How many - 2005 55 Plate 3.0i

Gwest44

Senior member
 Sheffield
I understand you pretty much couldn’t order a 3 0i for months prior to the facelift car in March 2006 (apparently due to emissions legislation), so from mid-2005 onwards there are hardly any cars, and even fewer 55 plate (Sep05-Feb06) ones.

So my question is does anyone have a 55 plate 3.0i as I'm curious to establish how many are on the forum?
 
Gwest44 said:
I understand you pretty much couldn’t order a 3 0i for months prior to the facelift car in March 2006 (apparently due to emissions legislation), so from mid-2005 onwards there are hardly any cars, and even fewer 55 plate (Sep05-Feb06) ones.

So my question is does anyone have a 55 plate 3.0i as I'm curious to establish how many are on the forum?

Found 3 on auto trader.

Age doesn't matter now they are 2 decades old so even if they are rare it won't affect their value at all.
 
SonnyA85 said:
Gwest44 said:
I understand you pretty much couldn’t order a 3 0i for months prior to the facelift car in March 2006 (apparently due to emissions legislation), so from mid-2005 onwards there are hardly any cars, and even fewer 55 plate (Sep05-Feb06) ones.

So my question is does anyone have a 55 plate 3.0i as I'm curious to establish how many are on the forum?

Found 3 on auto trader.

Age doesn't matter now they are 2 decades old so even if they are rare it won't affect their value at all.
Thanks for the reply but maybe you didn't read the question or I can't use the Autotrader search function correctly - i could only find one 55 plate 3.0i and that's marked as sold.

Either way I am just interested to establish how many are on the forum.

As for value seeing as you mentioned it - although it wasn't something I was looking to establish I would have to challenge your point. In my experience the age and rareity of a vehicle do have a positive impact on value obviously along with a number of other factors such as maintenance and condition.
 
Live in a separate market but on the same forum still :). I have a 08/2005 produced 3.0i, registered in 10/2005. Intact whippy and all.
 
Gwest44 said:
SonnyA85 said:
Gwest44 said:
I understand you pretty much couldn’t order a 3 0i for months prior to the facelift car in March 2006 (apparently due to emissions legislation), so from mid-2005 onwards there are hardly any cars, and even fewer 55 plate (Sep05-Feb06) ones.

So my question is does anyone have a 55 plate 3.0i as I'm curious to establish how many are on the forum?

Found 3 on auto trader.

Age doesn't matter now they are 2 decades old so even if they are rare it won't affect their value at all.
Thanks for the reply but maybe you didn't read the question or I can't use the Autotrader search function correctly - i could only find one 55 plate 3.0i and that's marked as sold.

Either way I am just interested to establish how many are on the forum.

As for value seeing as you mentioned it - although it wasn't something I was looking to establish I would have to challenge your point. In my experience the age and rareity of a vehicle do have a positive impact on value obviously along with a number of other factors such as maintenance and condition.

I have a rare can of baked beans that was manufactured during covid where they hardly made any baked beans. Want to pay £15 for it?

The problem you have is it's not a M therefore it's not a rare or special enough car to demand a premium, just like how my baked beans aren't special or rare enough.
 
Gwest44 said:
I have a rare can of baked beans that was manufactured during covid where they hardly made any baked beans. Want to pay £15 for it?
Would you take £12 posted?
 
Phoenixboy said:
Chippie said:
Gwest44 said:
I have a rare can of baked beans that was manufactured during covid where they hardly made any baked beans. Want to pay £15 for it?
Would you take £12 posted?
Is that posted or Toasted?

Definitely on toast with brown sauce and a knob of butter
 
Gwest44 said:
SonnyA85 said:
Gwest44 said:
I understand you pretty much couldn’t order a 3 0i for months prior to the facelift car in March 2006 (apparently due to emissions legislation), so from mid-2005 onwards there are hardly any cars, and even fewer 55 plate (Sep05-Feb06) ones.

So my question is does anyone have a 55 plate 3.0i as I'm curious to establish how many are on the forum?

Found 3 on auto trader.

Age doesn't matter now they are 2 decades old so even if they are rare it won't affect their value at all.
Thanks for the reply but maybe you didn't read the question or I can't use the Autotrader search function correctly - i could only find one 55 plate 3.0i and that's marked as sold.

Either way I am just interested to establish how many are on the forum.

As for value seeing as you mentioned it - although it wasn't something I was looking to establish I would have to challenge your point. In my experience the age and rareity of a vehicle do have a positive impact on value obviously along with a number of other factors such as maintenance and condition.
Back in the day all the owners of the last limited edition Capri, the 280 'Brooklands' thought it meant something if there's was on an E-plate instead of a D. In fact I even saw one on an F-plate.
However, they were all manufactured between the 1st and the 19th December 1986. So the late plate ones just sat in a muddy field for longer before they sold. :roll:
I think you should focus more on build date tbh.
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115497082141?hash=item1ae4299d1d:g:7uAAAOSws2Fi~N6B&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkAqKTauP5NFsp3rFwbyQcRWNrwjT79RCmVJBWAUzeE7G1HSFAa%2F4BAfrOTiXtfdAaHWCJand%2BpiZF9bTji9cL5sJQXHgSMfu4dGpvo4buMnBzkgedZZ8n%2FSvxFiXss%2BzA68JLj1hyS%2FLv6%2F5Zf4kRbqArFVzrtIqJOD1L%2FMSAuQL9vPK5KopuDQ6gS3DryQ4Hg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_Lw-uvVYA
 
jamie_z4 said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115497082141?hash=item1ae4299d1d:g:7uAAAOSws2Fi~N6B&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkAqKTauP5NFsp3rFwbyQcRWNrwjT79RCmVJBWAUzeE7G1HSFAa%2F4BAfrOTiXtfdAaHWCJand%2BpiZF9bTji9cL5sJQXHgSMfu4dGpvo4buMnBzkgedZZ8n%2FSvxFiXss%2BzA68JLj1hyS%2FLv6%2F5Zf4kRbqArFVzrtIqJOD1L%2FMSAuQL9vPK5KopuDQ6gS3DryQ4Hg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_Lw-uvVYA
:sick: :sick: :sick:
 
paddy wright said:
jamie_z4 said:
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:sick: :sick: :sick:

Oh! Wrong link! I thought it was a 55 plate Z4 :rofl:
 
Did you mean this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403834753743?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7KUHARHMQH-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=7KUHARHMQH-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 
Gwest44 said:
Did you mean this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403834753743?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7KUHARHMQH-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=7KUHARHMQH-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Indeed 8)
 
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