Recession bargains

[Dogbreath]

08 Plate 1.8 VVT Vectra for £6499.

Ok it's hardly the most desirable car on the road, but it's lost over 60% of it's original cost in under 1 year!

 

[Kappa]

oh my word!!!! wouldnt get one if it was £2000, but still a bargain!

 

[Morba]

wow, that is a mental price!!

 

[Sone]

year old rep mobiles have always been dirt cheap, doesent seem a particually good offer to me

 

[[TW]Fox]

Great, an ex Vectra hire car. What a bargain.

 

[Kappa]

year old rep mobiles have always been dirt cheap, doesent seem a particually good offer to me

seriously? they're not even a year old yet and they're £6.5k never mind it seems bottom of the range, that is dead cheap!

 

[danza]

/Opens link *shudders*

/Closes link.

I can't imagine how souless one of those cars would be to own/drive.

 

[Dogbreath]

Great, an ex Vectra hire car. What a bargain.

Ok Mr Misery guts, find us something better then And 5 year old luxo barges don't count.


Looking around it seems you can now buy a brand new (pre-reg) 1.8 Vectra for £8995 or a diesel one for £9995. Surely that is exceptionally cheap?

 

[Jez]

They are vauxhall wastes of metal and plastic, to be honest its not overly surprising :/

 

[MikeHunt79]

They are vauxhall wastes of metal and plastic, to be honest its not overly surprising :/

True

I'd be tempted by a half price Monaro tho

 

[Gaygle]

mazda 6 MPS's and Mondeo ST's.

 

[Solari]

The UK is going to be a great place to buy cars soon if you have the money.

I'm not sure if I'm missing something here (not them being 2.7 instead of 3.2/3.4 S ) but a swift comparison to the market over here in Skippy land..


UK, Porsche Boxster 987 2.7 2006, 20K miles on clock = GBP 19,000

AU, Porsche Boxster 987 2.7 2005 a bit over 20K miles on clock = AUD 70,000 (around GBP 30,000)

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Ok Mr Misery guts, find us something better then And 5 year old luxo barges don't count.


Looking around it seems you can now buy a brand new (pre-reg) 1.8 Vectra for £8995 or a diesel one for £9995. Surely that is exceptionally cheap?

I don't understand how these could be considered bargains though. At the end of the day you'd be buying a Vectra.
I'm not into the "luxo barge" scene, but I'd far rather have something that's 5 years old and nice, than an ugly lump of Vauxhall tat.

 

[InvaderGIR]

Great, an ex Vectra hire car. What a bargain.

If it's Muffin's then that's expensive.

 

[Booner!]

Would this class as a bargain? or at least it has taken a big hit on it's price..facelift too

http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/784371.htm

 

[Crowze]

Soulless is indeed the word, but it's still a decent car to get from A to B in, with a quiet and comfortable ride. Still I wouldn't buy one, but wouldn't (actually make that didn't ) say no when given one.

Although if it's a luxury barge you're after, Volvo S80s go for ridiculously low prices - we got ours for £1700 a few months back after the old A6 died.

 

[GravyMonster]

Nearly £100k when new (probably more with options), now can be under £25k with a little haggling - http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/762615.htm

 

[bledd]

they are horrible to drive my parents have one

really loose / plastic steering

 

[Dogbreath]

I don't understand how these could be considered bargains though. At the end of the day you'd be buying a Vectra.
I'm not into the "luxo barge" scene, but I'd far rather have something that's 5 years old and nice, than an ugly lump of Vauxhall tat.

Simply because some people (not myself) put greater value on having a new car than having a nice one.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Simply because some people (not myself) put greater value on having a new car than having a nice one.

And these people dont post here, so it's no more a bargain than a 7 day The Sun sponsored package trip to Benidorm for 100 quid