zugzwang Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) My nearest post office is in a pretty poor estate yet there are quite a few very new cars; not the junior exec 5 series stuff, more like PCP cheap monthly deals. C3s, Clios, Yarises etc. The sort of cars that can be seen in advertised with the attractive monthly payment written on it outside local Tesco etc. Dunno where the money comes from regardless, I saw a few people in the locale examining what was likely their new car in a snazzy colour; they looked bemused and if I were an alien I'd have said the two objects (the family and the car) were probably not from the same planet. I suppose all it needs to fit in is a couple of weeks of kerbing the alloys and the obligatory parking dent in the bootlid. The growth of private loans (inc. auto loans) has been the biggest component of Osborne's debt recovereh (below). Add to that £28bn in PPI claims etc. and you have your explanation. Edited May 26, 2014 by zugzwang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Council estates used to be the main repository for old big-engined exec barges and knackered repmobiles. I can't say I tour rough estates that extensively but, I get the impression, they aren't there now. Mystery where they've gone maybe they don't sell in the numbers to start with, any longer. Near where I used to live in Swindon there was an estate with a few SD1s and Sierras in it, you could make out the turning circle on the communal grass out front from Google Earth photos. I daresay many of these cars were probably driven on a SORN. At least the PCP ones are probably insured these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 The growth of private loans (inc. auto loans) has been the biggest component of Osborne's debt recovereh (below). Add to that £28bn in PPI claims etc. and you have your explanation. Quite right. It's more amazement that they would blow it on a car when outwardly at least there might be other more pressing priorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 This strategy would misfire badly if the potential buyer was a HPCer....to me it would just scream "MEW, desperate seller" Like this? My wife has identified a house and we have viewed it. Asking price has already been reduced by 10%+ and she is thinking 10% more off (I am thinking 20% more ). I am struggling to place a value on it. It is close to us but I am unsure of it's immediate area. I am hoping that there will be a major showstopper and I will not have to reveal my hand. The thing that puts me off the most is that the seller has 2 large German saloons on the drive and I feel that is what I would be paying for, not the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ah-so Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I believe this story. It is a great bit of advertising - it says that "this is the type of place where a [insert name of German car company] owner lives." That works - would you rather be in a street with old bangers and caravans or new Mercs and Audis? Too many Mercs will put off potential racist buyers, though. Yes, you should be able to separate your judgement from an EA's photo, but it all influences your judgement. Easy to sit behind a screen and call people "sheeple" for falling for advertising, but everyone feels that they are above advertising and that only other people fall for it (although I will accept that on a contrarian website like HPC, there are far fewer who fall for advertising nonsense). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MississippiJohnHurt Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Like this? Heh nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 62% of peolpe said that they will only have sex with someone that owns a house. 67% of people wont buy a house if it has Bananas in a wooden bowl in the kitchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Quite right. It's more amazement that they would blow it on a car when outwardly at least there might be other more pressing priorities. ....but some don't think they are blowing it 0% means they get to buy it for free.....but the cost is only added to the price...the new car is the new mortgage they have been priced out of obtaining..... The cost is the what it costs to service each month not how long 0% will take to pay for......longer than the lifetime of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkujsbap Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I always look at the neighbours cars. I couldn't give a crap what sort of people are trying to sell. But I personally think its a decent indicator of confidence in the area on terms of not having your nice motor scratched and/or nicked. Obviously MEW/PPI/credit is applicable but then, when cars are so "cheap" why doesn't everyone have a beamer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbrown Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Lets look at the article in detail shall we? It surveys a few people that 10% WOULD hire a car and extrapolates that as people ARE hiring cars for this purpose. You couldn't make it up.....oh...wait....err.. they just did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 ..and the vehicle to take you to view the place ? http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af33/roykinsella/FlyingPigkeep2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I can just see the eager vendor walking into his kitchen to grab a can of Stella, and tell his wife he's picked up the luxury hire car. Then going back out to admire it and finding it up on bricks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quicken Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I got an email today telling me it was almost time to "upgrade" my car from the dealership I bought it from. I've had it 18 months. 4G Upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barlow Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 87% of buyers say they would definitely buy the house in a viewing if a BMW or AUDI was on the drive. 23% of buyers say they would definitely borrow more and bid higher if the house had solar panels. 73% of buyers say they would wet their pants at the thought of a famous celebrity had lived there before. A good reflection on the moronic nature of the UK public. The only feature that has any actual value (the solar) draws the least interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 A burnt out Cortina suffices up here in the North Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinAndPlatonic Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 (edited) Adverts come in all shapes and sizes..Avis must be suffering Edited May 27, 2014 by GinAndPlatonic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Haha the seller pays? Presumably the ea has given up and tells the seller his car is putting them off (it is on bricks, and rusty). My cyncical side says the ea could take a kick back to the vehicle renting company. Saying that I think as other posters have said I think the story is made up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 A good reflection on the moronic nature of the UK public. The only feature that has any actual value (the solar) draws the least interest. It's good if it's owned outright! Not sure 20 years left on a 25-year lease roofing deal would add to the appeal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattW Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I would hold a vendor in higher regard if he or she had a classic Citroen of Fiat in the driveway/garage, not some 'fade to grey' neutral Teuton-mobile or blobby 4x4 that never goes off road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug16 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 The putting a flash motor on the drive thing is nothing new. I remember this happening in the early 90's before the crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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