold a few cars recently top money but top condition, theres always a buyer for top cars.

i''d far rather a car that looks like that and known well than one that could have spent that time in a ditch and had a flash over with paint and looks pretty, having any rs500 that hadnt got a catc/d marker seems fairly rare too

if it was 35k and i wanted one for 35k it wouldnt matter to me, my house was worth 23k in 1995 i still paid Ł125k for it last year.

well my old man did anyways

b5rlr

Fair comment by the last poster

Rax

iTrader: (1)

Yeah some one must know the story,spill the beans nice car btw and a potential bargain 500 "cough,Paulnyrs"

Alps Pacino

Your missing my point completly, what i am saying is if someone got the car for 20k then advertised it the next day for 35k how many people do you think could get there head around paying 35k for a car that they knew sold very recently for far far less?

I aint saying its not worth x amount just simply some or most peoples mentallity wouldnt allow them to pay far more than what they knew the car sold for recently.

ram

iTrader: (4)

So when you go to the pub do you not buy a pint because the pub paid less for it than you

james kiely

iTrader: (5)

if paul valued it at 20k i would imagine it has 115k on it

spot1

I take it its the same one http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=184

Cossie Sean

exactley

Alps Pacino

if me mate went to the bar then tried to charge me a 5er for the pint then yeah lol

Psycho Warren

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youd be an idiot to buy it cheap then try and sell it on straight away for top dollar.

you hold onto it a while, verify its service history and current condition, then sell it on.

A good car is still a good car.

As said, rs500's could be got for Ł10k a few years ago. Would that stop people paying top dollar knowing the current owner got it cheap all that time ago? of course not.

Alps Pacino

spec list looks a little different dont it lol

STeve

iTrader: (11)

Good find

xr2wishy

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to be fair it will sell well, someone should get a good deal, a collector will pay what they wish for it.
with so few on the market in good genuine condition i'd reckon it will not leave much profit for a quick sale after the auction. i'd have it if i were in a place to consider having a punt.

fordrs2005

iTrader: (4)

I'd be more worried about buying it and the guy who got it took of him getting his own back on the car

As I know I wouldn't be happy if I saw my car that I got took of me at an auction making daft money then it passing me on the street or seeing it at a show etc

Also does the car come with all the paper work like service history etc as surely that will effect the price and is it genuine mileage ?

Psycho Warren

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come on its an rs500. its not likely to be driven loads even if it was in the same area as the original criminal owner.

xr2wishy

iTrader: (2)

Driven???
no one mentioned that would happen

Ad4m RST

What if you found out the pub bought their barrels half price from the Police that were confiscated lol? still want to pay their price on a pint?

Savings always pay forward, Alps has a point.

langer

iTrader: (1)

Cat n isn't really a catagory it's just means not recorded and will not show up on any sites or databases. Feel for the guy who's had it taken off him like. I'd be devastated.

lee2cossies

iTrader: (2)

Love 500's on standard rims in black! I recognise the plate sure its been in a mag or at the shows at some point?