Astra Coupe's....

[Zak33]

/\ true.....

Calibra Turbo, in 1996 N reg were £24,620 on the road. Plus metallic. With leather.

[DR]

Cripes!

[Zak33]

forget that...you want depreciation.....lets talk the hallowed ground of BMW!!!

BMW 740 i Auto 1996 N reg

New £49,145 plus extras
Now £3625 with 76000 miles on it

AND you try to find a trader who will actually pay Glasses Guide trade money for a 7....it just doesnt happen. They are DEATH to sell

So while Trigs car looks good value....a 4litre V8 48v BMW looks better value !

[Zak33]

which is why I'd like you ALL to throw something at the TV next time someone says on Top Gear that BMW have good residual values!!!

thankyou

[Moby-Dick]

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW...0&modelexact=1

he's not lying either

hunt around and it looks like you can get a 750 if you really want something silly

[[GSV]Trig]

So while Trigs car looks good value....a 4litre V8 48v BMW looks better value !

My car looks good value to me cos I bought it for 2k, I've bought a clutch and some new tyres, my phase chips were swapped for a PS2 that I hadnt even plugged in for over a year and I could now sell it for 3k..

When it comes to me actually selling it I'll still b able to get more than I paid for it, unless I crash it of course n then I'll prolly not get more than £1500 for it in parts

[Zak33]

didn't mean it like that, fella. I know its a good value car. Wasnt dis'in it

[[GSV]Trig]

Good, hate to have to run u over

[Zak33]

you'd never hurt me in a Cally...the front is so low you'd never make it up over me.....it would just shave the souls off my shoes as you went under me!

[Rave]

forget that...you want depreciation.....lets talk the hallowed ground of BMW!!!

BMW 740 i Auto 1996 N reg

New £49,145 plus extras
Now £3625 with 76000 miles on it

AND you try to find a trader who will actually pay Glasses Guide trade money for a 7....it just doesnt happen. They are DEATH to sell

So while Trigs car looks good value....a 4litre V8 48v BMW looks better value !

I've been eyeing these for the last six months. In that time the entry level for an E38 has gone from £4k to £2.7K!. There are plenty around too, so when I come to buy I'll happily hold out for a car with the colour (I.E. not green), beige leather and 18" multispoke alloys that I want. Unfortunately I currently have £0k to my name but if the wife gets a full time job at some point I may well be looking to buy next year.

Edit: it's got to have these wheels I reckon (don't like the colour of this one as I said):


Traditionally, the bigger the beemer, the quicker it depreciates. A 1996N 3 series that cost half as much new will be worth the same or more as the 7 series now. Merc S-Classes and big Jags also drop like a stone. The trouble is, the bigger the car, the bigger the bill if it goes wrong. Insurance on these is pretty reasonable, I at 25 w/ 5 year NCB can get a quote for £500ish TPFT or £700 fully comp for a 740i.

The 3 series is no longer looking like such a solid investment though, just because there are way way too many of them out there now. Values are already sagging, a lot of people are set to get a nasty surprise when they look to move their 3 series on in the next year or two!

Rich :¬)

[[GSV]Trig]

you'd never hurt me in a Cally...the front is so low you'd never make it up over me.....it would just shave the souls off my shoes as you went under me!

Wouldnt wanna risk the frontend, just back over u, that'd work eh

[Zak33]

yeah I guess

Rave...mate....they are ace value. The 4litre V8 is nice too
I'd be looking for a well kept 635 CSi if I were you tho...a really nice, old style beasty

[Zak33]

M6 is sexxeh huh?

[Rave]

Oh yeah, I like those, but unfortunately only real sheds would be in my price range, good cars have been going up in value for a while now and will continue to. I should have bought into them a while ago really. Irritatingly, my aunt's second husband (which makes him my uncle, I guess) sold a mint, black 635 not long after they met. I talked about buying it, but I was only about 18 at the time, I needed the money I had for uni, and I'd never have been able to insure it.

I like the later generation 6s more, they look even sharper. As I said though, any affordable car will almost certainly need new sills; they're £300 each from BMW and you can't get pattern parts. Add in the welding and you're looking at close to a grand just to get the sills sorted, before you start on all the other little things that a car in that price range will need doing to it.

Rich :¬)

[IainB]

http://www.hoelsche-flip.de/635%20csi%20aussen.JPG
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/m6.jpg

M6 is sexxeh huh?

Damn I really want an older car again now
Must..... resist......trip.... to......MK Auctions
Had a storming 190E from there a good few years back

[Zak33]

Must..... resist......trip.... to......MK Auctions

was there last night......at the Dog track next door