And the winner of dreamer of the year is...

The Undecided One

Rust free.
two new 3" mufflers with one on a cut out valve,
Underbody painted with antitrust paint,


I somehow don't trust him after this... :D:D

Technique

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/toyota-altezza-rs200-swap-/20074045


€8500!

Even the dog looks shocked.

Badger2009

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/toyota-altezza-rs200-swap-/20074045



€8500!

'Big money put in this one off altezza'

It's a one off alright.

What kind of dope would drive that never mind pay €8.5k for the privilege?

StereoSound

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

So, you don't like it so it's worth €2k, basically?

It's worth whatever anyone is willing to pay for it, I'd give him 2k, thats my price.. If anyone gives him his asking or near his asking price then all for them. To me it's going to be a nuisance to insure because of the age, also 1.6 tax on the old system. It does not appeal to me aesthetically either.
I don't see that selling for an awful lot more then 2k to anyone unless they have some nostalgia towards that particular model. If I was going to spend upwards of what he wants for it I'd be looking at something else like a 200sx. I think there are many chancers out there ratcheting up the prices of old jap cars. Are they selling for those mad prices? I see the same old jap stuff advertised for months and months and they are not going anywhere.

pawdee

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/toyota-altezza-rs200-swap-/20074045



€8500!

Can that be driven with a car license?

Avatar MIA

pawdee wrote: »

Can that be driven with a car license?

You might get a special dispensation if you claim to be taking direct to the scrapyard.

CianRyan

StereoSound wrote: »

It's worth whatever anyone is willing to pay for it, I'd give him 2k, thats my price.. If anyone gives him his asking or near his asking price then all for them. To me it's going to be a nuisance to insure because of the age, also 1.6 tax on the old system. It does not appeal to me aesthetically either.
I don't see that selling for an awful lot more then 2k to anyone unless they have some nostalgia towards that particular model. If I was going to spend upwards of what he wants for it I'd be looking at something else like a 200sx. I think there are many chancers out there ratcheting up the prices of old jap cars. Are they selling for those mad prices? I see the same old jap stuff advertised for months and months and they are not going anywhere.

Have you the slightest idea how much a 200SX would set you back these days?

I know who’s bloody dreaming if you’re trying to pull a comparison to that. Haha

Duke O Smiley

StereoSound wrote: »

It's worth whatever anyone is willing to pay for it, I'd give him 2k, thats my price.. If anyone gives him his asking or near his asking price then all for them. To me it's going to be a nuisance to insure because of the age, also 1.6 tax on the old system. It does not appeal to me aesthetically either.
I don't see that selling for an awful lot more then 2k to anyone unless they have some nostalgia towards that particular model. If I was going to spend upwards of what he wants for it I'd be looking at something else like a 200sx. I think there are many chancers out there ratcheting up the prices of old jap cars. Are they selling for those mad prices? I see the same old jap stuff advertised for months and months and they are not going anywhere.

To be fair, its not going to sell for any amount to anyone unless they have some nostalgia towards that particular model. Your average Joe Soap isn't going to go out with €2k in his pocket for a Corolla and buy that.

StereoSound

CianRyan wrote: »

Have you the slightest idea how much a 200SX would set you back these days?

I know who’s bloody dreaming if you’re trying to pull a comparison to that. Haha

I've seen the silly prices some of those 200sx are going for. Those sellers are also dreamers.. Just as an example if I were going to pay silly money for a jap car I'd rather it be a 200sx or similar. I wouldn't buy one in Ireland anyways, I'd import one myself if I was in the market for one. Any moderately high performance jap import these days is priced based on what the "lad" thinks it worth and what money he has put into it + what he see's others on donedeal going for + a few grand extra for good measure! It's so true...
Some of those cars were very cool and still are but you would be bleeding mad to entertain their prices. You would really REALLY want to have one to pay that sort of money. Anyways it's the buyers choice to pay it and good luck to them with it.

colm_mcm

Every generation gets shocked when the cars they saw being sold for peanuts at one stage shoot up in value. I remember when you could buy Twincams for under £500.

CianRyan

The problem with your arguement is people WILL spay that much for them, and so they are worth that much.
If you’re not willing to pay that much that just means you either can’t afford it or you can’t justify it. That is completely different.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Wait. How much are 200sx going for these days? Surely not higher than 8500. I thought you’d get a clean one for around 6/7k.

EPAndlee

Prices in Japan are even gone mad, you'd be lucky to bring one of those 20v corollas in for less 7 k if you can find one. The likes of Altezzas making 8k, Ek9s are making 10k 20k for an evo. Prices here aren't that mad

selectamatic

EPAndlee wrote: »

Prices in Japan are even gone mad, you'd be lucky to bring one of those 20v corollas in for less 7 k if you can find one. The likes of Altezzas making 8k, Ek9s are making 10k 20k for an evo. Prices here aren't that mad

This is it in a nutshell. Jap prices are dear at the moment for most of the sought after models and they're only going to keep rising for the next couple of years anyways.

As more and more late 90s cars come on market for the yanks and more and more Japanese people start storing cars rather than selling prices will stay strong.

