I-Spy Classic Cars/Bikes-What have you spotted?

[CitroJim]

That's one lovely P6

Not only an NSU Quickly but a Yamaha FS1E too!!! The former I had and the latter I badly lusted after when I was 16

The Quickly is not quite as valuable as I thought they might be by now...

[van ordinaire]

Minors, MGB's even the odd Stag are almost common around Torbay but on Saturday I was surprised to see a Scimitar 6E, which I assume to be a local car but not one I've seen before.

[moizeau]

Nearly bought a Fizz, when you were 16 it was one of them or an AP, it had to have pedals (that didn't work) I waited and got an RS100 at 17, the Fizz was normally yellow though?

[courierrelay]

seen this in Finchley the other day

[NewcastleFalcon]

the Met have one of those preserved in their historic vehicles collection

youtiube screenshot

Regards Neil

[van ordinaire]

I thought that, after all not 1m miles from Hendon BUT - I don't remember the Met using them.

[CitroJim]

I don't remember the Met using them.

I recall them being well used by rural forces... Common sight in rural Somerset when I was a lad...

[van ordinaire]

Agreed, the logical successor to the original Minors, although I always liked the fawn & yellow A35 vans the polis used (a long way) north of the border, BUT, I don't remember the Met using them.

[JohnD]

Not many Xantias still around - much less those that are still towing caravans. This one has parked up next to me on a site in Burgos, Spain. It's a V6.

[van ordinaire]

Not many French cars with yellow rear plates either.

[CitroJim]

Not many French cars with yellow rear plates either.

All of mine have had yellow rear plates

[JohnD]

Not many French cars with yellow rear plates either.

I've been in Spain for the better part of a week now and I've seen other Xantias about. Also several Xsaras, some of them looking pristine. Elderly cars obviously have much more value here than in UK.

[van ordinaire]

They're certainly cheaper here than most, if not all, European countries - except, possibly, Germany [where they really don't like old cars, until they realise they're "classics" - & then have to (re)import them.]

Jim, droll, trés droll!

[white exec]

Used cars in Spain fetch ludicrously high prices, especially those around 10 years old. Compared to UK secondhand, you can multiply by 5 or even 10 - I kid you not. Only exception is RHD out here, which is worth very little. A few small outfits gather them up and get them back to UK for a profit there.

Nothing much rusts down here in the south, but dings, dents and scrapes are pretty much the norm for anything 3+ years old.

[CitroJim]

Used cars in Spain fetch ludicrously high prices, especially those around 10 years old.

Why? Is it that new cars are relatively more expensive or is it that money, in any form, is hard to raise for expensive new cars?

Or do the Spanish have more sense than the average Brit who seems to like throwing good money after bad on cars?