Whats going on with second hand prices?

[monzablue16v]

Had a look round the trader and the dreaded bay thinking of selling the golf  shhhhhhhh I know!

http://motors.search.ebay.co.uk/golf-gti-16v_Cars_W0QQcatrefZC12QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfltZ9QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQga10244Z10425QQsacatZ9801QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZ

[Uruk Hai]

Its like anything mate, its only worth what someone will pay you and with fuel prices and interest rates on the up I think it all adds up 

[monzablue16v]

I know mate but last year I had 1500 to spend on a nice valver and they were all dogs, now you can pick up a minter up from about £600 I might as well keep it and store it for a bit until the world sorts itself out or it becomes uber rare, or I could just keep driving it at weekends. I'm not selling it that cheap though!

Classic example I'd have ripped his arm off 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Golf-Gti-16v_W0QQitemZ120018385496QQihZ002QQcategoryZ9873QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Uruk Hai]

I think hanging on to it (if you can) is the best bet as prices do vary from time to time and the MK 2 market might just be a bit flat at the moment ! I think ebay has had a huge effect on the prices of cars of all ages, good if your a buyer and a b!tch if your selling !

[monzablue16v]

Yeah it's true but even trader and on here it's everywhere, not just golfs either really I saw a 51 plate F150 pickup go for 6k on the bay last night and they were like 19-25k when I was looking it sucks dude.

[keithyboy]

I know mate but last year I had 1500 to spend on a nice valver and they were all dogs, now you can pick up a minter up from about £600 I might as well keep it and store it for a bit until the world sorts itself out or it becomes uber rare, or I could just keep driving it at weekends. I'm not selling it that cheap though!

Classic example I'd have ripped his arm off

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Golf-Gti-16v_W0QQitemZ120018385496QQihZ002QQcategoryZ9873QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's always like that. When I tried to buy an 8v they were all sh!theaps being sold by dodgy geezers so I gave up on the idea altogether and bought a 2.0 Sierra. A couple of years ago we tried to get a Mondeo and wanted to spend about 2 grand. Autotrader was crammed with them until we wanted one and they all disappeared.

Sod's law dictates it I think.

[FBF]

its good news that these are hitting a low.  it wont be long before they start picking up value like the mk1's  i reckon next winter buy 2 and hide them for five-ten years.