"raden" wrote in message


I wonder. I'm amazed at how used car prices have inflated over the
past 15 years. I remember that in 1995, you could easily find 10-year
old cars with less than 90,000 miles for about £300. Nowadays you are
hard-preesed to find them for less than £1500. What is going on?
After all, new cars haven't gone up 500% over the past 15 years, have
they?
You are joking, aren't you
2nd hand prices are rock bottom ATM
I saw the Top Gear rerun tonight and watched Jeremy Clarckson scoop he
pool with the cheapest car for under a hundred quid.

He bought a realy nice old Volvo for one pound. It had 2 months MOT on
it too. One of the tests was to drive it into a brick wall with a
sandbank behind it. He hit it 10 mph faster than the others and it was
the only one to drive away.

As soon as I saw it, I was thinking I wouldn't mind one of them. Yes it
is a gas guzzler and it is an old car but it was also a nice one and for
100 quid I was thinking "Not bad, not bad at all."

Then he explained why it was so cheap. Apparently the dealers will take
them in to sell a new car but have to pay a hundred or so to recycle
them. He said that the lot was full of BMWs and stuff, all going for a
song.





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