Cars to invest in

[Stonkin]

Having a few conversations about this lately and curious as to what cars people think might make good investments over time. No particular current price range so anything from a MK1 Golf to F40

 

Discuss...

[monsween]

Capri's!

 

I sold mine 3 years ago for £1k.

 

I offered to buy it back for £2.5K and he said no

[SteveR]

M3 csl

[marc_p]

Ferrari 308GTS(Magnum PI Stylee), trust me, these are about to rocket

[Gaz6002]

New cars:

Aston Vantage V12 RS

911 GT2

 

The list could go on though, quite an open-ended subject.

[MARTIN R]

good examples, although hard to find of Alfa 155 and 146. Not worth a great deal at the moment but think they will increase in price

[marc_p]

I was chatting to the guy who owned Lodon Motor Museum for a couple of hours and he made his money buying cars and then selling them when they shot up in value(and trust me, he has made a few million from a few thousand doing this), one of his recommendations at the moment is the late 70's firebird/transam(the smokey and the bandit one)

[jagman]

None , due to imminent asset deflation on a grand scale , by the printing of huge sums of money , and a bulge in the population that distorts market values

[Gaz6002]

None , due to imminent asset deflation on a grand scale , by the printing of huge sums of money , and a bulge in the population that distorts market values

 

It's fine, sooner or later someone will unleash the nukes and all the cars that are left will be worth loads.

 

I think maybe 'rat style' is a pre-emptive for that very situation.

[Stonkin]

Monsween, had a capri as my first car, was completely immaculate, i stupidly wrote it off in someones garden after 6 months, damn corners

 

SteveR, out of all the e46's that no doubt would be the one. I've always loved the e30 M3's, they seem to have gona up a lot in value, but would have needed to own one from many years ago to benefit i think.

 

Definetly a very open ended subject yes, was just curous to peoples opinions.

[monsween]

The capri was my first real car and i stupidly sold it, hence offering him a silly amount for it back. Even tho it was in a worse state than i had it.

[evinX]

Ferrari 308GTS(Magnum PI Stylee), trust me, these are about to rocket

 

I was going to say that to! my dads friend has one abroad, very low miles, stock paintwork, everythings stock apart from 2 bucket seats, he was offered 1million for it to come back to the uk, but hes holding out, his nephew also has a baby blue one, lucky dudes

[peter richards]

i sold my brooklands 280 for 2.5k , bit of rust in the usual places only had 55k on the clock .

read the other day they are now so rare companys are cloning them because of the demand , but you wouldnt want a made up one really , genuine are up over 7-8k .

why did i sell it lol

[monsween]

i sold my brooklands 280 for 2.5k , bit of rust in the usual places only had 55k on the clock .

read the other day they are now so rare companys are cloning them because of the demand , but you wouldnt want a made up one really , genuine are up over 7-8k .

why did i sell it lol

 

more than that for a low millage brookie mate. Its sickening. I've seen some up at 10k. when i owned them they were around the 5k mark. Silly silly expensive these days

[evinX]

Supras will get like this one day, look at the usa, they still hold their prices

[marc_p]

I was going to say that to! my dads friend has one abroad, very low miles, stock paintwork, everythings stock apart from 2 bucket seats, he was offered 1million for it to come back to the uk, but hes holding out, his nephew also has a baby blue one, lucky dudes

 

£1 Million:blink: I think he may be yanking your chain, there currently at about £25-35k, but I can see them at around £75k-£85k in a few years.

[The Raven]

Ford escort cosworth if you can find a stock one.

 

If imports where never allowed the supra would be one. However i cant see them going up in value. Look at the MKIIIs

[Stonkin]

£1 Million:blink: I think he may be yanking your chain, there currently at about £25-35k, but I can see them at around £75k-£85k in a few years.

 

Why do yo think that? Just been looking at them, at the prices you've said, very nice. What is the difference between them and the GT4 and GTB

[SUPRALOOPY]

Supras will get like this one day, look at the usa, they still hold their prices

 

 

Yours wont:d:p

[supra_aero]

yours wont:d:p

 

[jackso11]

It's fine, sooner or later someone will unleash the nukes and all the cars that are left will be worth loads.

 

I think maybe 'rat style' is a pre-emptive for that very situation.

 

I can't wait to be post apocalypse, just driving around all day killing people for fuel, making friends with kids with razor sharp boomerangs, being chased by people who look like babies but are 7ft tall and hang wround with tina turner.

 

Cool

[marc_p]

Why do yo think that? Just been looking at them, at the prices you've said, very nice. What is the difference between them and the GT4 and GTB

 

I've learnt a lot from people who have invested in cars and it's just something I have got rather good at reading over the years, the 308 is a really easy one to spot, mainly beacuse it was an iconic Ferrari of the early 80s, it was featured in films and TV series and was a poster on the wall of many teenagers bedroom, the prices fell and fell over the years as the people who could afford it, didn't want it(they wanted newer Ferraris) and the people who did want it couldn't afford it.

 

You then fast forward 25 years and those spotty teens who dreamt of a 308 in the mid 80's all of a sudden, they find themselves in good jobs and starting to find themselves in high managerial/director roles and they all start realising they they can afford that car they stared at for hours on end in there bedroom.

 

They then start buying the cars, demand shoots up and the prices rocket, a good example of this is the Countach that practically went from around £30k to about £90k over night.

 

HTH

[marc_p]

Oh and there is not much difference between the GTS and GTB( I think it was something to do with the weight) but the GT4 was a bit of a mondial if you ask me, it maybe worth some money in the future but you will have a long wait to see a return.

[Chris Wilson]

I can't wait to be post apocalypse, just driving around all day killing people for fuel, making friends with kids with razor sharp boomerangs, being chased by people who look like babies but are 7ft tall and hang wround with tina turner.

 

Cool

 

 

Birmingham is the place for you then.

[Ian W]

Birmingham is the place for you then.