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peterattheboro · 25 Jul 2021 at 18:00

Few nice cars at NY500 today near Pickering.

This GTR was lovely. Touching around 1000 brake apparently.

If we ever do the northern meets again, this is the perfect place to do it.

Akagi · 25 Jul 2021 at 19:07

UnworthyBean said:
Bit of an unusual choice to be carting round some 2x4s but nice to see it being used.

Not sure if you're aware, but they only made 112 GTA's and only sold 60 in the UK.

Incredibly rare car.

dLockers said:
There's an "abandoned" house on a mega-posh road near me with one of these rotting on the driveway. Bonkers.

Pics of that definitely needed. :cool:

Hopefully its just a normal one though otherwise sheesh.

ShiWarrior · 25 Jul 2021 at 19:16

Acme said:
Not sure if you're aware, but they only made 112 GTA's and only sold 60 in the UK.

Incredibly rare car.

Pics of that definitely needed.
Hopefully its just a normal one though otherwise sheesh.

Are you going to make him an offer to take it off him ? :cool:

dlockers · 25 Jul 2021 at 19:34

Acme said:
Not sure if you're aware, but they only made 112 GTA's and only sold 60 in the UK.

Incredibly rare car.

Pics of that definitely needed.
Hopefully its just a normal one though otherwise sheesh.

I'm an idiot - I pay no attention to personalised plates (big clue there, lol) and didn't spot that one was a GTA. Very nice indeed!

Here is the one I am talking about, best shot I can get snipped from Street View. House is in absolute disrepair too:

Nasher · 25 Jul 2021 at 20:10

Maybe they died in there and no one has noticed yet. Happens sometimes

dlockers · 25 Jul 2021 at 20:24

I imagine if they had died then their kids/neighbors would have been all over it.

Current average value of houses on that road from Zoopla: £1.965m

Nasher · 25 Jul 2021 at 20:40

Maybe they don't have any kids. Neighbours don't really interact anymore

V_R · 25 Jul 2021 at 22:51

Wen to Clarkson's Farm Shop today. This was in the car park...

(sorry for the bad crop it was a drive by shot)

LuckyBenski · 25 Jul 2021 at 23:09

V_R said:
Wen to Clarkson's Farm Shop today. This was in the car park...

(sorry for the bad crop it was a drive by shot)

Eugh, typo on the bumper sticker. I suppose it's in keeping with the overall theme.

NVP · 25 Jul 2021 at 23:53

How much you reckon for the plate?

silversurfer · 26 Jul 2021 at 01:24

Has to be over quarter mil but I reckon over a mil for anything like that. My old boss had the initials and plate ER 2, he must be long dead by now and plates werent traded like they are now.

Akagi · 26 Jul 2021 at 02:33

ShiWarrior said:
Are you going to make him an offer to take it off him ?

How would I know who to make an offer to?

dlockers · 26 Jul 2021 at 07:08

silversurfer said:
Has to be over quarter mil but I reckon over a mil for anything like that. My old boss had the initials and plate ER 2, he must be long dead by now and plates werent traded like they are now.

Reminds me, the local vinyl shop in town..the owner had VINYL (or thereabouts). Think he sold it to judge Jules for 20k...people were aghast. I reckon that'd go for millions now too.

Ryan-3 · 26 Jul 2021 at 07:44

Plate on a Cayenne 'coupe' here which is like 57 Y. When you look on the car check you can put in any number and Y and there's loads of interesting stuff with those plates.

Greebo · 26 Jul 2021 at 08:13

Acme said:
How would I know who to make an offer to?

People come up to you when you are parked. A guy about 20 years ago came up and offered my bos £80k for B1KER.

Akagi · 26 Jul 2021 at 08:36

Greebo said:
People come up to you when you are parked. A guy about 20 years ago came up and offered my bos £80k for B1KER.

I don't think going up to an abandoned car and making an offer for it will bear any fruit tbh.

dlockers · 26 Jul 2021 at 08:43

Acme said:
I don't think going up to an abandoned car and making an offer for it will bear any fruit tbh.

So many times you hear of this. It was a big thing when folk were sitting on old Ford Escorts, Fiestas IIRC. The only one I've seen come off is Ratarossa and his Ferrari boxer

kona786 · 26 Jul 2021 at 10:22

My neighbours mates classic AE86

Nice to see something old-skool-kool for a change. He paid 8k as is 4 years back.

Guess how much he was offered very recently...

ShiWarrior · 26 Jul 2021 at 13:33

What's the black and white one? Mx5 maybe?

Akagi · 26 Jul 2021 at 14:52

kona786 said:
My neighbours mates classic AE86

Nice to see something old-skool-kool for a change. He paid 8k as is 4 years back.

Guess how much he was offered very recently...

25?

Whatever it is it is thoroughly depressing. Because I wanted one. And then when I started to get into a position to buy one, they mooned.

A tidy UK delivered CAT C one sold for 46K the other week... You used to be able to get them imported from Japan for much much less, but they seem to have wised up to the daft prices overseas now and they're all substantially marked up even at home.

ShiWarrior said:
What's the black and white one? Mx5 maybe?

Yeah a mk2.5 by the looks.