A good clean Irish Evo 9 sold for €22k near me not that long ago so the big asking prices are being got in certain cases.

There's definitely plenty of over inflated pricing going on but if you've a car thats known to be clean in the right circles you can command a premium.

CianRyan

You’d spend 5/6 on an S14a. That needs a good bit of welding. Anything really clean budget at least 10k, bringing one in from Japan these days will probably cost you more, a lot of cars are shooting up in price because they can now be imported in the USA.

liam7831

https://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1034813

Looks sound

James Bond Junior

Looks like the cat walked across the keyboard when typing the ad.

Muppet Man

only out on sunny days for fresh air

Continues to show picture of car on a cloudy day

Vicxas

Is half the battle reading that ad?

I thought i took a blow to the head reading it.

Vicxas

Is half the battle reading that ad?

I thought i took a blow to the head reading it.

colm_mcm

That’s pounds too, so €28500

fancy pigeon

colm_mcm wrote: »

Every generation gets shocked when the cars they saw being sold for peanuts at one stage shoot up in value. I remember when you could buy Twincams for under £500.

Somewhere at home is a bundle of Exchange and Marts (remember those!) from the late 90s where mk2 Escorts and Corolla twincams went for barely over £1200, max. Mk2 Escorts especially for a few hundred usually

I'll try dig them out when I find the time to do a clean out

Wibbs

EPAndlee wrote: »

Prices in Japan are even gone mad, you'd be lucky to bring one of those 20v corollas in for less 7 k if you can find one. The likes of Altezzas making 8k, Ek9s are making 10k 20k for an evo. Prices here aren't that mad

If anything prices here are quite low for many Japanese imports because of the crazy insurance premiums involved. Ireland is about the cheapest place in the world for any Honda with an R badge for example. Here sellers may advertise say DC2's at 8K, but they won't sell. 4-5K is more realistic and even then the seller will be waiting. In Japan DC2's even ropey examples are going for 10K plus and good ones more like 20k(before import taxes etc) and as they get scarcer and the Americans are paying crazy pieces for them(30/40k +) prices are stiffening. That particular era of cars has some way to go in my humble. The next "they paid how much for an old Escort??" market. That said and also in my humble the classic car market is a major bubble in the making. Particularly in some areas like air cooled Porsches where it's gone bonkers.

Wibbs

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Somewhere at home is a bundle of Exchange and Marts (remember those!) from the late 90s where mk2 Escorts and Corolla twincams went for barely over £1200, max. Mk2 Escorts especially for a few hundred usually

+1. I was offered an E30 M3 for peanuts back in the late 90's. Didn't go for it as the daft German buggers had insisted on the steering wheel on the passenger side, but talk about an investment missed. Like yourself I have some old car mags laying around and I have a couple from the early 70's courtesy of an uncle of mine where secondhand Ferrari Dino's were the price of a new Ford Cortina. Until quite recently most such cars were seen as "old cars". Well for good reason, as even brand new cars weren't close to the reliability of cars from the 90's on.

colm_mcm

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Somewhere at home is a bundle of Exchange and Marts (remember those!) from the late 90s where mk2 Escorts and Corolla twincams went for barely over £1200, max. Mk2 Escorts especially for a few hundred usually

I'll try dig them out when I find the time to do a clean out

Oh stop, my grandfather had a lovely yellow 2 door escort Mk2 that my grandmother sold for £100 after he died. This was in the early 90s.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Somewhere at home is a bundle of Exchange and Marts (remember those!) from the late 90s where mk2 Escorts and Corolla twincams went for barely over £1200, max. Mk2 Escorts especially for a few hundred usually

I'll try dig them out when I find the time to do a clean out

I “learned” to drive in mk2 escorts back in the day, and by learn I mean we would drive them around the fields til they blew up or ended up in a ditch. Such a shame. I know there’s still a 4 door one lodged in a ditch about a mile from my house, it was there about 5 years ago anyway, can’t imagine it’s gone.

StereoSound

00' Audi A8 for 4,200. In the day these were nice but this one needs work even though the owner already put money into it.
Big road Tax on an almost 19 year old car. I'd give him very little for it. I think he will end up giving this away.

https://www.adverts.ie/car/audi/a8/2000-audi-a8/16059555

Bigus

StereoSound wrote: »

00' Audi A8 for 4,200. In the day these were nice but this one needs work even though the owner already put money into it.
Big road Tax on an almost 19 year old car. I'd give him very little for it. I think he will end up giving this away.

https://www.adverts.ie/car/audi/a8/2000-audi-a8/16059555

No point in having an A8 unless it's a V8 end of story.

StereoSound

6.5k for a knackered Vauxhall calibre, no keys, no log book, UK plates. No dreamers he says! I wouldn't take it for free! Use it for halloween as a bonfire in my opinion.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vauxhall-calibra-v-6-limited-edition/19740628

liam7831

StereoSound wrote: »

6.5k for a knackered Vauxhall calibre, no keys, no log book, UK plates. No dreamers he says! I wouldn't take it for free! Use it for halloween as a bonfire in my opinion.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/vauxhall-calibra-v-6-limited-edition/19740628

Looks like who ever did that to it had Halloween in mind, I agree only a parts car