Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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On pistonheads 
I wouldnt mind one again if i downgrade in a years time, as i would have thought they would be good value for money! I sold mine which was a 2003/52 with 35k and a whole abundance of extras for £7k and it was IMMACULATE almost new that was over a year ago!
Heres an example of how ludicrously priced they are:
2006 Astra VXR dealer price:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/941519.htm
2003 70k astra
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/950162.htm
I know alot are a bit cheaper on there ,but seriously i think they are waaaaaaaaaaay over priced. Before i could understand it as they were relatively new, not that common and a high spec. But now so are all the rivals etc....
Is it just pistonheads or do they actually have a brain disfunction?!
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Brain disfunction 8k
Look at RX8's at the moment they are starting from 4.5k
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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the price of cars at the minute is fucking mental.
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Yeah glad I didnt plunge for an M3 a few mnths back now  
Someone I know was offered 8k for his E46 M3 as a trade in...mental.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Cant beleive how much mine has dropped in 6months  But it wasnt as bad as what happened to the Z, 3k in 1month
Cars
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
Location: Lincoln
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I just think cars are coming down to a realistic price now. I mean seriously 20 grand for a well equipped sporty hatch is stupid money! who actually has £20,000 lying around to buy car that was in essence being made to appeal to a working class family? Certainly no one from a working class family has a straight 20k to blow on a car!
Cars were overpriced with credit in mind, They didnt seem to take into consideration the only reason stuff like that was selling is because people who couldnt actually afford it were buying their products on credit.
This recession will bring the prices of things back down to a realistic level.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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My astra Gsi was near £17k new in 2003. Not changed that much 
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Pridzz
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Registered: 18th Nov 08
Location: Exmouth - Devon
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mates just bought a black one - 03 plate 45k £4500 - Few dinks here and there hardly noticible and alloys could do with re-furb - Standard too
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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I saw a silver one yesterday, with subtle tints, an opel grille and lowered. Looked lovely.
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
Location: Lincoln
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
My astra Gsi was near £17k new in 2003. Not changed that much
Im on about in 2003 etc too. Go back to the 80s with astra GTE's, RS turbos, R5's etc and they were priced with the masses in mind - people could afford to buy them outright without getting credit or loans to buy them. over the past 20 years prices have continued to inflate a lot faster than peoples wages have.
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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prices on pistonheads seem to be stupid...52 plate CTR's are still fetching 7k....
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
Location: Lincoln
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PH is always overpriced, but the prices published are always more than the seller actually wants.
Plus people on PH never have any actual money, they just want to swap all the time for stupid things.
I put my V6 corsa gsi on there and had some fruit wanting to swap a suzuki vitara wideboy, ford focus 1.4, and an old vectra 1.8...
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Mike GSi
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Drives:Astra VXR
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Nova,s are now fetching more than Corsa's the price of cars is silly tbh
if i had bought a nova with the same spec as my corsa (Condition, model etc) i would have been looking at paying over £2,000 for it
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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got my z3 off pistonheads 
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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quote:
Originally posted by DizzyRebel
quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
My astra Gsi was near £17k new in 2003. Not changed that much
Im on about in 2003 etc too. Go back to the 80s with astra GTE's, RS turbos, R5's etc and they were priced with the masses in mind - people could afford to buy them outright without getting credit or loans to buy them. over the past 20 years prices have continued to inflate a lot faster than peoples wages have.
Dogshit, do you realise how expensive cars were in the 80's early 90's?
Take a Corsa GSi for example, base spec one in 1992 was £11,500 quid. Good value for money? No. Astra GSi Mk3, 15k? Again no way
These aren't exactly good cars either yet the prices were ridiculous. I think when the Nova SR came out in 83 the starting price was £8k
If you look at price of a Corsa VXR, you can get one drive out for £13,900 now, that's a £2,400 difference in 17 years and a Corsa GSi is certainly no VXR in spec and terms of the actual drive.
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
Location: Radlett, Hertfordshire
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5k for an ok condition one
5.5-6k for a minta with very low millage
6.5 for a minta + tunned
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
Location: Radlett, Hertfordshire
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Both of these went for 6k recently, both had subtle mod's and low millage
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lil_g
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
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Love these, keeping an eye on the prices to see if they fall a little before I can afford one
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