Classic Vehicles seen for sale.

[biggs682]

The running costs are fearsome on grand tourers and luxo barges, so no one wants them used - age doesn't make them any less expensive to insure, tax, fuel and maintain. A Yarisnth the same age and condition would probably sell for more.

The only advantage is as they get older and pass the warranty age a specialist garage can normally be found with a lot cheaper labour rates but as @Drago states they will still consume copious amount of fuel

 

[gbb]

The MD of my former employers, he had a Bentley, his wife had a XK8, it wasn't particularly nicely kept, almost a daily runaround, even so...
She killed it, for whatever reason, she wanted to fill the windscreen wash or radiator...and put it in the engine .
You have to wonder if it was deliberate , perhaps she'd had enough of it, who knows ?

 

[Drago]

The only advantage is as they get older and pass the warranty age a specialist garage can normally be found with a lot cheaper labour rates but as @Drago states they will still consume copious amount of fuel

After I divorced I sold my 18 month old 7 series. A year or so later I saw it parked up and noticed it was shod in then highest quality budget Chinese tyres. Years of cheapskate ownership and shoestring maintenance is another part of the reason the GTs and Luxo Barges are so cheap after a few years. I wouldn't pay £2000 for a non turbo XK thwtnhad budget tyres and a history from Bombsite Motors on the industrial estate.

Sadly, even the specialists are pricy. The two local Volvo marque specialists aren't much cheaper than the dealer, but the dealer fits genuine parts and gives all parts (with some wear and tear exclusions like brake pads etc) a lifetime warranty, so over the long haul its better value to stick with the dealer, which is what we've done for the C70.

 

[DRM]

I had one customer I used to go to where the owner had a Mercedes S Class, and had been chauffeur driven all it's life, this was a car that cost £85,000 when new, and according to the only other staff member to have driven it, (He was the one that had to take it to/from the garage) had cost about £10,000 in repairs, not servicing/maintenance, just repairing breakdowns over about 7 years! horrific costs running a large luxury car like that.

 

[derrick]

Any one brave enough for one of the all time greats

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1079399826995144/

Had one of those for a while, but fuel was so much cheaper back then.

 

[biggs682]

Had one of those for a while, but fuel was so much cheaper back then.

Yes I can remember those days

 

[biggs682]

but the dealer fits genuine parts and gives all parts (with some wear and tear exclusions like brake pads etc) a lifetime warranty, so over the long haul its better value to stick with the dealer, which is what we've done for the C70.

Yes quite a few manufacturers dealers say a lifetime or years warranty after servicing has been carried out.

We get a lot of pressure at work to supply genuine parts but when you can buy it direct from the maker for a third of the retail price of the UK distributor it's hard

 

[biggs682]

Pricey but tidying Series 2a

https://www.facebook.com/share/1AW69pRH2b/

 

[raleighnut]

I like this

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1...20237998562040178&utm_term=120237998562050178

Nice, I think the tyres are too big, the standard tyres will rub on the front arches on full lock and they're only 155 wide.

Not sure about the 1,9 engine either, the crank is quite weak on the V4's and I've known a few snap (similarly the Transit/Capri/Taunus/Corsair V4 is prone to this fault too)

 

[biggs682]

Nice, I think the tyres are too big, the standard tyres will rub on the front arches on full lock and they're only 155 wide.

Not sure about the 1,9 engine either, the crank is quite weak on the V4's and I've known a few snap (similarly the Transit/Capri/Taunus/Corsair V4 is prone to this fault too)

Must admit they are normally enlarged to 1750 not 1900

 

[Profpointy]

Typical dodgy car dealer B.S, it's going to need a bit more T.L.C than a gallon of petrol!

Admittedly a notch or two
down from the Jag but I bought a £2.5k Saab 95 some 10 or 12 years ago. Nothing weong with it and subsequently did over 150000 more miles in it (albeit with some bills over the years). Quickish executive cars are uninsurable for the young and older more sensible people favour more modest cars so they can be a real bargain. But as others have said, you still have the running costs of a £50k+ car. A car enthusiast colleage bought an Audi S8, then an £80k car new. His 3 year old one was something like £10k which is a lot of car for your money. He was under no illusions that this was going to be cheap motoring but in fairness it was
less than he'd feared

 

[raleighnut]

Admittedly a notch or two
down from the Jag but I bought a £2.5k Saab 95 some 10 or 12 years ago. Nothing weong with it and subsequently did over 150000 more miles in it (albeit with some bills over the years). Quickish executive cars are uninsurable for the young and older more sensible people favour more modest cars so they can be a real bargain. But as others have said, you still have the running costs of a £50k+ car. A car enthusiast colleage bought an Audi S8, then an £80k car new. His 3 year old one was something like £10k which is a lot of car for your money. He was under no illusions that this was going to be cheap motoring but in fairness it was
less than he'd feared

I take it you mean a 9-5 not the old 95 estate, don't get me wrong the 9-5 is a good car but it's only a reworked Vauxhall albeit a 'top of the range' model.

 

[Profpointy]

I take it you mean a 9-5 not the old 95 estate, don't get me wrong the 9-5 is a good car but it's only a reworked Vauxhall albeit a 'top of the range' model.

It was Y reg so I seem to recall it was a 95. In any case it was lovely to drive and with its 2.3 turbo petrol went quite well for ton and three quarter Swedish tank. Mine was turbo with the small "t" rather than the "T" of the hooligan model

'ere 'tis; my farewell photos

 

[Jameshow]

I take it you mean a 9-5 not the old 95 estate, don't get me wrong the 9-5 is a good car but it's only a reworked Vauxhall albeit a 'top of the range' model.

Reworked 9000.

The 9-3 was a reworked Vectra..

 

[Drago]

"Reworked" is putting it mildly. SAAB were supposed to be restyling the GM product to save money but instead were so comprehensively re-engineering them that the expense is what finally sunk the company. Aside from the powertrains, one thing GM fortunately did fairly well, there was precious little carryover into the actual SAAB product.

If they'd stuck to the brief they'd probably still be with us today, but I'd rather they were gone than simply be Opel's with different badges and grille.