Thank you for all the help over the years

[andrewc1267]

Thanks everyone for all your help over the years as some of you know I post on here looking for advice on mine and my friends V70Rs in recent years his has become troublesome mine less so either way both cars are going on Monday due to local dealerships offering really good scrappage scheme it's a shame as these are becoming rare now but I can't ignore the fact that the deals on off are really good we are both replacing them with Tesla's I'm going to also keep my AMG Merc thanks again

[Simmy]

dont scrap a v70 r .prices are climbing on v70r s its hard to find one under 6k are u shure the dealer is scraping them or are they going to sell them on ?

[sdg1970]

Originally Posted by Simmy

dont scrap a v70 r .prices are climbing on v70r s its hard to find one under 6k

Can't agree with that really, as plenty languish on Ebay at 3 or 4k and don't sell. The 'all or nothing' brigade see to that, where a car must be virtually concours (a ludicrous mentality if you ask me) to be worth anything. I keep mine on the road by concentrating on largely just mot items. This isn't tolerable to a certain mindset though and any cars as such are barely 2k's worth...

[andrewc1267]

Originally Posted by sdg1970

Can't agree with that really, as plenty languish on Ebay at 3 or 4k and don't sell. The 'all or nothing' brigade see to that, where a car must be virtually concours (a ludicrous mentality if you ask me) to be worth anything. I keep mine on the road by concentrating on largely just mot items. This isn't tolerable to a certain mindset though and any cars as such are barely 2k's worth...

I agree totally the cars are great but are expensive to repair and are really poor on fuel and this may upset some but have poor performance compared to modern smaller engine cars like golf R S3 ect and mine is modified with a forged bottom end bigger injectors ect ect I've spent a fortune over the 12 years I've had mine and yet they still seem to not appreciate greatly in value.and in reply to previous post I spoke with the dealer and both cars once handed over will be subject to a destruction order so no selling on

[amazondean]

buy a cheap pile of crap, and hand that over instead, Your cars would be great for someone to at least strip for good parts.

[andrewc1267]

Originally Posted by amazondean

buy a cheap pile of crap, and hand that over instead, Your cars would be great for someone to at least strip for good parts.

The cars have to have been registered in your name for a period of time for them to be eligible for the scrappage scheme anyway we are on the way to pick up and drop off as we speak

[sdg1970]

And I'd be taking a lot of satisfaction out of keeping OUT of the hands of those who'd want to pay near **** all for it and strip it...

[Shinsplintz 101]

The OP has little choice - he's going to get a decent lump in trade in (scrappage scheme in this case) vs. Bugger
All on the open market. It's simple economics.

For the puritanical few who will no doubt rail against the scrapping of two Rs - if you feel that strongly then send the OP a PM and offer to buy the cars for the same money as the dealer is offering. I'm sure he'd take the opportunity to save the cars if there was no financial loss to consider.

I've done the above several times (and been fortunate enough to save a few from the knackers yard) but unless you're willing to put your money where your mouth is then you've lost the right to make statements about what someone should or shouldn't do with their property, rare or otherwise.

Good luck with the Teslas. They are hysterically fast

[280E]

Sadly, this happened all too frequently during the Government-backed scrappage scheme.

Many 'sub-classics' bit the dust - often with nothing wrong with them

[DaveNP]

Is it the government 'Scrappage' scheme which required the vehicles to be destroyed or just the dealer using the word 'scrappage' to imply a great deal even if the car is rubbish?
The government scheme was, in my opinion, a travesty which meant many good cars were actually scrapped as the dealers had to prove the car was destroyed and there were checks done. If it's just the dealer's scheme they will probably chuck it in the auctions or the scrapper they flog it to could save it.