Mars Red Vee - Why so cheap?

cat171 · Nov 3, 2009

I always end up with blue cars, this one is no exception - i'll possibly get a mk2, I love Illiad (obviously) but I can't really get a mk2 in it. Silver mk2 I reckon, or a rarer coloured one.

Addz · Nov 3, 2009

i saw this and wondered why it was so cheap! lovely colour but still think i prefer illiad

Gareth · Nov 3, 2009

Mars Red is awesome, my favourite Vee colour.

Dash · Nov 6, 2009

Dash said:
Recently on Pheads

D2 WRC
10,000 miles. 2005 on a 55 reg. excellent all round
condition just turned 10000 miles.
liquid yellow,tracker,FRSH. [Mid Glamorgan]

Price: £19,995

It's back now £16,995

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1336648.htm

Plummer · Nov 6, 2009

koi said:
Deep bronze :dead:

What does deep Bronze look like?

Dash · Nov 6, 2009

Daniel · Nov 6, 2009

I can't believe there isn't a PEtrol Blue one!! Shocked at that tbh.

ddouble · Nov 6, 2009

there is!!

they sold two in austria of all places. looks kinda green in this photo, but its the only picture of it ive ever seen

Dash · Nov 6, 2009

Because it was originally called Paddock Green, I think we took a dislike to the idea.

cat171 · Nov 6, 2009

Dash said:
It's back now £16,995

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1336648.htm

Good price that, the pics don't do it justice though, they didn't in the first ad either !

ddouble said:
there is!!

they sold two in austria of all places. looks kinda green in this photo, but its the only picture of it ive ever seen

I've seen that pic before, i'm not sure it's Petrol Blue, it looks like a washed out Lunar to me.

ddouble · Nov 6, 2009

they never sold any lunars in austria so its unlikely its one of them

im 99% sure its a petrol blue (vert orion/paddock green as it was known before).

cat171 · Nov 6, 2009

Fair enough, i'm not convinced though dude. Is that even an Austrian plate on it ? It loks French to me.

ddouble · Nov 6, 2009

yeah actually it is a french plate. you got me questioning it now!!!

i found the pic on v6passion a while back, they claimed it was "vert orion" on there and i took it as gospel.

JayR · Nov 6, 2009

Dash said:
It's back now £16,995

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1336648.htm

Damn - That is so, so nice and very tempting!

I would really need to get myself out in a Vee to see whether they are as good as everyone says they are as if i went to look at that i know id want it on looks alone regardless.

Dash said:

Looks just like Black Gold! lol

cat171 · Nov 6, 2009

ddouble said:
yeah actually it is a french plate. you got me questioning it now!!!

i found the pic on v6passion a while back, they claimed it was "vert orion" on there and i took it as gospel.

I don't thnik they've checked their sources

Rich.. · Nov 6, 2009

JayR said:
Damn - That is so, so nice and very tempting!

I would really need to get myself out in a Vee to see whether they are as good as everyone says they are as if i went to look at that i know id want it on looks alone regardless.

Looks just like Black Gold! lol

If you go and have a test drive in one it wont be the looks you'll be sold on, it will be the noise

Rich.. · Nov 6, 2009

This mars one seems a good buy to me, I spoke to him and he says he wants £8500 for it, very good price for a mars imo. If it wasn't for the fact it's about 300+ miles from here there's a good chance I'd have bought it.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1109089.htm

cat171 · Nov 6, 2009

Jay, it's looks mate, they still do it for me, plus folk still ask me if I built it myself !

cat171 · Nov 6, 2009

Richard_UK said:
This mars one seems a good buy to me, I spoke to him and he says he wants £8500 for it, very good price for a mars imo. If it wasn't for the fact it's about 300+ miles from here there's a good chance I'd have bought it.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1109089.htm

It's been on there for a while now if it's that price & NOT recorded it's worth it.

I'd be wanting 10k min for mine (blue mk1) I was offered 8k part ex for it a few weeks ago, but i'd rather not let a stealer have it. I'm not sellig yet btw, just interested in other stuff.

Rich.. · Nov 6, 2009

I asked for his lowest price and he came back with 8.5, so there's a chance he'd take 8k, I rekon if that was put in a garage until start of next summer it will sell on for 10k all day long (IMO)

ddouble · Nov 6, 2009

you would do well to get 10k for it if its registered.

Although i dont know if its confirmed if its damage repaired or not?

either way, 8k for it would be worth thinking about! would proceed with extreme caution if it has been damaged repaired though, could easily cost alot more to get to mint standard!!

cat171 · Nov 6, 2009

Richard_UK said:
I asked for his lowest price and he came back with 8.5, so there's a chance he'd take 8k, I rekon if that was put in a garage until start of next summer it will sell on for 10k all day long (IMO)

I think so about the last paragrah, too many selling them cheap now

I can only hope that the 8k ones now were the 10k ones (a bit hmm cars)when I was looking years ago. I'm talking mk1's.

ddouble · Nov 6, 2009

i think so craig, james sold his old mk1 for 11ish a few months ago, so the good ones still command the premium.

the 12-13k mk1s are now 10-11k

the 10-11ks are now 8-9k

of course theres the odd bargain, but you do tend to find you get what you pay for.

Rich.. · Nov 6, 2009

ddouble said:
you would do well to get 10k for it if its registered.

Although i dont know if its confirmed if its damage repaired or not?

either way, 8k for it would be worth thinking about! would proceed with extreme caution if it has been damaged repaired though, could easily cost alot more to get to mint standard!!

I was talking about the mk1 mars that I posted the link to, not the one in the op, sorry for the confusion.

cat171 · Nov 6, 2009

ddouble said:
i think so craig, james sold his old mk1 for 11ish a few months ago, so the good ones still command the premium.

the 12-13k mk1s are now 10-11k

the 10-11ks are now 8-9k

of course theres the odd bargain, but you do tend to find you get what you pay for.

Was that J4 ... on here mate ? I agree about 'you get what you pay for'

I'd be wanting top dollar for mine tbh as it's low miles (37k on an 02 reg) and only two previous owners, plus it's blue

The thing that would annoy me was that folk wouldn't want to pay the money & would see an 8k car as a better option.

Rich.. · Nov 6, 2009

I think the main problem with getting top money for a mk1 is that the gap between good mk1 and cheaper mk2 is narrowing more and more

cat171 · Nov 6, 2009

True, some early mk2's can be had round the 12k mark now.

Timmay · Nov 6, 2009

id have one in every colour made tbh - cos im greedy (need to win the lotto tho)

Plummer · Nov 9, 2009

Dash said:

OOF!!

That is frickin sexy!

Chapppers11 · Dec 7, 2009

mars for sale
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-52-RENAU...ewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item4147642a24

R20 CWH · Dec 8, 2009

^^ bargain even if it is categorised.

Mike_182 · Dec 8, 2009

Plummer said:
OOF!!

That is frickin sexy!

It looks just like Black Gold!

cat171 · Dec 8, 2009

R20 CWH said:
^^ bargain even if it is categorised.

Not really now, you can get a nice mk1 (non recorded) for 10k. I'd even sell mine (which is a straight car) for that.
I'd give no more than 7k for that recorded red one.

JayR · Dec 8, 2009

chapppers11 said:
mars for sale
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-52-RENAU...ewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item4147642a24

R20 CWH said:
^^ bargain even if it is categorised.

Looks abit of a shed to me.

Mike_182 said:
It looks just like Black Gold!

LOL - Was thinking the same!

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