agree with Rob, whoever bought the car is gonna be happy when it collects even more in value, which it will, look at Delta Integrales and this is the 1st ever right hand drive Williams. £15k is it really that much for a car that cannot be replaced and is literally one of a kind, I mean FFS its the original Williams! lol
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agree with Rob, whoever bought the car is gonna be happy when it collects even more in value, which it will, look at Delta Integrales and this is the 1st ever right hand drive Williams. £15k is it really that much for a car that cannot be replaced and is literally one of a kind, I mean FFS its the original Williams! lol
well despite what you think or say of the car and/or its owner, the fact remains that this is as close to the cast as you can get and the limited production number run means that this one will fetch more money. In this case £15k. Its a rip off to you and me as we cannot afford a luxury like that, but if money was no object and I wanted a piece of rally heritage then this would be the car I would get. I dont think the guy bought it to drive it, it will prolly get run once a week for about 10 minutes then stored in a garage for the rest of its life.
it also may be a badge, but its made the car worth £15k, so either way it got the best sticker set.
No.0123 fetched just over a third of what Stromba got for No.0002. It was probably one of the most mint and original bar No.0002 and even had a novelty number! I miss it every day.
Someone hit the nail on the head when they said about £15k being a luxury price. The person who bought it didnt scrimp and save - it was pocket money for the novelty of having No.0002. Its nothing to do with VFM. Hence all the talk of the price of this paid relative to other Williams is irrelevant.
If I was totally loaded Id have no problem paying triple what I let No.123 go for to get it back again. Sadly, Im not. So I wont. Yet.
I dont believe so, prolly just jealous people on here spreading rumours, that or they just wanted to wind him up. mind you, he did make a few enemies on here as he certainly aint shy of saying what he thinks, but sometimes his posts do come across quite badly and certain people provoked this hence him now being banned. personally if most people here met the guy they wouldnt even realise it was the same person, hes well chilled out.
anyway, back onto the car and when we looked at it there was a lot of lacquer on the bonnet, this is by no means conclusive tho, same would happen to my car if I tried to get rid of stone chips! the engine bay was spotless also as you would expect, with no obvious signs of anything being replaced, ie no weld marks, over spray etc. no sub frame damage, but then again its only done 18k, so the chances are slim. slight bump maybe, but most prolly have at some point. crashed tho, i doubt it. all my opinion, others have seen it too, would have to get their opinions on it really...
I think 007 said it right, about the members on here who have bought a brand new Clio and take a huge depreciation hit on that. Its down to what you think is VFM, plus its down to your finances. Assuming were talking about spending your own money and not your employers, buying Williams 002 for £15k is bloody clever compared to buying a fully loaded Clio 182 for the same money, then selling it for 8 grand in 3 years time.
The worst of it is that this crazy situation - of people buying brand new cars then selling them after 3 years for half what they spent - is so widespread that its actually regarded as the norm! So whoever bought 002 for £15k is the normal one, the rest of us who didnt buy it are mental!
The bottom line is, if the new buyer drives it around every other weekend and it never sees a wet day, they keep it well maintained, then puts it back on the market in 5 years time, someone will STILL pay 15k for it. Look at Escort Cossies, same sort of thing and theyre not even that rare.
