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I think this guy must be on something. Not only does he want $4,000 for a 27-year-old Laser that's probably worth only a few hundred bucks:
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...D-152299/?Cr=8 But the guy claims to have spent $4600 on fixing it - including a new $2000 paint job! Even if by some miracle he does manage to get 4 grand for it, he's still down $600 compared to if he had just taken the car to the wreckers!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The one and only
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Carrum Downs, Victoria
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A car is worth as much as someone is prepared to spend.
Some people do spend too much. Some teenage girl will probably talk her daddy into buying it. Looks like it could be one of FASTFORD's cars!
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Vic
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Sure is!! Hence the delusional price. The guy's a peanut.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Come on it has a Ford badge... instant classic worth thousands.
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Victoria
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"MIDNIGHT OIL" sticker on the back perhaps he thinks its still the 1980's?
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Check out the free entry to those events though, that's got to be worth something
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MrZ, do you just sit around waiting to be offended?
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Check out the other Fastford car deals:
http://www.fastford.com.au/great-used-car-deals.php XD ex show car 5 grand LOL and an XA for 30K!
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Brisbane
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Free ticket to sexpo!
![]() I'd never heard of the FASTFORD car club.
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he's probably used to selling XY Falcons
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Do you know any teenage girls? More specifically, any that would want THAT?
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You guys need to check out some of the prices on X series.
While he is asking about double it's still chicken feed
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Shenanigans..............
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Whatever price you put on a car when you try to sell it, someone will always try to get it cheaper, that's how the game is played. If you start withh too low a price you shoot yourself in the foot.
It 'looks' clean in the photos (needs more though) so someome might think, "That looks clean, I'll go and have a look." Once the head is there, negotiations can begin. |
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but surely those prices are 'this blokes just asking far too much no point looking he won't come down enough for me to even try' |
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Location: Melbourne
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A teenage girl would likely have no idea what a Laser even is. Why would a teenager be interested in this car when there are about 1 million better cars out there for the same money, or less?
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Did they even cost 4k new? My mum had one of them and it was the biggest heap of junk ever to shame the road.
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Location: Melbourne
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Sadly, yes. $17,000 for a Ghia in 1988. That means the price he's asking is nearly 25% of the original value. Cars were ridiculously overpriced in the 80s, especially small cars.
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Just checked it out on Redbook, the car new was $17,810. Using the RBA inflation calculator it would be $37,954.71 today. You're not joking about cars being overpriced in the 80s.
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Oh God, the stickers. I had forgotten how ugly Lasers were, they always looked cheap compared to the Mazda 323 co-car. You still see the odd Laser around. Maybe some of them were very reliable. It's...the combination of the stickers, the silver colour.
$4000? To be totally honest (this sounds stupid) but if it's been a stupidly reliable car... Forget it. It's a silver Laser covered in stickers. It gets you into Sexpo. I think I'll go and lie down now. |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Perth, WA
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Don't knock Lasers. They are great cars, and that KE series is quite pretty. And I'd argue that the Laser was far better looking than the Mazda 323.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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A few mates and I bought one of these as a paddock basher for a slab
Did sweet cooks and had a hair trigger handbrake = good times! |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NOR, Perth
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Wont even get 4k for my KN Laser
Dreaaaamin! |
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