1995 VW Polo 6n, 40,000 Miles! £1500

If that's the best you've seen I'd hate to see the worst!!!
I'd at least get the bumpers sprayed so it looks ok to even entertain that kind of price for one fella or you'll be stuck with it forever.

What would you recommend in that case? It is after all only worth what people are willing to pay for it

Never agreed with that "it's only worth what someone's willing to pay" nonsense but IMO you need to at least get it looking mint to say its mint if you catch my drift?

Probably wont cost you a lot more than £200 to get the bumpers painted up mint or even a really good second hand set as that dragon green was a popular colour but even then I'd say you will be a bit high on the price.

Try for a grand as it stands on eBay as that seems to be the highest price cars around but expect the usual 8,000,000 timewasters etc.

Never agreed with that "it's only worth what someone's willing to pay" nonsense


Just curious but how would you base value?

Well for me it's one of the most ridiculous statements ever made,no doubt invented by a professor or a student,lets say an educated type.

If you break the statement down,how could it ever make sense?

Eg mrs Simpson next door,always had brand new cars,plain 5 dr type things goes over her late uncles house and opens the garage.
Sitting there is a 1970 2 dr escort in great order,sat there since he was unable to drive in 1989,just started once a month to keep it free and occassionally driven out of the garage.

She looks at the superficial rust etc,no tax or mot and phones the scrappy,as its "only an old escort".

Now you and I know that's at least £3000's worth of car,more likely £4/5000, and mr scrappy knows this too,do you honestly believe he's gonna give her £3000 for it there and then?

Or is he gonna just put it on his wagon,drive away and laugh all the way to the bank?

Same scenario,but mrs s is a bit more clued up,looks on t'internet and sees that there could be some money in this.

Puts it on eBay and lets it run,car makes £1700,she's a bit confused as every other one was going at £3/4000 so the buyer emails her saying he's on his way to collect now.

She says sorry I'm re-listing it as it didn't get anywhere near where I thought it would be,buyer responds with "well,it's met it's true value as that's only what someone's prepared to pay for it".

She agrees as of course that's true,no one phoned from the local paper she advertised it in and someone in work did tell her eBay is full of timewasters.
And after all,it's only an old escort, £1600 will pay for a nice holiday to Italy.

OR,is it that they did a bit of eBay investigating,realised this was her first auction,realised she had perhaps not sold the cars true merits,not taken any pictures,not mentioned it was one owner 2 dr shell etc etc as had she done this then every other eBay Tom dick and Harry would have bid it up to £3/4000.

Final scenario,mrs s uses her head,realises that after searching t'internet the car is actually worth more than the 3 year old eurobox she's driving about in,so she phones up a local car restorer to re commission the escort,after all it only really needs minor bits and pieces and asks him to sell it on her behalf giving him a commission on top.

He asks his mate KGF1 car sales to do this for him,realising with his experience and client list the car will make close to £10-12k as an "excellent unrestored example".

Irish rally boy sees it for sale,sends the cash over and job done,after apps said and done mrs Simpson gets a nice cheque for £8000,KGF1 takes £2000 for his hassle and the restorer had £2000 as well.

So yes,it's only worth what someone's willing to pay for it,but who that someone is and what their willing to pay varies like the amount of shoes my mrs wears in a day I.e a lot!!!!

I sold a manual one of these a few years ago in similar condition for £380. This IMO is a £400 car for a middle aged lady who wants an easy car to pop to the shops in.

Agree 100%