Seriously?

[XC90Mk1]

I thought the white 240 on the face of it looked good for £2,500. It appears on the surface to look remarkably up and together.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by XC90Mk1

I thought the white 240 on the face of it looked good for £2,500. It appears on the surface to look remarkably up and together.

I agree it looks okay for a 30 year old 230,000 mile car (without having seen it up close). Maybe it will go for a little bit more?

I suppose the downside is that the motor car is still 10 years away from being an historic vehicle, but would probably be a bit expensive (in fuel and spares) to run as a commuter. The market is therefore somewhat small - pretty well people like us :-)

I'll check on the final price this eve and post a report, I think it is a good idea to keep abreast of the market.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Othen

Isn't the internet a powerful tool Dave! It would have been almost impossible to discover that information prior to the web.

That white 240 saloon is standing at £1850 with 8 hours of the auction to go. I suppose bidding could either take off of fizzle out, I'll have a look at what happened this eve and report back.

Alan

They used to sell little books (not much bigger than the old booklet-style driving licence but obviously thicker) with a list of the identifiers in, an HMSO publication i believe.
I know many police officers had them (possibly issued by the force?) and i remember seeing them for sale in WH Smith at one point but it's so much easier having the information online.

Just looked at the white 240 myself, no change from when you looked, reserve not met as yet so might have a flurry around lunchtime but it finishes around 2 ish so won't catch the people getting home from work at tea time.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

They used to sell little books (not much bigger than the old booklet-style driving licence but obviously thicker) with a list of the identifiers in, an HMSO publication i believe.
I know many police officers had them (possibly issued by the force?) and i remember seeing them for sale in WH Smith at one point but it's so much easier having the information online.

Just looked at the white 240 myself, no change from when you looked, reserve not met as yet so might have a flurry around lunchtime but it finishes around 2 ish so won't catch the people getting home from work at tea time.

... the same went for lots of things Dave: remember car price guides (Parkers? maybe some others) printed in little A5 or A6 size booklets? It all seems so long ago now.

The white 240 is still at £1850, but I suppose people could easily access rBay via their cell phones if they wanted to, so the timing may not matter so much? Saying that, I always prefer to be sat at home watching on a larger screen than trying to navigate a tiny cell phone with my 60 year old eyes :-)

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Othen

... the same went for lots of things Dave: remember car price guides (Parkers? maybe some others) printed in little A5 or A6 size booklets? It all seems so long ago now.

The white 240 is still at £1850, but I suppose people could easily access rBay via their cell phones if they wanted to, so the timing may not matter so much? Saying that, I always prefer to be sat at home watching on a larger screen than trying to navigate a tiny cell phone with my 60 year old eyes :-)

I remember Parkers, many of the so-called "facts" were incorrect, can't remember examples now but found many mistakes way back when it was the late 80s/early 90s. Then they seemed to disappear although i vaguely remember a larger version (A4 perhaps?) more like a magazine before it finally got consigned to the annals of automotive history.

I'm very much the same as you Alan, i prefer to see what i'm buying on a big screen and often using a mobile device, there is a time lag between bidding on the device and ebay registering the bid.

Heard something on the news the other day a lot of younger people are suffering poor eyesight and they seem to think it's because of hand-held devices. When i was growing up i noticed many older people who wore glasses had small TVs, those that had larger TVs didn't wear glasses so much.
In my young mind, i equated small TVs as causing more eye strain so the same could apply to hand-held devices Vs proper PCs with big monitors. I know i tend to squint more using the laptop and even more using my phone than when using my PC so maybe there's something in it after all.

[Laird Scooby]

Along similar lines to keeping an eye on 240 prices, purely out of interst i've been keeping an eye on Lexus LS400 prices. Going back a year or two, anything pre-2000 could be picked up fairly cheaply, depending on age/condition/spec. This is one i've been watching and based on previous prices from a year or two back, i expected it to be sub-£1k end price :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEXUS-LS-400/164689327605

It seems there is a general upturn in prices for pre-2000 cars and with older cars, this seems sharper than with those closer to 2000 registration.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Interesting! It's a Hampshire reg as well so is a local car. I'd certainly agree with your guess but maybe a bit more than £2500, maybe nearer £3k in the end. Would be surprised if it doesn't even get near to £2.5k though.

That car sold for £2,600 Dave, which I thought was a healthy price for that car.

Alan

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Othen

That car sold for £2,600 Dave, which I thought was a healthy price for that car.

Alan

A little above the £2.5k then, not bad at all but a fair price i think Alan. Maybe we'll see a new member on here soon!

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Along similar lines to keeping an eye on 240 prices, purely out of interst i've been keeping an eye on Lexus LS400 prices. Going back a year or two, anything pre-2000 could be picked up fairly cheaply, depending on age/condition/spec. This is one i've been watching and based on previous prices from a year or two back, i expected it to be sub-£1k end price :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEXUS-LS-400/164689327605

It seems there is a general upturn in prices for pre-2000 cars and with older cars, this seems sharper than with those closer to 2000 registration.

I know nothing of the Lexus LS400 Dave, but i just looked on eBay and found this one, which seems to have a LPG conversion:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254864166219

What do you think of it? I’d never considered a Lexus, but then...

Alan

[Dippydog]

Apart from pre 2000 cars being perceived as less complicated perhaps the hike in VED rate[from about 2001?] has an effect on car prices also?