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I hope the many shall we say practical comments in this thread have assisted you. The difference in second hand price could reflect e.g. practicality, build quality and degrees of iconic status. Fashion? Who knows? |
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The difference in used prices always reflects many objective and subjective factors - whether classics or moderns. Iconic is a very overused word, and I wouldn't use it too freely in this context - fashion is a always a factor in all markets (with the exception perhaps of what I refer to as the utility car market). Jon. Last edited by Prufrock; Nov 9th, 2016 at 18:00. Reason: typo |
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Jeeves might say, a gentleman instinctively knows what is iconic, and that fashion is perhaps most relevant the some forms of utility cars. Even serious four wheel drive cars can be practical and iconic or fashionable or any permutation thereof.
Dictionaries are there to record how persons like us use words. So we might have our conversation preserved for posterity. . Last edited by Stephen Edwin; Nov 9th, 2016 at 20:58. |
Nov 9th, 2016, 21:33 | #104 |
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I'm not sure "iconic" is the word I'd pick for my 740; "square" is probably the word I'd pick...
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I'm not using the term to describe an SUV, and as said, the word iconic is so overused it has lost it's original meaning - if everything is iconic then ergo, nothing is. Jon. P.S only here as there's no interest in 700s I regret. Last edited by Prufrock; Nov 9th, 2016 at 22:56. Reason: P.S |
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Oh Jeeves did, it just hasn't been mentioned before.
Banger hacks are wonderful machines. I remember a Maxi 1500. It almost drove itself. Everything an icon? Gosh. What next? More than one of a unique item? Each of us is an icon. A vehicle qualifies imho when people clearly notice it. P.S. I have a small number of actual, icons, in my home. P.P.S. I'm sure interest will arrive in 700 section. . |
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For me, the 7/900 estate is the ultimate utility car: huge practical load area, self-levelling rear suspension, and comfortable to drive over long distances. And there's no extraneous "styling", just a shape that does exactly what's needed with no fuss. No doubt the 200 ticks the same boxes; for my money the 7/900 styling (especially the original 700: I'm with Jon on that) is cleaner than the 200, but that's just personal taste.
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Whisper .. my 740 just wasn't a 240 ... build quality, road clearance, seat posture, ICONICITY |
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When we were running our 2s, the 7s were so new as to be out of our price range. We bought our last 7 series at 11 years old with 96 K for £1750. It served us faithfully for 18 years and over 70K before it died earlier this year. Those that we looked at to replace it were little better than ours, so we finally settled for a 2000 V70. It's a good car, but I would much prefer a nice late 945, or 965/V90. Now, as you rightly say, the 2 series cars - and, even earlier, the 1 series - that then we regarded as expendable are now collectable, with commensurately higher price tags, and the 7s are in the utility / banger category, as is our early V70 also. That's fine by us, as others have said they represent cheap motoring with little or no depreciation more than offsetting the increased cost at the pumps. I also agree with Stephen, I'm sure that as tempus continues to fugit and the 7s reach a critical mass like the 2s before them, interest will revive. It's just a matter of keeping the faith alive until then! Regards, John. * Not the BL variant! Talking of Maxis - we part exchanged our '82 champagne beige rust bucket for our first 244 (a '75) in the mid eighties! J.
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