How mad is this...??

[ummmm]

My neighbour has an 06 Mercedes and a K reg Peugeot that he uses for work. He's just gone and got the K reg completely re-sprayed. How much would a K reg be worth now? A lot less than a re-spray....

I know these people quite well as it's my ex FIL and he wouldn't know anyone who'd do it as a 'favour'

What a waste of money...

Would you bother?

[NoMercy]

K would be early nineties, so I wouldn't have bothered.

[mrs_overall]

I wouldn't bother either, but some people have more money than sense

[ummmm]

Lol...they do have more money than sense.

[RATTER15]

It really depends on the relationship the guy has with his car, I have spent thousands of pounds repairing old worn out Land Rovers in the past and lost money when selling them but I loved my Land Rovers.

[Davethedog]

If the car runs well and hes keeping it. Do you know if he got someone to do it or did he actually pay for it?

[friedgreentomato]

Depends on how much he loves his car, my car is 1995, and I have had it resprayed.

[weecalf]

Heard of getting the porch painted .Maybe he said come round and paint the garage and the guy misheard him ?

[ummmm]

lol

It's a 205!!!!

Before the Merc they had a Mazda. That car he really did love...

[joggerjayne]

Maybe something happened in his car for which he has fond memories.

[Hopkirk]

Perhaps he has had a monster engine shoehorned in.

[Old_Geezer]

And the car upgraded too.

Some folk I know spend hours and hours tending their vegetable gardens and tomatoes and suchlike, which costed at say £15 an hour soon adds up over the year; when they can just go down the shop and buy them fairly cheaply. Madness.

[ummmm]

He rarely parks it outside the house. I don't think his wife likes it...he tends to park round the corner. Bless the poor hen pecked man...

[joggerjayne]

My MGF had a new engine, which cost over £3,000

That's a lot more than it's worth now.

We all make these dodgy decisions from time to time.

[Frank97]

My mate once spent a fortune getting his van welded, way more than it was worth, when I asked him why he didn't spend the money on a newer one he said he could have done but this way he knew the van was all up together and so would last a few more years, whereas he wouldn't know what might need doing on a new one. I could see his point.

[ummmm]

Camper vans...MG's...

This is a Peugeot 205!! lol

[deggers316]

you can do what you like with your own money,what's it got do do with you?

[ummmm]

It has nothing to do with me. I couldn't give two hoots what they spend their money on.

It just made me wonder. Is that okay with you deggers? Or should I run my curiosity past you before I post??

No, didn't think so!!

[joggerjayne]

"should I run my curiosity past you before I post?"

We could have a sort of "screening" process for new threads.

You submit your post, it goes to a committee (!) of mods and, if it's approved, it gets posted.

[RATTER15]

Some people like them and spend money on them.



Personally I wouldn't spend 50 pence on one.

[Traci66]

My daughter and son in law both drive old cars, daughters is an L reg Astra gsi, they have spent thousands on it, restoring it all back to original, putting a red top engine in and now they are getting it resprayed. I asked sil why they didn't just get a new car and he said that he wouldn't have a new car if it was given and that the old ones are the best (his is a K reg nova).