It costs a whopping £10k (much, much more expensive than most 126s on eBay right now) but I thought it was interesting.

248 miles on a 26 year old car, right hand drive. Take a look: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fiat-126-...077705?hash=item41af02e8c9:g:a90AAOSw0fhXkdG8

As has been discussed in some of the classic car mags recently, if you pay way over the odds for a car because it's such low mileage, then you can't really use it very much as you'll take away some of the justification for the higher price.

You'll still be getting a car with very little use/wear. No or at least less rust if the car has been carefully stored but remember that many components deteriorate with time not just use/mileage, things seize up for lack of use etc. so some re-commissioning is likely to be required.

Probably a good buy if you wanted to keep a near perfect example of a car and avoid having to restore one. Probably cheaper than a full restoration anyway. I sometimes wonder if it's actually possible to do a full 'full restoration' anyway, unless you renew (and can obtain!)virtually everything.

Al.

F123C said:

As has been discussed in some of the classic car mags recently, if you pay way over the odds for a car because it's such low mileage, then you can't really use it very much as you'll take away some of the justification for the higher price.

You'll still be getting a car with very little use/wear. No or at least less rust if the car has been carefully stored but remember that many components deteriorate with time not just use/mileage, things seize up for lack of use etc. so some re-commissioning is likely to be required.

Probably a good buy if you wanted to keep a near perfect example of a car and avoid having to restore one. Probably cheaper than a full restoration anyway. I sometimes wonder if it's actually possible to do a full 'full restoration' anyway, unless you renew (and can obtain!)virtually everything.

Al.

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It's one of those ones that you'd only buy if you weren't really going to use it. There are other Fiat 126 cars for much cheaper that I'd buy, some really are still in really good condition too, but in a usable state.

Paying over the odds for a car with low mileage will make you more likely to just not use it at all. Using it will decrease the value. I'd rather buy a car I want to drive than one I want to stick in my garage and never use.

As you say, parts will still seize etc, so it's still better off buying a cheaper one really.

I'd say that it's only really worth it if you wanted it for a museum or something. All original, not going to be used (at least not much at all).


Looking at eBay Motors currently, I'd go for the following Fiat 126: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1991-FIAT-126-BIS-RED-/131930765315?hash=item1eb7afb803:g:6M0AAOSwdIFXzrJE

Reason being - it's a lot cheaper, it's still fairly low miles, it's a RHD example and I'd actually drive it instead of keep it in the garage Thanks for your thoughts!

There's a minter on eBay now for £8k:hm:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171959162772

Love it

He's been trying to sell that for £8k for the last year or so... :nutter:

I doubt very much he'll get that. There's a few that pop
Up from time to time with silly prices attached I think people get too greedy