I don't normally bother to get into this debate but, here goes.......

From my perspective, there's no new car I like out there and if I had the money to spend, I'd love an as new or at least a very good 2CV, so yes, I would spend 9k on a really bloody good one.

Maybe I'm bonkers but hey, that's me.

Sure, I rue the fact that I don't get offered a 2CV a week now for free or £50 but hey, c'est la vie.

I'm sure there's plenty of other car fanatics out there-the true Beetle fans and proper Mini fans for example (most of my mates had Minis when they passed their tests as they could be had for £150 with 12 months test, what's the cheapest MOTd Mini anybody has seen recently?) that feel the same way-this happens. And, it'll continue to happen, there's duck all we can do about it!

True, there'll also be twats out there with proper shit bags (we know of a good source of those) who'll keep on asking stupid money for them. They'll keep selling them too unfortunately. But, once again, there's nowt anyone here can do about it.

As has been said many times before, people can put a daft price on something but at the end of the day, it's worth what someone's willing to pay-whether that's £800 or £8000, so be it.

I also believe that the "2CV is a cheap mode of transport to get us from A-B" is a complete load of bollocks for the majority now!

Okay, so there may be an awful lot of people on here that use their A-series on a regular basis (some of you, I know, only have A-series) but, there's probably more that only use them occasionally when they feel like it, not because they have to.

So, on that basis, what makes 2CVs different to any other perceived classic? The majority of 2CV owners (certainly in the UK anyway) seem to only bring them out for high days and holidays, tuck them away in the winter and so on.

Whether people like it or not, that sort of thing just makes people think "they're rare now" and bump the price up-having a tantrum about it isn't going to make any difference to the prices folk put on their 2CVs!

I've waffled long enough now so, dig in and shoot me down!

Edit: That's not to say that I think 2CVs should be priced that highly but I do believe that there are some that would be worth that sort of money...... If I think what I've spent on some proper basket cases (not to mention the man hours to get them road legal) and even then, they still look like scrapyard fodder...............

LOL. I swear that this gets discussed at least once every 10 pages.

Look at these 2cv's from 8000 euros

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/offres ... s=13&q=2cv

I won't.

I can understand the inflated market values, because that's what 'markets' create.
What I don't understand, and never will really, is how the new owner might view their expensive first purchase.

When I drive a 2cv and it slows for a hill I think "Well, it's only 602cc and around 30bhp."

When the rain drips in I smile and think "Well, the roofs only fabric, and the top of the doors don't quite close properly at speed so it's no wonder they leak".

When it rusts almost overnight, or rattles, or a bit bends, snaps off or dents I tell myself "Well, it's a 2cv - they're made of nowt, cheap flimsy tin"

When I consider the (lack of) ability to withstand an accident I shrug: "Well, they didn't care much for safety back then, this was just basic, cheap and cheerful motoring."

So when as a new owner driving along in my newly rebuilt and quite expensive 2cv, I begin to notice all the aforementioned maladies, the two things I would then be left thinking was "Wtf did I pay twelve grand for this?" and " I could have got a cracking little MG/Ford Pilot/Vauxhall Cresta for that kind of money"