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[Closed] Is your bike worth more than your car?

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I think mine (individually) are. 🙂


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:42 pm
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No.

800 versus about 3500.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:44 pm
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Yep


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:45 pm
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3 bikes, collectively worth 5.5K.

No car 8)


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:47 pm
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No


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:49 pm
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Nope.


 
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This one isn't.
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Posted : 11/09/2011 4:50 pm
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3 bikes, collectively worth 5.5K.

No car

Nice! I actually only have a car these days cos a friend gave me his.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:54 pm
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Yes.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:56 pm
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Yes. In the same month i bought an Audi A4 for £2k and a Lapierre Zesty for £2.3k


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:56 pm
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yep one ti 456 singlespeed with revs up front and one sixteen yr old saab 9000 worth about 4-500 quid.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:57 pm
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Yes, road bike was about £1000, as was the mountain bike. My cars probably worth about £200.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:59 pm
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YES....I used to spend silly money on cars, having lost several £1000's I have seen sence and bought my wife a cheap people carrier and I went into the company car scheme.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 4:59 pm
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Don't be silly......

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Posted : 11/09/2011 4:59 pm
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The combined value of my bikes is probably about the same as my car. Though this does not say anything about the quality of either!


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 5:00 pm
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Nice! I actually only have a car these days cos a friend gave me his

Well, i don't actually drive so a car would be a bit of a waste! MsD's car is probably worth less than £500, so when we go away with the bikes we joke that all the money is on the roof!


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 5:01 pm
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combined value, easily.
Road bike on it's own, nearly.
Car before was only worth £1600 so bikes easily won. I took a perverse pleasure out of that 🙂


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 6:47 pm
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I'd probably get about £300 - £500 for my bike if I was to sell it in the classifieds.. so yeah, by a considerable margin.. 😀


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 6:53 pm
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Loads more. Actually 2 or 3 of them are.
When I bought my first car it cost less than the front brake of the bike I had then.
Even my Mondeo was cheaper than my rear hub. Got a newer, posher car now, worth nearly as much as my frame!


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:02 pm
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I don't own a car at present, but the two I have had cost £200 and zero.

Current bike collection is about £7k

IMBA poster on my wall - can't find it online, so here is a photo of it:

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Posted : 11/09/2011 7:02 pm
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Best example I've seen was a Saab 99 rescued from a scappy for £50 and somehow coaxed through it's MOT. Arrived at a race with £7k worth of Bianchi on the rack.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:06 pm
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Two of my bikes are each worth more than my car, or would be if I had to buy them new.

My car really isn't worth much though


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:07 pm
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each of my bikes were worth more than my car until last week, then i went and bought a new car.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:10 pm
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Currently yes, except the SS which was made from the parts bin.
New cost of all bikes is greater than the new cost of the car. i did not buy it new.
my car is worth less than 1 k but with £30 tax and 60 mpg its a keeper.


 
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Currently yes, except the SS which was made from the parts bin.
New cost of all bikes is greater than the new cost of the car. i did not buy it new.
my car is worth less than 1 k but with £30 tax and 60 mpg its a keeper.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:10 pm
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One of mine is worth about twice as much as the car. The hardtail, just a little more. The rigid and the dh bike combined are worth about the same. Makes sense to me, I only have a car to carry bikes around.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:11 pm
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Nope


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:15 pm
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Yes, and they cover more miles per year,so why not?


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:16 pm
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3 are 2 aren't.

Car £650

Enduro is worth about £1400

Chumba about £900

Dialled alpine about £700

Why on earth would I bother to spend loads of money on something that depreciates rapidly, and costs loads to run?


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:19 pm
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My bmx is worth more than my car............


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:21 pm
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535i - £1000
456Ti - £3000
Triumph Spint GT - £6500


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:24 pm
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Yes, my Zipp 404s are worth more than my 11 year old Golf....


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:48 pm
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no car so yes 🙂


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:51 pm
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Yep, all my bikes are worth than my car (2002 Mondeo with intergalatic milage)


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 7:59 pm
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Bike is probably worth more than car, esp given the state of the interior, haven't really bothered to clean inside since becoming landscape gardener 3 years ago


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 8:03 pm
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Yes, but like hs125 (jet dragon?), the bikes do more miles.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 8:06 pm
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Another with no car, so yes. Also if I got a car, probably so.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 8:07 pm
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My forks alone may be worth more than my car! Fiat punto with more journeys recently with breakdowns than without.

Still love it though.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 8:32 pm
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My mrs has a handbag worth more than my car.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 8:55 pm
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My son's Islabike is probably worth more than my car. The car might just about be worth more than his scooter.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 8:57 pm
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No.
... But it is worth more than my wife's Megane !


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 9:16 pm
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[i]This one is[/i]

Say, that's a nice bike.

Lets see, my car is worth about 6k. I reckon all my bikes added up together would come to more than that. So yes for me.


 
Posted : 11/09/2011 9:17 pm
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It depends who is asking.
If its the wife, bikes are worth no more than a few hundred quid.

In reality bikes would be around 10K possibly more

Car was twice that new but now worth around 8K.

So Yes, I mean No.!


 
Posted : 13/09/2011 11:46 am
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None of my bikes are worth more than either of my cars, but collectively they probably are worth more than both.


 
Posted : 13/09/2011 11:51 am
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definately, zesty and curtis versus a ten year old 106 and a 10 year old bmw


 
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