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1997 850R Sedan. White/Tan. ??k. $3k. Slipping trans. Lacey, WA.
Good M56 candidate...I would be interested if it had volans and/or was a bit less modified. Could scoot down there and check it out if anyone here is interested
 
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paired up with its mullet-wearing, GED aspirant trailer park cousin, LetGo - only to find that somewhere in the pandemic, the two had mutated into one 🥴🥴
" But damnsky! if I didn't find some decent-looking P80's and P2's in there.
Moving along to things that are actually good value and worth purchasing......
1997 850R Sedan. White/Tan. ??k. $3k. Slipping trans. Lacey, WA.
BC and J striking mullet gold.
though I do have to say my freshman in college son did day he was a bit annoyed at all the kids at school sporting mullets. so maybe this new let's go (Brandon) offer up is the place to find the deals. Just wish I had enough hair to have a mullet.
 
Genuine question as I am wholly uneducated here, but how rare are these such that we might get to a point where even a lackluster example is worth it because it's at least an example? I know they are rare, but do you think it eventually crosses that threshold?

I have no personal interest as it's not my uhh stick of butter as it were, but am generally curious about that generation.
They are that rare. 1,420 CY estates. Problem is this is this one is RHD and I don't think P80 aren't valuable to own solely as investments....isn't any cheaper to store a $30k car than a $300k car. If you're getting transportation value out of it along the way, different story, which is what my situation with mine is. In the last year I've racked up close to 10k miles taking it on road trips....and having a road trip car where my $ that's tied up in it isn't losing money 24/7 is pretty great. But I don't really want to be driving in a RHT country in a RHD car and there's zero parts support here for any of the RHD specific parts so, to me, that kind of misses the point of owning a P80.

I'd just buy the first decent 850 turbo for $5-8k instead so I could actually drive it and have some fun.
 
Maybe I'm way off but if the market is going to bear high prices for these and they keep getting imported for a bit aren't the numbers going to water down the value, 2.0/RHD or not?
Genuine question as I am wholly uneducated here, but how rare are these such that we might get to a point where even a lackluster example is worth it because it's at least an example? I know they are rare, but do you think it eventually crosses that threshold?

I have no personal interest as it's not my uhh stick of butter as it were, but am generally curious about that generation.
 
3500 for a whipped (assuming here) s60T5a sedan. 135K miles.
 
MY99 VR transmission, angle gear and collar shaft - $225
MY98 VR automatic transmission, angle gear and collar shaft - $250

 
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omg those rear brake rotors :ROFLMAO:

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more of those barum tires, too. And it needs bumper brackets. This is hilarious.


Undercoating has been redone. I wonder why.

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Another lackluster example that some unsuspecting buyer will overpay massively for.

Is the illusion that all the BaT cars all in good shape shattered yet, now that we're on the inside looking out?
You missed something and I had to look at below pic for a while to to better understand what exactly I am looking at? Its missing the passenger side airbag. This is the 1st T-5R I have ever seen with no passenger side airbag. I thought they were all standard ?!? You learn something new every day.

My impressions which I am not going to comment over at BAT:

-There is something going on with spare wheel area, hence the undercoating coating
-Would like to see more pics with spare removed
-We need proper undercarriage pics especially under the engine area
-To me this looks like a car that is "messed with" and brought back to stock as much as possible afterwards
-Missing yellow stitched floor mats
-Tires I have never heard of
-Too much surface rust
-That stereo???

I am sure someone more knowledgable than I am can pull its MOT records from UK if those are its actual license plates to get a better pic of car's history. I hope someone doesn't really over pay for this one..........(says the guy :geek: )

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RD front bumper, but not an RD?

2008 C30 T5a Passion/Black 118k - $7,450

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