Used car prices

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 14:52
Used car prices - Adampr

Hardly news, I know, but we seem to be in a parallel world. I have been idly browsing a few ads and have come across (I won't link to it) a 2006 Volvo V50 1.8 petrol with 98,000 miles on it up for £8,499. I bought a 2007 Ford Focus estate (the same car) with fewer miles on it for £1,250 in 2016!

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 15:17
Used car prices - Xileno

Maybe it comes with a suitcase of tenners as part of the deal?

No harm in posting a link if you want to. Then we can have a nose.

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 15:22
Used car prices - Adampr

Here it is. The description suggests it actually has 120,000 miles on it. Many they slipped and pressed 8 instead of 2 (or 1).

www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/11227927

Not had an MOT for two years either. Something weird there.

Edited by Adampr on 24/09/2025 at 15:24

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 15:31
Used car prices - FoxyJukebox
Someone forgot to proof check the “ad” before publication.
Interestingly-how much was this car ( roughly) when new in 2006-anyone know?
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Wed 24 Sep 2025 17:10
Used car prices - Adampr
Someone forgot to proof check the “ad” before publication. Interestingly-how much was this car ( roughly) when new in 2006-anyone know?

£21,245 according to this website.

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Fri 26 Sep 2025 08:08
Used car prices - FoxyJukebox
In which case unless it was a typo-then I’d say it was a £chancer at work
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Wed 24 Sep 2025 16:03
Used car prices - Brit_in_Germany

Maybe it was on a different registration plate and has been swapped back to its original one.

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 16:47
Used car prices - RT

Maybe it was on a different registration plate and has been swapped back to its original one.

That shouldn't affect the MoT history, as it should all link together - although it does sometimes

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 18:10
Used car prices - Terry W

It's got a VOLVO badge.

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 18:19
Used car prices - SLO76
Be a misprint.
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Wed 24 Sep 2025 18:25
Used car prices - pd

That one might be a misprint but trade prices recently have been through the roof again with everything fetching well "over book" so I think the only way is still up at the moment....

Even the bargain EVs have disappeared with things like MGs making well over book and Teslas through the roof compared to just a few months ago.

There is just a general shortage of used cars.

Edited by pd on 24/09/2025 at 18:25

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 19:28
Used car prices - badbusdriver

I've been looking for a cheapish and reliable, small but roomy automatic for Son and Daughter in law, so naturally the Jazz figured in my searches. There is a 2015 example on Autotrader right now for £11.5k, and that is a 2nd gen car (3rd gen deputed in the same year). Granted it has only done 11k miles, but even so.......!

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 19:32
Used car prices - pd

Ah, small automatics. Assemble a sentence involving words such as poo, rare, rocking horse, as.

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 21:23
Used car prices - SLO76
For those with off road parking, a used EV like a Renault Zoe or Nissan Leaf makes much more sense to me. No way I’d pay £11.5k for a decade old Jazz, when I could have a 3yr old low mileage Renault Zoe 50kwh for less which can do over 200 miles without any effort (far more than any automatic Honda Jazz owner will cover in a day) and costs buttons to fuel and maintain - it’s also much nicer to drive.

Edited by SLO76 on 24/09/2025 at 21:26

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 21:37
Used car prices - davecooper

This puts it into perspective:

www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202508265771099

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 21:43
Used car prices - SLO76
Cat S though. Wouldn’t touch it. But a low mileage Leaf could be had for much less than that Honda Jazz.
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Wed 24 Sep 2025 22:03
Used car prices - davecooper

Whoops! Hadn't noticed the "Cat S". Sorry.

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Wed 24 Sep 2025 21:46
Used car prices - SLO76
Nice example. Nice colour, dirt cheap to run and from my experience very reliable. A far far better bet than a decade old automatic petrol supermini.

www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202509226520901?u...p
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