Slow depreciating, soon to be classic?

colm_mcm

New Peugeot 206 Allure 3dr €14,995
06 Peugeot 206 Allure 3dr €14,800 (private 9,000 miles)

Rather optimistic? (Even before you take the new 207 or huge cash discounts on the 206 into account?)

http://adverts.ie/5287

scargill

its got lexus lights too. knocks another 2k off

junkyard

I'd say something if there was a six month waiting list for it or it was up to much.:)

colm_mcm

You could probably haggle a new 207 down to €14,800

bazz26

colm_mcm wrote:

You could probably haggle a new 207 down to €14,800

Especially this time of year when new car sales slow down considerably.

colm_mcm

ANy time of year is big discount time if you buy French

Eoin

Did the 206 not set records for the highest resale in it's class or something like that? I certainly lost relatively little on it 2 years after I bought it new. Though Junkyard has it in his crap cars top 10, so I must be wrong.

Guy:Incognito

eoin_s wrote:

Did the 206 not set records for the highest resale in it's class or something like that? I certainly lost relatively little on it 2 years after I bought it new. Though Junkyard has it in his crap cars top 10, so I must be wrong.

The anti french league (com_mcm, junkyard etc) would have all renaults/Peugeuts/Citroens, good or bad, in their worst top 10 if they could fit them.

Anyhoo, it was driven by a girl so factor in a new clutch as well.:)

colm_mcm

206 held good resale in the first few years, but as time went on, supply caught up and the novelty wore off. (I'm not anti-French by the way)

Also, I don't think you can elect a car into a top 10 worst cars list simply based on a bad experience you had with one particular car

mikedragon32

By the looks of the backdrop in those pictures, it's not all motorway miles either!

IMHO, Lexus lights and country roads mean one thing: boy (or in this case) girl racer. Sorry for the generalisation, but I live not to far from Kilcoole, their spiratual home so see/hear them every day (and all night at weekends).

colm_mcm

The real point of the thread really is to illustrate how much over the odds people reckon their car is worth!

Guy:Incognito

colm_mcm wrote:

The real point of the thread really is to illustrate how much over the odds people reckon their car is worth!

ut, but, but. She spent loads on lexus lights and a fuel filler cap.

fletch

Soon to be classic???? What do you mean? Its not exactly the rarest or most desirable of car.
edit....oh sorry, just got that you're slaggin her off

Cryos

colm_mcm wrote:

New Peugeot 206 Allure 3dr €14,995
06 Peugeot 206 Allure 3dr €14,800 (private 9,000 miles)

Rather optimistic? (Even before you take the new 207 or huge cash discounts on the 206 into account?)

http://adverts.ie/5287

Id say the car has probably had the life driven out of it aswell!

Paul (MN)

isn't she buying a 2006 Jimny after being advised not to?

RoundyMooney

Looking for a van apparently.

At the risk of sounding sexist, one used to see this idiocy in the Buy and Sell all the time, usually in adverts containing the words "one lady owner". I don't see firstly, why that is necessarily a good thing, any more so than "one careful chav owner", or secondly, why many wimmin seem to have no concept of a cars value. Ten year old superminis abound with price tags of up to double their actual value. Is it a ham-fisted attempt at cute-hoorism, or genuine ignorance on the part of the seller?

Going back to the "one lady owner" comment, the majority of twenty something women on the roads today keep their cars spotless, fair play to them, and presumably what's under the bonnet gets look after also. However, we've all seen the harried looking, frizzy haired, lipstick applying lady barreling down the inside lane, pistons a-knocking, a plume of smoke behind, and more battle scars on the paintwork than the Millenium Falcon...

Would you buy an overpriced car from this woman?

Each car has its resale value, and neither figure is the initial purchase price...