How Much Are These Cars Actually Worth?

[Ramigojag 19 1 Cars]

I know this depends majorly on condition etc. but you see cars on autotrader asking £3,000+. Do they actually get this asking price?

 

Ones I've watched on eBay only seem to finish around £1,500-£2,000 which would lead me to think people don't get what they want for them. Or others aren't willing to pay what people seem to be asking.

 

Anyone had any luck selling one for good money?

[Andy_C 50]

Talking to a couple of classic car dealers they tell me they've got close to asking on one or two of the "low mileage one owner minter" examples which have been floating around and I'm talking to them in a business sense so little reason to be less than straight.

 

No idea on the privately sold cars however.

[MaxGTX 8 1 Cars]

There's one on eBay that seems to have been around forever, "sensible" money http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/151368344753?nav=SEARCH

 

I highly doubt cars like this will sell, but you never know!

[Pugleyrich 37 1 Cars]

They won't sell when they have been previously written off!

[aldworth33 45 1 Cars]

I bought mine for 2400 just over a year ago but it was good spec and good condition. If it's a solid bodied low mileage someone will buy it for sensible money but not the +10k for 65k mile ones I have been seeing. Prices have gone up probably about 600-1k from autumn 2013 when I was looking for mine but I wasn't looking for a minter, just a solid 205 for decent money I could use whenever I fancied a drive

[MaxGTX 8 1 Cars]

They're not going to get any cheaper. Just makes me wonder what they're going to be worth in years to come, a low mileage 1.9 anyway..

[Dai1983 1]

I often wonder the same about most Cosworths, Integrales, e30 m3s, RS mk1/2 Escorts, Aircooled 911s that you see.

 

If you check again in a few months it's likely a lot are still for sale.

[nveeate 78]

I think if they're low mileage, original condition and don't need any work they can sell quite quickly for good money. I put my previous one on eBay as a classified and was innundated with offers, all close to asking - sold within 24 hours at above the numbers you're talking about. I'd spent quite a lot of time and money on it, but it was ready to go. Most on here probaby enjoy messing about with them, but I think they're are plenty of people that want one that doens't need anything doing (well, immediately anyway.....they all need something doing before long!).

 

There's a lot of rubbish being sold with chancers overpricing them, but I think £1-2k for a genuine car that needs a bit of work, and £3.5-4k for one that's in excellent condition with sensible mileage, good history and no immediate work required. There are obviously going to be outliers at both extremes though!

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

With regards to the RS side of things, I can advise that a lot of the decent cars tend to sell before they are even widely advertised.

 

Earlier this year an RS500 Cosworth sold within a day and that was on a POA basis - buyer basically asked "How much?", owner gave a (reasonable figure) and the guy said yes straight away. There was also a Mk1 Focus RS, that is well known on the forum / RS concours scene with only a few hundred miles on the clock, and that sold within 2 hours of being advertised for circa £25k. Similarly with the Mk1/2 Escorts & Series 1 & 2 RST. If they are of good quality, proven history, etc, the owners can pretty much command a decent asking price. But saying that there is always a reasonable line of potential owners willing to pay decent money for the right car.

 

It's mainly the ones with the speculating traders, and private sellers making out their car is better than it is thus overpriced, that tend to hang around.

[MaxGTX 8 1 Cars]

 

There's a lot of rubbish being sold with chancers overpricing them, but I think £1-2k for a genuine car that needs a bit of work, and £3.5-4k for one that's in excellent condition with sensible mileage, good history and no immediate work required. There are obviously going to be outliers at both extremes though!

Surely that's 1.6 not 1.9?

I've not seen a 1.9 for that kind of money, mind you I didn't really look at 1.9's, insurance is a little high for an 18 year old, or 17 when I bought the GTX..

[aldworth33 45 1 Cars]

I think if they're low mileage, original condition and don't need any work they can sell quite quickly for good money. I put my previous one on eBay as a classified and was innundated with offers, all close to asking - sold within 24 hours at above the numbers you're talking about. I'd spent quite a lot of time and money on it, but it was ready to go. Most on here probaby enjoy messing about with them, but I think they're are plenty of people that want one that doens't need anything doing (well, immediately anyway.....they all need something doing before long!).

 

There's a lot of rubbish being sold with chancers overpricing them, but I think £1-2k for a genuine car that needs a bit of work, and £3.5-4k for one that's in excellent condition with sensible mileage, good history and no immediate work required. There are obviously going to be outliers at both extremes though!

Yours was really nice though and the interior was like new, I wish I'd bought it. Whoever got that got a good car for the right money

[Ramigojag 19 1 Cars]

So the general consensus is the 10k+ is not that accurate and around 3-4 for a clean straight example should be about right?

 

I was thinking about selling up awhile ago but found it next to impossible to give people a price when they asked, for fear of under or over valuing the car.

[large 33]

If people are asking just tell them to make you an offer. If you are happy with it then you have your price.

[mowflow 67]

Supply and demand. The demand has shifted from people wanting a cheap track slag to 40 year olds wanting to relive their youth at the weekend. The former wanted something cheap, the later wants something shiny and preferably reliable. 205s in general are far from extinct but shiny reliable ones are more of a rarity.

 

As more cars disappear the prices will climb, eventually it might only be those 10k ones that are left advertised. If so then that will be minimum price if you want to pretend you're 18 again. Cheaper than a divorce or a hair transplant.

Edited December 10, 2014 by mowflow

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

RS fans will be aware of "the Bonkers collection"

 

Worth a google, the guy even has Lady Di's car.

[large 33]

What! The one from the tunnel. Thats in bad taste.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

What! The one from the tunnel. Thats in bad taste.

 

 

Your mums tunnel?

[allye 530 3 Cars]

no! the escort rs.

What! The one from the tunnel. Thats in bad taste.

[nveeate 78]

Yours was really nice though and the interior was like new, I wish I'd bought it. Whoever got that got a good car for the right money

 

Cheers - I really need to get its replacement back in use....cars have taken a bit of a back seat due to building renovation! Are you still in Edinburgh?

[prg 0]

I have had a 205 mi16 track car in very average condition sitting on my drive unused now for a good while. I am thinking of getting rid of it.

What kind of price do you think this kind of thing could bring?

[Anthony 1,003]

How long is a piece of string? Impossible to say with such vague detail.