Is this guy serious? $4k for a '88 Laser??

MrZ · 24-11-2015, 05:36 AM

I think this guy must be on something. Not only does he want $4,000 for a 27-year-old Laser that's probably worth only a few hundred bucks:

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...D-152299/?Cr=8

But the guy claims to have spent $4600 on fixing it - including a new $2000 paint job! Even if by some miracle he does manage to get 4 grand for it, he's still down $600 compared to if he had just taken the car to the wreckers!!!

LTDHO · 24-11-2015, 07:05 AM

A car is worth as much as someone is prepared to spend.

Some people do spend too much. Some teenage girl will probably talk her daddy into buying it.

Looks like it could be one of FASTFORD's cars!

Bearman · 24-11-2015, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by LTDHO

A car is worth as much as someone is prepared to spend.

Some people do spend too much. Some teenage girl will probably talk her daddy into buying it.

Looks like it could be one of FASTFORD's cars!

Sure is!! Hence the delusional price. The guy's a peanut.

**Beastie** · 24-11-2015, 07:33 AM

It's probably the lowest klm Laser in Australia and can do 0-100 in 5 secs

MethodX · 24-11-2015, 07:56 AM

Come on it has a Ford badge... instant classic worth thousands.

XG_Falcon · 24-11-2015, 08:07 AM

A few months before we started going out, my gf bought a '90 Barina for $3500

I know better than to say a single word about it though

Vesper Martini · 24-11-2015, 11:21 AM

"MIDNIGHT OIL" sticker on the back perhaps he thinks its still the 1980's?

Falcon SXR8 · 24-11-2015, 11:28 AM

Check out the free entry to those events though, that's got to be worth something

BadMax · 24-11-2015, 12:20 PM

MrZ, do you just sit around waiting to be offended?

msman · 24-11-2015, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by The Beast

It's probably the lowest klm Laser in Australia and can do 0-100 in 5 secs

is it faster than an aurion though?

flooded one · 24-11-2015, 02:12 PM

Don't like the price, move on. Pretty sure there is other 88 lasers for sale

Vesper Martini · 24-11-2015, 02:21 PM

Check out the other Fastford car deals:
http://www.fastford.com.au/great-used-car-deals.php

XD ex show car 5 grand LOL
and an XA for 30K!

superfly · 24-11-2015, 02:34 PM

Free ticket to sexpo!

I'd never heard of the FASTFORD car club.

Streets · 24-11-2015, 02:36 PM

he's probably used to selling XY Falcons

mike_nofx · 24-11-2015, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LTDHO

A car is worth as much as someone is prepared to spend.

Some people do spend too much. Some teenage girl will probably talk her daddy into buying it.

Looks like it could be one of FASTFORD's cars!

Do you know any teenage girls? More specifically, any that would want THAT?

**cs123** · 24-11-2015, 03:37 PM

You guys need to check out some of the prices on X series.

While he is asking about double it's still chicken feed

marty351 · 24-11-2015, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by msman

is it faster than an aurion though?

No N/A ford is faster than a aurion. Everyone knows that.

LG17 · 24-11-2015, 06:40 PM

Whatever price you put on a car when you try to sell it, someone will always try to get it cheaper, that's how the game is played. If you start withh too low a price you shoot yourself in the foot.

It 'looks' clean in the photos (needs more though) so someome might think, "That looks clean, I'll go and have a look." Once the head is there, negotiations can begin.

msman · 24-11-2015, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LG17

Whatever price you put on a car when you try to sell it, someone will always try to get it cheaper, that's how the game is played. If you start withh too low a price you shoot yourself in the foot.

It 'looks' clean in the photos (needs more though) so someome might think, "That looks clean, I'll go and have a look." Once the head is there, negotiations can begin.

agreed

but surely those prices are 'this blokes just asking far too much no point looking he won't come down enough for me to even try'

wicksy · 24-11-2015, 07:49 PM

i want what he is smoking

MrZ · 24-11-2015, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LTDHO

A car is worth as much as someone is prepared to spend.

Some people do spend too much. Some teenage girl will probably talk her daddy into buying it.

Looks like it could be one of FASTFORD's cars!

A teenage girl would likely have no idea what a Laser even is. Why would a teenager be interested in this car when there are about 1 million better cars out there for the same money, or less?

Blue Roo · 24-11-2015, 08:11 PM

WTF!!! The guy at Fast Fords is a w****r!

Ford_The_Win · 24-11-2015, 08:18 PM

Did they even cost 4k new? My mum had one of them and it was the biggest heap of junk ever to shame the road.

MrZ · 24-11-2015, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

Did they even cost 4k new? My mum had one of them and it was the biggest heap of junk ever to shame the road.

Sadly, yes. $17,000 for a Ghia in 1988. That means the price he's asking is nearly 25% of the original value. Cars were ridiculously overpriced in the 80s, especially small cars.

borough · 24-11-2015, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MrZ

Sadly, yes. $17,000 for a Ghia in 1988. That means the price he's asking is nearly 25% of the original value. Cars were ridiculously overpriced in the 80s, especially small cars.

Just checked it out on Redbook, the car new was $17,810. Using the RBA inflation calculator it would be $37,954.71 today. You're not joking about cars being overpriced in the 80s.

K.P. · 25-11-2015, 01:16 AM

Oh God, the stickers. I had forgotten how ugly Lasers were, they always looked cheap compared to the Mazda 323 co-car. You still see the odd Laser around. Maybe some of them were very reliable. It's...the combination of the stickers, the silver colour.

$4000? To be totally honest (this sounds stupid) but if it's been a stupidly reliable car...

Forget it. It's a silver Laser covered in stickers. It gets you into Sexpo. I think I'll go and lie down now.

NX74205 · 25-11-2015, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MrZ

I think this guy must be on something. Not only does he want $4,000 for a 27-year-old Laser that's probably worth only a few hundred bucks:

I've seen that car on Carsales for a long time. It's probably been re-advertised recently. The seller would probably have more success if he sold it for $1000ono and removed all the stickers. It appears to otherwise be a very tidy KE Laser Ghia.

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Originally Posted by K.P.

Oh God, the stickers. I had forgotten how ugly Lasers were, they always looked cheap compared to the Mazda 323 co-car.

Don't knock Lasers. They are great cars, and that KE series is quite pretty. And I'd argue that the Laser was far better looking than the Mazda 323.

calais · 25-11-2015, 08:20 AM

A few mates and I bought one of these as a paddock basher for a slab

Did sweet cooks and had a hair trigger handbrake = good times!

PTR_NITRO_FG · 25-11-2015, 09:57 AM

Wont even get 4k for my KN Laser

Dreaaaamin!

ford71V8 · 25-11-2015, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by MrZ

Sadly, yes. $17,000 for a Ghia in 1988. That means the price he's asking is nearly 25% of the original value. Cars were ridiculously overpriced in the 80s, especially small cars.

I remember a small comic I saw way back then of a confused customer in a caryard. The salesman is saying "Well yeah, if you want economy, you have to pay for it"