Favorits now seem to be practically extinct - more’s the pity! - and I’ve just seen an ad on Gumtree for a near-pristine 1997 Felicia 1.6 hatchback in Cleethorpes with a newish MoT which is clearly failing to sell at what I would have considered to be a bargain price of £1100.   Only the now-rare but sought-after Fun pickups seem to be attracting classic prices nowadays.

 

This leaves me in a quandary because now that I have recently scored 80 n.o. I am having to bite the bullet, draw in my horns, and look to sell my two cherished Felicias as I get my [third and final, wonderful] Dyane 6 back on the road.

 

I’m advertising my 2000 Felicia estate in Oxfordshire on Gumtree for what I thought to be a very keen price in these parts, with a long MoT, of £750 but with scant success.   So, I’m now having to rethink and ask myself ‘what price is likely to be right to ask in today’s troubled market?’.

 

Has the UK market for classic Skodas now fallen so flat that we are reduced to offering our magnificent machines at ‘dodgy old banger’ prices?

There is no such thing as a "classic" they are all just old cars, "classic" are just over-priced and over-valued old cars and I put that having owned and run various "classics" as daily use cars for work, commuting, holidays, tours and club events in the UK and parts of Europe.  I've subsidised the British "classic" car market for vehicles, parts and services for 30+ years well in excess of other owners.

 

Youngster have been priced out by older folk who generally own more than one "classic" but rarely drive any of them, they have in the past pushed up the "values" for their sitting assets, now the type of youngster that might have been interested can't afford to buy or run the cars (those that could be used regularly without constant repairs that is).

 

You must consider insurance costs.  £750 might not be a lot for the wealthy people that live in Oxfordshire  but it seems a fair bit to be considering it's a 24 year old car (it'd be cheap for a "classic" mind, I'd have such a car if I thought it might get through the next one or two Mots without too much cost).  £1100 for a 1997 sounds a lot worse to me - but I've no idea of what sells for what.

 

"Classics" have always been about what's fashionable, decades back a show (not top concours) MGB might be £10k whereas a Mk3 Cortina in same condition about £1k, neither were really worth a £1k  but the value is what someone pays for it.  All totally ridiculous.

 

I bet you'll have no trouble selling a Diane, much more chic and fashionable (well at the moment) I'd guess, ideal for town and country runabout - and electric conversion. 😆

 

26 minutes ago, Skodle said:

Has the UK market for classic Skodas now fallen so flat that we are reduced to offering our magnificent machines at ‘dodgy old banger’ prices?

What guarantee can you give for your 2000 Felicia estate and what other offerings can you get for the same money you want for yours, it's got to be MoTd, pay "road tax" and would have to shop around to get unrestricted "classic" insurance on it, limited parts availability, it's not a BL/Rover Mini is it.  Such a "mundane"  and old car might appeal to me as a runaround but there's not many like me around (that don't already have their own "mundane" old car.

 

I wish you luck selling it and hope the buyer appreciates it.

      

17 hours ago, Skodle said:

 

 

 

Favorits now seem to be practically extinct - more’s the pity! - and I’ve just seen an ad on Gumtree for a near-pristine 1997 Felicia 1.6 hatchback in Cleethorpes with a newish MoT which is clearly failing to sell at what I would have considered to be a bargain price of £1100.   Only the now-rare but sought-after Fun pickups seem to be attracting classic prices nowadays.

 

This leaves me in a quandary because now that I have recently scored 80 n.o. I am having to bite the bullet, draw in my horns, and look to sell my two cherished Felicias as I get my [third and final, wonderful] Dyane 6 back on the road.

 

I’m advertising my 2000 Felicia estate in Oxfordshire on Gumtree for what I thought to be a very keen price in these parts, with a long MoT, of £750 but with scant success.   So, I’m now having to rethink and ask myself ‘what price is likely to be right to ask in today’s troubled market?’.

 

Has the UK market for classic Skodas now fallen so flat that we are reduced to offering our magnificent machines at ‘dodgy old banger’ prices?

One man's cherished car is another man's old banger.

Have you advertised them on here?

Yes, put them on here, lets have a look!

@Skodle  Why was this not the first place you advertised on?

Edited 4 July, 20241 yr by Ootohere

More Felicia's for them that want them, its not a BMW or AUDI Merc no problem for me all I want is  a car to get me from A to B and for the last 25 plus years I have one.

 

And I love it.

Imho it's not just Skoda's that are struggling, anything that wasn't a "halo" model during the life of the car seems to be ignored. But that's always been the case, when is the last time you saw a MK I Cavalier, Morris Ital, BMW 316 from 1990? For the vast majority of the UK population cars are a tool, the tool gets worn out, they replace it. Factor in things like scrappage schemes and the general loss of basic mechanic skills and cost it keeping a car on the road for maybe 500 miles a year and it makes sense the cars that people are going to be interested in buying from their youth are the ones that made them feel funny in their pants when it drove by.

Well look at this then if the market has dried up A Virtually Extinct Skoda Favorit Black Line Edition with only 20,456 Miles | eBay

 

I would love it but not got the cash.

In Czechia an owner was asking for his Felicia with only 14.144 Km on the odometer the amount of 1.000.000 CzK or 41.000 eur back in 2022.

https://autogreeknews.gr/nea/polla-diafora/diafora-nea/giati-ayti-i-skoda-felicia-poleitai-41-000-eyro

On 23/08/2024 at 10:58, D.FYLAKTOS said:

In Czechia an owner was asking for his Felicia with only 14.144 Km on the odometer the amount of 1.000.000 CzK or 41.000 eur back in 2022.

AND IT SOLD 

As ΓΑΠ said: '"there is money" (λεφτα υπαρχουν).