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Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: cheddarcheese on December 29, 2009, 01:39:53 PM

Title: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: cheddarcheese on December 29, 2009, 01:39:53 PM
Is it just me or do people seem to be asking g40 prices for there fecking polo GT's

when i first got in to polo's you could pick a decent polo GT for around £300-500 or modified maybe £700-800 and a real spanking tidy GT for about a £1000 but now there fetching stupid money! and G40's are still fetching the same value!

i keep seeing polo GTs with a few mods going for over £1500 and the shell condition is not even great!!!


are people mad!

what's other peoples opinions on this?
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: MartinB on December 29, 2009, 02:29:53 PM
a 1.0 litre breadvan went for £700 the same night as a standard G40 went for £1k on ebay. Madness!
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: hayesey on December 29, 2009, 06:26:25 PM
people on club polo certainly seem to be asking for stupid money for GTs and other non-g40 polos.  I cant see why anyone would pay £1000+ for a GT unless it was in showroom condition.  Couple of hundred more gets you a g40!
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: Weeman on December 29, 2009, 07:34:38 PM
I got my gt for 350, body work is in mint conition but it needs a respary as the lad before me had bare metaled it and rollered it grey! Really gutted as it was a mint black gt!!

Seems a may have picked up a bit of a bargin as it has a full stamped service book too :D
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: supercharged spaniel on December 29, 2009, 08:02:35 PM
I wouldn't even pay 500 quid for a gt.  75 bhp wouldnt pull your foreskin back so what's the point.  That's just my opinion I know people say they're good little runners etc etc but not for me.
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: batten on December 29, 2009, 08:17:17 PM
Quote from: supercharged spaniel on December 29, 2009, 08:02:35 PM
I wouldn't even pay 500 quid for a gt.  75 bhp wouldnt pull your foreskin back so what's the point.

haha brilliant  ;D
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: hayesey on December 29, 2009, 08:33:10 PM
I wouldn't pay more than £500 either unless it was an exceptionally good condition shell.
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: supercharged spaniel on December 29, 2009, 08:55:20 PM
I just can't understand these pubescent kids.  There's someone on CP selling a gt for around 1500-1800 quid.  It's not an original GT it used to be every other polo other than a g40, its had a respray and been through as many hands as jordans tits.  I don't blame the sellers, everyone wants to get the most they can don't they.  It's the bloody buyers?! It makes no sense..'hmmm 75bhp gt for nearly 2k or a min of 113bhp g40 for 1500? hmmm let me think that one through' :-\  the onlybenefit of a gt over a gt for me is cheaper insurance...

Hold onto your g40's boys..   
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: Tommo on December 29, 2009, 11:11:42 PM
I guess mk3 polos are sort of making the transition from an crappy old car to a cool little retro runabout.

So most people arent going to want the relatively high maintainence G40 model with the poor economy that requires specialist treatment when you can have a nippy little sports model thats absolutely bomb proof.

I know the G40 is the collectable model but I think most people buying GT's are after a retro car that it practical, rather than buying them because they think they are rare or fast.
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: cheddarcheese on December 30, 2009, 12:13:58 AM
thats ball shit i would say a g40 is no more high maintenance than a GT and i have had 4 polo gt's all with worse fuel economy than my G40's.


Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: supercharged spaniel on December 30, 2009, 12:24:20 AM
oooooo arrrrrr

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Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: benh999 on December 30, 2009, 08:16:04 AM
Quote from: supercharged spaniel on December 29, 2009, 08:02:35 PM
I wouldn't even pay 500 quid for a gt.  75 bhp wouldnt pull your foreskin back
;D

Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: tdh-syorks on December 30, 2009, 09:32:44 AM
Quote from: benh999 on December 30, 2009, 08:16:04 AM
Quote from: supercharged spaniel on December 29, 2009, 08:02:35 PM
I wouldn't even pay 500 quid for a gt.  75 bhp wouldnt pull your foreskin back
;D



it only has a piston stroke of 2.835 inches  :o
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: Yoof on December 30, 2009, 09:40:37 AM
Lol @ Tom

No idea why GTs are fetching such a premium- I paid £1250 for mine 6 years ago... probably worth about £12.50 at the moment though  ;D

GT are fun little cars, but £1500 is taking the piss, I picked up a Ph2 Clio 172 for that!!!
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: tdh-syorks on December 30, 2009, 09:55:03 AM
i picked up my first G40 for £700 nearly 10 years ago, (tho it wasn't what you would call in full working order) it cos me another £1200 to put right.
i'd say a tidy 1.0-1.3 standard coupe is worth around £300-£350, a tidy GT worth between £500-£700 and G40 from £1200 to £1750 depending on condition. highly modified G40's are worth more but thats only my personal opinion. i'd say if you found a totally standard G40, low mileage and in museum condition then your talkin serious money.
only problem is with any pricing from the 1.0 to the G40 is the realistic book price as that says there worth peanuts.
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: djtez on January 11, 2010, 06:28:48 PM
Polo's are only worth wat buyers willing to pay..
i wouldn'tpay £700 or close for a GT s a bough an engine for 150 nd put it in my coupe..
i paid £2200 for my Gt/G40 conversion 3 year ago but it was worth it with the extra'. for e.g brand new wheels an tyres with receipt 700.
plus everything incld badge was g40.
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: benh999 on January 11, 2010, 07:12:24 PM
At the end of the day we all know that G40's are worth more than GT's. ;)
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: GAF2 on January 15, 2010, 08:04:23 PM
just what we are talking about, check out this about half way down the page, two adverts, one after the other.http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?g=&s=377&filter=&o=&pc=&min=&max=&txt=&px=&p=14&pagesize=15&xsl=list&y1=&y2=&d=0&dist=&nodays=0


grant
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: djtez on January 15, 2010, 08:23:03 PM
Thats hilariously..
Title: Re: None G40 stupid prices!
Post by: vwmk3jon on January 16, 2010, 10:57:34 AM
It's not only cars that I find strangely priced but some parts too!

A headlight switch for £10 because it came from a G40. It's the same as a normal mk3 switch ffs and they're 50p from a scrappy in the same condition.