The black 225 - Ive seen this in the flesh and yes its very new! - VERY new

However its completely useless - at that price the only way you can protect your investment is to not use it/use it VERY little - and when you do use it it would be painful for fear of marks and damage. Plus ongoing storage and maintenance costs it becomes quite an expensive ornament!

Use it and you be clobbered with huge/rapid depreciation (more than when new) - at which point you'd consider purchasing a cherished and used example with perhaps more miles made more sense.

The 3.2 and qS will be ahead of a 225 in terms of appeal to collectors in the future.

 

Hi, Looks as if mine might have some competition, Although it is Red so perhaps not :lol:
2001 225 from new 20k miles.
Hoggy.

 

This one is currently listed at £22,150...

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C989388

 

Looks lovely. There is a nice low mileage V6 on there too. Expensive for most (me included) but not for all. Someone will buy and enjoy because although the depreciation will be bad it still won't be as bad as a new car over 3 years!

 

You don't have to think of it as a collectors car but a high performance, well spec'd, unique £15k (probably take £13k) car with 8,000 miles on the clock. Run it into the ground instead of 3 year old MX5 which will rust well before the TT.

 

High performance? Lols.... It'll be outstripped by a Nissan Leaf 0-60

Unmapped TTs and S3s are flat.

 

although a car with that mileage of that age is very rare, who would pay 15k for what is a effectively an underspecced car by todays standards

 

Underspec'd? people spend £23k+ on a Mazda MX5 and that doesn't have electric canvas (I think), 4wd, 225ps. Once DAB is installed there's no bling I miss. Like quite a few new car owners I use my mobile for sat nav.

 

High performance? Lols.... It'll be outstripped by a Nissan Leaf 0-60

Unmapped TTs and S3s are flat.

I`m glad its not just me that thinks that. Someone called my car a sports car a few weeks back.
Couldn`t understand why I was laughiing!! :lol:

 

When cars come along like this , if they are from a lifetime in garages with stable temps/ humidity, you have a reasonable chance of a good car.

15,000 mile , 14 year old TTR kept outside with occasional covers.
Brake discs badly corroded and needed replacement all round.
Flywheel corroded and caused clutch slipping. new clutch and flywheel.
lack of use had a stuck bucket tappet causing knocking.... head rebuilt.
Various rubber hoses aged and needed replacement.

This was thought to be a good buy but turned into a nightmare in repairs.

Just be aware any car old or new can have 1-3k of potential catch up servicing and thats before you can get to modding and enjoying it.

 

You don't have to think of it as a collectors car but a high performance, well spec'd, unique £15k (probably take £13k) car with 8,000 miles on the clock. Run it into the ground instead of 3 year old MX5 which will rust well before the TT.

I think the challenge would be whereas a 3 year old MX5 for example should be relatively free of any unexpected or expensive ongoing repairs, a 15/20 year old TT( as advised by previous posts) irrespective of its mileage covered and purchase price is most probably going to require a steady trickle of cash spending for work required for its use as an everyday driver.

An owner who may have payed big time quite likely would soon become a little pi##ed off should any ongoing expenses come along. Of course if labour rates/vat for repairs had to be factored in even worse.

Personally think the purpose of a prized/high price older car is to leave it in a heated garage and hope its value is dragged up even higher by the 'classic car' investors out there.

 

I don't understand how an 18yr old car can only have done 8000miles. Does not make any sense, its not a Bugatti or a Ferrari. I think sometimes it is better to have a car that has been driven, even low mileage the parts are still 18yrs old so will need parts changing. Nothing to say that a high mileage car would not be just as reliable. I would far prefer a low mileage car with good history for much less than half that price. Plus of course I don't have £15k.lol

 

If the description is correct and the car has been garaged all its life with 8k on the clock then of course it's going to be in better nick than a car with 100k that has been exposed to the elements all its life,

Maybe one for a collector and not someone that wants to modify and use as a daily driver,

15k it's a lot of money but if you have bags of cash then maybe this car would be worth looking at.

Cheers

 

I don't understand how an 18yr old car can only have done 8000miles. Does not make any sense, its not a Bugatti or a Ferrari. I think sometimes it is better to have a car that has been driven, even low mileage the parts are still 18yrs old so will need parts changing. Nothing to say that a high mileage car would not be just as reliable. I would far prefer a low mileage car with good history for much less than half that price. Plus of course I don't have £15k.lol

I used to work with someone that in 2009 had a Vauxhall Victor with under 3000 miles on the clock & plastic still on the seats. I can't remember the age but think it was 60s but more importantly, why the hell did someone garage a Vauxhall from new each roll their own

 

My 2005 3.2 DSG has covered 13000 miles by an owner that had it serviced by the same main dealer throughout his ownership. It really is like the day it was bought new.. I’d been looking for a yellow mk 1 for so long and missed out on two so paid too much, but where would I find another one.

 

why is it outside?

 

Because it was having its guaranteed value insurance pictures taken😃

 

MK1 coupe 190 with only 580 miles on the clock for sale on Pistonheads right now for £27,950.
Used Audi TT Coupe 1.8 T 3d 190 BHP-THIS CAR CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MAGNIFICENT-1 OWNER-ONLY COVERED 580 MILES-PROBABLY THE LOWEST for sale | PistonHeads UK

 

So what you are saying is... keeping a TT in a garage for 19 years losses 12k.


They could have put the money in an income bond and turned it into 50k...