E30 Featured on MSN !!

Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:55 pm

Grab a Touring and make an investment quick

http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/top-25- ... in#image=4

Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:45 pm

Great that the Touring is finally recognised, but that article was written by a retard. When could you last pick up a decent SD1, Saab 900, Mk II Golf GTI, Corrado, RX-7, Capri or Merc SL at a low enough price to call it an "investment"?

As to the other scrap - Morris Minors have been cheap shit since they were new. Nobody ever wanted to buy the Fuego, and even fewer will now, while the 200-series Volvo and Merc W123 are still around in such numbers that it'll be at least a decade before they become rare enough to appreciate in value.

I admit, I'd have an Avantime if it had a decent engine, but it didn't. Not that it matters, I've only ever seen one in my life anyway since they sold so badly from new. The missus is seriously pushing me towards an XJ Jag though.

Wed Jun 18, 2014 3:14 pm

Well Said

The guy is trying to make a living so picked a few old cars and wrote about them

Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:39 pm

I didn't know that about the design of the touring!

Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:30 pm

Grrrmachine wrote:As to the other scrap - Morris Minors have been cheap shit since they were new.

They can't have been that bad if they last 40+ years and so many, including mine, are still in everyday use. Quality First, I think you'll find, old bean!

Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:21 am

Speedtouch wrote:
Grrrmachine wrote:As to the other scrap - Morris Minors have been cheap shit since they were new.
They can't have been that bad if they last 40+ years and so many, including mine, are still in everyday use. Quality First, I think you'll find, old bean!

+1 I find it astonishing there are unrestored, albeit shabby, Minors in everyday use still in London at 50 years old. Not my cup of tea but they must be tough as boots!

Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:26 am

Them everyday use Minors will be like triggers broom. The reason there are still a few around is that they made them for over twenty years, they are cheap to buy and very simple and cheap to fix.

Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:30 am

pacerpete wrote:Them everyday use Minors will be like triggers broom. The reason there are still a few around is that they made them for over twenty years, they are cheap to buy and very simple and cheap to fix.

This. By "cheap shit" I mean they were sold cheaply, driven cheaply and fixed cheaply - which means they'll always be cheap. I can't think of a single "classic" car that was sold as a bargain basement offering when new that now commands mega-money... other than the MkI/II Ford Escorts. And for every Escort that sells for 25k, there are a hundred Morris Marinas or Hillman Avengers rusting in a lockup because the owners couldn't even flog 'em for 500 quid.

Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:40 am

I think you'll find that prices for the Convertible and Traveller versions have in recent years risen quite sharply - decent Travellers now command £7,000 or so at least; hardly cheap. Same applies to the classic Mini, and aren't you forgetting the bubble cars such as Heinkel Trojan, Messerschmitt, etc.? They now command silly money!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C475225

OK, you can still buy a £500 Minor, but it will be a shed in need of total restoration.

But yes, as Pete says, they were built in large numbers (first British car to sell a million units) and most parts are still available so they are relatively cheap to keep on the road - which is part of their appeal.

In fact, only yesterday, I was changing the nearside rear hub oil seals on mine, after the pesky MOT tester moaned about some leaking going on.

I was able to effect this repair using some lengths of scaffold / pipe offcuts from the back of the garage and a club hammer to drift the wheel bearing and seals into place.

Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:59 am

Got my touring insured for an agreed value of £5500 now.

Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:44 am

Well a lot of people on the Zone didn't see Sport Evo prices otherwise they would be quids in by now
Who in here would have really paid £25k for concours winner Sport Evo 8 years ago
You would have all probably baulked and cry out expensive expensive
But your not larfing now are ya ?

Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:18 am

Grrrmachine wrote:I can't think of a single "classic" car that was sold as a bargain basement offering when new that now commands mega-money... other than the MkI/II Ford Escorts.

How about £15,000 for a Fiat 500?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C510685

Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:14 am

DHFiS - that's staggering

Pony, a sport Evo was never considered a cheap car, and I doubt there was ever a time in the last two decades when they could be had "cheaply". Next you'll be telling us that we all missed our chances buying a 1M "when they could be had for pennies".

Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:23 am

I think Pacer had one for £10k.
Depends what u call cheap.
Expensive to you maybe cheap to someone else and vice versa.

Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:30 am

£5000 pony!

Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:03 am

pony wrote:I think Pacer had one for £10k.
Depends what u call cheap.
Expensive to you maybe cheap to someone else and vice versa.

True. You can't pick up a new M3 for less than 56k and I see one every now and then. So people must have the money for them.