Classic car owners?

[Steely]

Investors have driven up prices, but mainly they are insterested in marques that I am not particularly interested in, and couldn’t afford anyway, even before the investors came along, but I think it has always been the case, it’s not a new phenomenon, generally cars decrease in value until they hit a certain level, determined by rarity, desirability when new and affordability (the E85/86 Z4’s are an example) and then steadily increase in value and desirability surpassing the means of many, except those few that held on to them.. when I think of the cars I have owned and sold.. I sold my Z3M coupe for 10k, now worth 20-25k, but it probably would have cost me that to keep it running!

You both make some good points there... Though so many classics are now being bought as investments and hei value is seriously affected by non-approved parts.
Often there is little choice and you either buy what you can get, or don’t use the car.
I’m now in my 50’s and some of the cars I have owned and sold were not classics, when I had them.
Seems that anything ‘old’ can be worth money and those cars we always wanted, when younger.
Recently knew of a Ford Capri selling for over £30K.... I’ll take the Z4 thanks.

 

[DSCOFF]

Steely
I once owned a 1976 911 which had cost me £8500.
It was in good general condition and I owned it for 18 months.
Had to sell it for something more useable.
Have recently seen my old car on ‘Car and Classic’, for almost £60K.
Thing is: Back in those days I always had to sell one car, to buy the next.
So could never have stuck it at the back of the garage.
My other ‘should have kept’ cars include an Integrale, Audi Quattro and even hot hatches like the 205GTI 1.9 and a Polo G40.
Some of us are never meant to ‘win’.
I still like the Z3M Coupe....

 

[shawna]

Steely
I once owned a 1976 911 which had cost me £8500.
It was in good general condition and I owned it for 18 months.
Had to sell it for something more useable.
Have recently seen my old car on ‘Car and Classic’, for almost £60K.
Thing is: Back in those days I always had to sell one car, to buy the next.
So could never have stuck it at the back of the garage.
My other ‘should have kept’ cars include an Integrale, Audi Quattro and even hot hatches like the 205GTI 1.9 and a Polo G40.
Some of us are never meant to ‘win’.
I still like the Z3M Coupe....

What was it a Carrera 3?

 

[Steely]

Today I found my old Z3 M coupe on ebay £22,995, 15 miles away, I’m going to look at it

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F122774925585

Steely
I once owned a 1976 911 which had cost me £8500.
It was in good general condition and I owned it for 18 months.
Had to sell it for something more useable.
Have recently seen my old car on ‘Car and Classic’, for almost £60K.
Thing is: Back in those days I always had to sell one car, to buy the next.
So could never have stuck it at the back of the garage.
My other ‘should have kept’ cars include an Integrale, Audi Quattro and even hot hatches like the 205GTI 1.9 and a Polo G40.
Some of us are never meant to ‘win’.
I still like the Z3M Coupe....

 

[Steely]

This was my M coupe.. sold for £10,500 (minus Reg)..now for sale at £22,995, doubled in value in 6 years

 

[TR4man]

Oh God, I do so want a Z3M Coupe.

 

[Mr Tidy]

Today I found my old Z3 M coupe on ebay £22,995, 15 miles away, I’m going to look at it

Lovely car OP - I always liked them!

Are you going just to look, or might you be thinking of buying?

 

[Steely]

It’s well over my budget, but never say never haha

Today I found my old Z3 M coupe on ebay £22,995, 15 miles away, I’m going to look at it

Lovely car OP - I always liked them!

Are you going just to look, or might you be thinking of buying?

 

[BMWZ4MC]

This was my M coupe.. sold for £10,500 (minus Reg)..now for sale at £22,995, doubled in value in 6 years

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In 2014 I turned down a 60K mile Z3MC for less than £8K because I thought I could find a better one
I intended to get the registration number M33CPE on your old car when I found the right one, to match M44CPE on my Z4MC

 

[Steely]

This was my M coupe.. sold for £10,500 (minus Reg)..now for sale at £22,995, doubled in value in 6 years

607919B3-B423-4D3C-A830-CF5026B6E931.jpeg

44659122-5B2D-471F-BC65-E95BE82C1491.jpeg

In 2014 I turned down a 60K mile Z3MC for less than £8K because I thought I could find a better one
I intended to get the registration number M33CPE on your old car when I found the right one, to match M44CPE on my Z4MC

I looked for M44CPE, I should have kept M33CPE on retention